[David in San Antonio]

I feel your pain, brother. A few weeks ago I gave away for free a 24 year old German sports sedan with somewhat unusual spec package. I had bought it new in 2000 and loved driving it. Then the darn thing started failing, one startlingly expensive German part at a time. Then in pairs, then all at once. I just couldn’t summon the energy to deal with it anymore.
Copart offered me $170 for it so I gave it away. According to the fellow I gave it to, $1,000 in parts and free labor got it running. The windows don’t open and the a/c doesn’t work, but now someone has a jalopy to get to work in. A very high spec sports sedan jalopy.
I’m happy it’s helping someone and thrilled not to have it hanging over my head as a failed project any more.
Also my name came up at a recent HOA meeting and they were fixing to send me a letter about the non-running car in my driveway.