Well these past 5 days i was on a vacation cruise I had gotten from one of the insurance companies we work with here, that was alot of fun. But before that though I was driving the jetta over to the port and as we approached we heard a loud SNAP. I'm like WTF. I start losing power, im getting barely any response from the car. We made it to the port.
My dad then took the car so he could drive it back to his house. On his way back the car shut off and did not turn back on. He got it towed back to his house. Looks like the timing belt snapped, which really sucks cause I was gonna change it at 100k miles, guess it didnt want to go till then.
Well we got back from the cruise yesterday and my dad picked me up with his car (sebring) at 10:30 AM. so we load up our stuff and drive off. about 5 minutes into driving we hear a CLACK CLACK CLACK sound and the car starts losing power and eventually turns off. we were stuck waiting for a tow truck till 2PM. The car got towed to a mechanic.
Later my dad called me and told me that the timing belt snapped on his car and the engine blew at 67,000 miles. It would cost 1500 to rebuild his engine. he hasnt decided what he's going to do yet. Next week the jetta is going to be checked out to see if there was any major damage when the timing belt snapped.
Son of a bitch, is all i can say...
