So Tuesday morning I started my 15 minute trip to work...and was absiolutely not in the market for a new truck. My little 2003 Nissan Frontier, that ran like a top at 258,000 miles, has served me well for almost 16 years. I expected another 10 years, at least. A mile into my trip, some metal parts inside the engine decided they would like to get frisky with each other. I'm fairly certain a valve walked up to a piston and suggested they get a room. The piston didn't like that and split...several times.
A catastrophic engine failure has a certain ring to it....a ring that is easily recognizable. I had a couple of those rings in about 3 seconds. After the first ring, my immediate thought was that I wasn't going into that engine. There's already too much damage. My second thought was...I've always wanted to run an engine until it blowed. My frown turned upside down as I pushed the skinny pedal a little further. I actually made it to work, on about 3 out of 6 cylinders. Tough little engine she was. She couldn't take the trip home though. Now I need something else to ride in...
Older picture of my little Frontier. I'll throw a take-out engine in her and she can just take me to work from now on. The rest of the truck is in perfect shape.
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Decided a slight upgrade was in order and came home with this last night. Just wanted a little something extra to make me feel better about my little truck's unexpected failure.
2019 2500HD D-Max LTZ/Z71 Midnight edition. I don't feel so bad about my little truck now. The skinny pedal on this one works way mo' better than the one in my little truck. No guilt...only pleasure though.
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