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

[Goat Blower]

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!

[awd-drifter]

Originally Posted by Goat Blower

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]

Originally Posted by Goat Blower

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