How to Tell When Need a New Car.
* You lose the stop-light challenge to a 14-year old on a moped. * 15 minute Jiffy Lube needs to keep your car for 3 days. * When you gas up, the attendant asks, "Can I re-duct tape that windshield for you?" * While waiting at a stop-light, people run up to your car asking if anyone was hurt. * For the last five years, you've had to settle for making "vroom-vroom" noises while sitting in the driveway. * You keep losing dates on left turns. * Traffic reporters are starting to refer to you by name when discussing morning tie-ups. * Your tires are balding faster than Michael Bolton. * The engine burns more oil than gas. * You wouldn't mind if you were car-jacked. * You judge suitable parking spaces by the degree of downhill slope. * You have the local tow company on speed-dial. * The engine catches fire and you don't notice anything wrong until the firetruck pulls you over. * You can leave your car parked, unlocked, with the keys in the ignition, and not worry about it being stolen. * Public transportation starts to look good. * Your entire car isn't worth the minimum insurance deductable. * The city sends you a notice requesting that you remove the "abandoned vehicle" from your driveway. * Even homeless people look derisively at your car. * Every time you start your car, the local smog index jumps a whole point. * The local mechanic says that doing a tune-up is just "throwing good money after bad." * You double the value of your car everytime you fill the tank. * The 8-track tape deck finnally eats your last tape. * When you try to sell it, The Old Car Trader won't accept your ad because they have a standard to keep
How to Tell When Need a New Car.
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Movingviolation240
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Re: How to Tell When Need a New Car.
[quote=" Movingviolation240 [B* You can leave your car parked, unlocked, with the keys in the ignition, and not worry about it being stolen.[/quote] I actually did this for a while with that POS 86 Buick Skyhawk I had. I really did leave the ignition key in it all the time. No takers.
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blink0r wrote:I got an 84 Buick skyhawk for a winter car (white) for a winter car...
I was turning the corner to come home and a wheel fell off and rolled into an oncoming truck. That was pretty funny
HAHAHA i would love to see that.. kinda like on the gumball 3000.. the wheel flys off they are all like "HOLY SH-IT THE WHEEL FELL OFF!!!" lol
* You judge suitable parking spaces by the degree of downhill slope.
actually had to do that for awhile with my old car when the transmission was dying...auto with no reverse, so I had to park on inclines to either throw the car into neutral and roll backwards into a space, or roll backwards out of a space....really sucked finding a decent incline in FL though, had to push it out of parking spaces all too often.
* You can leave your car parked, unlocked, with the keys in the ignition, and not worry about it being stolen.
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* Your entire car isn't worth the minimum insurance deductable.
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* The local mechanic says that doing a tune-up is just "throwing good money after bad."
...had one tell me it's time to put the car "out to pasture" after I took it in to see what they though about my oil light coming on whenever the car wasn't in motion after driving more than 10 miles...enter the s14
actually had to do that for awhile with my old car when the transmission was dying...auto with no reverse, so I had to park on inclines to either throw the car into neutral and roll backwards into a space, or roll backwards out of a space....really sucked finding a decent incline in FL though, had to push it out of parking spaces all too often.
* You can leave your car parked, unlocked, with the keys in the ignition, and not worry about it being stolen.
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* Your entire car isn't worth the minimum insurance deductable.
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* The local mechanic says that doing a tune-up is just "throwing good money after bad."
...had one tell me it's time to put the car "out to pasture" after I took it in to see what they though about my oil light coming on whenever the car wasn't in motion after driving more than 10 miles...enter the s14
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Bussman240sx
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Re: How to Tell When Need a New Car.
Movingviolation240 wrote:How to Tell When Need a New Car.
* You keep losing dates on left turns. *
so that is all i have to do to lose her, buy a POS
Re: How to Tell When Need a New Car.
All of these applied to my 94 Sentra by the time I was done with it. I was holding the hood down with those nylon straps they use on pickups, and the first two junkyards I took it to wouldn't take it....among many other funny/pathetic stories.Movingviolation240 wrote:How to Tell When Need a New Car.
* For the last five years, you've had to settle for making "vroom-vroom" noises while sitting in the driveway. * Your tires are balding faster than Michael Bolton. * The engine burns more oil than gas. * You wouldn't mind if you were car-jacked. * You judge suitable parking spaces by the degree of downhill slope. * You can leave your car parked, unlocked, with the keys in the ignition, and not worry about it being stolen. * Public transportation starts to look good. * Your entire car isn't worth the minimum insurance deductable. * The city sends you a notice requesting that you remove the "abandoned vehicle" from your driveway. * The local mechanic says that doing a tune-up is just "throwing good money after bad." * You double the value of your car everytime you fill the tank. * The 8-track tape deck finnally eats your last tape. * When you try to sell it, The Old Car Trader won't accept your ad because they have a standard to keep