Cars and Design Stupidity
by jandrews on Dec.09, 2009, under General Discussion
My car is old. It’s a 95 Mitsubishi Gallant. I’ve replaced the engine twice, both times with junk yard engines. The last time was less than 6 months ago. Last week the car wouldn’t start, it turned over, but didn’t ignite. Monday I sent the car to the mechanic. The diagnosis is that the timing belt snapped. This sucks. It essentially means that the head of the engine is now trashed. A new head is $500, to do all the work is $1200. (Quoted from the mechanic). I would like to know why engines are designed in such a stupid fashion that when a belt breaks the engine crashes and burns. It’s not right, its down right stupid. There’s got to be a better way to design engines, so that if a belt breaks it doesn’t cause $1200 worth in damages. It’s down right stupid, and frustrating. I have no idea what I am going to do. Buying a new car at this point would be stupid.
