1LoudLS
Dedicated LVC Member
be careful, this is really rolling the dice... there is some risk in letting a problem like this keep happening, every time your engine overheats, you are risking serious damage to it. hell another car would blow it head gaskets probably many times over, lucky the LS is pretty smart and does a good job protecting itself, but regardless, nobody should be relying on the car to save itself. systems mess up or fail all the time, I know I would be so mad at myself if I blew up an engine because I wanted to wait on a few hundred dollars worth of parts that I knew (or was told) that I needed.
its not so much that anybody thinks your living beyond your means, its more of just the facts of this car, a young LS is an amazing and well designed machine that in all honestly while still having a few certain problems is still quite a reliable car. on the flip side of that, once the LS starts to get a little long in the tooth, it can really go south quick and turn into a major money pit, parts for this car are becoming very hard to find, there are next to no aftermarket parts to choose from other than a few garbage companies that make parts that your lucky if they work out of the box! the few parts you can find are pretty expensive, and once you start putting off some repairs, other things quickly deteriorate and can stack up fast. having a bottomless wallet almost becomes a requirement after a certain point if you plan on trying to keep this car in a respectable shape and far too many of us refuse to get that in our heads (that statement was pointed more at myself than anyone specific... lol)
