diablo5969
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- October 30, 2001
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- City, State
- Versailles, KY (Home) Poughkeepsie, NY (School)
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2004 Honda Pilot LX
So guys, get this: I have no more Explorer 
Over Spring Break, my plan was supposed to be to leave school, drive down to New York City to spend some time with a friend from high school, then drive home to Lexington for a few days, then spend a night in Atlanta, then drive out to Charleston and meet some friends from school for a week, then drive back up here to school.
On the drive from NYC to Lexington (about 11 hours) the tranny started acting a bit weird, sometimes it didn't want to upshift. I wasn't too concerned about it, I was used to the Ex being kinda sketchy.
I told my parents about it when I got home, and they said I take it down to Aamco and have them check it out. They report that there's no one single thing wrong, it's just a 10 year old Explorer with 112,000 miles. The tranny's just old. The guys at Aamco recommend a transmission rebuild, priced at $1300. My dad and I politely decline, under the assumption that the Ex will at least last until the summer.
(I bet you see where this is going.)
The next day I left Lexington and drove down to Atlanta. I was on the highway just getting to Atlanta, about 30 miles north of my friend's apartment, and the transmission started acting funny. I figured I only had a bit more to go, then I could park the car and let it sit. Unfortunately, with 10 miles to go, the transmission decides it just won't upshift at all, and I had to pull over.
After sitting by the side of the highway for a while, I tried again to drive, and it lasted long enough to get to my friend's apartment. Once I got there I had to start thinking. The remainder of my trip involved driving from Atlanta to Charleston, then Charleston to NYC, then NYC up to school. I knew the Ex couldn't make the rest of the drive in the state it was in, and I was greatful to be abandoned in Atlanta (where I'm from) rather than in some random place on the side of the Interstate, so I decided whatever I did had to be in Atlanta.
Unfortunately, it was not worth it to get a transmission rebuild, which left the Ex as a barely running vehicle. I milked it down to a Carmax by my friend's apartment, and they offered $2700, which I thought was pretty good, especially when you factor in the non-working transmission.
My dad drove down to Atlanta on Monday and brought all the paperwork for the Ex, and we sold it to Carmax last Monday. We emptied the Ex out and handed it over along with the keys.
And the Ex is gone
This is very depressing, because this is the car I've always had. I started driving it when I was 14, and my friends and I have all grown up in the Ex. But on the bright side, we all loved it, and we drove it hard, and it managed suprisingly well. And at least I lost it in the city it loves (Atlanta).
And hey. At least now something new and better may pop up
Over Spring Break, my plan was supposed to be to leave school, drive down to New York City to spend some time with a friend from high school, then drive home to Lexington for a few days, then spend a night in Atlanta, then drive out to Charleston and meet some friends from school for a week, then drive back up here to school.
On the drive from NYC to Lexington (about 11 hours) the tranny started acting a bit weird, sometimes it didn't want to upshift. I wasn't too concerned about it, I was used to the Ex being kinda sketchy.
I told my parents about it when I got home, and they said I take it down to Aamco and have them check it out. They report that there's no one single thing wrong, it's just a 10 year old Explorer with 112,000 miles. The tranny's just old. The guys at Aamco recommend a transmission rebuild, priced at $1300. My dad and I politely decline, under the assumption that the Ex will at least last until the summer.
(I bet you see where this is going.)
The next day I left Lexington and drove down to Atlanta. I was on the highway just getting to Atlanta, about 30 miles north of my friend's apartment, and the transmission started acting funny. I figured I only had a bit more to go, then I could park the car and let it sit. Unfortunately, with 10 miles to go, the transmission decides it just won't upshift at all, and I had to pull over.
After sitting by the side of the highway for a while, I tried again to drive, and it lasted long enough to get to my friend's apartment. Once I got there I had to start thinking. The remainder of my trip involved driving from Atlanta to Charleston, then Charleston to NYC, then NYC up to school. I knew the Ex couldn't make the rest of the drive in the state it was in, and I was greatful to be abandoned in Atlanta (where I'm from) rather than in some random place on the side of the Interstate, so I decided whatever I did had to be in Atlanta.
Unfortunately, it was not worth it to get a transmission rebuild, which left the Ex as a barely running vehicle. I milked it down to a Carmax by my friend's apartment, and they offered $2700, which I thought was pretty good, especially when you factor in the non-working transmission.
My dad drove down to Atlanta on Monday and brought all the paperwork for the Ex, and we sold it to Carmax last Monday. We emptied the Ex out and handed it over along with the keys.
And the Ex is gone
This is very depressing, because this is the car I've always had. I started driving it when I was 14, and my friends and I have all grown up in the Ex. But on the bright side, we all loved it, and we drove it hard, and it managed suprisingly well. And at least I lost it in the city it loves (Atlanta).
And hey. At least now something new and better may pop up
