AAAARRRRGHHH ,Dam truck

Man i hate repair bills.I have been telling my wife we needed to get my explorer to the garage.

(1) because i wanted there to be a decent vehicle on the road.

( 2) Our mercury sable totally sucks in the snow.

Well we both realized this is inspection month, so another reason to get it down there. Now my truck, has really seen no use except for my wife driving it to work three times since my stroke. In fact i last drove it three days prior to the stroke. So that makes it Dec 29 2003. Well i had it towed to the garage, thank you for AAA.

And so for starters, the undercarriage is pretty rusty, and the drivers side has a lot of rust. Sofor starters i have to get the body fixed before it can be inspected.

The battery needs replacement, as does the starter

Also the brakes were getting low,as maria and i thought.

Well yesterday they were doing some work on it checking out the brakes and such.They took her out for a test drive this morning.And of course some wonderful dingbat cut them off. THhey hit the brakes hard and they blew the brake lines.And of course the rotors are not looking good at all


So you see im friggin happy


I know the truck is in bad shaspe its a 92 with  176,000 miles


but i do not have the money to replace the truck, i only need it to get through one more inspection.

I bought her used in 97, and all in all it has been a great truck.



Sorry just had to rant, dont mind me.

I hate cars also!  My brakes were working wonderfully then one day it sounds like they just start grinding, no warning at all leading up to this.  God knows my next paycheck will go solely to it.  All cars are is a fucking money pit.  

It kinda feels good to have a thread to just bitch about vehicles.

I just spent 500 dollars on fucking tires and an allignment, I  was fuck tires are expensive, although I almost died driving in the rain last week so I was happy to have them put on

[nO-One]

yeah you\'re not alone, just spent a whole lot of money on a bunch of things, first the exhaust thingie went broke and poor Ganymede (my car) farted like there was no tomorrow, got that fixed and then something went broke and I got it fixed and then the water cooling thingie broke and Ganymede got a fever.

But now he\'s out of the hospital and is feeling better then ever.

never buy chevy. My 03  had 9k miles on it when I bought. I have had the breaks done. Cost me $300. Had to have my alternator custom built. For entertainment purpose. My car was doing all types of crazy stuff.  Bought a bigger battery. Had my car full-service.

With parts and labor I can say that  so far I have spent close to $900 on the car and I got 17K miles now. The brakes are grinding I sware. Well I got the life-time warranty on the seramic brake pads.

I took the car in a while ago they said the brakes were new.  And it was all in my head. I sware these auto places get over. I will be having them rechecked soon.

my civic has 140k miles on it and all I have to do is change the oil on it.  Life is good.


Oh and quddus, thank god I\'m not a grammar nazi.  Your english is a trainwreck.

cars are a real pita.  It\'s like a multi-thousand dollar exoskeleton that travels really fast yet can\'t bump into anything.

[Cerberus]

idf you want to bitch about something, bitch about busses.

In the uk, in many places, they have their very own lanes on roads, yet they still feel the need to cut you up when it most inconveniences you.

Sorry never driven a bus, so i got no complaints

last gm vehicle i had was a 91 gmc sonoma pickup.It was great at first then i started going through starters faster then socks .Turned out the transmission brace was broken so everytime i hit a bump the bell housing of the transmission slammed into the starter breaking them in half.So now im back to fords.

[videoholic]

But you haven\'t spent a dime on it in 2 years.  Kind of hard to complain about spending money on a car that doesn\'t cost you any money.

[CHIZZY]

I\'m on my 3rd chevy, I\'ve never spent a dime other than 2 blown tires and oil changes...that\'s why leasing works for me...(not that any of the vehicles ever needed anything...)

[Titan]

Originally posted by fre4d4
Man i hate repair bills.I have been telling my wife we needed to get my explorer to the garage.

(1) because i wanted there to be a decent vehicle on the road.

( 2) Our mercury sable totally sucks in the snow.

What year is the Sable? My mom has a 2001 Sable and it drives fine in the snow. Well, better than my T-bird. V8 + rear wheel drive + snow=helluva ride

[clips]

whelp i just had to change the exhaust on the metro, and i spent close to 300 for tires on the lex...i just tried to get an alignment down here and the first thing that comes outta these country boys mouth is "dang! this car must\'ve came from up north!,..there\'s alot of rust under this thing".....meh that\'s what happens when drive around in snow and salt....heh and titan, i feel you with your T-bird,..the lex is rear-drive as well,..and i had to drive in the snow, a couple of times in that thing, and i know,..that s**t is scary....i was on rt 22 in bridgewater & i was literally going down the road sideways,...and with traction control..:eek:...

The sable is a 2000, i keep telling my wife jokeingly she should get snow tires for the front. Does not go over very well,i thought maria was going to kill me.