Z Broke Down :(

earwicker7

And it's going, going, going... look, folks, he's hit it all the way out of the park!



After all, this is an auto enthusiast website, correct? As in enthusiastic about taking care of your car? Are there actually people out there who will spend hours adding bolt-on parts to get a few extra horses but can't be bothered to spend a few extra minutes a month to keep the engine running? What else are you guys not checking? Are you the people I see here in Los Angeles driving a Ferrari with half-inflated tires?

All I can say is that I don't want to see any of you who complain about checking your fluids later complaining that Nissan wouldn't fix your engine under warranty.

kannibul

I'm enthusiastic about driving and owning my car. Maintenance is just another hassle. I do however, look forward to getting my G3 intakes and putting those in, as well as when I ge the money rounded up for the HFC's and cat-back.

Until then, my car better not burn no oil!

6MT

I guess you almost need a chauffer (?)

(or someone to wipe your a$$)

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semtex

Well, to be fair, maintenance is a hassle, sorta. But the way I look at it, it's a hassle in the same way that exercising is a hassle. I get up at 4am at least 4 days a week to go work out. Is it a hassle getting up that early? Yep, absolutely. But I do it anyway because I want to take care of my body, keep the blood pressure low, the muscularity high, etc. The same thing applies to car maintenance -- it may be a hassle, but I do it willingly because I want to keep my car running in peak condition. To me, that's part of what it means to be enthusiastic about owning my car, just like working out is part of what it means to be enthusiastic about being alive.

The thing is, after you get used to doing it, you actually start to enjoy it. Well, I do at least. I actually enjoy lifting weights early in the morning now, I look forward to it. Likewise, I actually enjoy doing regular car maintenance.

Just my

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FricFrac

Well I feel better about getting up at 5:00 AM to go to the gym now - 4:00 - ouch

Its true in a sick sort of way I look forward to detailing my car every week. I actual miss it this week with the rain....

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Pheonix

As much as I'd love to throw a cover over the car when I get it...I work downtown at a criminal justice center...still waiting on my parking garage permit and from the looks of things, it'll be a long time to go yet before its given to me. You'd think that working at the hub, and with officers coming and going left and right it'd be safe enough...but you'd be surprised how many cars have been broken into on the lot, in the garage, and on the street.

If I cover that car up, its just begging for someone to take a closer look. Best I can do is have a state of the art alarm system ready for install on purchase, and park next to a squad car whenever possible

On the plus side...the contacts you make with said officers really do benefit you on the street...cough cough cough.

earwicker7

Talk to the cops, they'll tell you that a cover is far more effective than an alarm system. Research shows that thieves want to get in and out as fast as possible (most thieves don't look at how valuable something is, but how easy it would be to get away with), and a custom car cover can't just be ripped off, as they fit like a glove. Even knowing that it would only take them 15-20 seconds to get it off is a MAJOR turn-off to them.

Also, keep in mind that car alarms were great back when nobody had them, but nowadays they are virtually useless in crowded areas. Sure, if you live out in the middle of nowhere, you'll notice your car alarm going off in the middle of the night. But nobody pays any attention to a car alarm going off in a parking lot because they know that, 99.9% of the time, it got set off by someone with heavy feet walking by. I know that at our building, car alarms are routinely ignored unless they don't shut down after a minute or so (at which point everyone hates whomever the owner is for an hour).