[V8] sanity check, what, from a V8Q owner?
Ed Kellock
ekellock at gmail.com
Tue Mar 18 08:39:41 PDT 2008
It's not question there are "easier" cars to own.
Just this morning I was imagining selling... oh 3 or 4 cars.
That doesn't get it done though.
Anyway, have you thwacked the fuel pump relay?
Ed
On 3/18/08, Mike Arman <Armanmik at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> "wanted to get a quick sanity check from the experts here."
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> At this moment (blankety-blank V8Q doesn't want to start AGAIN), I am
> seriously questioning my own sanity for owning this damn thing in the
> first place.
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> I swear it gets jealous - don't drive it for a week or three and it
> sulks. Freshly charged, almost new and known good battery, fresh gas,
> new $300 fuel pump, not an hour old. Cranks but declines to fire.
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> And once I get it lit up (Molotov cocktail perhaps?), I get to change
> the radiator (old one is starting to clog, runs too warm), rewire the
> connectors for the Eurolights, replace the rubber trim strips between
> the fenders and headlights (bought from Bruce), change the thermostat
> (just in case), and and and and and.
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> Tell ya what, this may be sacrilege, but I'm actually starting to like
> the sh*tbox Honda Accord - all it does is run, always, every time,
> without fail - got the soul of a toaster and about as interesting, but
> it goes and goes and goes, and asks almost nothing in return besides gas
> and oil changes every 7500 miles (and not ten quarts, either).
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> /rant mode off, for a while, maybe . . .
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> Best Regards,
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> Mike Arman
> V8Q lawn ornament right now @#%#@$%!! &^^&**(! )*%*$!
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