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Title: Turtle's New Used Van
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Published: Jan 7, 2009
Author: Turtle
Post Date: 2009-01-07 21:29:23 by Turtle
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Comments: 24
Since my Cavalier bit the dust with one-half-million miles on it, I bought a red '99 Ford Windstar van, 139,000 miles, $2000. I bought it from a mechanic I know. That particular van is not that good, but the reason I buy well-maintained used car is that the design flaws have all been repaired, They have on this one. If I get 80,000 miles out of it I'll get my money's worth. Never again will I drive a vehicle until it has 480,000 miles on it. The heat was going out because the heater core was clogging up, the headlights pointed in different directions, the struts and shocks were gone, the front seat was broken, the AC compressor was out, it needed an alignment, and the body damage had to be seen to be believed.
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#1. To: Turtle (#0)
Chronic complainer over minor insignificant things.
There was also the fact the suspension and brakes were so bad I hit a patch of ice and spun into a muddy ditch. Cost $100 to get me towed out.
I have three bombers, the "newest" one is 1994. You Capitalist you.
I have bought exactly one new car in my life, which was the Cavalier. I'll never do it again. I'm back to well-maintained used cars. I hate working on Fords, though.
Me too. My first car I pulled out of the muck up to its hubs for free. Me and my buddy spent a Michigan winter tearing apart the frozen crankcase and rebuilding the engine. It was a 289 '67 Ford wagon. It was cold man, and it really hurt when you busted your knuckles on a bolt. Never got that 289 to run smooth. Whenever you cranked it up, it sounded like it had asthma. Sold it for a '64 limited edtion Olds Starfire like this in trade from a mechanic I knew. 496 cubes a not a scratch on it. Wish I still had that car.
Me too. When I popped the hood on the van I couldn't believe what I was looking at. It's a transverse V-6. The three front plugs are easy but they back ones have to be taken out by feel because you can't see them no matter what you do.
Damn things are made to slammed together in the plant, and to hell with the poor bastard who has squeeze his fingers and/or torso into impossible to get to places to fix stuff. I've had about everything on a car apart except rear ends. They last for ever.
I only change plugs every 100,000 miles. When spring rolls around, I'll change them, and since I'm only going to keept the van 80,000 to 100,000 miles, I'll won't be changing them again. I hope oil changes aren't too bad. On the Cavalier I had to take the front passenger tire off to get to the filter.
That was the worst. Mom had an '02 like that. It sucked. Her '06 Cobalt has a big cap on the top of the engine you unscrew & just insert a new filter cartridge.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestThe heat was going out because the heater core was clogging up, the headlights pointed in different directions, the struts and shocks were gone, the front seat was broken, the AC compressor was out, it needed an alignment, and the body damage had to be seen to be believed.
#3. To: Cynicom (#1)
Chronic complainer over minor insignificant things
#7. To: Turtle (#3)
#9. To: Cynicom (#7)
I have three bombers, the "newest" one is 1994. You Capitalist you.
#13. To: Turtle (#9)
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I hate working on Fords, though.
#14. To: randge (#13)
I hate working on Fords, though.
#15. To: Turtle (#14)
#22. To: randge (#15)
Damn things are made to slammed together in the plant, and to hell with the poor bastard who has squeeze his fingers and/or torso into impossible to get to places to fix stuff.
#24. To: Turtle (#22)
On the Cavalier I had to take the front passenger tire off to get to the filter.
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