My wife blew up the CRV

[Rimmer]

We have two Honda CRVs  she was driving the older one back from the shops Monday when the engine quit on her, she managed to pull over and a kindly passing Thai in a pickup truck towed her to our regular mechanics workshop.

 

We went in yesterday to see what is happening,  as I suspected the engine is seized due to a catastrophic sudden burst of the main water inlet pipe to the engine, she says the warning lights came up and the engine seized all at the same time  mmmmmm.

 

Cost for a new engine around 30k, It's an old Honda CRV and needed replacing anyway, I wanted to buy her a new one for a year or more but she does not want a new one, she loves this car.

 

I also tried to tell her that we could sell that car to the workshop, he would fit a new engine at cost then re sell the car and make a profit and we could put the money toward a new car, Nope don't like new cars, don't like the smell of new cars inside them.....

 

So there we are, what would you do?  ????

 

 

 

 

[stoner]

2 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

she says the warning lights came up and the engine seized all at the same time  mmmmmm.

sounds like brake failure to me. 

[BritManToo]

2 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Cost for a new engine around 30k, It's an old Honda CRV and needed replacing anyway, I wanted to buy her a new one for a year or more but she does not want a new one, she loves this car.

 

So there we are, what would you do? 

I'd pay the 30k for a new engine, seems like a very reasonable price.

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, Rimmer said:

So there we are, what would you do?  ????

Let her walk !!!!….

 

Always potential issues with engine replacements etc…. If you can easily afford a new car get one, they’re safer etc she’ll get used to it. 

[BananaStrong]

spend 3 million on a "new" car and put a big sticker "USED" on it.

 

sorted.

[DavisH]

Is it the k20 engine model, or the first generation 1.8? The engine swap is quite cheap actually. It will be a second hand motor but should be OK. They should give some kind of warranty with it. You won't get much for a non-functional car, so it probably needs fixing anyway. 

If its a k20, how about get a k24 from an accord and put it in? It would cost more but it would have more grunt. 

Edited February 9, 2023 by DavisH

[metisdead]

How about giving her your old CRV and buying yourself a new one? Then she won't have to endure the new car smell.  

[Rimmer]

3 minutes ago, DavisH said:

Is it the k20 engine model, or the first generation 1.8? The engine swap is quite cheap actually. It will be a second hand motor but should be OK. They should give some kind of warranty with it. You won't get much for a non-functional car, so it probably needs fixing anyway. 

If its a k20, how about get a k24 from an accord and put it in? It would cost more but it would have more grunt. 

 

I suspect its a 1.8 model it has the spare wheel outside on the tailgate

[Rimmer]

1 minute ago, metisdead said:

How about giving her your old CRV and buying yourself a new one? Then she won't have to endure the new car smell. 

 

That is too logical Thai lady can not compute ????

[Neeranam]

Price of a new engine should only be about 10k. Are you neat Chiang Kong?

 

เซียงกงบางนา ซอย 4 บางพลี, Bang Phli District

[Neeranam]

https://www.google.com/maps/@13.629881,100.7048029,3a,75y,264.66h,93.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sD9nq2RJ8y1Ilf0fM0gphkQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[brianburi]

Buy a Toyota.....

[scorecard]

14 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I'd pay the 30k for a new engine, seems like a very reasonable price.

Agree, 3 years ago new engine imported from Japan with all fittings and installed, Chiang Mai, for old civic cost us 55,000Baht and I got many comments that this was a reasonable price. 

Edited February 9, 2023 by scorecard

[petermik]

Change the wife Rimmer.........????

[transam]

3 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Price of a new engine should only be about 10k. Are you neat Chiang Kong?

 

เซียงกงบางนา ซอย 4 บางพลี, Bang Phli District

10,000 bht for a new engine, have you a link for that....

[eisfeld]

3 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

 

That is too logical Thai lady can not compute ????

Maybe she's the one with the more logical compute unit.

 

She sees no value in having a newer car which is a very rational thought as she sees the car as a utility to go from A to B. So now that we put equal value on fixing the old car and having a new car we just need to compare the costs for each. 30k to fix the old car or something more than 30k to get a new one. The logical choice under these constraints is to fix the old one as it gets you the same result (machine to take from A to B) with fewer costs.

 

Is she vulcan?

[worgeordie]

Sounds more like no oil in engine ,when was the last time you checked it,

burst water pipe would not seize the engine just like that .

 

regards worgeordie

[Neeranam]

2 minutes ago, transam said:

10,000 bht for a new engine, have you a link for that....

No, a second hand engine. Why put a new engine into an old car?

[DavisH]

8 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

 

I suspect its a 1.8 model it has the spare wheel outside on the tailgate

It should be no problem getting another motor for it. How aaabout getting a quote for rebuilding the current engine? 

[transam]

Weeeeeeeeeeell Rim, you and I know repairing it is really a no-no if the cash is there for a new ride. With an old car, something else may/will pop up to drain the wallet.

So, what is the car worth in working order is the first question, what would the workshop offer for it as it is, then do the maths.

 

But alas, I have missed out the wifey element in the equation, so think I should have stayed quiet.............................

[Neeranam]

I guess it depends how rich you are. Pay 30k for a new one that they buy for 10k if you are comfortable with that. If you are a stingy Scotsman, buy a second hand engine for 5k, doesn't have to be a Honda, take it to the local technical college and ask the students there to fit it, giving the motor mechanic teacher a couple thousand baht to oversee. 

[transam]

14 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

No, a second hand engine. Why put a new engine into an old car?

Why not put a new engine in an old car, I have fitted quite a few...????

 

Please be more precise in future, saves a lot of confusion...........

 

[phetphet]

Give her the second one that you already have and buy yourself a new one.

No new smell in that one.

[Woofer]

Do as your wife wants! Otherwise you will never hear to end of it. Besides I like that model of CRV myself and I miss the old one I had.

[Kwasaki]

I would go with what my wife  wants wouldn't bother me.

My wife won't let me buy her a new Mio scoot she like's her old one she says " give me the money instead " . ????

[foreverlomsak]

2 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Nope don't like new cars, don't like the smell of new cars inside them.....

 

So there we are, what would you do? 

give her your old one and buy the new one for yourself, don't let her inside until the "new smell" has abated. 

[bang saen guy]

2 hours ago, transam said:

Why not put a new engine in an old car, I have fitted quite a few...????

 

Please be more precise in future, saves a lot of confusion...........

 

He was very precise. He said a new engine was 10,000 then backtracked when you called him on it

[MJCM]

3 hours ago, BananaStrong said:

spend 3 million on a "new" car and put a big sticker "USED" on it.

 

sorted.

5555555555, another related car story and stickers

 

Niece bought a new car, unfortunately it was the wrong colour (she wanted a Pink one (because she was born on a Tuesday) but the car manufacturer didn't offer that car in Pink (strangely enough ).

 

What she did was went into a Sticker Shop and had a sticker made and she put it on the car, this car is Pink it said

Edited February 9, 2023 by MJCM
SpElLiNg

[Neeranam]

4 hours ago, bang saen guy said:

He was very precise. He said a new engine was 10,000 then backtracked when you called him on it

My apologies, was just trying to help. 

I won't bother next time.  

No backtracking at all. Can't you see I gave the name of a second hand car parts area of Bangkok?

[transam]

1 minute ago, Neeranam said:

My apologies, was just trying to help. 

I won't bother next time.  

No backtracking at all. Can't you see I gave the name of a second hand car parts area of Bangkok?

That may have new engines in stock.....

 

7 hours ago, Neeranam said:

I guess it depends how rich you are. Pay 30k for a new one that they buy for 10k if you are comfortable with that. If you are a stingy Scotsman, buy a second hand engine for 5k, doesn't have to be a Honda, take it to the local technical college and ask the students there to fit it, giving the motor mechanic teacher a couple thousand baht to oversee. 

That's daft................????