Buying a car?
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Cad
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Even then, modern synthetic oil is ludicrously good... cars just aren't shitting bearings or rods due to oiling anymore, at least outside of race tracks. They just aren't.
taebin
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Sigh, AC just went out in my 2007 Kia Sportage. Around 110k miles on it, taken pretty good care of it over the years (5-7k oil changes, air filters, transmission fluid flush, replaced tires at 50k, replaced front and rear brakes). It's getting close to colder season in Texas, so just considering sticking with it until Spring and trade in.
Not sure exactly what's wrong; whole compressor shot or just a temperature gauge in front dashboard? It stopped working intermittently a few months ago with weird behavior. Would blow really cool air for 30-45 minutes, then would only blow outside air once the cabin had cooled and I turned down the blower speed. Had the refrigerant discharged and recharged, checked all the lines for leaks. Really hard to replicate when I would take it up to mechanic, as it needed to be running for 30+ minutes in order to show signs of what was wrong. NTB eventually said my compressor was going out and wanted $1400 to fix it, but I thought it was bullshit and they were just grasping at straws because they couldn't diagnose it. Now the whole thing is out as soon as I turn the car on, and it's still 80 degrees in Texas :\
Not sure exactly what's wrong; whole compressor shot or just a temperature gauge in front dashboard? It stopped working intermittently a few months ago with weird behavior. Would blow really cool air for 30-45 minutes, then would only blow outside air once the cabin had cooled and I turned down the blower speed. Had the refrigerant discharged and recharged, checked all the lines for leaks. Really hard to replicate when I would take it up to mechanic, as it needed to be running for 30+ minutes in order to show signs of what was wrong. NTB eventually said my compressor was going out and wanted $1400 to fix it, but I thought it was bullshit and they were just grasping at straws because they couldn't diagnose it. Now the whole thing is out as soon as I turn the car on, and it's still 80 degrees in Texas :\
opiate82
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Really depends on what is "shot" with the compressor, but you could run into an issue where eventually the pulley seizes causing the whole belt to snap rendering your car useless. Generally the price on compressor replacements is high because they want to replace the whole AC system because a blown compressor can shoot metal shards through all the AC workings. When my compressor went on my '94 Explorer it was going to cost more money to replace the compressor/AC system than the car was worth. I could have risked hitting a pull-apart and getting a different compressor to put in there, but if there were metal shards floating around the system it wouldn't have mattered. I just bought a shorter belt, routed it around the AC compressor (so the belt wasn't on the AC pulley anymore) and called it good. I live in WA where I only need AC like 2 weeks out of the year however.
It could just need to be charged up with refrigerant and the mechanic you took it too wants to take you for a ride, but tough to diagnose over the intrawebs.
It could just need to be charged up with refrigerant and the mechanic you took it too wants to take you for a ride, but tough to diagnose over the intrawebs.
Looks like the BMW 2 series is real:
World Premiere: BMW M235i and 228i Coupe [Official Thread]
World Premiere: BMW M235i and 228i Coupe [Official Thread]
The M235i looks cool.. the now classic twin turbo inline six with 332hp at 3300lbs. in a RWD car with a limited slip differential option.... fucking awesome. The pricetag of $44k though... not so awesome
Soygen
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Falstaff
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Cracked windshield, rust, needed to be repainted, etc. My wife really drove it into the ground and didn't take very good care of it.
Cad
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Still hoping they come out with an M2 or something instead of this retarded "slap an M badge on everything" move
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When I was car shopping over the summer, I test drove a CX-5 and absolutely loved it. Handled great, and got outstanding gas mileage for an SUV. Unfortunately, it was actually a little bit smaller than my current Escape, especially in the back seat, and we were wanting something a little larger. I'm not overly tall, only about 6', and leg room was a severe issue in the backseat of the CX-5. I really liked the CX-5 but it was too small, and I really like the CX-9 but it was too big(we didn't want a 3rd row of seats), it sucks that Mazda stopped producing the CX-7, we probably would have bought one.
Itlan
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Nope, took it off actually lol. Idiot before me put a horrible aftermarket exhaust on it, I had the entire system changed.
Intrinsic
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Just seeing if anyone made any recent decisions for those that were looking. Just realized this week that because my car is too old for the car program I've got about $4,000 of extra tax liability this year. Coupled with the fact that it still needs $3k - $4k worth of repair to the back end I'm even more convinced to go ahead and trade it in as is and get something new. Deciding between practical (still thinking the Ford Fusion Hybrid out of the Hybrid mid size sedan category ~$25k range) and just being irresponsible and going M4, C63 AMG, or something along those lines. I hate growing up.