I REALLY hate my car right now...
11-11-04, 12:33 AM
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I REALLY hate my car right now...
I really hate my car at the moment... everytime something gets fixed something else *** up...
Ok let's see, about a month or so ago my turbos died and I had an electrical ghost in the car... about $4300 or so to fix, then two weeks later (ie. last SATURDAY) my idle tensioner bearing seized, causing my serpentine belt to burn itself and snap, also causing LOTS of embarrassment...
Now today I go to leave to go to the gym and I get a phonecall "err, is your car leaking oil? there's oil all over the driveway?"... so halfway to the gym, stuck in traffic I have to turn back, and guess what? Puddle of oil on the ground, looks fresh too... check the dipstick and it's at the L level (when only two days ago it was full)... my car's gone through 3/4 of oil!
WTF is wrong with my car???!?!?!??! I haven't gotten it up on the hoist yet or anything (it's just happened, got back home)... I didn't even hit anything (speedhumps, boulders etc...)... and just to top it off, someone backed into my car this afternoon WHEN I WAS IN THE FRIGGIN THING!!!!!!
I wanna ram the f*<king thing into a brick wall
/vent (maybe)
Ok let's see, about a month or so ago my turbos died and I had an electrical ghost in the car... about $4300 or so to fix, then two weeks later (ie. last SATURDAY) my idle tensioner bearing seized, causing my serpentine belt to burn itself and snap, also causing LOTS of embarrassment...
Now today I go to leave to go to the gym and I get a phonecall "err, is your car leaking oil? there's oil all over the driveway?"... so halfway to the gym, stuck in traffic I have to turn back, and guess what? Puddle of oil on the ground, looks fresh too... check the dipstick and it's at the L level (when only two days ago it was full)... my car's gone through 3/4 of oil!
WTF is wrong with my car???!?!?!??! I haven't gotten it up on the hoist yet or anything (it's just happened, got back home)... I didn't even hit anything (speedhumps, boulders etc...)... and just to top it off, someone backed into my car this afternoon WHEN I WAS IN THE FRIGGIN THING!!!!!!
I wanna ram the f*<king thing into a brick wall
/vent (maybe)
11-11-04, 01:06 PM
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to vent your anger, cut it in half!
then send me the front half =)
if you just changed it recently it may be anything as simple as not tightening the drain plug tight enough or forgetting to use a washer gasket. If it is as much as it sounds like though, it could be a whole handful of things. check rear main seal, valve cover gaskets, turbo oil lines. Just trace the leak and youll find it, hopefully. good luck with it.
but really if you get so angry you do something like cut it right in front of the seats but leave the driveshaft in tact and unbolt the rear end and put it all on a crate, pm me and ill send you an address so you NEVER have to see it again. Just trying to help out.
then send me the front half =)
if you just changed it recently it may be anything as simple as not tightening the drain plug tight enough or forgetting to use a washer gasket. If it is as much as it sounds like though, it could be a whole handful of things. check rear main seal, valve cover gaskets, turbo oil lines. Just trace the leak and youll find it, hopefully. good luck with it.
but really if you get so angry you do something like cut it right in front of the seats but leave the driveshaft in tact and unbolt the rear end and put it all on a crate, pm me and ill send you an address so you NEVER have to see it again. Just trying to help out.
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