Don’t Be Cheap With Auto Repairs
Timing belts: How many people actually know what time zone or when it should be changed? I am sure that people know when their cars need an oil change or tires should be rotated. Wal-Mart usually reminds us that putting a sticker on the left side of our windshield. But who tells us that we must change our timing belt? If we were smart we’ll find it in our car manual. But many of us, as I do not know that it will be changed every 70000 miles. Unfortunately, I paid.
I tried to save money. I like many others felt that the band will not last forever, as my grandfather told me. I am a college student, that does not know much about cars. So I listened to my grandfather and completely brushed off the fact that my Toyota was more than 140000 miles on it and belt has never been changed. Theory My grandfather was using it until it broke, and then replace it.
Oil leak: My 1993 Toyota Camry was a small oil spill. My grandfather told me to carry oil in my suitcase and not worry about it. A few months later I was driving from Montana to California, the very first time. I was on my way home without any thought about the destruction of a small town Madris, Oregon. My car will not start. By the grace of God, I broke down in the parking lot auto parts store. They instructed me to a local mechanic.
Later it was determined that my oil leak caused my timing belt to slip which could have been prevented. I had to pay almost six hundred dollars to replace the timing belt and another three hundred to fix leaking oil. This was the only time that I ever thought a credit card was my Savior. Moral of this story is do not be cheap! Make sure that your vehicle is in proper working condition. Do not forget the timing belt and put off fixing small leaks of oil, because it could end, as I do.