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Hey, it was five bucks and worth a shot, right?
The expansion tank. The plastic overflow tank thing? It's always empty. If I pour antifreeze into it, it's empty the next day.
On Monday I'm going to drive to the Dodge place and have their service department do a full inspection and give me a list of what all it's going to take to keep this car on the road. Depending on what number they come up with, I will consider retiring the Shadow and looking for a nice used car. If, however, the engine is good and there are no other pressing problems than the transmission rebuild and the struts, and they can find the antifreeze leak, I feel like it would not be a bad investment to go ahead and fix it.
Maybe I'm being stupid because I'm attached to the car, but isn't dropping a couple grand better than having a car payment for the next five years?
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