Picked 'er up tonight!
07-08-08 | 09:06 AM
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Bad luck I guess...
Sunday I was driving and my Check Engine, VSC, and VSC Off lights all lit up. Working at a dealership, I know that this is 9 times out of 10 a pretty simple fix like a gas cap or something so I wasn't too worried but today I got bad news...need a new O2 sensor...$117.
I also noticed that the ride was somewhat rough and jittery so I checked the tire pressures...33 lbs, 33 lbs, 33 lbs.....9lbs. So I pump the thing up and check it again yesterday. Back to 9 lbs. Obviously a tire problem that has yet to be diagnosed.
The car died three times on me, one in the middle of the road last night at about 1AM. The first two times I thought I had done something wrong to drain it but yesterday night I popped the hood and looked closer to see that my battery terminals are basically dust and fragments which isn't so bad with all things considered. I put what was there back together enough to get home and to work this morning...evidently this isn't going to be that expensive but we'll see.
Lastly, I noticed that my alarm wasn't completely locking the car so upon further examination I found that the passenger door lock actuator is going bad...price on that bad boy...$180.
Additionally, one of the foglights was busted which cost me another $105 and should be here tomorrow. My new Sport Design logos came in this morning so I'll get them on later today AND I ordered the lip spoiler and black pearl kit to make it "official" sport design.
The previous owner also didn't like the "look" of the DRLs so he took out the fuses and the bulbs...another $30 for bulbs.
So far I've dropped $600 on the car for little issues I didn't know I was going to have, and that doesn't include the tire and the terminals yet. I guess all in all none of them are big issues and I'm thankful for that but the little nagging stuff is adding up fast.
Plus I got the ipod integration kit which was $180 my cost and I'll have to pay a tech to put it in...so make that over $800 to date.
GOSH!
Sunday I was driving and my Check Engine, VSC, and VSC Off lights all lit up. Working at a dealership, I know that this is 9 times out of 10 a pretty simple fix like a gas cap or something so I wasn't too worried but today I got bad news...need a new O2 sensor...$117.
I also noticed that the ride was somewhat rough and jittery so I checked the tire pressures...33 lbs, 33 lbs, 33 lbs.....9lbs. So I pump the thing up and check it again yesterday. Back to 9 lbs. Obviously a tire problem that has yet to be diagnosed.
The car died three times on me, one in the middle of the road last night at about 1AM. The first two times I thought I had done something wrong to drain it but yesterday night I popped the hood and looked closer to see that my battery terminals are basically dust and fragments which isn't so bad with all things considered. I put what was there back together enough to get home and to work this morning...evidently this isn't going to be that expensive but we'll see.
Lastly, I noticed that my alarm wasn't completely locking the car so upon further examination I found that the passenger door lock actuator is going bad...price on that bad boy...$180.
Additionally, one of the foglights was busted which cost me another $105 and should be here tomorrow. My new Sport Design logos came in this morning so I'll get them on later today AND I ordered the lip spoiler and black pearl kit to make it "official" sport design.
The previous owner also didn't like the "look" of the DRLs so he took out the fuses and the bulbs...another $30 for bulbs.
So far I've dropped $600 on the car for little issues I didn't know I was going to have, and that doesn't include the tire and the terminals yet. I guess all in all none of them are big issues and I'm thankful for that but the little nagging stuff is adding up fast.
Plus I got the ipod integration kit which was $180 my cost and I'll have to pay a tech to put it in...so make that over $800 to date.
GOSH!
07-08-08 | 02:28 PM
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