[sleepydsm]

Believe it or not, some of these are not due to "half-assed" work. These cars are getting up there in age and miles, and if the owner doesn't replace something before it breaks things are bound to go wrong. And I know many of us do preventive maintenance (I for example replaced the entire cooling system on my new car just because, along with the timing stuff because I didn't know when the previous owner had ever done it), and I know many people out there are too lazy, dumb, or just poor to do it.