Just bought a new (used) car!

[the Teuton]

No......he wouldn't.

You: 20 mpg.

Me: 36 mpg usually.

Teuton, 1. 2o6, 0.

BTW, I will be back in Ohio next weekend if you're looking at getting your butt handed to you.

[2o6]

You: 20 mpg.

Me: 36 mpg usually.

Teuton, 1. 2o6, 0.

BTW, I will be back in Ohio next weekend if you're looking at getting your butt handed to you.

I have been driving pretty rudely, and I don't get on the freeway at all.

[hotrodalex]

Good mileage is for pussies.

I will, however, have to beat both of those. This tank I think I shall aim for 37 mpg all on suburban and back roads. Next tank shall be 19 mpg.

[ifcar]

Good mileage is for pussies.

I will, however, have to beat both of those. This tank I think I shall aim for 37 mpg all on suburban and back roads. Next tank shall be 19 mpg.

And then there won't be a third tank because the parking brake you left on during the second tank will have given up and the car will just roll off toward the great big service center in the sky.

[hotrodalex]

Actually I was just thinking of leaving it in neutral at stop lights and revving the crap out of it.

[the Teuton]

I knew there was slop in my shifter -- mostly from the factory. But after toting around a 1998ish Civic for a short while, I realize GM made shit for shifters. It's easy to drive, but it's just...so...sloppy...

That said, I like my clutch better than that Civic's. The engagement point on that thing was tiny.

And I will be coming back to Ohio this weekend. 2o6, wanna race? I'll be back all weekend.

[the Teuton]

I'm just four days and 300 miles away from my one-year and 12,000-mile anniversary with this car. Here's the question: Can I make it to 12,000 miles in the next four days?

[the Teuton]

Tomorrow is my one year anniversary with PlastiCar.

[the Teuton]

Here's a blog rant I wrote up on living with my car for a year and Saturn in general.

http://thingsthatrhymewithcars.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/a-year-with-a-plastic-car/

[Colonel Cadillac]

I'm just four days and 300 miles away from my one-year and 12,000-mile anniversary with this car. Here's the question: Can I make it to 12,000 miles in the next four days?

Geeze, 12,000 miles? I've put on a little over 6,000.

[the Teuton]

Geeze, 12,000 miles? I've put on a little over 6,000.

During the summer, I've been driving about 250 miles per week. During the school year, I was looking at just under 100 a week with my commute to go car wash.

Factor in three 1,000-mile trips to New York (and Connecticut for one of them) and going back to Ohio once in a while, and it all adds up.

[Secret Chimp]

I bought my car in March of 2008 with 86something on it. I just rolled over 130,000 last week. Granted that's not on the original engine but still...

[Rupert]

22 kmiles/year is a lot!

[3.0L V6]

Congrats on one year. Here's to a few more!

Sadly, my Saturns seem to suffer death by way of Grand Am after about a year and change of ownership. Maybe God wants me to own another brand of car.

[the Teuton]

Nevar! If a Saturn is treating you well, then there's no reason to go elsewhere.

I finally passed 12,000 miles coming back to Ohio a few days ago for my sick time. I had the oil changed at Wally World, and they did a remarkably professional job with the car. No regrets there.

They did say, however, that there was an oil leak (which I knew about) and a transmission leak (which I didn't). The car runs just fine though.

[MX793]

I'm just four days and 300 miles away from my one-year and 12,000-mile anniversary with this car. Here's the question: Can I make it to 12,000 miles in the next four days?

I've driven over 500 miles in the past 6 days (basically go out cruising every night after work, plus a couple of long drives last weekend), so yeah, definitely possible.

[CJ]

I'll have driven 800 miles this week after tomorrow's trip home and back here to Norman.  I have an orthodontist appointment tomorrow since my orthodontist refuses to see me on a Friday.

[the Teuton]

I'll have driven 800 miles this week after tomorrow's trip home and back here to Norman.  I have an orthodontist appointment tomorrow since my orthodontist refuses to see me on a Friday.

That's bull. While I'm still incapacitated, I'm going to Lysol the hell out of my car's interior tomorrow morning and take it to get the radiator fan fixed.

[the Teuton]

The radiator fan has been hot wired to a toggle switch on the dash because I didn't want to pay $400 to get a new PCM installed. I really, really like the mechanic I went to.

[BimmerM3]

Actually I was just thinking of leaving it in neutral at stop lights and revving the crap out of it.

I read an article a couple years back where someone tried their hardest to get an H2 have a higher MPG over a given route than a Mini Cooper. The guy kept the Mini in low gears, revved it at stop lights and while cruising, full throttle up to cruising speed, etc., and the Mini still got better mileage.

[the Teuton]

What a friend said to me about my toggle switch: "That sounds amazingly ghetto...but it's ingenious!"

[2o6]

Are you sure the it isn't the coolant temp sensor?

[the Teuton]

Are you sure the it isn't the coolant temp sensor?

I had a mechanic tear apart my electrical system yesterday. I'm sure. It's fixed now nonetheless.

[2o6]

That seems to be a dumb fix. Typically the coolant temp sensor also controls the rad fan, too. It's responsible for making sure it turns on and off properly. Did he replace this when he looked at it the first time?

[the Teuton]

That seems to be a dumb fix. Typically the coolant temp sensor also controls the rad fan, too. It's responsible for making sure it turns on and off properly. Did he replace this when he looked at it the first time?

He looked at 3 or 4 different sensors, and they did nothing. Then, he tested the ECU and found out that it wasn't registering the temp.

[2o6]

I would have gotten a second opinion.

[the Teuton]

I would have gotten a second opinion.

My car cools itself, and the repair was cheap. Who the fuck cares? It's a 15-year-old GM product.

[the Teuton]

For the day, we shall call it PlastiBrum. It really sounds good. Thanks, NACar, for the $100 muffler.

[thewizard16]

Having exhaust is a good thing, but does it have to stick out that far? I'm wondering how long it will be before you bang your shin on it unloading something from the trunk.

[the Teuton]

It is a bit out there. The mechanics couldn't recess it any farther.