# new to NYSPD, 96 T-Bird

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [December 15, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-to-nyspd-96-t-bird/40317 "2007-12-15T16:28:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-to-nyspd-96-t-bird/40317/69 "2008-01-04T11:00:39Z")

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> [@Fry](#):
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> Nice, you’ve got at least 20k left in that head gasket. 😛 Hopefully…
> 
> Just don’t do what my old roommate did. His 92 Cougar 3.8 started billowing white smoke so he tried driving it from UB north back home to Rochester to deal with it there. He barely made it off campus. He then paid a tow truck $350 to tow it to “his” mechanic, just to have his mechanic tell him it ain’t worth fixing as the rest of the car was rotting.
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> I think he was over 100k though.

i’ve read so many horror stories that sometimes i have to check my mirrors to make sure im not trailing a white cloud. the car still pulls strongly for what it is, and i’m lucky to have so little miles on it.

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