I think my car hates me

lparsons · Nov 19, 2008

Here's the total that I have spent on my car so far in the month of November, 2008 - not including gas:

Water pump parts - $200
Post-water pump install repair - $300
Removing a bad wheel stud - $40
New front hub to replace hub that held bad stud - $65

And today is only the 19th. Good thing the car has been paid off for years.

Chythar · Nov 19, 2008

We've all been through similar times, it sucks fut it's part of owning an "old" car. All old cars go through a slew of repairs all right after another. IMO, the water pump issues you had were part repair costs and part learning experience. Next time you'll know what to look for so it'll be cheaper next time.

toyman · Nov 19, 2008

lparsons said:
Here's the total that I have spent on my car so far in the month of November, 2008 - not including gas:

Water pump parts - $200

Post-water pump install repair - $300

Removing a bad wheel stud - $40

New front hub to replace hub that held bad stud - $65

And today is only the 19th. Good thing the car has been paid off for years.

Well I figure mine cost me >$2/mile to drive these past 8 months

Thank goodness it's parked for the winter

If I drove it 12 months a year I'd go broke

MysteryMachine · Nov 19, 2008

at least you can drive yours. Mine breaks, i fix it, it breaks, i fix it, it breaks, then I say f it and let it sit till i build a new motor. It has been sitting about 3 years now I bet

lparsons · Nov 19, 2008

I could also add this is the third front hub assembly I have put into this car in the past 3.5 years. On the other hand, those three hubs, at $65 each, add up to less than one monthly payment for the wife's car. So I guess I'm not doing too badly.

It just sucks when a whole slew of things go kablooie in short order like this.

Though one should ask why on earth does this surprise me; after all my previous car was a 78 mustang

ProKiller · Nov 20, 2008

thats nothing in the long run. add all those repairs up and any others you've done on the car throughout the year and then divide that by 11 and that will tell you how much your car payment would be. it will put things into perspective.

neoxaero · Nov 20, 2008

Heh, I've spent around 3k dollars in the last 3 months on my car (see signature...) and still need/want about 1500 more for it in the next month or so...

and I've got plans so spend an additional 7-8k on it over the up coming summer...

It could always be alot worse

Venom351R · Nov 20, 2008

When was the last time you had to put money into it other then this month? $600 is not bad considering it paid off and you have no monthly payment.

chaos254 · Nov 21, 2008

fix or repair daily... lol i own 3 fords and I'm always fixing one of them.

Chythar · Nov 23, 2008

chaos254 said:
fix or repair daily... lol i own 3 fords and I'm always fixing one of them.

Don't forget Found On Road Dead. I got an earful when my 94 six (now the Cobra clone) blew a head gasket when I was out with friends. All the car manufacturers have 'em...

ACURA
Always Catching Up, Rarely Ahead
Asia's Curse Upon Rural America
A Car Usually Rarely Appreciates

AMC
Always Made Crap
Autos May Combust

AUDI
Accelerates Under Demonic Influence
Always Unsafe Designs Implemented
Always Under Diagnostic Inspection
Always Upside-down, Double Interest
Another Understated Dealer Incentive
A Used Dodge Incognito

AMC
Always Made Crap
Autos May Combust

BMW
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Beautiful Mechanical Wonder
Beautiful Models Wanted
Bavarian Manure Wagon
Biggest Metal Waste
Big Money Works
Bring My Wallet
Burn My Wallet
Bought My Wife
Brutal Money Waster
Break My Window
Bring More Women
Bring More Wrenches
Bavarian Money Waster
Bring My Wad!
Blew My Wad!
Big Money Wasted
Bring Money Where?
Buy More Women
But Mom, Why?
Big Manufactured Waste

BUICK
Big Ugly Indestructible Car Killer
Big Ugly Idiot's Cat Killer

CADILLAC
Company Always Denies Its Lawful Liability After Collisions
Company Asking Dealers If Local Lawyers Are Calling

CAMARO
Cash Always Miniscule After Retail Overpricing

CHEVROLET
Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips
Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time
Cheap Heap Every Valve Rattles, Oil Leaks Every Time
Cant Have Every Vehicle Race On Last Every Time
Can hear every valve rattle, oil leaks every time
Check Heads Every Valve Rattles Or Leaks Every Time
Cracked Heads Every Valve Rattles Oil Leaks Every Time
Cheap Heap Every Valve Rattling Oil Leaking Everywhere Truck

CHEVY
Can Hear Every Valve, Rod, or Lifter Every Time
Can't Have Everything Vern, YaknowwhatImean?
Cheapest Heap Ever Visualized Yet
Crap Hasn't EVolved Yet

CHRYSLER
Everyone knows who Lee Iacocca is right? His name IACOCCA stands for:
I Am Chairman Of Chrysler Corporation America

Company Has Recommended You Start Learning Engine Repair (From James Bragg)
Company Has Rid Your Savings Legally: Electronic Robbery
Chrysler Has Raped Your Sanity Loser - Expect Repercussions
PT Loser (for PT Cruiser name)
PT Boozer

DAEWOO
Damn All Engines With Oriental Operations
Damn Asian Engineering Works Only Occasionally

DODGE
Doing Overhauls Daily Gets Expensive
Doesn't only die, gets eaten
Darn Old Dirty Gas Eater
Design Of Diabolical German Engineer
Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere
Damned Old Dudes Going Everywhere
Damn Overhauls Do Get Expensive
Dear Old Dad's Garbage Engine
Don't Our Dealers Gouge Everyone
Dodge Neon: Need Engine Overhauled Now (Sent in by Roger Markowitz)
Darned Old Dirty Greasy Engine

FERRARI
Ferociously Elegant Racer Ravages All Roads Intuitively

FIAT
Found In A Trashcan
Fantastic In A Tightspot
Finest Italian Automotive Technology
Futile Italian Attempt at Transportation (Sent in by a visitor)
Failure In Italian Automotive Technology
Fix It All the Time
Fix it again, Tony!
Fix It Another Time

FIRESTONE
Firestone Inexplicably Recalls Explosive SUV Tires On Non-stable Explorers (I worked on this one for 2 hours! - Jeff)
Firestone Overstates Reliability Data (The best one I've come up with yet, my personal fav.- Jeff)

FORD
PINTO: Please, It's Not Too Odious!
PINTO: Pyrotechnics Inevitable; No Timer Onboard
PINTO: Put In New Transmission Often
Ford Pinto: Flaming Oven Roasted Driver-Passengers Incinerated Nine Times Over (Sent in by Laurin)
THUNDERBIRD: This Hoopty Usually Needs Daily Engine Repair But It Rolls Downhill (Sent in by Roger Markowitz)
MUSTANG - Motor Usually Starts Then Almost Never Goes
Found on repairman's doorstep
Found on rack daily
Ford Owners Recommend Dodge
Full Of Rust Deposits
Faithful, Obedient, Reliable, Dependable
F**KING OLD RETARDED DRIVER
Ford Focus....Ford F**ck Us
F**ker Only Rolls Downhill
Fancy Oil Recycling Device
Found On Rubbish Dump
F***ed Over Road Disaster!
F***ing Oakey's Really Dig'em
F**king Old Retarded Dudes
Frequent Overhaul, Rapid Depreciation (Sent in by a visitor)
F***ing Old Rebuilt Dodge (Sent in by a visitor)
Found On Rubbish Dump (Sent in by a visitor)
For Old Retired Drunks (Sent in by a visitor)
Here's a good one: FORD backwards --> Driver Returns On Foot
Here's another good one: FORD backwards --> Driver Relies On Family
Firestone Overstates Reliability Data
First On Recall Day
Fast On Race Day
For Off Road Driving
Fireball On Rear Damage (Sent in by a visitor)
First On Race Day (Sent in by a visitor)
First On Rust and Deterioration
Fix Or Repair Daily
Found On Road, Dead
Frequently Overhauled, Rarely Driven (Sent in by a visitor)
Fault Of R&D
MUSTANG - Mostly Unwanted Scrap Tin And Needless Garbage
F***ed On Raw Deal
Fast Only Rolling Downhill
Most tasteless one on the page: Found O.J. and Ron`s DNA
Flip Over, Read Directions
Fork Over Remaining Dough
F**king Owners Really Dumb
F***ed On Race Day
(F)illped (O)ver (R)esevation (D)ecoration
(F)**ked (O)ver (R)ebuilt (D)iahatsu
For Old Retired Dutchmen
Found On Road Draggin
Frickin Old Ragged Dumpster
Fu**ed Over Rebuilt Dodge
First On Repair Day
FORD Owners Really Dumb
From Our Reject Department
LTD = Load of Trash from Detroit

GEO
Get Everything Overpriced
Got Everything Overhauled

GM
General Maintenance
General Mistakes
Generally Malfunctions
General Misery
Great Mess
General Malpratice
Genital Motors
Give More
GiMme
Getting Malignant
Got Me
Grab Me

GMC
God's Mechanical Curse
Getting Mostly Crap
GM Made Crap
Generally Makes Clouds
Garage Man's Companion
Generic Motors Corporation
Got A Mechanic Coming?
Greatest Mistake Created
Great Mountain of Crap
Greasy Messy Contraption
Gay Man's Chevy
Generically Made Chevrolet
Gimme My Checkbook!
Get More Cash!

HONDA
Had One, Never Did Again
Horribly Overpriced, Needing Dad's Assistance
Hang On, Not Done Accelerating
Honest, Officer, Nobody Drank Anything (FromJames Bragg)
Happy Owners Never Drive Anything else
Honda Options: No Deal Available!
Hold On, No Dealer Add-ons!
Honda Options Never Deal Affordably
Hang On, No Dealer Acquisitions!

HUMMER
Hope U Made Me Extra Reliable (Sent in by Roger Markowitz)
Huge Ugly Mother, Mostly Eats Resources

HYUNDAI
Here's Y U Never Drive An Import
Hope You Understand: Nothing's Drivable And Inexpensive
Hardly Your Understanding New Dealer Allowance Incentive
Hold Your Usual Nitpicks, Designs Are Improved
Helps You Undergo New Debt After Inception
Hang Your UNDerwear Anywhere Inside
Hope You Understand, No Deals Available Inside

Jeep
Just Empty Every Pocket (Sent in by a visitor)
Just Expect Every Problem (Sent in by a visitor)
Just Eats Every Penny
Just Everybody Else's Parts
Junk Everyone Eventually Piles
Just Expect Extra Payments

Jaguar
Just A Guess U Are Rich (Sent in by Roger Markowitz)
Jumps Around Grinds Uncontrollably Always Rusting
Jump Around Get Up And Run

Kia
Keep It Away!
Kick It's Ass
Korean Imitation Accord
Korea's Imported Accident
Killer's Imported Asset
Kiss It Away
Killed In Action
Keep Inside Asia
Korea Invades America
KOREAN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
Killer Implosion Awaits
Killed In Accident

LAMBORGHINI
Loser Always Maintains Big Old Rotten Gunk; Hardly Inflates Nobody's Image
Lucky A Man By Owning Really Gives His Image Nice Inflation

LOTUS
Loads Of Trouble Usually Serious

Maserati
Must Also Suggest Extra Rope And Towing Implements (Sent in by Roger Markowitz)

MAZDA
Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along
Must Always Zoom Down Asphalt
Most Are Zealously Duped Always

MERCEDES
My Expensive Race Car Emits Dense Exhaust Smoke - But Efficiency Near Zero
Most Expensive Road Car Everyone Drives Except Steve
Merger Engaged Reverse Chrysler Entering Decline Evident Soon

MITSUBISHI
Manufactured In Taiwan Sold Under British Influence Shipped Here Incomplete
Management Incessantly Tolerates Socially Unacceptable Behavior, Ignoring Sexual Harassment Incidents
(Courtesy James Bragg, FightingChance.com)
May Involve Turbos, Suck Unless Boost Is Seriously High Inside (Sent in by a visitor)
Men In Tight Spots Uttering Bulls__t In Sexual Harassment Investigation (Sent in by a visitor)

MOPAR
Match Old Parts As Required
Most Often Parked At Roadside
Move Over, Power Approaching Rapidly
My Old Pig Ain't Runnin'
Move Over People Are Racing
Mostly Old Parts And Rust
Motor On Pavement After Race
Moments Of Power Are Rare

NISSAN
Nobody Intelligent Sorrowfully Saying Ahhh Nutz
Need I Say Something About Nothing
Never In Season Simply A No-show

OLDSMOBILE
Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Everyday
Overpriced, Leisurely Driven Sedan Made Of Buick's Irregular Leftover Equipment
Oldmobile

PONTIAC
Poor Old Ninny Thinks It's A Cadillac
Piece Of Nasty Tacky Icky Ass Crap
Plan On Numerous Trips In Another Car
FIREBIRD: Fast Irresistible Real Electrifying Bird Inexpensive Racing Dare-Devil
Pretty Overpriced Not That I Am Concerned

PORSCHE
PORSCHE- Plenty Of Receipts. Sorry, Can't Have Everything
PLENTY OF REPAIRS SERVICE CAN'T HELP EVERYTHING
Proof Only Rich Snobby Children Have Everything

SAAB
Some Ass Actually Boughtit!
Styling Absent After Buyout
Backwards >>>> Bad Asses Always Suffocate
Sorry Auto Assembled Backwards (Sent in by one of our visitors)
Sad Attempt At Beauty
Send Another Automobile Back
Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown
Sorry Assed American Buyers
Start Adding Additional Brakefluid
Stop Asking About Brakes!
Sorry As A Bum

SALEEN
Some Aristocrats Love Every Expensive Novelty

SATURN
Sorry Assed Transmission Under Repair Now
Some Argue That Ubiquitous Repairs Needed
Send Another Towtruck Ubiquitous Repairs Needed
Same American Trash Under Revised Name

SUBARU
Stupid Urbanites Bumbling Around Rural Areas
SUBARU backwards is: U R A BUS (You are a bus)
Subaru: Souped Up Bad Ass Racing Unit
Souped Up Blazingly Awesome Racing Unit

TOYOTA
Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto
Totalled Only Yesterday, Officer Towed Away
This One You Oughta Tow Away
To Operate Your Own Terrific Automobile
Tolerances Over Yielding, Often Towed Away (Sent in by one of our visitors)
Toyota Overcharges You On Their Accessories

VOLVO
Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object
Very Overpriced Lame Vehicle Options

VW
Virtually Worthless
Very Wonderful
Very Weird
Very Old Lowered Kinky Sedan With A Great Engine Noise
Volks Who?

94GTCoupe · Nov 23, 2008

wow,Chythar.how long did it take you to type that

Chythar · Nov 23, 2008

davis3 said:
wow,Chythar.how long did it take you to type that

Step 1: Go to website that has text you want.
Step 2: Ctrl-C
Step 3: Switch to StangNet.
Step 4: Ctrl-V

In other words, I copied and pasted all that from a website. Felt like dropping it all here rather than posting the link.

k00ksta · Nov 26, 2008

HAHA

Good Work

BlownFiveLiter · Nov 26, 2008

I know the feeling. I've driven mine maybe twice this year. Hell, I've been searching for the stupid Vortech water pump pulley, so I can finish my supercharger install. It's been sitting since August, or September waiting on one part that no one has in stock and no one knows when exactly they're going to get it from Vortech. I should call up Vortech and bitch, since they won't e-mail me back. One of these days, I'm going to say f-it and have my brother make me one, since he has a full machine shop, at his disposal. I'd just need to buy the stock to make it, but that's probably more expensive than the $82 that Summit Racing wants for it.

/rant off.

Moved to 94-95 Talk.

hollywoodstang · Nov 26, 2008

I think i spent about over $5k ever since i have the car. I stopped counting.

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have car, will race....wait, it doesn't run

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