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DirtyBird222
DirtyBird222 UltraDork
2/4/14 2:42 p.m.

So this is a tiny tiny little issue that has escalated into making things a PITA for turning my DD into a track rat as well. It's the inability to disable VSA/Traction control without the presence of the TPMS sensors. Honda's system won't work with the pipe bomb method and it would require me to have a cloned set of sensors. It just seems like such an inconvenience to swap on a second set of wheels and tires and an unnecessary cost. On the bright side it has me leaving this car stock for the time being and I've been looking at potential chump car/crap can/lemons mobiles instead. Tax monies away!

Anyone else have a similar experience/issue?

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury MegaDork
2/4/14 2:49 p.m.

Yes, because PT Cruiser

turboswede
turboswede GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
2/4/14 2:54 p.m.

Yes, because I'm afraid of destroying it and I'm afraid of selling it in case it gets destroyed by the next owner.

Mike924
Mike924 Reader
2/4/14 2:58 p.m.

Yes 1 word -- Minivan!

Mike Kirby

oldtin
oldtin UltraDork
2/4/14 2:58 p.m.

-17* temperatures and oh so toasty heated seats and a heated steering wheel to boot.

Bobzilla
Bobzilla PowerDork
2/4/14 2:58 p.m.

Yep. Automatic transmission in a FWD econobox. Kills it every time for me.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/4/14 3:01 p.m.

I've lost interest in many cars before buying them just because of their weight.

Dashpot
Dashpot Reader
2/4/14 3:04 p.m.

A warranty.

gofastbobby
gofastbobby Reader
2/4/14 3:09 p.m.
Bobzilla wrote: Yep. Automatic transmission in a FWD econobox. Kills it every time for me.

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dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
2/4/14 3:17 p.m.

94 MUSTANG V6 auto stripped down model with power nothing. There was no point to trying to make it in to anything other than the appliance it already is.

mazdeuce
mazdeuce UltraDork
2/4/14 3:19 p.m.

A stick fell out of a tree during a hurricane and dented the top crease on the drivers door on my truck. I carry high deductibles so it wasn't worth messing with insurance about. I also didn't want to pay someone to fix that one dent, so it sits there. I probably would have put a single turbo on the truck and made it fast, but who wants a fast truck with a dent in the door? That dent has saved me from a lot of poor decisions.

DaveEstey
DaveEstey UberDork
2/4/14 3:21 p.m.

Prius.

z31maniac
z31maniac UltimaDork
2/4/14 3:21 p.m.
Dashpot wrote: A warranty.

Yep, this.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
2/4/14 3:22 p.m.

Yes. I bought a 2nd race car and now I don't want to fix the first one.

turboswede
turboswede GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
2/4/14 3:23 p.m.
Bobzilla wrote: Yep. Automatic transmission in a FWD econobox. Kills it every time for me.

LFB = fun

Brake stands = fun

Neutral drops = fun

Bobzilla
Bobzilla PowerDork
2/4/14 3:27 p.m.
turboswede wrote:
Bobzilla wrote: Yep. Automatic transmission in a FWD econobox. Kills it every time for me.
LFB = fun Brake stands = fun Neutral drops = fun

No. Not with 110hp and a slushbox. None of that becomes fun. It DOES make a nice commuter car though.

mazdeuce
mazdeuce UltraDork
2/4/14 3:29 p.m.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Yes. I bought a 2nd race car and now I don't want to fix the first one.

This is a dangerous hole to fall into.

ebonyandivory
ebonyandivory Dork
2/4/14 3:44 p.m.

~10 mpg all winter and $3.30/Gallon on the truck and RUST on the Protege5.

Joe Severns
Joe Severns Marketing & PR Director
2/4/14 3:57 p.m.

Yes. Wife.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
2/4/14 4:00 p.m.

Rust.

Cone_Junkie
Cone_Junkie SuperDork
2/4/14 4:01 p.m.
Joe Severns wrote: Yes. Wife.

Winner!

scottdownsouth
scottdownsouth New Reader
2/4/14 4:15 p.m.

50 mpg tdi. I could easily get more power out of it but then what ?

Box_of_Rocks
Box_of_Rocks New Reader
2/4/14 4:34 p.m.

I remember this story vividly. My father bought a used, rough around the edges '64 Corvette in the late 70's. We were fixing little things on it and gradually making it a nice car. One day he pulled the interior panels out. On the inside of a panel, written in grease pen, was the message, "If you bought this car, you've been f***ed."

My father grunted, paused, slowly nodded, put the panel back on the car, reassembled everything, and sold the car the next week.

irish44j
irish44j PowerDork
2/4/14 4:42 p.m.

The moment I started working on my first e30, I suddenly had no interest in any additional modding of my WRX or my GT6. e30 is easier to do anything to, makes more sense, bolts don't strip or break, and junkyard parts are easy.

WRX is a PITA to do anything in the engine bay, and parts are never cheap. GT6 parts are always hard to find, and half the time they don't fit correctly, and if they do, they never seem to improve the car anyhow...

Duke
Duke UltimaDork
2/4/14 4:44 p.m.

Having done a 2.0 SOHC -> 2.4 DOHC swap on my wife's Neon completely cured me of the urge to touch anything other than consumables and OEM replacements on her TSX.

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