![]() ![]() This thread sort of goes along with the "gas prices" thread in the 'extreme' category, but I suppose it's train related and not really extreme. Tell us about your vehicle, or vehicles that you own and have owned. (all of them) I'm just surprised to hear how many miles people drive in a given year for their work, pleasure, railfanning, etc. Do you get new cars every 4 years? Do you buy used or new? Do you make your own repairs? Here's my short vehicle history even though I've been driving for more than 20 years.įirst car was a 1985 Nissan Sentra which was more or less a hand-me-down gift from my old man when I turned 16 in 1987. It had around 30,000 on it, and I drove it until 1993 when a timing belt broke at 98,000 miles and caused something like $700 (in 1993 money) in repairs. It was a good college car, however it wasn't worth the money to fix, so I leased my next car:Ī 1993 Acura Integra. It was probably a little more car than a 22 year old needed, but I kept this car for 10 years and 130,000 miles. For all I know, the engine still runs, but a lot of non-essentail interior items started to break.Īll in all, it was basically maintenance free exept for 3 sets of tires, 3 mufflers and an entire exhaust system replacement near the end. (window switches, sunroof switch, speakers burned out, cassette player, glove compartment locked shut). If I hadn't had an accident in 1999 that messed up the front end, I may actually still be driving it.įinal (and current car) is a 2003 Mazda Protege 5 which I bought new in 2003. 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE CAR SHAKING AT 50 MPH FREEĪnother maintenance free vehicle except for a O2 sensor that went bad at around 55,000 miles. I plan on keeping this one for a while, as it only has 73,000 miles on it.ġ987-1993 I had a 1985 Nissan Sentra in which I put 60,000 miles on, or 10,000/year.ġ993-2003 I had a 1993 Acura Integra in which I put 130,000 miles on, or 13,000/year.Ģ003-present I have a 2003 Mazda Protege 5 which has 73,000 miles on it, or approximately 13,000 per year. It seems that I put the most miles on my cars when they're new and back off as they age. On my 13th year of driving now, recently purchased my 4th vehicle. Oct 96 - May 97 - 1993 Pontiac Grand Am - had around 33K miles on it when purchased. No repairs needed while I had it, besides when I backed out of a driveway and got schmucked by a Pizza Hut delivery driver.totalled the car.last I heard they cut the car in half and sold the front half. May 97 - April 02 - 1994 Pontic Grand Prix - started with somewhere around 30K miles, sold at 98K. car ran pretty well for most of those years, had reoccuring brake problems, 1 tune up, and around 95K the head gasket blew. Fixed it, but car didn't run too well afterwards so off it went.Īpril 02-Jan 08 - 1996 Subaru SVX - from 55k miles to 150k - lots of problems with this one. Shortly after purchasing, water pump seized, $1500 in damage to timing belt, water pump, and 5 pulleys. 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE CAR SHAKING AT 50 MPH FREE.Get the car back today, drove around town, and the check engine light went off. But, nothing seems to make the problem go away, The shop and I do not know what the problem could be? They are trying everything possible to fix the issue. The shop doing the work has a great rep around town. The shop check the timeing belt and that did not slip. It's like I am feeling a sub woffer going boom. Sitting at idel the car vibrates to a point of anoyance. Bty the check engine flashs until I pull over then it goes solid. When I go in the mountains cylinder 4 misfires. P0302 - CL-2 does not blink, only goes solid My problem is when I drive around town cylinder 2 misfires at random times I was wondering if someone could tell me where i might find it. When I turn the key it sounds as if the engine wants to start but has no gas. The camshaft sensor was at 80 and regaped to 30 thousands?įuel pumps cleaned about 3 times in the last month. 2002 Mazda Fuel Shut off Switch I was driving down the road at 50mph and hit a pot hole. ![]()
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