-- My car's timing chain snapped two weeks ago

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Do you literally type our of your asshole and hope it makes sense scents?

FYP

[Rausch]

Blew one in 97 And it was the end of an 89 Honda civic. Billowed smoke.

Blew the ****ing engine. Worthless.

Purchased a 91 Honda Civic SI and loved that car. Perhaps more than any other relationship I've ever been in. When I parted with it I felt guilt.

Sadness and guilt.

Finally sold it and purchased a 98 Civic and I still live with and despise this POS vehicle...

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Rausch

Blew one in 97 And it was the end of an 89 Honda civic. Billowed smoke.

Looking through Craigslist, there are a ton of Hondas on there that got new engines around 120K miles, which is most likely from broken timing belts. Apparently people forget about this whole "routine maintenance" thing.

[Skyy God]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Looking through Craigslist, there are a ton of Hondas on there that got new engines around 120K miles, which is most likely from broken timing belts. Apparently people forget about this whole "routine maintenance" thing.

This. $500 timing belt > $4K engine.

[Hydrae]

If you had a Japanese car you could get a used motor for not a lot of money. It seems that there is a law in Japan that they have to replace the motor at 50K. All of those used motors are then shipped to places like to US where they can be used and still have a lot of life to them.

Too bad yours is a German POS.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

If you had a Japanese car you could get a used motor for not a lot of money. It seems that there is a law in Japan that they have to replace the motor at 50K. All of those used motors are then shipped to places like to US where they can be used and still have a lot of life to them.

Too bad yours is a German POS.

I'm leery of those Japanese motors. They don't have a lot of miles but tend to have a lot of wear because it's about 90% city driving (short drives and a lot of idling).

[Thig Lyfe]

just take the MARTA bro! you work in the olympic village right??? selling coca cola to Izzy???

[tooge]

well Red, that sux. Plain and simple.

[Donger]

Ha!

http://www.triumphspitfire.com/Jokes.html

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Donger

Ha!

http://www.triumphspitfire.com/Jokes.html

I wanted a TR6 or TR7 so bad when I was a kid.





I've always had a thing for small, funky cars and would love to have an original Mini

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Frosty

I wanted a TR6 or TR7 so bad when I was a kid.

That's a beautiful 6. And, the right colour!

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Donger

That's a beautiful 6. And, the right colour!

Back in 1980, my dad bought my mom an MG Midget in that color. She drove it once and made my dad sell it (too scary). The people that bought it still own it and drove it many years with no problems. Still pisses me off that I never got to drive it (I had just gotten my license).

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Back in 1980, my dad bought my mom an MG Midget in that color. She drove it once and made my dad sell it (too scary). The people that bought it still own it and drove it many years with no problems. Still pisses me off that I never got to drive it (I had just gotten my license).

Yeah, I can imagine. I drove my Spit from 15 to 20.

That color is British Racing Green (in case you didn't know).

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Back in 1980, my dad bought my mom an MG Midget in that color. She drove it once and made my dad sell it (too scary). The people that bought it still own it and drove it many years with no problems. Still pisses me off that I never got to drive it (I had just gotten my license).

Scary? Surely she didn’t think it was over powered.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Back in 1980, my dad bought my mom an MG Midget in that color. She drove it once and made my dad sell it (too scary). The people that bought it still own it and drove it many years with no problems. Still pisses me off that I never got to drive it (I had just gotten my license).

The car was almost identical to this one.