Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[bcredeur97]

29 minutes ago, ELSknutson said:

Do you think at  $46,000 that this car is worth the money?  this one has 33k miles and its a 2015

-snip-

if you can afford the maintenance on a $120k car, yes.

 

expect to pay $150-200/hour at dealerships and also expect parts to cost 4x more than say, a honda.

[AlwaysFSX]

37 minutes ago, ELSknutson said:

What? 

Just cause it's selling for cheap doesn't mean replacement parts are cheap. Or labor. If anything goes wrong on that car your pocketbook is gonna have a fun time.

[bcredeur97]

3 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Just cause it's selling for cheap doesn't mean replacement parts are cheap. Or labor. If anything goes wrong on that car your pocketbook is gonna have a fun time.

yep really it's something you buy for $45k or whatever, but have $20k sitting a bank account aside for when it goes wrong.

[ELSknutson]

2 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Just cause it's selling for cheap doesn't mean replacement parts are cheap. Or labor. If anything goes wrong on that car your pocketbook is gonna have a fun time.

thats what warranties are for also I have own/ owned several luxury vehicles  and services can be expensive if you have the dealer work on them but if you do it your self its not too bad. 

[ELSknutson]

4 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

yep really it's something you buy for $45k or whatever, but have $20k sitting a bank account aside for when it goes wrong.

not

[Real_PhillBert]

Gimme:

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986-ford-rs200-2/

 

 

$150,000. 1,135 miles. 

 

So. Much. Want.

[Cereal5]

8 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

Nothing is more expensive than a cheap nice vehicle

The old saying for buying a mercedes is 30,000 now or 30,000 later, your pick  It's more like 50k+ these days though.

7 hours ago, Real_PhillBert said:

Gimme:

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986-ford-rs200-2/

 

$150,000. 1,135 miles. 

 

So. Much. Want.

Where did the ears go?

[Oskar94a]

I've begun to collect parts to put a better turbo in my Saab, my goal is to have all the things I need to the summer. 

So far I've bought a secondhand TD04HL-15T that is in the aero trim of the cars, I'm going to renovate it since there is a little shaft play.

 

[Bitter]

Ok, so the Chrysler dealer called yesterday, said they installed the new PCM and.....drumroll....same problem. They programed it and now the car doesn't start. They called again this morning for an update, they spent a bunch of time on the phone with Chrysler corporate troubleshooting the issue and it turns out that there's a problem with the latest software update, one other Jeep Compass in the country has been down for 3 weeks while they've been trying to figure it out. This manager, the boss of the asshole, was very apologetic for the asshole and said he wishes he could give a timeline but it's out of their hands at this point they just have to wait to hear the issue has been resolved by Chrysler and the new software is available. Something to do with the security part of the software.

 

So my question, which I did not ask, is if we had done as asshole had said and bought a new PCM and they flashed it and it still didn't start where would we have been then? Anyway, I just hope it gets sorted soon. These customers are really nice people, one of them is my ex/still friends from a while back and she's stuck driving her dad's terrible van. Luckily she only drives locally to and from work, but her brother who's job is to drive people around is racking up a bunch of miles on her car instead of racking up a bunch of miles on his own car. I guess the upshot is that now it's got a low miles 30K engine, a brand new trans, a new heater core, and a new PCM, AND a new airbag module per the recall. So short of the car getting hit there's really nothing else to go wrong on it anymore!

[vetali]

1 hour ago, Bitter said:

Ok, so the Chrysler dealer called yesterday, said they installed the new PCM and.....drumroll....same problem. They programed it and now the car doesn't start. They called again this morning for an update, they spent a bunch of time on the phone with Chrysler corporate troubleshooting the issue and it turns out that there's a problem with the latest software update, one other Jeep Compass in the country has been down for 3 weeks while they've been trying to figure it out. This manager, the boss of the asshole, was very apologetic for the asshole and said he wishes he could give a timeline but it's out of their hands at this point they just have to wait to hear the issue has been resolved by Chrysler and the new software is available. Something to do with the security part of the software.

 

So my question, which I did not ask, is if we had done as asshole had said and bought a new PCM and they flashed it and it still didn't start where would we have been then? Anyway, I just hope it gets sorted soon. These customers are really nice people, one of them is my ex/still friends from a while back and she's stuck driving her dad's terrible van. Luckily she only drives locally to and from work, but her brother who's job is to drive people around is racking up a bunch of miles on her car instead of racking up a bunch of miles on his own car. I guess the upshot is that now it's got a low miles 30K engine, a brand new trans, a new heater core, and a new PCM, AND a new airbag module per the recall. So short of the car getting hit there's really nothing else to go wrong on it anymore!

Thats pretty crazy, but its gonna become a more common issue in the future.

 

Our first passport we sold has been in the shop for a week now with an issue that nobody knows shit on because its too new and Honda is trying to cross reference everything with pilots. I have a feeling the issue is gonna boil down to one of the modules thinking the car is a pilot, because the thing is so rushed/bastardized together. Some parts are straight up pilot part numbers. Some are passport. Its probably gonna be an issue where an engineer ends up looking at it and replacing everything until it works. 

[iDeFecZx]

14 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

 

Sure, only needs $46,000 for maintenance though.

And the rest

Its a maserati

[RevoltTrain]

5 hours ago, Oskar94a said:

I've begun to collect parts to put a better turbo in my Saab, my goal is to have all the things I need to the summer. 

So far I've bought a secondhand TD04HL-15T that is in the aero trim of the cars, I'm going to renovate it since there is a little shaft play.

 

I've also got a 15T I'm planning on having rebuilt into a 19T

[Oskar94a]

43 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

I've also got a 15T I'm planning on having rebuilt into a 19T

Okay, that's what I'm going to do as the next thing when I have all this together. Maybe next year or so.

[RevoltTrain]

39 minutes ago, Oskar94a said:

Okay, that's what I'm going to do as the next thing when I have all this together. Maybe next year or so.

I figured while my car has been down for so long, might as well upgrade some stuff and make it better than ever when it comes back onto the road, have a Krona Catless DP, and JT Superflow Catback to throw on it, along with a Krona exhaust manifold

[Bitter]

6 hours ago, vetali said:

Thats pretty crazy, but its gonna become a more common issue in the future.

 

Our first passport we sold has been in the shop for a week now with an issue that nobody knows shit on because its too new and Honda is trying to cross reference everything with pilots. I have a feeling the issue is gonna boil down to one of the modules thinking the car is a pilot, because the thing is so rushed/bastardized together. Some parts are straight up pilot part numbers. Some are passport. Its probably gonna be an issue where an engineer ends up looking at it and replacing everything until it works. 

Well it's not like this 2012 Jeep Compass is even new. I told the driver of the car 'I guess they're getting their updates from the same place Microsoft is'

[Real_PhillBert]

4 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

And the rest

Its a maserati

I've been really really shocked at the amount of Maseratis I see in Fargo the last couple of years. 

 

I see at least one Levante a week, often more; and Ghiblis every couple of weeks. 

 

I do kinda wonder how they hold up over time. 

[chaozbandit]

 

[Bitter]

31 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I've been really really shocked at the amount of Maseratis I see in Fargo the last couple of years. 

 

I see at least one Levante a week, often more; and Ghiblis every couple of weeks. 

 

I do kinda wonder how they hold up over time. 

It'll be a function of how FCA holds up over time to service them. If the F part of FCA bails out of the CA part then those Maserati owners are just straight boned.

[bcredeur97]

9 hours ago, Oskar94a said:

I've begun to collect parts to put a better turbo in my Saab, my goal is to have all the things I need to the summer. 

So far I've bought a secondhand TD04HL-15T that is in the aero trim of the cars, I'm going to renovate it since there is a little shaft play.

-snip-

 

just don't do a repeat of @RevoltTrain

8 hours ago, Bitter said:

Ok, so the Chrysler dealer called yesterday, said they installed the new PCM and.....drumroll....same problem. They programed it and now the car doesn't start. They called again this morning for an update, they spent a bunch of time on the phone with Chrysler corporate troubleshooting the issue and it turns out that there's a problem with the latest software update, one other Jeep Compass in the country has been down for 3 weeks while they've been trying to figure it out. This manager, the boss of the asshole, was very apologetic for the asshole and said he wishes he could give a timeline but it's out of their hands at this point they just have to wait to hear the issue has been resolved by Chrysler and the new software is available. Something to do with the security part of the software.

 

So my question, which I did not ask, is if we had done as asshole had said and bought a new PCM and they flashed it and it still didn't start where would we have been then? Anyway, I just hope it gets sorted soon. These customers are really nice people, one of them is my ex/still friends from a while back and she's stuck driving her dad's terrible van. Luckily she only drives locally to and from work, but her brother who's job is to drive people around is racking up a bunch of miles on her car instead of racking up a bunch of miles on his own car. I guess the upshot is that now it's got a low miles 30K engine, a brand new trans, a new heater core, and a new PCM, AND a new airbag module per the recall. So short of the car getting hit there's really nothing else to go wrong on it anymore!

98-02 miata's have an issue where one day you'll go to your car and it'll start for a few seconds then die, with the key light flashing. then it'll just crank and not start.

It's an issue with the immobilizer dying a pitiful death. Only solutions are:
1. aftermarket ECU (solid $1.2k + tune.. unless you can daily a base tune idk)

2. New ECU, keys, ignition cylinder, and immobilizer from mazda (prob enough $ to total the car)

3. Rig up a JDM ecu that's incompatible with immbolizers to work (hard to find)

 

When I swapped my motor I bought a JDM motor and got an ecu and everything for it and made it all work. So while my immbilizer sits there useless.. at least I'll never have this problem. (I also made it so it's reversible and kept the old ECU.. it sits safely in a closet)

42 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I've been really really shocked at the amount of Maseratis I see in Fargo the last couple of years. 

 

I see at least one Levante a week, often more; and Ghiblis every couple of weeks. 

 

I do kinda wonder how they hold up over time. 

people are buying Ghibli's because they can be had cheap, though there really isn't anything special about them over other sport sedans...actually I think the tech and stuff is a bit older. People buying it for the badge.

[Real_PhillBert]

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

people are buying Ghibli's because they can be had cheap, though there really isn't anything special about them over other sport sedans...actually I think the tech and stuff is a bit older. People buying it for the badge.

I agree. People are wanting a "High End" vehicles that aren't just like their neighbors BMW/Audi/Mercedes etc. Same story with the Alphas. 

[vetali]

1 hour ago, Bitter said:

Well it's not like this 2012 Jeep Compass is even new. I told the driver of the car 'I guess they're getting their updates from the same place Microsoft is'

Hopefully they backed up their files. 

[Ross Siggers]

19 hours ago, ELSknutson said:

I have own/owned several luxury vehicles and services can be expensive if you have the dealer work on them but if you do it your self its not too bad. 

The thing is, self servicing can aid depreciation of the car more with premium models. If you ever intend to sell it on, it's a catch 22. Save money on service and repairs, to lose it on resale.

[ELSknutson]

3 hours ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I've been really really shocked at the amount of Maseratis I see in Fargo the last couple of years. 

 

I see at least one Levante a week, often more; and Ghiblis every couple of weeks. 

 

I do kinda wonder how they hold up over time. 

I dont understand why people even bother with the Levante or the Ghiblis they are so meh compared to the other options out there.  Maserati should stick to the GT and the Quattroporte  and drop the rest of it lineup  and if they must have an suv  dont base it off the Ghibli base it off the Quattroporte 

[chaozbandit]

 

@MEC-777  does this happen way up north

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