Our Jeep Blew Up!
Yep. Our 2008 Jeep Wrangler gave up the ghost a little over a week ago. It went like this . . .
After I stopped by Bob Blackburn’s Mountain Automotive and RV Center (where we get our RV and Jeep serviced), I tried starting our Jeep which I had just driven to Bob’s a few minutes ago. However, as soon as I turned the ignition key I knew immediately that the engine had “blown”. It raced, faltered, and make very loud knocking noises that shook the whole vehicle.
We had been having some issues with rough starting for a week or so, but didn’t think much it. Boy, were we wrong.
Bob (of Bob Blackburn’s) gave a listen and pronounced it DOA. He figured a piston was destroyed and that the Jeep would need a new engine. That’s about $6 to $12k. More than our Jeep was worth, so it was a total loss . . .
. . . and there is about 2 weeks left before we’re supposed to leave on our cross country RV trip, and we have no car. Super.
So after owning our 2008 Jeep Wrangler for 6 years we sold it for a pittance to an auto mechanic who plans to install a new engine.
Now we need to find a new used car – fast. And we did . . . thanks to some of Jan’s Mariposa friends with local connections.
Long story short . . . we rented a car, found a used 2011 Honda CR-V and bought it 3 days ago. In the 3 days we’ve owned it, Bob Blackburn’s moved the RV braking system from our dead Jeep to our Honda. And today a local mechanic installed a towing system on our Honda. The mechanic worked 12 hours and said he loved doing it!
Good Karma’s back . . . at least for the moment.
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