Cars & Transportation - 19 May 2007

Car won't start. Have grounded it to the block, and took jumper cables and grounded it, but isn't working. Is there a specific place it needs to be grounded? Thanks

2007-05-19 04:50:07 · 4 answers · asked by landon 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

my steering wheel shakes an pedals 2, now its startin 2 shake goin 2 50mph, wat do u think is causin this an wat needs 2 b dun?

2007-05-19 04:48:24 · 6 answers · asked by tallguy06 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

somebody scratched my car!...well more than scratched... it's like all scratched on the driver's side. Then on the rear corner it's indented, like almost underneith. There's a tiny bit of red paint transfer. It sucks so much and I have no clue what to do? It's my new car, just got it a year ago-white 05 corolla. I know for a fact that I did not do it! I'm not sure exactly when it happened but it was definitely within the last 48 hours. My mom said I should get an estimate and if it's over $1,000 than I should report the damage to my insurence. Thing is I'm in between getting new insurence so I don't have it right now(b/c I'm trying to find a cheaper place)! Is there anything I could do besides pay for it all myself-probably not right? and should I take it to the dealership to get it fixed or should I find some cheaper garage place?

2007-05-19 04:45:00 · 6 answers · asked by cjb 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

I am not a mechanic and have been trying to educate my self on what it would take to get this bike going again. I guess to prove to myself I could try, I was able to take off the tank & treat it, getting the rust out of the tank. Is it worthwhile getting a bike this age started again and what all would need to be done.

2007-05-19 04:44:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Motorcycles

2007-05-19 04:37:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Buying & Selling

I was thinking there's got to be thousands and thousands of acres inside of traffic clover leaves that is unused land. How could it be used productively??

2007-05-19 04:33:20 · 4 answers · asked by HomeSweetSiliconValley 4 in Other - Cars & Transportation

Would be on for two weeks, off for a few days, back on or two weeks, etc.. Dealer said it was a bent evap cannister, so that was replaced last Saturday, light went off, about three days later it was on again, then two days later off, and as of now still off. I don't want to go back to the dealer to pay $$ for a diagnostic test and find nothing wrong, or replace something else that isn't the problem for mo money. Finally, no problems are noticed when the light is on.

2007-05-19 04:32:30 · 3 answers · asked by JONES99679 3 in Nissan

2007-05-19 04:27:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Boats & Boating

What are good products (degreaser, Simple Green, etc) and good tools (brushes, rags, pressure washer, etc.) to use to clean the engine and detail the engine bay of my car, so I can take it to car shows?

The engine is pretty clean from when I bought it, just some grease and road dust from driving it a bit.

2007-05-19 04:09:50 · 5 answers · asked by 2007_Shelby_GT500 7 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-05-19 03:48:36 · 7 answers · asked by michael21@rogers.com 1 in Motorcycles

2007 Toyota Camry LE - V4, 21k miles, no alloy wheels, no rear spoiler, 36k bumper to bumper coverage and 100k powertrain warranty - $18,000

2006 Mazda 6 Sedan - V6, 19k miles, alloy wheels, rear spoiler, 50k miles bumper to bumper, 60k powertrain warranty - $15,700.

Additionally the Camry's sound system is better and also it has a hook up thing for ipod. I personally like the exterior of the Mazda 6 better and the interior of the Camry better.

Which one would you go for considering everything? What do you recommend? I need to make a decision in the next couple of hours.... please

2007-05-19 03:27:35 · 5 answers · asked by IZitall 3 in Buying & Selling

hey folks, people always say a sportster is for women why is it i never see women riding a sportser, i mostly see women on softails? or at least in my area it's true. which is the better bike for a women starting out? later when i have experince will i regret having harley lower the bike with that $250.00 kit on a sporty? will lowering it help that off centered fuel tank heavy problem i hear folks talk about?

2007-05-19 03:25:01 · 11 answers · asked by Shari 1 in Motorcycles

right now when i turn the wheel and/or use the gas there is a hum/moan coming from the car. how can i pinpoint the problem?

2007-05-19 03:07:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

Can you please tell me what is a better car for a teenager and can we get it for $16,000 out the door price? Also, what other new cars do you recommend for $16,000 ( including everything) ? It seems like were having a hard tome negotiating off the price of the car.

Any advice please..Thanks so much :)

2007-05-19 03:02:21 · 8 answers · asked by Thallasa35 2 in Buying & Selling

I am in the process of looking for a car and finally found a nice one in my price range but it has 182,908 miles. The dealer said that the milage was "tow miles" from being towed behind a motorcoach. Is this true?

2007-05-19 03:01:09 · 12 answers · asked by Brad C 1 in Other - Cars & Transportation

I just moved here a few days ago and I see all these cars rollin' around with no license plate or just the dealer logo where it should be. What gives?

2007-05-19 02:45:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Insurance & Registration

I have a 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with only 67500 miles on it.

Randomly, (and more frequently now) my car has been going from running fine to running really choppy with real sluggish accelleration. And lately now it has been stalling more frequently and when I go to restart it, it will crank and crank with nothing happening, then later on it will fire right up.

Someone siad its my crank position sensor, are they right?

88 olds cutlass supreme, front wheel drive, automatic, 2.8 L, port fule injected.

normal pressure at fuel rail, fuel pump ok, throttle positon sensor ok, idle are ok, no vaccuum leaks, linkage ok, tranny ok.

Any help is appreciated.

2007-05-19 02:45:06 · 7 answers · asked by Josh 2 in GMC

I live in michigan, and I've been thinking about getting a scooter, but I want a 150cc one. Its still a scooter, but since its over 50cc would it be treated like if I bought a motorcycle (needing an endorsement, insurance, plates, ect ect)??????

2007-05-19 02:43:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Motorcycles

The tow truck that towed my car that had died, did not tie it down correctly so it rolled and hit the front of the flatbed truck and caused damage to the front of my car. They deducted this unrelated prior damage on the estimate. What does this mean?

2007-05-19 02:42:53 · 0 answers · asked by Stephanie B 1 in Insurance & Registration

Does anyone know the firing order for a Mitsubishi Colt, and where no 1 plug is on the distributor?

2007-05-19 02:32:52 · 7 answers · asked by Dougie J 1 in Other - Cars & Transportation

2007-05-19 02:32:25 · 5 answers · asked by ol' sarge 1 in Aircraft

The other day i was driving and my car cut out and broke down on me, then it restarted and i managed to drive it home, it starts but feels like it will cut out now but when it cut out the ESP BAS light kept coming on, what could this be?

2007-05-19 02:31:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I received an application for Allstate 24 hour road service for $26 a year. Has anyone had experience with this they can share? I am already an Allstate customer and have had very good service from them on auto insurance over many years.

2007-05-19 02:21:04 · 4 answers · asked by gntolng 4 in Insurance & Registration

2007-05-19 02:16:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Commuting

2007-05-19 02:08:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Commuting

I have found out from using the VIN chassis number of my ford focus that the bulid date was 13/12/98, but what exactly does the bulid date tell you? Does it necessarily mean that the engine was made on that date or a few weeks after the car body was put together?

2007-05-19 01:56:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Ford

2007-05-19 01:46:00 · 11 answers · asked by ashtray842003 1 in Toyota

the NYC subway system sucks. why can't a private company run it and actually turn a profit instead of giving me crappy service and then saying they are going to have to raise the fare and beg for state funding because they are $4 billion in the red each year? and that is just nyc, almost every city has terrible public transportation. i used to live in pittsburgh and they have PAT, port-authority transit. it is terrible. old busses, long routes, too expensive, and they never make any money so they get bailed out by the state gov't each year. why do we allow the gov't to run our transportation? our water companies are private, along with telephone, electric, gas, etc..yet apparently private companies couldn't run a better subway system?

2007-05-19 01:42:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cars & Transportation

I have a Pontiac Sunfire and I want to put in 4 new speakers and a new deck. I have worked a lot with audio, but I am pretty unfamiliar with cars and car stereos. Should I tackle it?

2007-05-19 01:39:04 · 12 answers · asked by cassnate 4 in Car Audio

in simple terms please..thanks

2007-05-19 01:38:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cars & Transportation