3500 is less than how much the rebuild, stereo, and shipping cost me combined. You think i don't appreciate the car? I drove it for a month before stuff started to go wrong, and it took the first 3 weeks of that month to fix all the little problems the car came with. Everything worked fine for about a week, maybe two. Right now it feels like i'll never get everything working again even if i dump all my money into the car which i have been doing. You think i don't treat the car like i should? I keep the car under a car cover, in a garage so it doesnt get dust on it. And i don't think i've EVER driven the car in any sort of rain. But caring enough about the car and having enough money to make everything work right are two totally seperate things. On top of the fact that i've had pneumonia all last week and had to miss out on a good 30 hours of work and the fact that I will miss out on the next week of work as i catch up on 6 days of school makeup work(finals in a week) and I just lost about 300 dollars. Finally i doubt i'll get scheduled much because everytime something like this happens to someone they get screwed on hours for the next few months so i might as well quit. I was hoping to be well enough to start training for track again tommorrow too but that isn't going to be happening either. I have all this time to work on my car but somehow i don't have any of the parts i need, i dont even have freaking electric tape, or speaker wire and i can't go drive anywhere to get it becuase i'm not allowed to drive because of the med's i'm on for the pneumonia. I want something to fix the car that i can do myself, but it looks like i'm gonna have to ship my injectors out which really doesnt bug me but i don't want to go get new o-rings. I can order them from mazdatrix and pay 4 dollars for shipping on freaking o-rings, yay because the stupid local mazda dealership doesnt do ****. Everytime i go in i get no respect or any service from them because i'm young. They ignore the hell out of me and if i try to get parts i get "too busy" or " we cant do that" crap which i know they can.

 

sounds like you need a self help forum to vent your problems ....not a rotary board









you own a 15 year old car...**** IS GOING TO FALL APART.... you think youre the only one with problems





my engine blew in september...i have put on a total of 1092 miles since then....it is now in my garage on 4 jack stands.....my starter is blown





holy crap....be a ******* man...toughen up lucy

 

That's the problem with all older cars.. People are surprised when they break down. Think about how many years some parts lasted without problems.



I took this winter as an opportunity to fix/rebuild things before they break (plus repaint her too lol)..

 

Well, i've left my house a grand total of 4 times in the past two weeks, and the only outside contact with the world i've had has been AIM and nopistons.com. I think i'm getting a little off at least mentally.

 

Owning an older mazda you have to realize things will break over time. Not everything will go your way. Wait till you realize the motor blew because of a shitty load of gas you got, or that a wire broke in the middle of a casual drive and you went lean, these things happen. These things are part of owning a used car, suck it up or sell the car and buy something with a warranty. But do not sit here and try to think of other ideas to get around fixing the problems you have now. Spending upwards of $1200 plus an install for a standalone that you cannot tune, just to find out the problem is still there from a $27 fuel filter does not make any sense.



I have 3 RX-7s, and none are road worthy at the moment. Am I upset... Not one bit. Why? because I knew walking into this venture that there would be problems with them.



So wipe your tears, get out of your corner and get on with life.

 

Problem is, i'm on a timeline. I have until college starts to enjoy my car and then i'll probably never see it again until i graduate unless i manage to get a full ride to a local college. That's why i'm so frustrated.

 

cry me a river...........



and why cant you see your car at college? going to college on an island?



kevin.

 

No, but the car will pretty much be garaged at home. As of now i'm taking the Accord to college, but I think i'm gonna save up a bit and try to find a bit nicer of a daily driver.

 

when at college , you visit home a lot, have many vacations, including (on average) a summer break from may - august/september

 

um....pardon me for intruding on all of this, but...."revolutions per minutes"?