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irritating problems and issues on a used car for sale
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You should not judge them. If they are good enough at their job, and that takes time and effort, they get paid enough to have someone else maintain the outside of the house or the equipment.
One of the first things I noticed required immediate fixing when we got my son’s Honda. Couple large zip ties and Jerry rigging the broken but still usable tie down rod and it’s good to go. The small center one is easily snipped off and replaced if need be.
I was able to pick up this vehicle for him and from what I can tell I think the previous owner was done messing with it. All dealership or quick lube serviced. $500 in DIY repairs over a few months and it’s a much better vehicle now. God knows what that would have cost at the dealership.
Exactly. I live in Michigan and the *bleep* boxes people drive around here daily is downright staggering.
How is window regulator that much? I've replaced them at least 6X on my 1999 Alero and they are really cheap.
Maybe it's just my screen as I'm looking at it in the sunlight, but that brake fluid reservoir looks low.
It’s fresh fluid only about two weeks old so it’s clear. It’s full though.
I was thinking about that this morning. So the person goes to a title loan or payday loan place to borrow $500 to get the car running. The one with the continuous annoying adds says a $500 loan "only" costs $2.75 per day. How about putting that $2.75 per day in a savings account now. Six months and you have $500 in the bank for that rainy day.
Just make it one of your monthly payments. Keep at it and have $1,000 after a year (with no calamities). How about it? I have been adding to my rainy day account since 2009. The balance is substantial.
I was going to guess it might be like 4th Gen Rams and GMT400s where effectively the entire inner door "subpanel" is the regulator.
I watched a vid for an '07-09 Santa Fe rear window regulator and that appears to be the case. Now, you can get 4th Gen Ram ones delivered for ~$120 or less (aftermarket), but I'd imagine it's just supply & demand. Think about the number of 4th Gen Rams you see vs any Hyundai Santa Fe on the road on a given day
Every single "hobby car" I've bought had an oil leak or multiple oil leaks, something I refuse to live with. I cannot stand an un-potty-trained car dripping on my driveway. Sometimes they seem impossible to get sealed up by any means short of pulling the engine and transmission and putting new seals in everything. And why is it impossible to design and implement a rear main seal that never fails? We put a man on the moon....supposedly. Why can't something be done to stem the extreme downtime and expense of replacing these? And to the auto manufacturers in the '80s that designed components on engines that are sealed only with RTV, when they could have been designed to use a gasket...... I have a hand gesture for you.
'82 Mustang 3.3
'85 Laser Turbo
'86 Fiero GT
'93 Sundance Duster 3.0
'82 Mustang 3.3
'85 Laser Turbo
'86 Fiero GT
'93 Sundance Duster 3.0
I was surprised myself. Used they go for about $160. New was almost $600........
2019 Santa Fe SE 2.4L. Drivers side rear. Check it out. The job was NOT easy either.........
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