r/CarCirclejerk

You simply can't.

1997 Ford Taurus
Sat for seven years, never started in Montana in a field.
I put a little bit of elbow grease and I replaced the fuel pump, flushed and replaced power steering pump fluid and drove it for about 300+ miles and it was very clean and comfortable surprisingly!!

Then I went to sell it. My very first father and son that showed up in order to get the son a reliable vehicle to get back-and-forth 7 miles to his job.
The moment they pulled it out of my driveway, I could tell the transmission was slipping, both in forward and reverse.

My optimistic fingers crossed 🤞🏻 question 🙋‍♂️ is if I flush the transmission and put new fluid in is there any chance of saving it for less than $200 investment?

OR

Am I looking at saving my $200, yanking the engine and selling it, yanking the perfect interior seats and selling them, selling the perfect windshield, selling the brand new halogen headlights I put in, selling the Pirelli 16” I upgraded the stock 15’s to a 1989 Cougar 16 rim, and scrapping the rest?

OR is there a middle ground I’m not aware of to try?

I’m just trying to pull $1500 out of it and saying good riddance… but not selling it with slippin sally signals!

Thoughts??? Help??? Confirm???

For context, this guy was talking about a Porsche. I’m not rich, and I don’t have one, but it’s pretty wild to call them ugly and weak sounding. Just went downhill from there

Devo dire che sono rimasto colpito... è magnifica!