Topic: New econo car - broken POS - build up thread (Read 35855 times)

random-strike · « **Reply #90 on:** June 21, 2018, 03:02:24 PM »

Still nothing from cops. They finally emailed me back saying "it was on their list".

That was a couple days ago. Going to try and call lawyer again thid afternoon.

If I find him driving around I could look at aide of car

random-strike · « **Reply #91 on:** June 25, 2018, 07:54:44 PM »

I finally got the guys insurance info. He's a really nice old man, can't hear at all. Worked with my dad at the Mill who knows how long ago etc etc...

He didn't know he hit the car. No biggie.

I've never had to deal with insurance before do I call his company or do I let my insurance people handle it?

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #92 on:** June 26, 2018, 10:04:55 AM »

Quote from: random-strike on June 25, 2018, 07:54:44 PM

I finally got the guys insurance info. He's a really nice old man, can't hear at all. Worked with my dad at the Mill who knows how long ago etc etc...

He didn't know he hit the car. No biggie.

I've never had to deal with insurance before do I call his company or do I let my insurance people handle it?

You can try his insurance 1st. It depends on if they want to be dicks about it and if he admits fault.

If they give you a hard time you will have to go through yours and let them fight it out.

random-strike · « **Reply #93 on:** June 27, 2018, 01:14:41 PM »

went to local body shop, they're writing up estimate.

i had him write down every little thing that could possible be caused by the hit and run. the exhaust is tweeked to the side, you can see on the exhaust tip where it was pressed against the bumper and now its push off to the side and it rattles.

the bumper gaps are slightly off, there is some other gaps by the drivers door and around the back little window that may or may not have been there before.

while we where looking at it, i noticed a small dent and two big rub marks THAT WERE NOT THERE A COUPLE DAYS AGO on the opposite side rear quarter. which means another person hit my car with their door or something and took off.

i'm so sick of stupid people, this is why i do not drive expensive new cars anymore. they just get ruined by fuck tards and a lot of the time there is nothing you can do about it except constantly fix it yourself

Tim · « **Reply #94 on:** June 28, 2018, 04:36:09 PM »

Quote from: random-strike on June 27, 2018, 01:14:41 PM

this is why i do not drive expensive new cars anymore.

So you can drive cheap cars but get just as fired up?
Fuck it you tracked dude down and insurance is handling it now right?

random-strike · « **Reply #95 on:** June 28, 2018, 05:00:07 PM »

Quote from: Tim on June 28, 2018, 04:36:09 PM

Quote from: random-strike on June 27, 2018, 01:14:41 PM
this is why i do not drive expensive new cars anymore.
So you can drive cheap cars but get just as fired up?
Fuck it you tracked dude down and insurance is handling it now right?

not as fired up, my car is cheap and old but was pretty nice

i tracked down dude and body shop is taking sweet ass time getting me an estimate insurance should handle it.

rawr · « **Reply #96 on:** June 30, 2018, 02:23:43 AM »

I dont have nice things because I fuck them up before anyone else gets the chance to.

brine04 · « **Reply #97 on:** July 04, 2018, 05:13:30 PM »

Quote from: rawr on June 30, 2018, 02:23:43 AM

I dont have nice things because I fuck them up before anyone else gets the chance to.

THis

random-strike · « **Reply #98 on:** July 04, 2018, 05:37:52 PM »

Quoted 1600 to fix

random-strike · « **Reply #99 on:** July 06, 2018, 04:50:01 PM »

started claim with insurance and they accepted liability. going to try and get a few bucks for diminished value. i have a friend who works at a car dealership and he wrote me up some docs with a trade in value for both wreck/no wreck.

~3500 no wreck and ~1500 with wreck on history

i'm going to press them for a better rental car they want to put me in one of those $20 a day shit boxes. maybe i can get a v6 camaro out of it or something.

started claim with insurance and they accepted liability. going to try and get a few bucks for diminished value. i have a friend who works at a car dealership and he wrote me up some docs with a trade in value for both wreck/no wreck.

~3500 no wreck and ~1500 with wreck on history

i'm going to press them for a better rental car they want to put me in one of those $20 a day shit boxes. maybe i can get a v6 camaro out of it or something.

random-strike · « **Reply #100 on:** July 31, 2018, 01:26:28 AM »

Car goes into body shop Wednesday. I installed some 60lb injectors harness and tune today from zzp.

Runs better at idle and drivability is better doesn't seem any faster than the GM stg 2 tune.

I could go down to a 2.8 pulley from 3.0 on it now

random-strike · « **Reply #101 on:** August 06, 2018, 04:20:29 PM »

still in body shop.

my rental car sucks ass, its actualyl pretty nice driving car but 120hp and gutless as fuck and only gets 40mpg on the highway and i was getting 35 on my cobalt with over twice the hp

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMOZvLmmuEpFr-g2YgoFikL8_hUwC_Oz72xvXtDGuqnj38rhjOnMJcTmp8AP7UfGQ?key=cFlqQ1dySk9xTldQckktVXJZU3hrMVFKaVFjUi1B

rawr · « **Reply #102 on:** August 06, 2018, 10:16:05 PM »

35 mpg on a supercharged cobalt?

better than my 1.8 miata gets

random-strike · « **Reply #103 on:** August 06, 2018, 11:28:43 PM »

I got 37 going 55 on flat highway before

random-strike · « **Reply #104 on:** August 06, 2018, 11:31:29 PM »

It was actually just over 50 there is a long stretch of highway here that is flat and 45 mph speed limit lol

https://photos.app.goo.gl/sTmcJzkbnws4AVxK6

random-strike · « **Reply #105 on:** August 06, 2018, 11:32:41 PM »

The mileage display usually sits around 28-29 with a lot of city driving

I short shift it a lot but I also honk on it a lot too

random-strike · « **Reply #106 on:** August 08, 2018, 05:02:43 PM »

car is finished, it looks ok

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3ppP5waFnS96xuwK7

rawr · « **Reply #107 on:** August 09, 2018, 07:57:17 AM »

I miss my pro 4x.

A tree fell on mine and smashed it.

random-strike · « **Reply #108 on:** August 09, 2018, 01:17:06 PM »

what? crazy

rawr · « **Reply #109 on:** August 10, 2018, 03:16:26 PM »

Every body panel was damaged and they totaled the car out for 11k $:-\$

random-strike · « **Reply #110 on:** August 10, 2018, 04:11:29 PM »

geeze only 11k

random-strike · « **Reply #111 on:** August 17, 2018, 02:51:49 PM »

Shocks were blown out of course on our Xterra. I put new ones on last night was such a pita.

148ftlbs torqued and huge amount of some loctite stuff it was very hard to get off impact wouldn't get it.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Pwg3VMyMUAGC6UsY9

rawr · « **Reply #112 on:** August 19, 2018, 11:49:11 AM »

pictures aren't there.

Did you replace it with the factory bilstiens or something else?

I replaced mine with a frontier. Looked at trucks forever but i couldn't find something reasonably priced so I went back with nissan again.

Fucking people want more for a used 4 year old tacoma than I could buy a brand new one from the dealership for.

random-strike · « **Reply #113 on:** August 19, 2018, 07:33:02 PM »

Truck looks good. Nissan's are really nice.

I put Chinese eBay ones on. I have a set of air bags for it I'll put on. Eventually

random-strike · « **Reply #114 on:** September 17, 2018, 12:10:47 PM »

was last day of racing at PIR. i was busy all day and evening and didnt have time to prep or anything so i just drove there and ran it a few times.

i was kinda disappointed it was slower than i expected after all the roll racing ive done with it.

quickest et was 14.5 which i'm not worried about because with 40psi in the tires i couldn't get a decent launch and it wheel hopped really bad
but my fastest trap was only 97. something.

i was expecting over 100mph. it was about 65f outside so not really hot.

my dad has a ls1 m6 camaro and he barely pulled on me, and i trapped 104 in it. so i was expecting to be a lot closer. on the way home after driving down the highway it felt noticeably faster. i guess it was heat soaked from sitting in line at the strip.

i was planing on brining a cooler with some bags of ice to stick on the s/c when i ran that would've made a difference but didnt have time.

https://youtu.be/MSDuP3dHZa4

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #115 on:** September 17, 2018, 07:46:15 PM »

2nd gear shift sounded like it wanted to break something.

random-strike · « **Reply #116 on:** September 18, 2018, 01:03:02 AM »

Quote from: Ntrain2k on September 17, 2018, 07:46:15 PM

2nd gear shift sounded like it wanted to break something.

Bad wheel hop

random-strike · « **Reply #117 on:** October 16, 2018, 03:34:55 PM »

Had to put new thermostat in this morning wasn't heating up all the way, the inner seal was all broken and letting coolant pass.

Was kinda a pita it's under the CPS sensor on the back of the block. I had to remove CPS and make sure it didn't move

Works good now tho

random-strike · « **Reply #118 on:** October 18, 2018, 11:09:26 AM »

i must've moved the fking cps a little bit when i put it back in now it long cranks but finally starts. uggg i gotta put it in normal timed way now

TDC then a little mark on the CPS its not hard but annoying. gr

random-strike · « **Reply #119 on:** October 18, 2018, 02:55:01 PM »

Fixed this morning. Decided to roll the dice and put the crank marks up and reinstall CPS. Was 180 off so I just took off CPS and rotated crank around to marks again and lined up CPS out in. Seems fine now.

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