Bought A Douche/Mid-Life Car...

[Trip]

Hope you have more luck with that generation than my wife did, her's always ran like shit, i was happy to be rid of that car when she traded for her accord.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Trip

Hope you have more luck with that generation than my wife did, her's always ran like shit, i was happy to be rid of that car when she traded for her accord.

Yea well, I'm pretty good with cars so we'll see.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

Yea well, I'm pretty good with cars so we'll see.

her uncle and my brother in law are both professional mechanics, it wasn't from a lack of maintenance. The car was a piece of shit. It developed this weirdvibration issue about 10000 miles into her ownership and we took it to Ford and they pretty much told us it's just something you have to live with and a common issue.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Trip

her uncle and my brother in law are both professional mechanics, it wasn't from a lack of maintenance. The car was a piece of shit. It developed this weirdvibration issue about 10000 miles into her ownership and we took it to Ford and they pretty much told us it's just something you have to live with and a common issue.

Oh I wasn't implying that it was your fault... I'm saying that I can fix pretty much any problem the car will have... Out of curiosity, did you take it to more than one dealer? Not all mechanics are made equal you know... The car has 80,000 miles on it so I'm well beyond the teething issues you guys are talking about.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

Oh I wasn't implying that it was your fault... I'm saying that I can fix pretty much any problem the car will have... Out of curiosity, did you take it to more than one dealer? Not all mechanics are made equal you know... The car has 80,000 miles on it so I'm well beyond the teething issues you guys are talking about.

Yeah we did, we got a lemon. It was the car she always wanted and it was my nightmare. I was so happy when she agreed to trade it in for a new Accord. Now I don't have to do much of anything anymore because she has a reliable car.

Her's wasn't a teething issue, she bought it with 50k on it already.

[neebelung]

Originally Posted by Trip

Hope you have more luck with that generation than my wife did, her's always ran like shit, i was happy to be rid of that car when she traded for her accord.

I had a 99 (first year of that model); at about 8,000 miles, the transmission ate itself. Replaced under warranty, but still a pain in the ass.

[wildchild]

nice car. I actually like that body style myself. I've had a couple friends that had that style with very few problems.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by wildchild

nice car. I actually like that body style myself. I've had a couple friends that had that style with very few problems.

My gf has a 99 yellow drop top with 220,000...zero problems. Ah you roll the dice and you take your chances...at least this lot gives you a 90 day 3,000 mile warranty. Better than nothing.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by neebelung

I had a 99 (first year of that model); at about 8,000 miles, the transmission ate itself. Replaced under warranty, but still a pain in the ass.

Oh for sure but I can tell Chevy horror stories all day! Or Yamaha horror stories for that matter! I don't like used but I also don't like payments so as long as the car doesn't cost me more than $6,000/year, approx. cost of payments on a new one, I'll be happy.

[tached1000rr]

congrats