my stupid fucking car!!!!!!!!!!

[galaxie]

YOU GET A BIG THUMBS-DOWN 1989 FORD PROBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"fix or repair daily"
so fuckin true

so today my lovely piece of shit decides that it's going to die in the middle of 8th ave right at McBride......AT 8:30AM!!!! so basically the damn thing was blocking traffic for a good half hour!

I called a tow truck and to tow me three blocks to my boyfriend's house it cost $50!! so now I'm uber-poor

but here's the kicker
I get into my car AFTER it's been towed to turn off the 4-way flashers, and I decide to check the oil just in case that's what's wrong with it (this happened before)......levels are good but it could use a bit, so I put some in, and the fucking thing starts no problem......SOOOOOOO had I thought about the oil thing while I was AT THE GAS STATION that it stalled right in front of I could have saved myself the $50 towing fee!

!&%^$!#&^%

I HATE YOU FRIDAY THE 13TH!!!!!!!!

[desiRAWR]

eww. I feel your pain. I own a ford too.

*shudder*

[NeVeRLooKBacK]

fuck that shit sucks too
my cars ben reliable for the last little while
the old accord has treated me quite well :)

[tested01]

fords suck.simple as that.

german engineering all the way.

[mapleleaf4ever]

My Ford runs beautifully... New Ford = Ass... Then again I wanted a Volkswagen and a 5 Speed... I ended up with a 1979 Mustang Five Litre. *shrugs* :284:

[NeVeRLooKBacK]

hahaha
atta boy

[shorerider]

my Ford owns :)

89 areostar WHUT!

[crookedking]

minivans rock.

[mister-peenutt]

awww that sucks!
you gotta check the oil often especially with old turbo cars!

[*STARFISH*]

glah... shitty deal..
but at least you fixed it!

[galaxie]

OK UPDATE

THE PIECE OF SHIT BROKE DOWN ON ME AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this time on Stewardson way at 20th street, right as I was about to get on to the connector!

some nice guys helped me push it through the light and into some little residental nook........HOWEVER, my alternator belt was the problem all along!! =(

my bf's dad came to get me, took me to Lordco to buy the part, but he had to go to a funeral so he couldn't put it on

so now here I am in Richmond with my bf's car, also a Ford, that needs a brake job

I HATE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

and to top it all off, our big Valentine's day plans for tomorrow are RUINED due to outside circumstances!!!!!! but that's a whole other thread! =(

[galaxie]

Originally posted by mister-peenutt:
awww that sucks!
you gotta check the oil often especially with old turbo cars!

ahhh
the second time I was almost in tears

I was gonna call you if his dad couldn't come
then I remembered that your number was in my old phone =\

[dj_zyx]

I would get rid of your asap, I just got rid of my 1993 mazda mx6 basically all assembled by ford... Mazda made the engine for your car. On these cars the common problem on them are the distributors, they blow every so often, they should have a manufactures warranty but they don't. Some people are trying to sue ford and mazda because of this...

when a ford or mazda has more than 150,000k on it, just chuck it.


did your car just all of a sudden just turn off, like someone just pulled the key out of the egnition?

[Candy-Kid]

*hug* i know how you feel. my car is alwasy chewing up my cash

[Tattoology]

I feel your pain. My 89' had me felt like I was driving a time bomb (it could just die at any second). It happened one afternoon while going down a hill, good thing when it died, i was on my way down the hill so I steer as hard as i could to the sidewalk (God knows it's hard to steer when your engine is dead). And then some other shit happen to it again. Had to spend $800 fixing it (had to sell my IMF ticket).

AS for the tow truck, was it the New West tow truck? Cause some fat tow truck man came and unlock my door once outside Tim Horton's at 6th St. Cops came and thought I was breaking into someone's car. The cops said I can't pick it myself so I had no choice but to ask the tow truck man to do it. He's so unprofessional that when I got home, I got locked inside my car. Apparently, the fat dude screwed up my door lock so I had to roll down my cracked window to open the door from the outside.

At least it's just your oil. In my case, radiator coolant was leaking into my engine oil. And my gasket and some other shits were broken too. What A Bummer!!!?

Hope my story makes you feel better. By the way, I heard that Friday the 13th is just a "scary day", not a bad luck day. Tuesday the 13th is the unlucky day.

So far my car is running well and I love her more than ever. Keeping my fingers crossed though.

[galaxie]

Originally posted by dj_zyx:
did your car just all of a sudden just turn off, like someone just pulled the key out of the egnition?

naw
the radio all of a sudden went really quiet, like the battery was dying

then click click OFF

[dj_zyx]

naw
the radio all of a sudden went really quiet, like the battery was dying

then click click OFF

sounds like your alternator is dead.

[*KeLLnEsS*]

Lol why would you have your car towed 3 blocks... Its called getting off your ass and pushing it

[crookedking]

i hate pushing cars.

[Tattoology]

"ahhh
the second time I was almost in tears"

I felt the same way. Did I mention that whenever my car die, it takes at least 10 mins of trying to start it up again? Doesn't people know what hazard lights mean? I had my hazard lights turned on, and a bunch of idiots waited behind me at the lights, then when the lights turned green, they honk. It's not my problem if they don't know what hazrd lights are for. Even some cop pulled behind me, waited for 10 seconds, (probably trying to remember what hazard lights are for) then drove around me. Damn Pig!

$30 (tow truck to unlock my car) + $50 (to fix the door lock that the tow truck man screwed up) + $800 (to fix it all) + no one to help me, no cell phone,etc = Sorry, Galaxie, but my car screwed me up more than yours did to you. I WIN!

Don't be too bitter about it. Hope your bf and you will still have a good Valentine's Day.

I always tell people that my car has a soul of her own. One time, she just didn't want to reverse. All gears but "P" goes forward. (R,N,D,1,2).

[ash1ee]

this is why you save your money and don't buy an ancient car.

warranties rule.

wouldn't it be nice to know wxactly how much you car is going to cost you every month.
now i know why my dad wouldnt let me buy a used car.

[pbreak]

my car is dying too, i've parked it and i don't think im ever driving it again - of course it has over 600K so i'm not complaining too much...

ps - another acronym for ford = found on road dead

[Erica]

at least your car didn't get stolen. :soak: