johnblaze94
07-23-2005, 05:17 AM
JohnBlaze94
A 1994 Pontiac Sunbird. Red 4dr. I'll have to find a pic of it to show it off
Bottom line to that car was that I spent more time and money trying to keep it running than I paid for the car origonally. I baught the car for $2000 when I turned 15. It sat in my driveway for about a year untill I got my licence. I drove it untill Sep. of 2004 when I got my 04 GLS.
List Of Repairs:
Water pump
Pistons
Rings
Heater Core X2
Radiator
Fender
Upper Radiator Hose X7
Lower Radiator Hose
Reshaped my thermostat housing because no company made them and the dealership couldn't get one for me.
Thermostat Housing Cap X9
Starter X3
Wheel stud
Hood X5
In the last two years I replaced the brakes 4 times
Hood release cable snaped and was never fixed
Spark plugs X4
Plug Cables X4
Now on to stereo components:
Blown:
6 sets of 3 1/4 speakers
4 sets of 6X9's
5 12" Subs
Replaced:
5 radios
All speaker wires twice
ArunSenior04
1990 Ford Probe
100K miles
Auto Tranny (considered one of the worst ford trannies)
Worst:
Slammed the door to hard and auto windows would slide.
Keys didnt work in any locks (opened by keyless entry)
Automatic shoulder belts broke and than locked up so they wouldnt extend or retract (common problem with al Probes)
Past owner tried to change interior from gray to burgundy (ewww). Stopped after changing carpet and seats. Half of the panels were still grey.
One headlight stuck up.
Past owner cut out rear seatbelts and took out front shoulder belts
I went from this, to my 01 XD. But you know what, if I ever find a 89-91 Probe in good condition, and I had the cash, I would buy it in a heart beat. Even though It had problems, I loved that car. Plus the support in the online community (probetalk) was amazing. For example, I posted about my car having a seatbelt problem (originally no shoulder belt; taken out by past owner), and how I wouldnt be able to get it inspected. Someone sent me a free set of shoulder belts so that I could get it inspected.
There's something about working on a discontinued, little aftermarket support car that really brings out the best in people. Thats prolly why there car club was so strong with 23K members in a short 4 years. I really miss that car.
paki
1991 Acura Integra LS
4 door
-Salvage title.
-162k miles
-Waist belt on drivers seat didnt work
-custom made exhast.. using plumbing pipes
-had to replace a brand new alternator, spent $250 right there.
-automatic.. enough said
-speedometer would "flutter" at 20 mph... meaning the needle would shake +/- 5mph
-all speakers except for one had water damage
-tape deck had one channel blown.. the channel for the WORKING speaker (go figure)
-a roof dent. how the hell do you get a roof dent? (didnt happen w/ me, btw)
-many other dings, left front door had a dent
-engine had been flooded
-paint cracked everywhere
-trunk would only close if you hit the lock with a hammer first
-only one window had tint on it, and it was faded
-had fake spinners on it for a time (purely for enjoyment )
-had to slam the driver's door really hard to be able to close it. the hinge was bad
i think thats about all. i bought the car for about $1100 and i ended up spending another grand on it (audio system, maintenance). i sold it for $1500 back to what i got it for with maintenance. so all in all it was pretty much a good car, not much of a loss i liked it, but i like my xd more. got this january 05
tricked03gls
1988 chevy S10............damn thing cought fire and i got frost bite throwing snow on it to put it out, (i was a firefighter at the time i didnt want to call my dept for my truck bein on fire.....kinda embarassing)
things wrong - engine wouldnt start with out starter fluid
exhaust - wasnt one filled the cab with smoke
windows lol tint was dirt you COULDNT get off and the knobs were broken
to top it off the truck was 3 colors red black and primer, fender almost fell off a few times, shifter didnt really work kinda smal and hope to grab a gear
burned out 4 switches for my off road light on my duct tape roll bar
and i might have old pics id hafta dig them up of this pos and the wonderful engine fire lol had a kick'n system though
Gman
78 toyota truck - paid $500 for it.
it was sh1t brown on bottom half, and piss yellow on the top.
When we got it, it had an alum cap on the back and snow tires on the rear. And the best feature was the 8track! SO this thing was a chick magnet.
The bed was rusted through on both sides, that I tried to fix, so one side was primer black. I had backed into several things so the rear bumper was folded under the rear.
The motor ran great for having 200k, had the tip leaking 20r head gasket. It had no brake fluid cap, that I later found out was over $100 to replace, so an old plastic jar lid worked great.
The fun part was the loose tie- rods that wouldn't let the thing go over 50mph unless the planets were just in the right spots. The thing would shake so bad that you couldn't hold on to the wheel.
I drove the crap out of that thing for 2 and a half years, changed the oil once, threw the air fliter away without replacing it cause it ran better without one.
It finally died when I took a corner too close and hit a very high curb. The rear frame was so rusted that the rear axe ripped the mounts off the right side. I still drove it like that for a week, but it wouldn't go straight it was in a constant turn to the left.
It set in my Dads field for two years, till some guy came by and asked about it, he gave us $350 for it.
kylemorg
1978 GMC 1/2 ton 4X4 pickup with 78K to 140K miles, three speed manual. We called it the "Zombie truck". It had a plow mount on the front. I always had wanted to paint teeth on the front bumper, cause it looked and sounded mean.
Good: Lots of power from the 350 with Rochester Quadrajet and an open-sided air cleaner; since it didn't have positraction, you could smoke one of the rear tires. We also had a stock single exhaust glasspack straight thru muffler on it, which really sounded nice!
Bad: Fenders rusted out, rear metal wheelwells fell out (luckily I had a plastic bedliner) Cab mountings were rusting off so that the cab wasn't sitting straight on the frame any more -- you had to pull the clutch up with your toe. It was an ugly brown when we got it, so we painted it camoflague (SP?). Later it was painted flat black. When the front bumper rusted off, we replaced it with two stacked 2X8"s until we got yelled at during inspection. Too many repairs to mention (including two clutches)!
Kenshin
My first vehicle, 1969 Ford F250.
390 V8 w/ 4spd manual (1st gear was a creeper gear, so I never used it.)
LOTS of rust. You could see the passenger side front tire and the pavement below it from inside the cab, and there was about a 2 FOOT diameter rust hole in the front passenger side corner of the bed.
Plywood Bed floor covering the gaping hole, custom fabbed galvanized steel passenger floorboard (again to cover the gaping hole.)
Good 'ol Pine 2x4 side rails around the perimiter of the bed.
FREAKING NYLON TIRES!!!! (Bias-ply. Complete with inner-tubes.) They literally weren't even made out of rubber. On a cold morning you could feel the flat spots in the tires as you drove until the tires warmed up. Grip? What Grip? They made the most awful smell if you smoked 'em off. Mmm... burning plastic...
Hmm... Repairs... Actually not that bad, just a new starter, dual glasspacks to replace the muffler that fell off because it rusted in half, and a busted clutch linkage.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot the best one. I'm going around a curve in the road, and all of a sudden the rear end of the truck starts to feel really wierd, then the left side rear end just drops and goes CLUNK! SCRAAAAPE! I very quickly let the truck come to a stop as I see the left rear wheel with the entire left side of the axle still attached to it rolling past me out into traffic. To this day it's still the wierdest thing I've ever seen. I guess the rust was so bad that one of the parts that holds everything together disintegrated allowing it to slide out of the axle shaft.
Big_rob
1977 K5 Blazer-
color- rust and holes
5 miles to the gallon, anything over 40 mph it shook so hard you felt like it was gonna fall apart, partly because it was stuck in 4X4. hole in the radiator, no radio, windows didnt even crank down, jammed somehow, reverse gear was shot, but it had a 6 inch lift and 39 inch tires, so instead of backin up, i just drove over whatever was in front of me. only had it for a couple months, drove it for a winter, but it was a tank. not the worst car listed listed by far, but she was rough
on the plus side, i made money on it, paid 300 for it, sold the car to a guy for 500 cuz he wanted the 350 engine out of it for his camaro, so i did end up making money on it, cant complain about that
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zx2uner
Unfortunately a Hyundai. My fist car was a 1990 Hyundai Excel.
45,000-lifters went out-burn a lot of oil
48,000-waterpump
65,000-blow by in the 3 and 4 cylinders, replaced the rings on all pistons
78,000-cracked head, replaced head with remanufactured, and replaced head gasket
112,000-timing belt broke, bent 2 valves, replaced head wityh used one and sold the car to a teen who 2 weeks later crashed it into a burger king pole.
A 1994 Pontiac Sunbird. Red 4dr. I'll have to find a pic of it to show it off
Bottom line to that car was that I spent more time and money trying to keep it running than I paid for the car origonally. I baught the car for $2000 when I turned 15. It sat in my driveway for about a year untill I got my licence. I drove it untill Sep. of 2004 when I got my 04 GLS.
List Of Repairs:
Water pump
Pistons
Rings
Heater Core X2
Radiator
Fender
Upper Radiator Hose X7
Lower Radiator Hose
Reshaped my thermostat housing because no company made them and the dealership couldn't get one for me.
Thermostat Housing Cap X9
Starter X3
Wheel stud
Hood X5
In the last two years I replaced the brakes 4 times
Hood release cable snaped and was never fixed
Spark plugs X4
Plug Cables X4
Now on to stereo components:
Blown:
6 sets of 3 1/4 speakers
4 sets of 6X9's
5 12" Subs
Replaced:
5 radios
All speaker wires twice
ArunSenior04
1990 Ford Probe
100K miles
Auto Tranny (considered one of the worst ford trannies)
Worst:
Slammed the door to hard and auto windows would slide.
Keys didnt work in any locks (opened by keyless entry)
Automatic shoulder belts broke and than locked up so they wouldnt extend or retract (common problem with al Probes)
Past owner tried to change interior from gray to burgundy (ewww). Stopped after changing carpet and seats. Half of the panels were still grey.
One headlight stuck up.
Past owner cut out rear seatbelts and took out front shoulder belts
I went from this, to my 01 XD. But you know what, if I ever find a 89-91 Probe in good condition, and I had the cash, I would buy it in a heart beat. Even though It had problems, I loved that car. Plus the support in the online community (probetalk) was amazing. For example, I posted about my car having a seatbelt problem (originally no shoulder belt; taken out by past owner), and how I wouldnt be able to get it inspected. Someone sent me a free set of shoulder belts so that I could get it inspected.
There's something about working on a discontinued, little aftermarket support car that really brings out the best in people. Thats prolly why there car club was so strong with 23K members in a short 4 years. I really miss that car.
paki
1991 Acura Integra LS
4 door
-Salvage title.
-162k miles
-Waist belt on drivers seat didnt work
-custom made exhast.. using plumbing pipes
-had to replace a brand new alternator, spent $250 right there.
-automatic.. enough said
-speedometer would "flutter" at 20 mph... meaning the needle would shake +/- 5mph
-all speakers except for one had water damage
-tape deck had one channel blown.. the channel for the WORKING speaker (go figure)
-a roof dent. how the hell do you get a roof dent? (didnt happen w/ me, btw)
-many other dings, left front door had a dent
-engine had been flooded
-paint cracked everywhere
-trunk would only close if you hit the lock with a hammer first
-only one window had tint on it, and it was faded
-had fake spinners on it for a time (purely for enjoyment )
-had to slam the driver's door really hard to be able to close it. the hinge was bad
i think thats about all. i bought the car for about $1100 and i ended up spending another grand on it (audio system, maintenance). i sold it for $1500 back to what i got it for with maintenance. so all in all it was pretty much a good car, not much of a loss i liked it, but i like my xd more. got this january 05
tricked03gls
1988 chevy S10............damn thing cought fire and i got frost bite throwing snow on it to put it out, (i was a firefighter at the time i didnt want to call my dept for my truck bein on fire.....kinda embarassing)
things wrong - engine wouldnt start with out starter fluid
exhaust - wasnt one filled the cab with smoke
windows lol tint was dirt you COULDNT get off and the knobs were broken
to top it off the truck was 3 colors red black and primer, fender almost fell off a few times, shifter didnt really work kinda smal and hope to grab a gear
burned out 4 switches for my off road light on my duct tape roll bar
and i might have old pics id hafta dig them up of this pos and the wonderful engine fire lol had a kick'n system though
Gman
78 toyota truck - paid $500 for it.
it was sh1t brown on bottom half, and piss yellow on the top.
When we got it, it had an alum cap on the back and snow tires on the rear. And the best feature was the 8track! SO this thing was a chick magnet.
The bed was rusted through on both sides, that I tried to fix, so one side was primer black. I had backed into several things so the rear bumper was folded under the rear.
The motor ran great for having 200k, had the tip leaking 20r head gasket. It had no brake fluid cap, that I later found out was over $100 to replace, so an old plastic jar lid worked great.
The fun part was the loose tie- rods that wouldn't let the thing go over 50mph unless the planets were just in the right spots. The thing would shake so bad that you couldn't hold on to the wheel.
I drove the crap out of that thing for 2 and a half years, changed the oil once, threw the air fliter away without replacing it cause it ran better without one.
It finally died when I took a corner too close and hit a very high curb. The rear frame was so rusted that the rear axe ripped the mounts off the right side. I still drove it like that for a week, but it wouldn't go straight it was in a constant turn to the left.
It set in my Dads field for two years, till some guy came by and asked about it, he gave us $350 for it.
kylemorg
1978 GMC 1/2 ton 4X4 pickup with 78K to 140K miles, three speed manual. We called it the "Zombie truck". It had a plow mount on the front. I always had wanted to paint teeth on the front bumper, cause it looked and sounded mean.
Good: Lots of power from the 350 with Rochester Quadrajet and an open-sided air cleaner; since it didn't have positraction, you could smoke one of the rear tires. We also had a stock single exhaust glasspack straight thru muffler on it, which really sounded nice!
Bad: Fenders rusted out, rear metal wheelwells fell out (luckily I had a plastic bedliner) Cab mountings were rusting off so that the cab wasn't sitting straight on the frame any more -- you had to pull the clutch up with your toe. It was an ugly brown when we got it, so we painted it camoflague (SP?). Later it was painted flat black. When the front bumper rusted off, we replaced it with two stacked 2X8"s until we got yelled at during inspection. Too many repairs to mention (including two clutches)!
Kenshin
My first vehicle, 1969 Ford F250.
390 V8 w/ 4spd manual (1st gear was a creeper gear, so I never used it.)
LOTS of rust. You could see the passenger side front tire and the pavement below it from inside the cab, and there was about a 2 FOOT diameter rust hole in the front passenger side corner of the bed.
Plywood Bed floor covering the gaping hole, custom fabbed galvanized steel passenger floorboard (again to cover the gaping hole.)
Good 'ol Pine 2x4 side rails around the perimiter of the bed.
FREAKING NYLON TIRES!!!! (Bias-ply. Complete with inner-tubes.) They literally weren't even made out of rubber. On a cold morning you could feel the flat spots in the tires as you drove until the tires warmed up. Grip? What Grip? They made the most awful smell if you smoked 'em off. Mmm... burning plastic...
Hmm... Repairs... Actually not that bad, just a new starter, dual glasspacks to replace the muffler that fell off because it rusted in half, and a busted clutch linkage.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot the best one. I'm going around a curve in the road, and all of a sudden the rear end of the truck starts to feel really wierd, then the left side rear end just drops and goes CLUNK! SCRAAAAPE! I very quickly let the truck come to a stop as I see the left rear wheel with the entire left side of the axle still attached to it rolling past me out into traffic. To this day it's still the wierdest thing I've ever seen. I guess the rust was so bad that one of the parts that holds everything together disintegrated allowing it to slide out of the axle shaft.
Big_rob
1977 K5 Blazer-
color- rust and holes
5 miles to the gallon, anything over 40 mph it shook so hard you felt like it was gonna fall apart, partly because it was stuck in 4X4. hole in the radiator, no radio, windows didnt even crank down, jammed somehow, reverse gear was shot, but it had a 6 inch lift and 39 inch tires, so instead of backin up, i just drove over whatever was in front of me. only had it for a couple months, drove it for a winter, but it was a tank. not the worst car listed listed by far, but she was rough
on the plus side, i made money on it, paid 300 for it, sold the car to a guy for 500 cuz he wanted the 350 engine out of it for his camaro, so i did end up making money on it, cant complain about that
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zx2uner
Unfortunately a Hyundai. My fist car was a 1990 Hyundai Excel.
45,000-lifters went out-burn a lot of oil
48,000-waterpump
65,000-blow by in the 3 and 4 cylinders, replaced the rings on all pistons
78,000-cracked head, replaced head with remanufactured, and replaced head gasket
112,000-timing belt broke, bent 2 valves, replaced head wityh used one and sold the car to a teen who 2 weeks later crashed it into a burger king pole.