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anything wrong with the 95? how many Kilometers are on it?
98 Corolla LE 1.8L DOHC 1ZZFE
TEIN H.Tech Springs
Tokico HP series Struts
Short ram air intake
Tsudo Axel Back Exhaust
... if a jelly fish stung me.. would you pee on the wound?
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thats what i was thinking?what color too?...you guys have some bad luck...my cars gonna be ten next year..lets see....i've replaced the altenator..big deal it was nine years old,it happens,pasg bearings again a wear item,esp in pothole states(lowering doesnt help)...and the waterpump...thats it in the five years i've had it...and when i drive the car,its driven,no question about that.  
"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts forever."-Aristophanes.
--93 pgt,headers,intake,borla=14.9 1/4mile
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ya see..the key is fixing the problem when you first realized it,when you let one thing go,it ultim. affects something else,now you have two things to fix instead of one. And so on...more problems means more time down and of course more money
"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts forever."-Aristophanes.
--93 pgt,headers,intake,borla=14.9 1/4mile
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Sad to hear that man. I hope your luck returns with your next car. When life hands you lemons.....
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Labor cost sucks. When my timing belt went out. I was about 3 hrs from home so I had to take the tour to a shop. It cost me $800 for timing belt and water pump replacement. They said their book called for 12hrs of labor. This was at about noon. They said that if I was willing to wait they could have the car to me by 5pm. So no matter how long they take to do it they charge 12 hours labor  . So glad to have 2 cars now so if anything goes wrong.I'm only out parts cost. I can do the labor myself.
98 T-Red SVT #540
98 T-Red GL ATX (Family Truckster)
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If you want something that will be worth it to dump money into, save up. Buy a 03 Cobra, Mod the hell out of it and be done. Or if you really want to make some cash, dont buy any cars, save up, buy a crappy house, fix it up by yourself or with some buddies, and sell it for 8X the price..
99 TRed Contour SVT # 1853 out of 2760
230.2 WHP @ 6500
237.0 WTR @ 2250
Originally posted by MxRacer:
Originally posted by RawBurt:
I'll be keeping it to myself, until the time comes. It'll be hard to find. 
much like your weiner.
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Originally posted by beyondloadedSE:
geez, so how much of that $9000 was labor costs? 
That's what I'd like to know also. Whatever shop you take your car to must LOOOOOVE you. They have two separate door chimes when customers open the door. The normal one is a little "ding-dong", but when you open the door it goes "ka-ching, ka-ching." 
Mark
2000 Black CSVT
3.0L Hybrid - 206fwhp & 195fwtq
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I have no life
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Modifying a Contour to the hilt. 
-'96 SE MTX 3L
-'98 SVT 1,173 of 6,535
-'05 Mazda 6s, loaded, g/f's ride
-Need a 96-00 manual on CD? PM or email me
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Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
The normal one is a little "ding-dong", but when you open the door it goes "ka-ching, ka-ching."
Mark
I went with my Mom to drop of her Dodge Caravan at her mechanics once and as soon as we walked in the door he said "Carol's here, payday everybody" 
Cameron
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i have 2 cars 2 payments 2 insurances and ive put 8k into the svt, but unfortunately i might be selling her and staying back for a few year until i finish school and get another one...i dunno
05 Chevy Colorado z71 4x4 *for sale*
97 Honda Accord 4door track whore *12.9 N/A* (blown and wrecked)
97 Honda Accord 4 door
03 Eclipse GS
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