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Phluxed
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 Posted: Tue, 5th Feb 2008 02:09 Post subject: I have something to bitch about |
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I was about to book my trip to Las Vegas and my fucking engine light in my car comes on... GREAATTT I think, theres a few hundred bucks down the line..
I take it to my mechanic, and the OBDII code is piston misfire. He looks at it, one of the heads is damaged. Bout $1000 later.... I am probably not going to fucking vegas. Instead I have a working car.. to drive my ass to work some more.. to pay for the fucking car. Absolutely irritating. I was just about to get my credit card paid off too.
I also have a driving test tomorrow for my G license.. been putting it off way too long, and I'm pretty nervous about it. Another $50 if I pass to get my license reissued or another $75 and THEN $50 if I fail... so annoying. Fuck Ontario driving.
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Feb 2008 02:23 Post subject: |
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What kind of car? Most CEL's are emission related but before you pay $1k for work on the head I'd replace the Plugs, Wires or even the coils and injectors. A lot of the time when a code is pulled for cylinder misfire it's a single bad injector.
Did this happen out of no where? Or would it happen only on hard acceleration? If it came out of the blue like that then I'd say #1 is one injector. Especially if you didn't get any shuddering or hear misfiring yourself.
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Feb 2008 02:26 Post subject: |
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| KrAzY-KaMeL wrote: | What kind of car? Most CEL's are emission related but before you pay $1k for work on the head I'd replace the Plugs, Wires or even the coils and injectors. A lot of the time when a code is pulled for cylinder misfire it's a single bad injector.
Did this happen out of no where? Or would it happen only on hard acceleration? If it came out of the blue like that then I'd say #1 is one injector. Especially if you didn't get any shuddering or hear misfiring yourself. |
I know the mechanic and he showed me the OBDII results. The car was definitely shifting and accelerating hard, and when it hit 4k RPMs it was starting to shake like crazy. It sort of happened out of no where, and if I pulled off to the side of the road, and was on a bit of a slant, the light would blink.
Changed the plugs, and wires as well, just for regular maintenance. I bought it used, it is a 2005 sebring limited. Got her for 8k financed with 70,000 KMs on it. Not exactly the typical 20 year olds car, but its got a really nice interior, nice stock sound system, etc... |
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Feb 2008 09:52 Post subject: |
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Yeah, if the car was running like ass then it could actually be a mis firing cylinder. But before going the lengths of pulling off the head etc, I'd still replace the injector as precaution. (Better then dumping a ton of $ and finding out later it wasn't the cylinder)
Good Luck, car trouble at the worst time is lame. Think about taking a rental car to Vegas?
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Feb 2008 18:07 Post subject: |
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| KrAzY-KaMeL wrote: | Yeah, if the car was running like ass then it could actually be a mis firing cylinder. But before going the lengths of pulling off the head etc, I'd still replace the injector as precaution. (Better then dumping a ton of $ and finding out later it wasn't the cylinder)
Good Luck, car trouble at the worst time is lame. Think about taking a rental car to Vegas? |
I was going to be flying out to san diego and driving with a friend from there, but the ticket to SD is like 500 or to LA is like 370.. and then the cash to spend in vegas is basically gone. It's pretty shit at this point. I might just fly to SD and hang out with my friend. |
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Feb 2008 23:46 Post subject: |
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MOTHER FUCKER SOMEONE HIT MY CAR TODAY.
They took off my side view mirror.... When it rains it pours.
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Feb 2008 00:05 Post subject: |
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Dude
Sorry to hear about your car. I have been there and done that. I didn't quite miss my holidays tho, just went into dept for a bit.
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Feb 2008 01:10 Post subject: |
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My credit card is already maxed and can't pay for the mirror right now, payday is tomorrow, gonna have to get it done next week... Definitely not going to las vegas anymore. Might be able to swing going to SD, but I dunno.
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Feb 2008 06:23 Post subject: |
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Maybe you can do it later after the car is paid.
There are huge flight deals right now to Vegas. I saw some at flight center for 300 something, 3 night accom at a 3 star hotel included. Food is super cheap there too and you DRINK for FREE if you are gambling. You can do nickel slots or something. There have entertainment on the walks too in front of the hotels.
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Feb 2008 08:27 Post subject: |
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| pistolshrimp wrote: | Maybe you can do it later after the car is paid.
There are huge flight deals right now to Vegas. I saw some at flight center for 300 something, 3 night accom at a 3 star hotel included. Food is super cheap there too and you DRINK for FREE if you are gambling. You can do nickel slots or something. There have entertainment on the walks too in front of the hotels. |
Yea I'd have to wait til the summer at the earliest I think... I'm in just too much debt right now. I had forgotten I used my mother's credit card to pay for some schooling fees I need to pay off, few hundred there, few hundred on a CC I cancelled but didn't pay off as I thought I had... bills just are flying at me left and right. |
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Feb 2008 21:19 Post subject: |
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That is like me. When I want to go somewhere something always comes up and screws me financially so I choose not to do it.
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wazzaap19
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| Posted: Fri, 8th Feb 2008 00:47 Post subject: |
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Just be glad you're not married and have kids yet.
The night beckons me
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Feb 2008 01:37 Post subject: |
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SO FUCK THIS SHIT.
I paid for it all, and guess what. My engine light comes back on FUCKING TODAY. And on top of that, some asshole fucking clipped my mirror and drove off leaving me to foot the bill for THAT. AND fucking unbelievable, with the shitty roads, my car slipped backing out of my driveway and hit a car who was RETARDEDLY parked at the foot of my driveway across the street, and I have to foot the bill for that... this is unreal.
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Feb 2008 02:45 Post subject: |
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No possible way to afford it anymore  Credit card is maxed out and I have $5 to my name.. going to have to wait til next paycheque to pay for body damage, and then paycheque after to start clearing my CC off.... My engine light may be the extreme cold here today. In celsius it was -18 when i started the car... which is retardedly cold. Plus with the side view bashed up and snow on the wires, that could be it as well. I think I'm just going to drive with it on for a few days see if it goes away.
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Feb 2008 06:42 Post subject: |
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| Phluxed wrote: | SO FUCK THIS SHIT.
I paid for it all, and guess what. My engine light comes back on FUCKING TODAY. And on top of that, some asshole fucking clipped my mirror and drove off leaving me to foot the bill for THAT. AND fucking unbelievable, with the shitty roads, my car slipped backing out of my driveway and hit a car who was RETARDEDLY parked at the foot of my driveway across the street, and I have to foot the bill for that... this is unreal. |
ENGINE LIGHT is guess what. ----> no go.
Gotta love the engine light tho, If that comes on you know something is wrong. It is prob something very SMALL. (commiing from someone who bought a car and it needed a new trannie) <---listen at own RISK
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I always buy shitty cars, that way I don't really care about the damage. I had no luck with newer vehicles.
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
In all your remembering, remember that you have choices
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Feb 2008 07:27 Post subject: |
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| Martian123 wrote: | | I always buy shitty cars, that way I don't really care about the damage. I had no luck with newer vehicles. |
New vehicles?? Did you buy Ford in the past?
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Feb 2008 07:51 Post subject: |
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it was an used Chrysler Sebring... but like... this is getting out of hand.
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Feb 2008 08:39 Post subject: |
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| pistolshrimp wrote: | | Martian123 wrote: | | I always buy shitty cars, that way I don't really care about the damage. I had no luck with newer vehicles. |
New vehicles?? Did you buy Ford in the past? |
I had a few newer cars, two were fords. Basically I would have either a lemon or some dink would ruin it. Lost mirrors, broken into.
Now no one touches anything! Get a shitbox.
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Feb 2008 08:44 Post subject: |
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@mart
That is cuz you live in crack- land (BC, Canada) where everyone is stealing what not outta your car. Even a few pop bottles in the back of a car are fair game here.
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Feb 2008 08:49 Post subject: |
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I always thought my area would be better than it is. It's funny that they have the bait car
program that they tout as being effective, but the level of theft is still so high.
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
In all your remembering, remember that you have choices
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Feb 2008 08:54 Post subject: |
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I liked the "bait car program'' . It did work in Surrey, It was the cap of car theif in North America per cap. for awhile until that program.
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Tue, 12th Feb 2008 03:23 Post subject: |
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Engine light went off. WEEEEE. If the body damage comes out cheap, I'm going to be a happy man.. hopefully things continue going my way.
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