DieLucas!
06-07-2005, 11:40 PM
The good...I bought a nice '66 Beetle. It has decent paint, decent interior, and runs strong. It's kind of bittersweet, as I sold my old '66 Beetle back in '02 to purchase the Range Rover (which wasn't running at the time). Now I've got a new '66 to play with.
The bad...yeah, that bittersweet thing. I'm selling the Range Rover to replace the money I spent on the Beetle. Funny, it's running better than it ever has; almost all of the circuits are working (without daily chicken sacrifices). So, what goes around, comes around. I guess it was a fun trip.
The ugly...our muthafawking Audi. Stoopid German engineering at its finest, at a premium, too. Sachilles probably remembers my rant about the A4's terrible front suspension design that eats ball joints like Sally Struthers at a buffet (read: no "axis" of rotation for steering; the steering knuckle articulates about all 4 suspension links and the steering rod :shaking: ).
So, what did it do this time? Well, apparently, when the wife went to start it this evening after night school, the ignition switch never returned to the "on" position. I guess the spring is toast and the ignition remained in the "start position." The wife drove it like this for about 3 blocks where the car then died in the turn-lane to the freeway on-ramp. The starter is fully cooked (well, to be determined Friday when I can have a look at it) and the ignition switch needs to be replaced. I hope that the ring gear on the flywheel is okay; that would be a total bitch to have to replace.
I'm at a quandry as to how she wouldn't notice the key not springing back to the "on" position, especially when the car began to make a lot of noise right after it was started. This is something I would feel and would grab my attention immediately. I dunno...she has had bad luck with ignitions. We had to replace her key on our old Subaru Legacy after it was twisted beyond repair :rolleyes: , then she managed to bugger the ignition on my Range Rover, which required removing the cylinder and oiling the thing down (never understood that one), and then this. I don't get it. Maybe I need to get her a car with those magnetic/frequency keys and a damn push button.
Anyway, fun fun. I'm tired of all of this. Maybe after the Rover is gone, the Audi is gone, the Jaguar is gone (hopefully), I'll just park the VW in the garage and ride my bike to school.
The bad...yeah, that bittersweet thing. I'm selling the Range Rover to replace the money I spent on the Beetle. Funny, it's running better than it ever has; almost all of the circuits are working (without daily chicken sacrifices). So, what goes around, comes around. I guess it was a fun trip.
The ugly...our muthafawking Audi. Stoopid German engineering at its finest, at a premium, too. Sachilles probably remembers my rant about the A4's terrible front suspension design that eats ball joints like Sally Struthers at a buffet (read: no "axis" of rotation for steering; the steering knuckle articulates about all 4 suspension links and the steering rod :shaking: ).
So, what did it do this time? Well, apparently, when the wife went to start it this evening after night school, the ignition switch never returned to the "on" position. I guess the spring is toast and the ignition remained in the "start position." The wife drove it like this for about 3 blocks where the car then died in the turn-lane to the freeway on-ramp. The starter is fully cooked (well, to be determined Friday when I can have a look at it) and the ignition switch needs to be replaced. I hope that the ring gear on the flywheel is okay; that would be a total bitch to have to replace.
I'm at a quandry as to how she wouldn't notice the key not springing back to the "on" position, especially when the car began to make a lot of noise right after it was started. This is something I would feel and would grab my attention immediately. I dunno...she has had bad luck with ignitions. We had to replace her key on our old Subaru Legacy after it was twisted beyond repair :rolleyes: , then she managed to bugger the ignition on my Range Rover, which required removing the cylinder and oiling the thing down (never understood that one), and then this. I don't get it. Maybe I need to get her a car with those magnetic/frequency keys and a damn push button.
Anyway, fun fun. I'm tired of all of this. Maybe after the Rover is gone, the Audi is gone, the Jaguar is gone (hopefully), I'll just park the VW in the garage and ride my bike to school.