It's called 'power' steering for a reason

Friday, April 30, 2004

Dear Tom and Ray: My son has an '87 Ford Escort wagon with about 80,000 miles on it. His recent visits to two different mechanics read like an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." One said, "You went to that guy??" And the other said: "You went to that guy?? His dad sneaks over here to have me work on his car." Anyway, the problem is the power steering, which went out. My son had it disconnected a couple of weeks ago. One mechanic says he can probably drive it without the power steering for a couple of years, and it's not worth hooking it back up to diagnose it. The other mechanic predicts dire consequences if he doesn't hook it back up and get it fixed. Any ideas? He just finished being unemployed for nine months, and would like to hang on to the car until he gets a leg up on life. Thanks.

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