Comments | xerotope: More Car Woes

xerotope

More Car Woes

Jul 09, 2007 12:25

Was driving back from the bowling alley last night, when I heard some pinging in my engine. Then, just as I'm (thankfully) getting off the Highland Park bridge, the check engine light comes on and the engine dies shortly thereafter ( Read more... )

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stepleton July 9 2007, 22:31:30 UTC

I think all this means that you should stay the heck away from the Highland Park Bridge.

jano July 10 2007, 02:06:35 UTC

DS ftw!

ritzmitz July 10 2007, 02:23:45 UTC

Poor car. :(

My coworker just bought a mazda3 hatchback and likes it a lot. It looks like a fun car to drive.

prosthetic_mind July 16 2007, 00:27:19 UTC

I'm guessing you have an American car?

If you have a Honda or a Toyota and are having these problems, I'm shocked. If you're driving any American car and having these problems, I'd say "well, duh."

Kelly and I have noticed and experienced over, and over, and over, and over that American cares are junk, and break all the time, while Toyotas keep going forever with minimal repairs. And you don't need a new one - get a used Camry, like Tom's, and it'll work fine.

xerotope July 16 2007, 21:17:48 UTC

1992 Toyota Camry, 206k miles.

prosthetic_mind July 16 2007, 21:24:56 UTC

hmmmm. fine then. Well, at 206k miles, it sounds like you are nearing the end of a car's life, and when things start failing, it's about time to retire the car.

But really, Tom bought an old Camry from misc.market for something like $1500, and it continues to work fine. It has a lot fewer miles than your car.