What have you done to your vehicle lately?

[TheDan]

Since I missed the Austin RADwood, my buddy invited me up to drive his Esprit to the Philly show. I even made a new shirt design commemorating the occasion:

Rad Spirit | Book Autowerks

Book Autowerks Merch

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A couple days before I got there he discovered a crack in the exhaust manifold. Considering the manifold is the only thing holding the turbo up (probably why they crack) we thought it prudent to fix it. With that sufficiently repaired and the car running well we thought I was good to go. You can see that repair here:



Of course when we're getting ready to leave that morning the Esprit was running poorly. After some diagnosing, we determined it wasn't fixable in enough time to get to the show, so I just had to ride shotgun in my buddy's #e39bestcar. You can watch our morning Lotus frustrations here:

 

[Grumps21]

Changed oil in the wife’s car on my lunch hour. WFH is great

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

Changed oil in the wife’s car on my lunch hour. WFH is great

What is WFH?

 

[Grumps21]

What is WFH?

it’s Work From Home

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

it’s Work From Home

I forget that people work.

 

[striker55]

Wife got the oil changed, drove home and noticed the dash said 5% oil. Turned around and went back, thought they forgot to put oil in.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Damn!
Hope you can prove it if something happens soon.

 

[striker55]

Damn!
Hope you can prove it if something happens soon.

No she didn't realize they didn't reset the oil gauge.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

No she didn't realize they didn't reset the oil gauge.

Ah, just reread and saw "thought" they forgot.

Good deal.

 

[Grumps21]

I forget that people work.

Yep us working stiffs. Go ahead, rub it in… lol

 

[black_ice]

Put a new set of tires on my 2021 X5M after 19,000 miles




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[baboon]

I had a mechanic come pick up my truck that I wrecked on them hogs back in October. My neighbor said he could fix it, but he had so many other projects & jobs going on in the neighborhood. I hope to have it for my birthday, in July.

 

[striker55]

Visiting family went to https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/geraldbhsolomonsaratoga.asp
To visit our dad. On the way back brother's car transmission failed. Towed and now he's looking for a new car. I fly home on Saturday.

 

[LeadChucker]

This happened a couple of weeks ago, but just now documenting it. I was on my way home after having met five other Fiat Spider owners in Clifton, AZ to drive the Devil's Highway. (That was an absolute BLAST!)

Earlier that day

I took the scenic way home, driving through the Apache Forest in New Mexico and visiting Roswell, NM. I entered Texas on Highway 380 and was headed south on 70 to get back on 20. Everything sunny and bright. As I enter a town called Rotan it begins to rain. No big deal. Then it starts to get dark and rain so hard I can barely see the front of the car, much less the road. Then the hail starts. I'm at a stop sign on the main street of town, looking for shelter, when it feels like someone bumped my car. I look out my driver side window and there is a wall of water half way up the window. A flash flood is washing through the middle of the town. The car is running so I hit the gas, the engine dies, water starts coming in and I'm sitting in water up to my waist.

Then as suddenly as it started, the water starts to go down and the sun comes out. I crawl out of the car and wade out of the pond my car is now sitting in. As I'm in the middle of town, its not long before a deputy shows up and asks if anyone was hurt. When I say I'm fine he hands me his card and says he has to run as there are several other vehicles that he has to get to. Some kind and helpful locals show up and help me push the car to higher ground. Anyways, because so many vehicles were affected, I wind up hanging out, soaked to the skin in muddy water, for over four hours waiting for a wrecker to get to me. The car eventually gets loaded on a flatbed and hauled about 75 miles to Abilene, where they dropped the car off at a dealership and me at a hotel. The insurance company totaled the car. Its now for sale as a flood salvage on Copart.

Here is what the spot where the car was flooded looks like when its not raining

 

[Brains]

What's with the photoshop?

 

[LeadChucker]

What's with the photoshop?

The only image I had of the car and it was just a partial. Apologies, just wanted to provide a picture, wasn't trying to fake anything. Here is the car listed on Copart

 

[ZX9RCAM]

The only image I had of the car and it was just a partial. Apologies, just wanted to provide a picture, wasn't trying to fake anything. Here is the car listed on Copart

I don't think your link is good.

 

[TheDan]

The insurance company totaled the car. Its now for sale as a flood salvage on Copart.

Think you'll get another or you moving on?

 

[Brains]

The only image I had of the car and it was just a partial. Apologies, just wanted to provide a picture, wasn't trying to fake anything. Here is the car listed on Copart

No worries. Not going to lie, I looked at it for a few seconds before reading your post and was like "what the heck am I looking at?"

 

[Tnhawk]

Paid a few hundred to have a new windshield installed.