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I love my car...
...how 'bout you?
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2005 RX-8 Grand Touring 2005 Outback 2002 Mercedes-Benz E320 wagon END OF LINE |
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Re: I love my car...
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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i hate it right now.....
but when i get it out of the shop again.....i will love it again.....you know this love, hate relationship is a very frustrating cycle.....sadly it will never end because we have all chosen a care with chronic mechanical problems. but i still love her.....
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1994 SVX, true dual Magnaflow exhaust, K&N filter, 17" Enkei RS6 wheels, Bridgestone Potenza RE730 225/45/17 rubber, zinc plated cross-drilled rotors with yellow painted brake calipers. B&M tranny cooler rated at 19,000 GVW. GC springs and Koni strut inserts installed and the car is lowered two inches all the way around!! "Too much fun to drive!" |
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"I know what you mean........beleive me. I spent all day at the shop todoy to finally fix my CE light. Turns out they actually had to replace my EGR valve. Said they have never seen anything like it......that's the SVX for you!! Anyway, the ride home was great and (knocking on wood) that light has yet to turn on again!! (knocking again
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Yup... Kinda like Britney Spears with a headache 28 days a month.
Smoooootch! Slap!!!! Ron.
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Good s**t happened. 69 was worth the wait. '92 stock semi-pristine ebony - 160K '96 Grand Caravan - 240K '01 Miata SE - 79K '07 Chrysler Pacifica - 60k - future money pit. |
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Re: I love my car...
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Let's See,
Ron, The closest I ever got was asparagus spears !! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nick, 1) Does Amber know ? or 2) I definitely do not want to hear about warm & fuzzy pockets; especially from a guy who used to call himself Cubes !! Larry III |
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you know what really bothers me.....
is the repair bills are not small. when something goes wrong with the svx it will cost you. my wife and i were talking last night and we are most disappointed by repair bills that average $500 or more almost everytime something goes wrong. i am getting killed on labor from these shops. my last couple of bills were over $1000. it is not easy to keep coming up with big lump sums. i wouldnt sweat $200 here or $300 there, but $1000 here and $1000 there gets old fast.....
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1994 SVX, true dual Magnaflow exhaust, K&N filter, 17" Enkei RS6 wheels, Bridgestone Potenza RE730 225/45/17 rubber, zinc plated cross-drilled rotors with yellow painted brake calipers. B&M tranny cooler rated at 19,000 GVW. GC springs and Koni strut inserts installed and the car is lowered two inches all the way around!! "Too much fun to drive!" |
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Re: Re: I love my car...
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Hey, wait...what are you saying?
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Re: you know what really bothers me.....
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Re: you know what really bothers me.....
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Steve (It is me, isn't it.)
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Steve '95 Polo Green SVX L AWD, 188K - "Kermit" (Gone, but not forgotten) '02 Outback LLBean, 56K '02 Black Sapphire Volvo V40, 133K - "Shadowfax" '06 Triumph Tiger, 19K '99 Suzuki DR350SE, 8.5K - "Geezer Killer" <*}}}}>< ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ><{{{{*> |
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i guess.....
i drive the hell out of mine without realizing it. for some reason i think my car sat for quite some time before i bought it. i purchased the car in 98 (it is a 94) and it had just under 25,000 miles. anyway i have replaced the water pump, the power steering pump, the struts, brakes, springs, alternator (several times), battery (several times b/c of the alternator), my tranny, and a couple of other odds and ends.
maybe i am being too harsh. i guess the money i have spent on mods is running together with the money i have spend on repairs. i will try to relax a little....
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1994 SVX, true dual Magnaflow exhaust, K&N filter, 17" Enkei RS6 wheels, Bridgestone Potenza RE730 225/45/17 rubber, zinc plated cross-drilled rotors with yellow painted brake calipers. B&M tranny cooler rated at 19,000 GVW. GC springs and Koni strut inserts installed and the car is lowered two inches all the way around!! "Too much fun to drive!" |
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Re: i guess.....
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It is still my belief that the SVX is a perfectly reliable car as long as you treat it well.
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admittedly.....
i do drive with a heavy hand. (yes i said hand, my car has hand controls)
i think i am going to try and pamper her a little. i think TLC goes a long way with the SVX.
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1994 SVX, true dual Magnaflow exhaust, K&N filter, 17" Enkei RS6 wheels, Bridgestone Potenza RE730 225/45/17 rubber, zinc plated cross-drilled rotors with yellow painted brake calipers. B&M tranny cooler rated at 19,000 GVW. GC springs and Koni strut inserts installed and the car is lowered two inches all the way around!! "Too much fun to drive!" |
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I can understand being upset with repair prices, I would drop a load on the service floor if someone told me I needed to spend $1000 on my car. But then when I go to a restaurant and see that a bowl of soup is $5, that a set of MAC or Snap-On wrenches is over $600.... From what I've seen here the SVX doesn't seem to require much more $ than most cars - except for some trannys.
You're learning - keep your foot out of it (look who's talking ) and hold back on the mods. It's expensive enough just to feed and maintain a car. Remember, the more you use it the quicker you use it up. Beav |
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