Wagon dilemma!!!

Ok,,, I'm curious on this one as well...


Cleveland .... ???? Why there.... ?

 

Used cars.......do you really know what you bout untill a short time passes? I honestly hate newer cars with all there sensors and BS. Allways seem to be at the mercy of "the mechanic" who for the most part IMO is a thief and 9.5 out of 10 of them should be............

 

Station Wagon

All of this teasing and BS because Xavier wants a station wagon. Good luck with your present problem vehicle and your move to Cleveland. I'm sure there are worse places to move. But off hand can't think of many. Unless ya want to try Detroit! Hope someday you will find a station wagon to work on and drive then all this will only be memories. Of course, the world as we knew it ended approximately one hour ago. So anything that happens from here on in is purely luck on borrowed time. To buy any used vehicle is a gamble. They aren't usually for sale because they are perfect.

 

Cleveland is a great city. Most people who knock it have never been there or spent an appreciable amount of time there. I'd move there in a heartbeat if I could.

Anyway, good luck unloading the Kia. I had the displeasure of working on a friend's Kia minivan a year or so ago. I just had to look at it and sigh.

 

Could someone be stealing your gas? There was a couple of guys around here drilling into the buttoms of gas tanks while people were sleeping...crazy idiots!

 

Stealing Gas

That was my first thought, stealing gas. He didn't say how far he drove each time, that I remember. But, as far as a Kia, I have never owned one but a few friends have. Nothing but problems with theirs! Altho that may be a rare thing.:confused: Computers are nice-- on desks. But in vehicles with dishonest mechanics it's scary!

 

I think a lot of repair shops have made a lot of money in the last 25-30 years based on the premise that computer controlled cars are big scary monsters that require expensive tools to work on and fix. At the end of the day engines still work the same way they did 80 years ago. If anything computer controlled cars are easier to work on since they can point you in a direction when something does go wrong.

 

Computer Controls

You are so right,,,as long as the person pointing is honest. Of course from the early days of shade tree mechanics we've had both honest and dishonest mechanics---and car owners!- Our youngest son, 21, has been working on computer controlled cars for years. He just seems to have a knack for it. Some things are so easy to figure out and fix by hooking up his diagnostic thing-a-ma-jig! I don't evan know what do-hicky to hook the thing-a-ma-jig to! A carburator and a set of points and I can git-er-done!

 

. At the end of the day engines still work the same way they did 80 years ago. If anything computer controlled cars are easier to work on since they can point you in a direction when something does go wrong.[/QUOTE]

Once you pull all those plastic covers they still even resemble a regular engine

 

Run Forever

Once you pull all those plastic covers they still even resemble a regular engine [/QUOTE]-I know we joke about these modern engines and drive trains but they all seem to go on and on forever. Rarely see a car smokin and drippin oil like in the good ole days! Can't remember the last time I adjusted the points or carburature on my Hemi Dodge!:banana:

 

My wife and I have been researching places to move to based on our personal preferences and needs and comparing them to statistics on specific cities. Neither of us like heat and one of the reasons we are leaving here is because of well the state of Missouri and being disabled are two very bad mixes, it is pathetically racist and sexist here, and culturally speaking, my wife and I aren't exactly mainstream is causes us a lot of trouble. And to be more specific we were looking more at Akron near Cleveland.

My mechanic, Randy Curry, prefers to work on older cars but has learned what he needs to know as time passed and computers in cars became more and more prevalent. We found him when we had our old Marquis wagon and, to give you and idea of what it was like just to get the turn signal switch replaced, We called around to almost all the mechanics in Joplin. One guy even answered the phone while he was taking a wizz and he would do it for $75; this was the cheapest we had been quoted so far. The most was $109... For a signal switch ! Well we called Randy after that and he said come on out and he would do it for $15. We got there and talked to him for a bit and he looked at my steering column, and told me how it needed to be done. He let me use his tools to do it and didn't charge me a thing. Half of what I know now about cars I learned from this guy showing me or telling me how to do it. He has the cheapest rates and he is the only reason what cars I've had have lasted as long as they did.

We thought of that and found no evidence to suggest as much. The gas isn't really a problem now so much. What happens when we fill up the tank is the first quarter seems to go quickly. Then the second not so much. The third almost like the first. And the last quarter seems to last for quite some time. Maybe another sensor issue or even the gauge?

I hate the plastic engine covers on the Kia. I can't just pull off the one that I need to I have to pull them all off. I found this out when I was trying to find the starter. It was underneath the exhaust manifold which wraps around the engine and goes under it. I looked like I was trying to hug my car's guts. From all that I have found out about this car and other Kias I have come to the conclusion that their design is

 

Moving Experience

Good luck wherever you move. No matter where ya go there will be good and bad to contend with. The part of Florida we are in is nothing like those adds show the Sunshine State. No tiny well endowed gals in itty bitty bikinis (fat redneck gals in bib overhauls) no beaches, (swamps with gators and snakes), no Mickey Mouse stuff (THAT'S GOOD).. Still, 17 years this June 1st and I haven't had to shovel snow yet! Heat is no worse than central Illinois was. Just longer periods of it. But that's why they invented AC, trees, and beer! Good luck finding your piece of heaven. Or

 

Thank You

My wife and I... WE LOVES THE COLD

I do better, well we both do better in winter.

 

Cold

------------ You're a sick man!!!!!!! COLD ? We love the Lake of Ozarks area. But only in summers. Have fun scrapin windows, shovelin snow, and pushin your future wagon out of snow banks!

 

Oddly I love that stuff. My wife loves the cold too. Its cuddly