

And every 3-5 years they'd have some brand new car and loan because "the old one was falling apart." My point is, it's a mentality. On the other hand, the people with newer cars (and a monthly payment) would turn down every simple repair and general maintenance item that came up. The old boys driving the old 80s and 90s cars and trucks without a monthly payment would never balk at a minor repair. When I use to run my own auto shop I saw a pattern in my customers. Yours was almost certainly pretty bad prior to the sensor going bad, and that just pushed it over the edge. They're effectively a giant filter that collects particles we dont want in the atmosphere. And depending on how it went, the vehicle should have ran rough prior to completely killing the cat.Ĭats also, sort of, just go bad over time. When the sensor went, it should have thrown a check engine light. Just happens with time, age, heat, cold and use. Sensors go bad, there's no maintaining them.
