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bad luck, or what? - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 17th Apr 10 at 2:58pm
I sure hope not.

So today I was trying to get out of a parking lot, some guy was walking on the side walk, he stopped and signled for us to go, so I put on the gas, but was only going 2mph turned the wheel slightly and this is what happened:

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A neighbor fixed it though, so it' all good, we have to go to walmart to get a replacement tire though. We also need to get more Transmission fluid, and more oil... as it was leaking...

What sort of car problems have you had? was it worse than you expected?

Re: bad luck, or what? - Posted By dog199200 (dog199200) on 18th Apr 10 at 1:51am
Dude is there anything you DON'T screw up? Computers, car, whats next? {Tongue Out}

Anyways i've never had anything major like that happen. The worst thing that i've had to do was 2 years ago. My dad was driving me back home from a doctors appointment, he it something and blow a tire. he had no spare, and no jack in the van at all... So i had to walk 5 miles to walmart in 3/4 feet of snow, in the evening so it was cold. All to get a spare tire and a jack.. That was a nightmare

Re: bad luck, or what? - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 18th Apr 10 at 4:38am
I don't know what my problem is!! D:

But it's about time it broke anyways. We kept on hearing cracking noises in that area. But anyways, it's fixed. {Smile} It was the ball joint that broke. (The snapping and cracking we herd all these years.) I'm just glad it did it at 2mph instead of 35 or 40 mph. {Smile}

But yeah, It's all fixed and I'm happy. {Grin}

Re: bad luck, or what? - Posted By dog199200 (dog199200) on 18th Apr 10 at 6:35am
Your just jinxed! XD

Yes i'm glad that it broke then and not later, I don't need to be going and seeing a friend in the hospital or a funeral home XD but yes how the tired were setting it looked like something on the axle snapped. What I don't get is why the tranny started leaking from that XD or was it just over slow or did the tranny get punctured of something?

Re: bad luck, or what? - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 18th Apr 10 at 6:28pm
Yeah I know. I'll explain this the best I can. Cars to me are like babies, I don't know what to do. {Tongue Out}

The axle thing came off with the wheel, and transmission fluid started to leak from the hole that was unplugged by the axle. Something punctured the wheel, not sure how. Later when we got it home by a tow truck, our neighbor was working on it, and oil started to leak (nothing was punctured, it was coming from the hole.) So yeah, after the wheel was put back on, we had to put in more transmission fluid, and oil.

Everything is fine now. {Smile} The guy that fixed the last bit part of the wheel, is gonna try to find a new muffler this part: http://www.exhaustdistribution.com/web/images/stories/muffler-univ.jpg because there is a hole on the side of it (next to the pipe) and it's loud. We have to be careful when going past a Squad Car, because currently they'll stop anyone for anything. They stop someone just to stop them. {Tongue Out} And give tickets out for anything.

Currently, the city is low on money, so they resort to this. {Tongue Out}

Re: bad luck, or what? - Posted By dog199200 (dog199200) on 18th Apr 10 at 8:08pm
Ah i see, well I hope I don't have that much problems with that car I am getting tomorrow {Tongue Out}

Re: bad luck, or what? - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 18th Apr 10 at 8:25pm
It's just our luck. {Tongue Out}

But there is allot of responsibility with a car. {Tongue Out}

Re: bad luck, or what? - Posted By dog199200 (dog199200) on 18th Apr 10 at 8:34pm
No duh {Tongue Out} I've had a car before, two actually. One my parents sold on me right after putting $200 to fix it up. The second wouldn't of been able to make the move, so I sold it before moving down here XD

Re: bad luck, or what? - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 18th Apr 10 at 8:36pm
Oh I see. ok. xD

Re: bad luck, or what? - Posted By dog199200 (dog199200) on 18th Apr 10 at 9:01pm
lol yep been there, done that {Tongue Out} though the car I am looking at just has a blown out power steering pump, so that is rather easy to fix {Tongue Out} (1992 Toyota Celica) {Tongue Out}