am I the only one?, paranoia about driving ruins it? |
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am I the only one?, paranoia about driving ruins it? |
tat2dphreak |
May 5 2010, 07:04 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region |
ok, over the past 6 years, I've done damn near everything on my car... the transmission is probably the only part 'untouched' and even it got new seals and every linkage bushing...
but now, when I drive it, I'm nit-picky, and every little thing seems to cause worry... example... yesterday it got up to the high 80s outside, and my car, in stop-go traffic got up to slightly less than 220 on the way home... and I started worrying of over heat... every rattle, noise, smell or anything a 40 year old car could have, worries me bonkers to the point the fun in the car is far upset by the paranoia... does anyone else get like this? |
rwilner |
May 5 2010, 07:55 PM
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No Ghosts in the Machine Group: Members Posts: 953 Joined: 30-March 10 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 11,530 Region Association: North East States |
FWIW--There is no way to have this much fun in a car for so little money.
Eveyone who owns a teener has their own reasons for buying one. Here's mine: I bought a 914 instead of trading in my accord for something moderately more entertaining, because the purchase price of the 914 was ONE THIRD the cost of any reasonably fun car, and more like one fifth to one tenth the cost of any very fun car. Also, when I first started out with my car, it was doing some funny things -- flat spot at 3k rpm, some smoking on startup. know what I did? I drove it for 500 miles. The car thanked me and those problems went away. I say drive the sh*t out of your car. That's it's mission in life. If something breaks, fix it and keep driving. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Life is too short! |
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