Q: Cracked engine block
There is car for sale that I like and my only issue is a cracked engine block that they fixed with seal it and they said that the car has been running fine since, would this be okay to drive, especially as a college commuter car?
My car has 190000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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