Stupid things that PO's did to your car

[charlescho]

i win.



fuhraze weight savings

see this on my way to the arc all the time

[BrooklynMW]

I believe that my car was previously a drug mule

[call me jack]

my PO hit a tree....

[Rodoni]

i win.



fuhraze weight savings

You lose because you've had the car longer than a year and it still has no bumpers....

[mr.vang]

Yes that's right, he painted the seats, interior panels, grill, and bumper trim blue, and installed spring clamps to "lower the front of the car", cut the rear valence with a sawzall to fit a fart can, covered the engine in blue wire loom, installed a LED light-up shift knob, and ran speaker wiring ACROSS the carpet under the floor mats.

Beat that.

that is the smartest idea out there, spring clamps. lol. its better then cut spring

[HarryPotter]

At least he changed the oil? Amiright?

[graffeedy5]

A/C and PS belts on the wrong pulleys, ghetto walmart shift knob that didn't fit right, and was held in by little allen wrench screws, and it still spun around, so he must have cranked them down with something and it gauged the shit out of the shift lever. Aftermarket security system that he lost the password to and said he had never had any problems with. 4 days after I bought it it wouldn't do anything when I turned the key. Removed the security system, started right up. Spare that doesn't fit (what's the point?) shift boot and e-brake boot that don't fit, don't line up right. 1 wheel has a nice wobble in it, another one spins straight but has a slow leak in it (lip is bent, that's what I'm assuming it is, cause the tires surprisingly enough look brand new). I guess he didn't own a funnel, or have any hand eye coordination, cause it looks like he spilled oil all over the top of the engine whenever he changed it cause no oil comes out when it's running.

Think that's it.

Oh wait, I forgot about the exhaust. The whole exhaust except for the manifold is custom, and badly done. The downpipe has some weird mesh patch on it, that does absolutely nothing to contain either the sound or the exhaust fumes. There's another shitty patch right before the cat. And then the dumbass welded the cat (and poorly at that) and wrapped it with hockey tape (like that does anything). Then hung it with coat hangars.

[VicSkimmr]

Unfortunately no

[accident]

Instead of replacing the control arm bushings, he jammed a big bolt in the old ones to keep it from moving. Once I saw that I knew I was dealing with a seriously neglected car :(

pictures?

[VicSkimmr]

Instead of replacing the control arm bushings, he jammed a big bolt in the old ones to keep it from moving. Once I saw that I knew I was dealing with a seriously neglected car :(

[fiftytakedowns]

My po cut the wires under the dash, shitty alarm install, took out hte blower motor, the AC, and just failed.

[Massive Lee]

The most stupid thing the PO of my Hartge H23 did was NOT to tighten the accelerator cable when selling it to me. It had tons of slack. So, when I did the road test with him, he was bragging about how much power it had. Yeah sure. I explained the motor was supposed to be much zippier. To which he agreed. He concluded the motor was perhaps indeed in need of a rebuild... Price got lowered by $2k to cover half an motor rebuild.

Paid the car and had it registered with the owner at the local Florida DMV. Packed my stuff in the trunk, said goodbye to the owner and headed North. I stopped on the highway at the first rest area to tighten up the accelerator cable at the the throttle, and unbend the accelerator lever under the dash. Back on the highway. I had a $4k rebuild instantaneously... Car was zippy now... ;-)

[Dirty e30]

i win.



fuhraze weight savings

[HarryPotter]

PO did the remarkable and very creative solutions to the following:

1. Removed the heater valve. So...no heat. Replaced the blower motor though????
2. Destroyed the IS early valance. Held on with tape. At least its black tape on a black car.
3. Never replaced fuel filter, or any gaskets that I can tell. But swore there was a new timing belt.
4. Shift knob off a e39. Doesn't fit.
5. Replaced dampers with Bilstein HD. Not sporties. Stock springs. So...no drop.
6. Radio antenna busted. So no radio

I guess overall I dont have much to bitch about, but ..... eh. Some things are just stupid.

I havent replaced a single gasket on my car and it has a new timing belt and waterpump I put in... What are you trying to say? Dunno about you but when a gasket shits the bed it doesn't K.O the motor and call for a rebuild.

[Apps]

Strut housing that had been placed in a vice and tightened down on...
Bilsteins that were then pressed into these housings...
Bilsteins that did not rebound/hardly compressed no matter what bump was hit...
= locked front suspension and the worst rock hard/bouncy ride imaginable