Dishdude- that's been my standard procedure for any vehicle I have owned. Just FYI.Why would you? You'll easily get over 50% of msrp at 5 years/100k miles...take the first half of it's life and let some other sucker get the second half.
Dishdude- that's been my standard procedure for any vehicle I have owned. Just FYI.Why would you? You'll easily get over 50% of msrp at 5 years/100k miles...take the first half of it's life and let some other sucker get the second half.
I know you're just being sarcastic and facetious, but my wife bought a 2008 Chrysler Crossfire Roadster brand new back in the day, and it was built in Germany alongside the SLK cars from Mercedes, and the hard working Germans forgot to tighten the nut in the front left fender well that just happened to be the main grounding point for a number of computers in the car.Oh my goodness, Chrysler forgot to torque down a fastener and now the truck is junk!!!
Let me tell you, loose fasteners is a fact of life with automobiles. Not to rag on GM because I’ve owned tons of them and I generally liked them, but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had random bolts and nuts come loose.![]()
A guy showed me how to use a strip of emery cloth to clean them and reset then with a matchbook. I had a C10 gen ll pickup that went thru a couple three sets of points a year, cleaning them could get me a few more miles before replacing them.But a matchbook striker dragged between them will get you home where you can replace them.
The emissions warranties .Yet-vehicles are more reliable than they have EVER BEEN..........
Oh my goodness, Chrysler forgot to torque down a fastener and now the truck is junk!!!
Let me tell you, loose fasteners is a fact of life with automobiles. Not to rag on GM because I’ve owned tons of them and I generally liked them, but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had random bolts and nuts come loose. I’ve had numerous GM’s where a fastener randomly falls from somewhere within the dashboard. I literally have a baggie in the garage with random fasteners that have fallen from the dashboards of cars I’ve owned, even new while still under warranty. It’s an odd feeling when a bolt hits you on the leg as you’re driving, I can’t make this stuff up.
It’s not a big deal. I’ve never gone searching for where those fasteners even go. Don’t really want to go tearing apart a whole dash for some bolt, screw, or nut. You’d never know it was missing a fastener either because nothing negative ever seemed to happen as a consequence.
I’ll never forget the sound of a nut falling from somewhere in one of my cars dashboards. It sounded like someone was playing a game of plinko.![]()
I wasn’t being sarcastic and facetious.I know you're just being sarcastic and facetious
Most likely a previous driver parked too close to a wheel stop in a parking spot and dragged the front end a bit. Sucks you had to go through that trouble.I will add my story from a few years ago and yes it was a Chrysler Pacifica we rented for about a week. Brand new too. When we returned it the attendant caught some damage on the front panel at the bottom. Upon inspection it looked like a faulty or broken clip that held the tail of the front fender. The tail had popped out. The rental company wouldn’t believe it though and wanted to charge me $1100 for fixing the damage plus their loss of income and devaluation of the car. All for a clip that probably cost a Buck or two.
In the end after disputing it I ended up paying $300 and Visa paid the rest after a back and forth that lasted several months. A bit of a scam on the part of the rental company for sure but it all started with one faulty clip or a clip/panel that was not installed properly.
That system GM used for setting the points in their V8s was great - hook up the dwell meter, pop up the window on the cap, and use an Allen key to set the dwell angle to 30°.Once I used a gal's finger nail file to clean up the points. And a pack of matches to set the gap. Yup.
I had all kindsa MSD stuff in my Vette. One day I jerked all that stuff out and went back to points.
Made me happy.
Canadians and Mexicans are Americans too.Glad they got some Americans working again. Sweet.
I wasn’t being sarcastic and facetious.
Edit: sorry, I was being facetious in my first sentence lol. I guess in your case that one loose nut really did turn the car into junk. It’s crazy how one tiny error can cause so many other problems.
GM had seriously atrocious interiors for awhile, not many people will dispute that. After the bankruptcy they started turning things around.
God Almighty I was so glad when electronic ignition was developed.That system GM used for setting the points in their V8s was great - hook up the dwell meter, pop up the window on the cap, and use an Allen key to set the dwell able to 30°.
Of course they are.Canadians and Mexicans are Americans too.
GM's excellent HEI replaced their very good points. I liked both systems.God Almighty I was so glad when electronic ignition was developed.
Specifically, North Americans ... but agreed, that's not how the term is usually used.Of course they are.![]()
well I been sleeping with a prayer book or a bible next to my bed since Vlad The Putin was elected the very first term. I had a scary feeling when they told us a bit of his past. We all need to pray now about this latest train wreck he has started.The old days and fix it yourself are gone for now but they may return very quickly when the Russians or the Chinese Use an EMP bomb on us. All the new technology will be totally useless. That old Nova will be worth so much that you may need to sleep with it and a shotgun.
The 1st ones had their share of issues... Or maybe that was the smoggers?God Almighty I was so glad when electronic ignition was developed.