Bought a car today...
- Thread starter Altron
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paul_valaru
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hey winky, think of us poor dialup type people
hey winky, think of us poor dialup type people
Altron
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Ok, I've got a question.
First of all, the car stalls. A lot. If it isn't warmed up, I need to let it run for several minutes. I need to either keep a steady pressure on the gas at ~1200rpms, or I need to punch it every ten seconds or so because if I don't, the RPMs drop, and it stalls. Putting it into gear will usually make it stall if it isn't warm enough. Holding it in Drive with the brake down will make it stall, depending on how long it's been running and how long it's not moving.
Now, what I've always been told is that you should hold down the brake while putting it in gear, then slowly ease off. Unfourtunately, this is just asking it to stall. I already need to try to start it like five times to get it running at all, and I don't want to need to start it two more times after it stalled.
Now, when I put it into gear without hitting the brakes, it doesn't stall. It takes about a second for it to get going, then it goes.
On a more extreme case, putting it into gear then revving up to like 1200 will make it lurch foreward, like popping the clutch. Except there isn't a clutch.
What's the best way to go, to promote the longevity of the car?
First of all, the car stalls. A lot. If it isn't warmed up, I need to let it run for several minutes. I need to either keep a steady pressure on the gas at ~1200rpms, or I need to punch it every ten seconds or so because if I don't, the RPMs drop, and it stalls. Putting it into gear will usually make it stall if it isn't warm enough. Holding it in Drive with the brake down will make it stall, depending on how long it's been running and how long it's not moving.
Now, what I've always been told is that you should hold down the brake while putting it in gear, then slowly ease off. Unfourtunately, this is just asking it to stall. I already need to try to start it like five times to get it running at all, and I don't want to need to start it two more times after it stalled.
Now, when I put it into gear without hitting the brakes, it doesn't stall. It takes about a second for it to get going, then it goes.
On a more extreme case, putting it into gear then revving up to like 1200 will make it lurch foreward, like popping the clutch. Except there isn't a clutch.
What's the best way to go, to promote the longevity of the car?
highwayman
New Member
More then likely the choke is out of adjustment, a tune up may be in order as well...
And this is why I'm not buying a used car...I don't want to get a car and then almost immediately need to start pouring money into it...I'd rather have a set payment each month and know that I'm gonna get from A to B or atleast if something does go wrong I have road side assistance included as part of my warrenty...yes, I realize that I will no longer be a student when I buy a car and will have a regular income but the reasons I am choosing to buy new now are the same reasons I chose to have nothing while in school...I couldn't afford something repliable so I did without.
Professur
Well-Known Member
Tuneup time, guy. If you toss in hard-to-start in damp weather, you've got classic rotor-cap trouble. Find the distributor cap and pull it off. You'll find underneath it the rotor. If the tip is corroded, it's replacement time. Inside the cap, you'll find metal contacts for each cylinder. Run a fingernail along the side of it. If you feel a notch, it's replacement time. Find a dark, dark area. An unlit country lane at night works well. Pop the hood and let your eyes adjust to the dark (this is a bitch if you can't douse your headlights, but you're a bright boy, I'm sure you'll think of something) Once you dark-adjusted, look at the engine. If the sparkplug wires are glowing (called carona) it's replacement time.
And (regardless of the cost) don't replace only one. Replace the rotor, cap, plugs and wires all at the same time. You're just asking for trouble if you don't.
And (regardless of the cost) don't replace only one. Replace the rotor, cap, plugs and wires all at the same time. You're just asking for trouble if you don't.
HomeLAN
New Member
Nixy said:
There are used cars, and then there are used cars. Altron bought an older model, with a lot of miles on it. A 2 year-old car with 15k on it will be as dependable as a new car, and you don't eat the 15% depreciation the minute you drive it off the lot. In most cases, in fact, you can still take advantage of the remaining warranty (3 year/36,000 mile is pretty standard). Unless you have your heart set on a particular model, or money to burn, late model used makes damned good sense.
HomeLAN said:
I have my heart set on knowing what I'm buying. I've looked at the prices of late model cars and I couldn't afford to buy one with cash...I'd still have to finance it...extended warranty on a new car will take me through until I have my P.Eng and am making a lot more money...I don't wanna buy a car and still be paying it off and have warrenty run out and stuff start going wrong...I don't want the hassel.
HomeLAN said:
Part of that is gonna be discounted away cause I'll be a recent graduate...plus the car I'm looking at is only a $15000 so unless I was gonna buy a used 2003 with a lot of kilometers according to auto trader I wouldn't be saving $5000.
$12 000 for a two year old car with 16 000 clicks...most of the other ones all have over 30 000 clicks.
Inkara1
Well-Known Member
I keep thinking I'd like to see if the seats in the new VW Jetta GLI are any good and then seeing if I can hack the payments... but the thinng is, my current car's still in good shape, other than that the driver's seat sucks for long trips, and has a lot of life left and I don't really NEED something new.
Inkara1 said:
See, I was wanting to buy my grandmother's car since she doesn't drive anymore and hardly drove it anyway...IF I hadn't got screwed over on that (don't ask because I don't wanna go into details it makes me mad) I wouldn't be buying new...it wasn't exactly what I wanted but it was close and woulda been cheap...it's a 2003 me thinks...anyway, yeah...I'm not buying used from a stranger but if I had something already I wouldn't buy new either.
