Before and After

Photos sent by my son, who is working on my car. This is a strut, which fell apart when he took it off. I've hit too many potholes between San Francisco and Klamath Falls since 2001. On the right, the new one.

There is a lot wrong with my 19-year-old Honda and Nate can't believe I was driving it around like this. He asked me how the underside got so scraped up. I'm sure it was the time about five years ago when I was driving around an abandoned cemetery out in the country. The road was two deep ruts with rocks and bushes in the middle. At the time, I was worried about the oil pan, but figured that if it wasn't leaking it was okay. He said that the exhaust manifold had a deep gash in it, so I had just explained why. However, there is nothing wrong with the engine despite years of semi-neglect!