Nothing like not planning on buying a car on short notice. Our old Subie with 141,000 was running fine but as my wife started her weekly trip to PA from NJ, she had just got a few miles from home when she heard a ticking noise. When she described it to me it sounded like a pebble in the tire. She called me several times on her trip to say it was getting worse. I had no clue what it could be. Once she got to our house in PA she took it to a local shop about two miles from home. They told her to take straight home and not drive it! Yesterday was off looking at cars with absolutely no idea on what we wanted or wanted to spend...just that we better come home at the end of the day with a car! We knew a wagon of some sort was a must. We ended up with this 04 Isuzu Ascender, rebadge Trail Blazer, 4.2 I6, 7 passenger. It has 96,000 miles and runs real well. No regrets. $7500, saw a lot of junk for not too much less.
The noise in the Subie is a blown ring gear. We've just pumped so much money into the car in the last year, that was the last straw.
The noise in the Subie is a blown ring gear. We've just pumped so much money into the car in the last year, that was the last straw.
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