In reply to Appleseed :
I’m with you on this one. A clean car looks like it’s been cared for, and will bring more money. I always take the time to detail a car I’m selling, wiping down the door jambs, and under the hood as well.
In reply to Appleseed :
I’m with you on this one. A clean car looks like it’s been cared for, and will bring more money. I always take the time to detail a car I’m selling, wiping down the door jambs, and under the hood as well.
In reply to Appleseed :
I just bought Mrs. VCH a newer vehicle ('99 Suburban). It was in good shape, but needed a thorough cleaning. For $300 I dropped it off at the local detailer and they washed, waxed, and buffed it, shinied up the tires, cleaned all the glass, cleaned every interior surface and shampoo'd the seats and rugs. We got it back and you'd have sworn it was a different truck.
In reply to Knurled. :
You nailed it! Swapped in a different coil and all the problems went away. That was after I change the plugs and ohm the plug wires though
volvoclearinghouse said:In reply to Appleseed :
I just bought Mrs. VCH a newer vehicle ('99 Suburban). It was in good shape, but needed a thorough cleaning. For $300 I dropped it off at the local detailer and they washed, waxed, and buffed it, shinied up the tires, cleaned all the glass, cleaned every interior surface and shampoo'd the seats and rugs. We got it back and you'd have sworn it was a different truck.
I did this before I sold the TSX. Really was a worthwhile use of $200.
In reply to Appleseed and Saron81 :
i'm with you. no second chance to make a first impression. i believe that the first time a potential buyer sees the car, they should *want* the car. even my 1996 PGT that i sold for $1100 in 2011 with 229k miles had rock chips touched up, full clay / cleaner / polish / wax, no brake dust on rims, Bleche-Wite cleaned tires, windows spotless and Rain-X'd, fresh wiper blades, carpet vacuumed, no dust on dash, etc. i do this with every car i sell. also, when possible, i park them inside the garage with the door closed, so there's a bit of a "reveal" and also an impression that it's been "garage kept". i pull pretty good money out of the cars i sell.
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
I've been told that the coil really needs a heat shield on these cars since it's basically mounted on the exhaust manifold. I haven't killed one yet, but now that I've said that I guess I should start carrying a spare...
I propose we start a national petition to rename the left lane. Ask most folks and they will call it the "fast lane". Words matter, names matter. If I could flip a switch and have everyone refer to it instead as the "passing lane" I think 98% of my road rage would disappear.
It is the Passing Lane!
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Just got a text from the Dancer that her Mariner (which should have been replaced pushing a year ago now...) is lighting up its battery warning light when idling at stop signs. We really don't need to be spending any more money on this car, but I can't have its battery dying and stranding her so it looks likely we'll be spending $200 on a new alternator. And that I won't be able to mow the lawn this afternoon like I'd been planning on (honestly I'd rather be replacing an alternator than mowing the lawn, but the lawn badly needs to be mowed and it will only get more difficult to do so...).
In reply to barefootskater :
Keep Right Except To Pass.
That is what the signs in Ohio say, and we are still infested with zombies driving nose to tail in the center lane.
I REALLY wish we could take peoples's tools away.
There seems to be literally no way to get any voice-operated system to play the musical stylings of E^ST.
In reply to Knurled. :
I need more context to this photo. I see hydraulic, but is it an inboard caliper? Hose is pretty new. Diff fill plug? Tell us more. Nut for spacer? undersize hex on screw, or is it a Hyd. fitting?
I've lived within 15 minutes' drive of Tire Rack's east coast distribution center for approximately berking ever. Like 25+ years.
In all that time, they've refused to allow local pickup, so I'd have to pay $50-$100 extra in shipping to have their damn tires taken farther away from my house and brought back on a different truck.
Last year, they FINALLY started allowing local pickup. I saved about $75 shipping on the 1 - count it, 1 - set of tires I bought since then.
Now, this year, they've decided to raise the price on all their stuff and include "free" shipping.
BERKERS.
Do not call me with your problem if you can't be bothered to read and follow the damn instructions.
Toyman01 said:Do not call me with your problem if you can't be bothered to read and follow the damn instructions.
TurnerX19 said:In reply to Knurled. :
I need more context to this photo. I see hydraulic, but is it an inboard caliper? Hose is pretty new. Diff fill plug? Tell us more. Nut for spacer? undersize hex on screw, or is it a Hyd. fitting?
Sliding calipers with two or three points of interference behind them, not only keeping the calipers from being able to slide, but were actually keeping the outboard pads from contacting the rotors. (The thing with the nut is a steering stop, the hex plug is to fill the knuckle with oil, being a closed-end 4wd system)
After going Texas Grinder Massacre on the knuckles and calipers, I could get the calipers to slide back enough that the outboard pads would be metal to metal before the caliper runs out of travel.
In reply to Duke :
Yeah, but I thought they were offering a local pickup discount.
In reply to Mike :
I was just coming here to cancel the rant above. They do offer local pickup discount, but it doesn't appear until you check out and see the shipping options. At least it didn't for me. $10 / tire off, which is probably less than shipping would have been, but what the hell.
In reply to Knurled. :
Thanks! I am waist deep in a 500SL that has been apart before
Last guy left the vacuum line off the door bin lock, and 1/2 the hardware wasn't there to hold it all together. Probably on book time, unlike me.
And I have strep.
If you use tire slime, know that somewhere, someday, somebody will be cursing your name while slowly scraping it off the wheel. Tonight, I was that guy.
I swear all the drivers around here have taken a chill pill. Last week they were doing their usual scurrying everywhere as fast as possible, making me the slow bad guy at only 10 over the limit. This week people can't even get up to the speed limit. Yesterday I had a lady doing 25 in a 40 for a mile through a no passing zone because she was turning at the end of the mile. She also came to a dead halt before making that turn, even though nobody was coming.
barefootskater said:I propose we start a national petition to rename the left lane. Ask most folks and they will call it the "fast lane". Words matter, names matter. If I could flip a switch and have everyone refer to it instead as the "passing lane" I think 98% of my road rage would disappear.
It is the Passing Lane!
It is the Passing Lane!
It is the Passing Lane!
It is the Passing Lane!
It is the Passing Lane!
It is the Passing Lane!
It is the Passing Lane!
It is the Passing Lane!
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I like to call it "The Hammer Lane".
Fell asleep early last night. Woke up at 4AM, exhausted. Tried to go back to sleep but couldn't. Took a shower. Laid back in bed, and passed out until 30 minutes past my alarm. C'mon brain, why won't you work like I want you to?
Bought a AWD Regal Premium II last fall when I couldn't find a AWD GS anywhere, wanted to ditch the E92 parts eater before winter. I really like my Riggle but was set on a GS.
Had to look today for S&G, found two. One at the dealer I bought from and another a few miles down the road from home. Both loaded to the berkeleying gills and black metallic. Ahhh, them sport seats, those wheels.
Not bad luck, just bad timing. 
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