I took it into the shop last Wednesday for repair. The car hadn't been run for a week. Lo and behold, the gauges were working again when I started the car. The mechanic did a search of a repair database, and apparently there have been issues with dirty circuit boards and connections (the mechanic c...

I drove the car 150 miles on Monday with no issues. It sat for two days, and today when I started it the gauge cluster is pretty much dead: no tach, speedometer, odometer, fuel or temp gauges (although the two right-most gauges, oil pressure & oil temp work). I tried the obvious: checked fuses ...

Like it says. He is heading off to his first job after college.
- Need something reliable and economical.
- Automatic transmission is highly desired (would have to be pretty special for him to consider a stick).
- He is NOT mechanically inclined.
Thanks in advance.

This techy generation just takes all the fun out of buying a new car. Part of which was visiting different dealers, test driving and dealing with salesmen used to be part of the fun. Wow, you certainly have a different perspective than I do. Dealing with the typical car salesman/woman and the sales...

Patalrob wrote:She told Pete well why can't we sell him a new 08 Focus SVT......

I'm surprised she didn't try to sell him a Galaxie 500XL or a Fairlane!

The last time that I actually considered getting a new car was in 2000. I couldn’t believe the run-around I got; it was the stereotypical worst-case car sales scenario. I started with a salesman, who quickly passed me off to someone else (sales manager?). I must have asked a thousand times what the...

Why you wanna do this to y'self? Huh? Killer stereos with a bazillion watts are good news/bad news: - The good news: Listen t' dis! Totally killer sound, with enough power to make the car shake more than a full race Hemi. - The bad news: In a few years you're gonna be deaf as a post. Seriously!

focinite wrote:the only thing i dont like is that every ass hole slows don in front of me

Just get a little whoop whoop electronic siren, and get the slow pokes to move over and let you by!

focinite wrote:Dont know.

Whataya mean you don't know? How can you not know?

focinite wrote:you get to my level and every one around you is trying to suck the knowlage out yer skull

Is there any knowledge left, or did they suck it all out already?

Steve, Congrats on the new position. I hope that it works out great for you. You have provided outstanding service and prices over the years, and I would like to keep you as the 'go-to' guy for all my parts. Still have some questions/comments: A) I'm still unclear re: how would one gets parts that ...