Hi everyone!
My first car was a gold 1987 Fiero GT. I thought I was the coolest thang in school thanks to that hott little car. My dad bought it for me. I think it was sort of a mourning gift, as I had lost my mother shortly before my 16th birthday. I got the car in 1992.
Anyhow, long story short, my dad and I had a falling out when I was 17. He kicked me out and I went to stay with my grandmother. He came in the middle of the night and took the car back. He went about 15 years without speaking to me. In that 15 years, I heard that he had sold the car.
We made up a few years ago. I found out he actually still had the car. He told me last week that he would let me have it back, but that a mechanic had told him it could cost up to 5G to get her going again.
Apparently it has been sitting in a lot behind his mechanic's shop for the last 17 years. There was nothing wrong with it when he took it there. He just basically wanted to store it somewhere. So, wow, I don't know where to start once I get it back! First of all, I have to haul it 2000 miles back to CO, where I live. But I also have NO idea where to start.
Do you have any recommendations? I've never tried to start a car that has sat for 17 years. I'm sure you are supposed to do some things to it just to get it to a place where it's safe to even try turning the ignition.
Am I getting in over my head? I loved the car. But am I being unrealistic? I'm not a rich woman, in any sense. I wish I were a gear head, but I'm not. So, is this going to be really expensive, you think?
Any suggestions are appreciated. Even if you tell me I should TOTALLY not even go through the trouble of hauling a dead car 2000 miles.
My first car was a gold 1987 Fiero GT. I thought I was the coolest thang in school thanks to that hott little car. My dad bought it for me. I think it was sort of a mourning gift, as I had lost my mother shortly before my 16th birthday. I got the car in 1992.
Anyhow, long story short, my dad and I had a falling out when I was 17. He kicked me out and I went to stay with my grandmother. He came in the middle of the night and took the car back. He went about 15 years without speaking to me. In that 15 years, I heard that he had sold the car.
We made up a few years ago. I found out he actually still had the car. He told me last week that he would let me have it back, but that a mechanic had told him it could cost up to 5G to get her going again.
Apparently it has been sitting in a lot behind his mechanic's shop for the last 17 years. There was nothing wrong with it when he took it there. He just basically wanted to store it somewhere. So, wow, I don't know where to start once I get it back! First of all, I have to haul it 2000 miles back to CO, where I live. But I also have NO idea where to start.
Do you have any recommendations? I've never tried to start a car that has sat for 17 years. I'm sure you are supposed to do some things to it just to get it to a place where it's safe to even try turning the ignition.
Am I getting in over my head? I loved the car. But am I being unrealistic? I'm not a rich woman, in any sense. I wish I were a gear head, but I'm not. So, is this going to be really expensive, you think?
Any suggestions are appreciated. Even if you tell me I should TOTALLY not even go through the trouble of hauling a dead car 2000 miles.
