Dear twack and albert lea mike and all primo members please post!

[awd-drifter]

This whole thing is why I'm done with DSM's. Some people expect a $1000-$3000 DSM to have all maintenance up to date, new tires, brakes and 170psi of compression in all cylinders. When you buy a fairly popular car at this price range, you better expect that you're going to need to do some work to it to make it reliable. And you immediately baby it home and go through everything and check things like boost levels and tuning, slowly. Doing something crooked like crimping off rear brake lines is totally different, but a lot of that stuff (bald tires, etc.) should be pretty obvious when looking at a car. Welcome to the world of cheap ass junk!

hahah...so true. And that is why there are MANY hondas on the street. My honda friends still ask me how my car runs...my answer: "reliable, no leaks, and good gas mileage! ;)." i got lucky on this one though.

[goodhart]

This whole thing is why I'm done with DSM's. Some people expect a $1000-$3000 DSM to have all maintenance up to date, new tires, brakes and 170psi of compression in all cylinders. When you buy a fairly popular car at this price range, you better expect that you're going to need to do some work to it to make it reliable. And you immediately baby it home and go through everything and check things like boost levels and tuning, slowly. Doing something crooked like crimping off rear brake lines is totally different, but a lot of that stuff (bald tires, etc.) should be pretty obvious when looking at a car. Welcome to the world of cheap ass junk!


Exactly why I hae driven my car 7,000 miles in 2.5 years of owning it haha

[john]

It may take a while but Steve knows what is going on. I loved these cars in the past but I don't care to own one anymore. Spent too many late nights in the garage trying to get it back together and other times watching it sit.

The car will make you a mechanic if you stick with it. I learned alot about cars from owning a dsm but reliability is now of higher importance.

[Goat Blower]

It's not even so much of fixing it because mine has always been pretty reliable, but little things like tuning and a bad idle make me a little sick of it. Plus, like John I'm ready to move to the next level, something a little more rare and exotic than a DSM. :cheer:

[BLaCk_1cE]

Plus, like John I'm ready to move to the next level, something a little more rare and exotic than a DSM. :cheer:

Let me be the first to say, whatever you have up your sleeve, i get a ride.

[awd-drifter]

It's not even so much of fixing it because mine has always been pretty reliable, but little things like tuning and a bad idle make me a little sick of it. Plus, like John I'm ready to move to the next level, something a little more rare and exotic than a DSM. :cheer:

a Galant VR4 is rare.... but it could be exotic. do exotic strippers count if they're in the car??

[Constant_Project21]

I've dealt with having a car have it's fair share of issues within the first couple days. Actually first couple minutes/miles. A ~$2k shouldn't be mint, yet it shouldn't be a complete shit bag. I got my first maroon 1g a total of 20 miles, before timing skipped, and destroyed the motor..yea Steve maintence is key, made me laugh a bit inside to read that. Some cars you just don't know until it comes and bites you straight in the ass. Shouldn't be where you have to take the car apart to find out that the person before you decided that they will toss it together and get rid of it. When bolts are less than hand tight, fluids are not topped off, or filled at all, and you find yourself ready to roll it out on the street and light the sum bitch on fire, you feel pretty ripped off/cheated. Feel ya on this one nick, but it seems to happen too often, and shouldn't be the case.