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Title: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: Minpin on August 17, 2007, 10:55:05 PM
The occurrence of recent events has inspired me to make this thread. So, lets hear it who do you think will be the next to have more than minor car trouble? Go.  :lol:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: Raghavan on August 17, 2007, 11:29:24 PM
Probably the 'st33m with all the driving Nick's doing with it. :mask:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: Eye of the Tiger on August 17, 2007, 11:39:16 PM
Quote from: Raghavan on August 17, 2007, 11:29:24 PM
Probably the 'st33m with all the driving Nick's doing with it. :mask:

Not in your life.

Actually, I'm sure it's about 40,000 miles overdue for a timing belt.  :mask:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: 280Z Turbo on August 18, 2007, 12:42:20 AM
The Z.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: Danish on August 18, 2007, 12:43:40 AM
Psilos. Game Over.

Mods, please lock the thread.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: SVT_Power on August 18, 2007, 01:01:28 AM
:lol:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: heelntoe on August 18, 2007, 05:55:46 AM
my engine is on it's last legs. i'll give it one month, maybe two to completely die.
i just hope that piston doesn't come shooting through the seat and into my crotch. :lol:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: the Teuton on August 18, 2007, 02:56:50 PM
Me when I get my EJ25 in my car.

Seriously, probably a newbie like 2o6 when he buys a car.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: SVT_Power on August 18, 2007, 03:42:45 PM
:lol:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: deesea on August 18, 2007, 04:46:37 PM
My Escort, that 4 bangers 10 years old, with close to 300 000 on the clock, (290 something as of now). and its been giving a strange shudder every once in a while...i think its next to die.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: SVT_Power on August 18, 2007, 05:50:27 PM
you or Vtec :devil:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: r0tor on August 19, 2007, 10:28:14 AM
Quote from: NACar on August 17, 2007, 11:39:16 PM
Not in your life.

Actually, I'm sure it's about 40,000 miles overdue for a timing belt.? :mask:


not something i have to worry about  :praise:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: TheIntrepid on August 19, 2007, 10:34:15 AM
No way it's going to be my Hybrid.

I doubt it'll be the Intrepid, but with 154,000 on the clock, I sincerely hope it is, because I want something new.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: heelntoe on August 19, 2007, 10:37:22 AM
make up your mind trep, do you want to keep the trep forever or do you want it to die(i'm sure you know where eddy lives. :tounge: )


Quote from: r0tor on August 19, 2007, 10:28:14 AM

not something i have to worry about  :praise:
rotary snobs. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: TheIntrepid on August 19, 2007, 10:42:27 AM
Quote from: heelntoe on August 19, 2007, 10:37:22 AM
make up your mind trep, do you want to keep the trep forever or do you want it to die(i'm sure you know where eddy lives. :tounge: )

It went to Eddie's house to pick him up and drop him off yesterday. If his Midas touch was going to kill it, it'd have done so. At this point in time I really don't know what I want to do. When I drive it I love it, but then I think about it that it's just an Intrepid ES. :huh:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: heelntoe on August 19, 2007, 10:47:09 AM
you should try over revving the engine by going into a gear too low. :lol:
that's what we did on that 800 a while back.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: TheIntrepid on August 19, 2007, 10:53:34 AM
Quote from: heelntoe on August 19, 2007, 10:47:09 AM
you should try over revving the engine by going into a gear too low. :lol:
that's what we did on that 800 a while back.

I don't want to KILL it.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: The Pirate on August 19, 2007, 11:49:26 AM
My car has 95K miles on it.  It's possibly due for some mechanical failure.  I'm big on proactive maintenance, but haven't had this car long enough to really do anything to it.  I'm sure an alternator and belts are in my near future, at the least.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: 3.0L V6 on August 19, 2007, 02:33:53 PM
Quote from: TheIntrepid on August 19, 2007, 10:34:15 AM
No way it's going to be my Hybrid.

I doubt it'll be the Intrepid, but with 154,000 on the clock, I sincerely hope it is, because I want something new.

Ummm....154,000kms is piddly squat for a car. It's not even 100k miles. You're getting the Hybrid, since you've been talking about it forever, aren't you?

Also, the Trep is cooler than the Toyota.

Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: TheIntrepid on August 19, 2007, 02:47:34 PM
Quote from: 3.0L V6 on August 19, 2007, 02:33:53 PM
Ummm....154,000kms is piddly squat for a car. It's not even 100k miles. You're getting the Hybrid, since you've been talking about it forever, aren't you?

Also, the Trep is cooler than the Toyota.



I'm pretty sure that I'll let my mom have the Toyota. I'd rather have one car that I have all my stuff in that no one else drives than have two cars that can be used by my mom whenever she wants. If I had to pick between the Toyota and the Intrepid, I'd take the Intrepid.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: the Teuton on August 19, 2007, 02:58:49 PM
That, and the Intrepid is huuuggeee.  You can throw a ton more junk into it.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: TBR on August 20, 2007, 11:24:07 AM
Quote from: TheIntrepid on August 19, 2007, 10:34:15 AM
No way it's going to be my Hybrid.

I doubt it'll be the Intrepid, but with 154,000 on the clock, I sincerely hope it is, because I want something new.

Catman had an engine blow or something in his Sequoia before it hit 5000 miles, never say never.

My engine should be good (though   the oil light flashes on rare occasion, but the level is always fine, hopefully it is a sensor) but I am worried about that transmission.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: Zcarnut on August 21, 2007, 06:28:33 AM
Im surprised my dune buggy hasnt left me somewhere yet.My last 2 fresh builds had "teething issues" that were mainly electrical.
This one has had a few probs too,but its mainly been bolts that loosened up (requiring double nuts/lock washers)
Nothing that left me stranded..
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: S204STi on August 21, 2007, 07:48:04 AM
If running out of gas a mere 2 miles from the nearest gas station counts as a "break down" then count me in!  What a tard.... :banghead:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: heelntoe on August 21, 2007, 08:05:31 AM
Quote from: R-inge on August 21, 2007, 07:48:04 AM
If running out of gas a mere 2 miles from the nearest gas station counts as a "break down" then count me in!  What a tard.... :banghead:
i did that all last year. it kept taking more and more fuel so when i thought i could make it, it would stop on the last leg of the journey.
i used to promise myself that the next time it happened, i would chuck it in a ditch and walk home. :huh:
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: sportyaccordy on August 21, 2007, 08:08:43 AM
My Maxima's running pretty good. Gotta love that torque.

But my 1st Accord was running AWESOME the day it seized a piston. So I dunno.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: Zcarnut on September 04, 2007, 02:10:49 PM
Uh oh..Dune buggy broke twice on the same day yesterday.The clutch cable broke in the AM.After fixing that and towing it back home from the beach house,I found out the cv bolts loosened up/flew off on the drivers side making it inoperable yet again.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: 280Z Turbo on September 04, 2007, 02:15:38 PM
Quote from: Zcarnut on September 04, 2007, 02:10:49 PM
I found out the cv bolts loosened up/flew off on the drivers side making it inoperable yet again.


Our '80 Rabbit racecar did that too.

I think it's a common VW thing.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: Zcarnut on September 04, 2007, 02:17:40 PM
Figures...Its probably the only bolts on the whole car Ive never put a wrench to!
At least it didnt spoil the weekend.She was all over the beach all weekend.
Title: Re: Who will be the next to break down?
Post by: The Pirate on September 04, 2007, 05:23:37 PM
Well, I'm in the running for this as well, fellas.  Nothing catastrophic, but my car seems to have developed a leak in the brake system.  No visible fluid drips, but the pedal is spongy and the e-brake light comes on when the brakes are applied, which signifies a problem in the hydraulic lines.

It figures too, I just moved to a new town (away from a garage that I'd been going to for years), and have yet to find a reputable car repair place here.  Oh well, that task just moved up a few notches on the priority list.