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What is it that makes a cars day good or bad?

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accidentprone86

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Yeah ok call me crazy but my car runs like terrible some days and other days it runs like a champ. the difference is not a very big one but i swear i am not crazy!
Dose anyone else feel this way??
 

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More info.
 

The Fox

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weather
 

Black1987Stang

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I say weather too, My car likes the cold dense air = better combustion = more power.
 

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my car runs different in each seasons
 

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My vehicles are just b*tches, they do what they want, when they want.....
 

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Both of my vehicles are equipped with two forms of Income Depletion Sensors - one mechanical, the other electronic. You see, when one sensor detects a certain weight of money within my wallet ... say, anything more than $20 ... then it causes a new strange, unfamiliar noise to occur at a random location in the vehicle, often accompanied by some manner of driveability problems. The resultant purchasing of parts and supplies results in proper depletion of funds and time.

The other Income Depletion Sensor (IDS) is electronic in that it remotely monitors the amount of available funds in my checking and credit card accounts. When the available funds are too high or the outstanding debt is too low, it compensates by adding to the ever-growing list of things that need to be repaired, replaced, or otherwise upgraded to make the car less of a heap, thereby depleting said funds and/or inflating the debt.

What these sensors do fail to detect, however, are the monthly bills that I pick up and lay upon the passenger seat when I go by the mailbox, or the groceries in the trunk that I just purchased, or the girlfriend that sometimes sits in the same seat as the bills. On second thought, perhaps it does detect the girlfriend, as it does tend to make an odd noise or do something annoying in order to cause her to say something to the effect of, "I just don't know why you keep spending money on this stupid car." And so, thereafter, I spend money on something to please her, instead; this sensor, I believe, is known as a Spousal Appeasement Monitor (SAM).

 

huRACEmentPSR

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sometimes i swear that my car has a personality....it doesnt like other people driving it, and drives drastically different every time someone else drives it. and it also seems to run very well when im racing something that could put up a good fight ie camaro ls1, vette, 03/4 snake, and one time a porsche 911 tt. my car runs like a champ when i see those badboys, but likes to run like crap ever time i race some ricer punk. im convinced my car has a mind of its own
 

DTT92LX

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Darkwriter77 said:
On second thought, perhaps it does detect the girlfriend, as it does tend to make an odd noise or do something annoying in order to cause her to say something to the effect of, "I just don't know why you keep spending money on this stupid car." And so, thereafter, I spend money on something to please her, instead; this sensor, I believe, is known as a Spousal Appeasement Monitor (SAM).

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IMHO, it's gotta be a vac leak...
 

RsStanG1987

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My car runs like the Dickens everytime all the time. Its a champ
 
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Boss 351

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I like that SAM sensor comment lol

But seriously note the climate changes when the engine doesn't run as good.
 

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weather...i started it up the other day when it was like 45 degrees out and very damp and i even let it warm up and it was sputtering and wasnt idling right, then i started it up the next afternoon when it was like 75 out and no problems what so ever
 

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I don't know, I've felt the same things.

I don't know why, but the 4 Stangs I've owned ran better when I pounded on them

When I baby them, they just run good. It's weird, but seems true.
Like the Stang that was stolen felt like it ran better after I got it back
 

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yeah i think the moisture in the air has a lot to do with it.. dunno i know where your commin from though. guess somedays it wakes up with a headache and dosn't want to run hopefully with the programable ECU i can MAKE it like the weather no matter what lol
 
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Yeah,hot humid weather has a negative effect on performance.Less oxygen in the air=less performance .
 

Mustang5L5

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Weather.

My car runs like total crap on hot humid days or even warm days if i sit in traffic much.

Then if i let it cool down and go out on a crisp night, it runs like a bat out of hell.

It even sounds different and throttle response is different.
 

CoupedUp

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Mustang5L5 said:
My car runs like total crap on hot humid days or even warm days if i sit in traffic much.

Then if i let it cool down and go out on a crisp night, it runs like a bat out of hell.

It even sounds different and throttle response is different.
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Imagine Florida ... you hafta wait 'til 3 in the morning to enjoy your car .... or a hurricane
 

BLADDER92FOX

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Yes,you do have to wait till 3am or a hurricane.Well not the hurricane cause my cars feels like the alignment if bad when the hard winds hit it from the sides from left to right. My car sounds awesome and runs awesome at night and in the mornings.
 
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Same here.. Runs under part-throttle conditions very well all the time...

But there is definitely a noticeable difference in performance between an 85 degree afternoon and 65 degree night when you're getting on it...
 

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Darkwriter77 said:
Both of my vehicles are equipped with two forms of Income Depletion Sensors - one mechanical, the other electronic. You see, when one sensor detects a certain weight of money within my wallet ... say, anything more than $20 ... then it causes a new strange, unfamiliar noise to occur at a random location in the vehicle, often accompanied by some manner of driveability problems. The resultant purchasing of parts and supplies results in proper depletion of funds and time.

The other Income Depletion Sensor (IDS) is electronic in that it remotely monitors the amount of available funds in my checking and credit card accounts. When the available funds are too high or the outstanding debt is too low, it compensates by adding to the ever-growing list of things that need to be repaired, replaced, or otherwise upgraded to make the car less of a heap, thereby depleting said funds and/or inflating the debt.

What these sensors do fail to detect, however, are the monthly bills that I pick up and lay upon the passenger seat when I go by the mailbox, or the groceries in the trunk that I just purchased, or the girlfriend that sometimes sits in the same seat as the bills. On second thought, perhaps it does detect the girlfriend, as it does tend to make an odd noise or do something annoying in order to cause her to say something to the effect of, "I just don't know why you keep spending money on this stupid car." And so, thereafter, I spend money on something to please her, instead; this sensor, I believe, is known as a Spousal Appeasement Monitor (SAM).

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