Cars & Transportation - 21 August 2007

can someone tell me the difference between the two models? engine wise/body style? first time buyer tryin to pick...

2007-08-21 23:46:43 · 7 answers · asked by jen 1 in Ford

I make great money. I've thought about all kinds of differnet cars from the new Jaguar XKR to the Aston Martin Vantage down to the BMW 325ci.

I don't want to give the impression that I am compensating for anything. I just want a fun, respectable daily driving car. When you look at the car I want it to say maturity, balance, sprited and classy all in one package.

I'm not necessairly looking for attention or a gold digging future girlfriend. I just want people to look at my car and say "you know, if I had the money to buy a great daily driver, that would be the perfect car".....

Looks and power are important but comfort, convenience, functionallity and anmenities are more important.

I hope this was detailed enough for everyone. I look forward to your responses.

2007-08-21 23:37:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Car Makes

2007-08-21 23:05:40 · 6 answers · asked by stephen f 1 in Ford

My husband & I bought a brand new 2006 honda civic coupe in October of 2006 and we used it for only 6 months until we had to put it into storage because he deployed to Iraq & my daughter and I moved back home. The car will be in storage for about 15 months. Will not turning on the engine for that long affect the car in any way? poor performance maybe?

2007-08-21 22:51:07 · 8 answers · asked by itZmeeh!! 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

wats a better buy

99 monte carlo z34-2200$
114k miles.V6.leather.good condition

91 camaro z28 coupe-1900$
99k miles.V8.minor dents

2007-08-21 22:46:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Chevrolet

Does anybody know whether Vauxhall cars use more petrol than other makes? I'm thinking of buying an Astra but i'm a bit put off if what I have been told is true.

2007-08-21 22:45:50 · 13 answers · asked by Lisa P 1 in Buying & Selling

Some people say that by flashing your car lights at the traffic lights, you can get the lights to turn green. Apparently, this is for the use of emergency vechicles.

2007-08-21 22:41:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cars & Transportation

Hi,
im going on holidays to cairns and i'm on my learner permits. I know that inter state driving, you just follow the rules for your state eg. in victoria learners have no speed limit but in nsw they are only allowed to drive 80 kph, and when you go to nsw you can drive over 80, but does that still work when you are driving a car registered to that state??
I hope i make sense lol,
thanks

2007-08-21 22:37:21 · 3 answers · asked by --White Guitar-- 2 in Other - Cars & Transportation

I have a 2001 chevy malibu (v6) and it has those 100,000 platinum tipped plugs. I was having an engine misfire, i took the car to my chevy dealer turned out a plug needed replacement. All was good a for few weeks now the engine its running rough again.. the other day after it rained really bad the plugs barely fired. Think the rest of the plugs need replacing? I just had my intake gasket replaced and intake and MAP sensors done before they figured out it was the plug (i have an extended warranty so it didn't cost me but 75 bucks)

2007-08-21 22:34:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

The titanic sory how big is the boat does the person said a it's bigger than the bird

2007-08-21 22:32:16 · 5 answers · asked by Celeste C 1 in Boats & Boating

I'm looking for something around $25,000. It doesn't have to be that much it can be $15,000, but $25,000 is my limit. Here are my requirements in order from most important, to least.

1. Gas Mileage - I am thinking of getting a prius, mainly because of it's gas mileage. And, it looks fairly decent.

2. Make - Preferably not a Ford, Dodge, or any GM make.

3. Looks - The "cooler" looking the better I guess. I'd drive a Honda Insight but it looks like someone pee-wee herman would drive. Haha

Thanks

2007-08-21 22:23:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Car Makes

Ok heres whats up. I bought gizzmo ibc off ebay hooked it all up its pretty much the same as my turbosmarts single stages old set up. It will give me no more than 7.6psi - I have put all 4 memories gains at diferent levels i.e 25 50 70 90 and they all give me 7.6 psi. now I have gone over it 20 times no leaks in hoses vaccuums from actuator to solanoid to fmic hot pipe which line is about 6 inches long the set up is internal wastegate and the numbers on the solanoids in and out are positioned correctly. Heres what I did - earthed the solanoids earth wire directly to body and it will run 20psi plus and can not turn it down, blew hose off front mount, and I never done it again. Is it stuffed or what any help would be appreciated as i am missing 15psi usual up grades to get 176rwk safely its got t28 and it is a red top sr20det go easy on me im a newbie to the forum but not to my 180.

Thanks

2007-08-21 22:11:51 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Nissan

Sorry I had to ask this twice but I could'nt get it running, just need some advice.
So I have this Mini bike that I got from my friend for free. I brought it home the other day and started trying to get it to run, after 20 minutes of working the pull-start I got it to run and keep running, but, when I hoped on it and gave it some gas it just died and I got it running again and everytime I had it running it just died when I gave it gas. But then I just left it sit for an hour and when I came back out to pull it again it would'nt even fire up again. And now I can't even get it to start.

Whats the problem?

2007-08-21 21:28:25 · 4 answers · asked by Earth to Bella 1 in Motorcycles

Yes, still on my same car questions from a while back. Nissan claims that they did put oil in my car after the oil change and that either I let the RPM go to high or that I downshifted when I wasn't supposed to. I know it wasn't downshifting b/c my car won't even let me go into a lower gear if it's not ready for it. Maybe if I force it hard enough, but I know I didn't force any gears.
I still don't think it was the "high RPM," however, tomorrow when I meet w/ the Nissan lawyers, I would like to be able to give them an average of how high the RPM can go before the pistons would bust a hole in my engine.
(I still don't think it was this though, seeing that I was driving my car 60mph in 5th gear).
Thanks to all those who have helped out!

2007-08-21 21:15:39 · 7 answers · asked by Spiffy 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

with a cd player either renault one or other?

2007-08-21 21:10:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Renault

I received a complaint from a Lexus owner that while he was using his mobile, his vehicle shut down and the steering wheel stuck up. Workshop said that the ECU was damage. The only reason they could think of was the Bluetooth of his headset affected the said component. Does any one heard the same incident?

2007-08-21 20:26:39 · 5 answers · asked by Butingting 1 in Safety

We had two front tires replaced on our van four weeks ago. The tire place put on new tires and bolts.

We went on a long road trip and two weeks later our front drive side tire almost fell off - we stopped because of wobbling and discovered that two of the studs had sheered off and the tire was held on by just three loose bolts. We were towed and new studs were put on.

About a week later after over a thousand kilometers we felt a wobbling and started to pull over to the shoulder and on the way our passenger side front tire flew off and we were extremely lucky to slide to an upright stop on the shoulder.

We have gone back to the tire place to seek compensation as we were told (by others) that it could very likely have been over torquing that led to this problem and failure. They never told us to retorque at 100 kilometers which I learn is recommended by many sources.

They are resistant to compensate us

2007-08-21 19:52:05 · 6 answers · asked by tim G 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

(Nissan Maxima)

2007-08-21 19:48:38 · 5 answers · asked by Peter H 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-21 19:35:04 · 9 answers · asked by AKSHIT D 1 in Aircraft

Do you think drivers who drive more then 5 miles under the speed limit should be ticked the same as a driver who is speeding? why or why not?

Please share your driving story, and your opinion.

2007-08-21 19:04:18 · 15 answers · asked by Me 4 in Safety

2007-08-21 19:01:34 · 10 answers · asked by Richo Fev 5 in Other - Cars & Transportation

2007-08-21 18:44:17 · 3 answers · asked by hooya 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

So yeah, I just bought my dream car. It runs great except for one thing. When I take my foot off the gas (at low speeds only) or brake (which kind of leads me to believe it's the brakes) it makes this grinding noise. Now, the guy told me he replaced the brake pads (I checked, he did), but not the rotors. The rotors have about a half inch of rush around the outside, so maybe it's that. I'm thinking it's my differential. How do I know if it's bad? Would it grind like this? It only makes the noise while slowing down (also, I think one rotor maybe warped).

If it IS the differential, how much am I looking at to repair it? ...can it be repaired?

2007-08-21 18:17:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

has anyone heard of a bradley gt or know anything bout kit cars i would like to purchase a kit car

2007-08-21 17:53:37 · 6 answers · asked by aj4775 1 in Other - Car Makes

For the last couple of days, my car is very sluggish when I accelerate. The RPMs look fine, but the car feels like it's almost redlining to get moving. This happens from stop to first, first to second, etc. Once I'm at speed it seems normal.

Also, I discovered tonight that when I put it into idle and release the clutch, the engine doesn't die.

Fuel issue or transmission issue?

2007-08-21 17:51:03 · 6 answers · asked by stinapag 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-21 17:31:28 · 10 answers · asked by pips_325 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-21 17:19:52 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Commuting

Plus it sometimes dies when traveling far distance.

2007-08-21 17:16:02 · 5 answers · asked by tina k 1 in Honda

Really late on loan, he was in the hospital for over 6 months ect. In a motorcycle accident, lost job and moved out of state.

Now hes settled again and put back together.
He have already negotiated all other debt. He hasn't called his auto finance company yet. I was wondering if they would reset his loan or if he could offer a lower pay off. He owe about 19k would they settle for like 6k or something. Any ideas? Please no negativity just helpful solutions.

2007-08-21 17:03:47 · 5 answers · asked by blinkoc 2 in Insurance & Registration

on a 1970 volkswagon the belt keeps on breaking every time i start it is therr a way to stop that?

2007-08-21 16:52:21 · 10 answers · asked by wal 1 in Maintenance & Repairs