I don't know if Nissan is doing well as a company, but I'm not sure how they couldn't be when they charge $160+ for a half-a-matchbox-sized knock sensor. Labor is only an hour, but I'm sure you know what your local mechanic charges by the hour. File that under "Definitely NOT peanuts" though not entirely unreasonable.
So that piece of trash sensor was changed out, and I was then told about the radiator.
Yeah, it's leaking. Now it used to be that repairing a radiator wasn't such a big deal (somewhere in the $60-80 range). Would you like to know what fucked that novel idea up though? The proverbial wrench thrown into the works of a simple radiator patch job is everybody's favorite substance that, according to chemical companies, makes life easier, safer, and more efficient... Until repairs are needed. Then it's all a disposable world.
Plastic.
While the core of the radiator is still the status quo aluminum, the side "tanks" as they're apparently termed, have been altered from the former brass / copper material to the much cheaper plastic. I could have it repaired, and have it done at the bargain-basement price hovering somewhere around 90% of the cost of a whole new radiator. Let us ponder the pros and cons of such an amazing deal, shall we?
I've got a better idea. Let's not.
At least that damned Check Engine light is off. Again, that is.
Vivaldi, Summer / Allegro Non Monto
Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?
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