Originally posted by: Captain_Howdy
What are the specific problems you are having with it? Valve clearance, timing belt, etc? No car dies unless you let it!
There's a couple of main issues and then a few little ones...
The transmission's taking a hell of a long time to shift, it just hesitates while the engine revs, and finally when it shifts the car shudders and accelerates.
I'm getting some really odd noises while turning at low speeds, squeaking/groaning noises (hard to describe) and when turning to the left there's a loud snapping or cracking sound (again, hard to describe).
Minor stuff:
Left high-beam is out
The electrical needs a bit of work: AC display hasn't worked in ages, it worked ONCE like 2 weeks ago and then stopped again, and the tachometer is on crack; it'll show 2-3k RPMs at idle, then suddenly jump to some crazy number like 7k for a while, then change again. It's a mix between actual values and randomness.
Shocks/suspension are nonexistant. If there's any sort of bump, I feel it.
A friggin deer hit my car (hit me, I didn't hit him) awhile back and the driver's-side window hesistates going up.
Interior is shot, it sat in the sun for a year and the leather in the back is all crusty and fvcked up.
EDIT: Yeah, forgot this one, the alarm goes off completely randomly. So random that I didn't know it even had an alarm until I leaned against the door one day and off it went. A week later it goes off at 4 in the morning...3 times in a row. It doesn't even go off if you try to steal it, it apparently only goes off to annoy me. :frown:
There's probably other stuff I'm forgetting, too, but it probably isnt terribly important.
It's hard to explain but I get the feeling it's going to die soon : /
Which sucks cause it would be a good car if it was in better shape.
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