An interesting side note to this story: I was so upset with her over the Horizon purchase that I refused to have ANYTHING to do with the car. Probably never drove it more than a half dozen times in the four years we had it prior to our divorce. On on of those rare occasions however, a Christmas shopping trip if I remember correctly, I noticed an idiot light flicker at times. By the time it caught my eye, it would go out before I could see which one it was. Finally determined it was the oil light so asked her, "When was the last time you checked the oil?" She said, "I never check it... how do you do that?" So I asked, "When was it changed last?" She replied, "When was
what changed?" Turns out, that with just over 50,000 miles on the odometer, the car had
never had an oil change, nor even had the dipstick pulled! Oil was not even showing on the dipstick! I bought five quarts and used four, plus a little from the fifth! Drove the car home and made an appointment for an oil change the next day. Had it changed once a week for the next several weeks. I have always believed that the oily sludge that had built up in there is somehow what kept that engine from self-destructing like most of them did! I know that doesn't make any real sense, but I can't come up with a better explanation!!!
Dwayne