article_snippet: Vlad Pokrovski then called a local car garage to see if his friends and neighbours could help, and was told a local car garage would be a waste of time.
article_snippet: Garage owner Andrey Teliatev, 45, said: 'I'm not even sure a local car garage worth trying to get free. '
article_snippet: The engine will be dead from being flooded and I don't think The engine can be repaired. '
article_snippet: In fact, repairing The engine would cost about the same as getting a new one.'
article_snippet: If I hadn't parked in that ditch this would never have happened, but who would have thought this? '
article_snippet: Pokrovski's mechanic warned that after such an ordeal it would be cheaper to buy a new car .
highlights_snippet: Mechanics told Vlad Pokrovski that Vlad Pokrovski might be cheaper to buy a new car .
  