DX in regards to your A/C, if you get it "recharged" it will just fail again in time. Whenever there's a problem due to a leaky A/C, recharging only temporarily solves the problem. If you have the money, your best bet is to get whatever parts that need fixing replaced.

This I know. Scary part is, the last owner is a mechanic, and even he couldn't figure out why the damn thing doesn't last more'n a year on one charge. I'm seriously afraid to take it to anyone else, because frankly, I prefer *not* being assraped by men in greasy overalls. I know absolutely nothing about AC units. Hell, I know next to nothing about newer cars, really. It took me a couple days before I finally realized where the goddamned dipstick was. And I thought the escort had a weird-ass engine.
MAN I wish these new cars were as easy to work on as old Chevies.

A side note: My Escort manual had this advice on checking transmission fluid: "You can't". Basically, it advised shifting through all the gears to make sure they all work. That, to me, sounds like a really bad idea. "Oh, well it shifts just fine, no problems here!" *CHUNK* "Was that my transmission?"

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Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

Just goes to show you why they don't make the good ol' Escort anymore :-P

And seriously, if I were you I'd take it to a Honda dealership. Just get some word of mouth advice from people to find out where the best one is. There's gotta be at least two or three within an hour (at the most) near you. Those guys will know how to fix a Honda properly (no offense to the mechanic guy you know), but there's probably enough minds in their service center that have worked on Hondas enough to know what the problem could be.

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A guy has one of these (in blue) for sale on his front lawn on our town's main street. I swear, if I had any money I'd buy it :([/quote]'68 fastback? Hells yeah! If I had a credit card I'd buy it!

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any ac shop should be able to put a dye in the system then look with a black light and check for leaks.

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Fuck you, my escort was the best car I ever had in my life. The only reason I had to get rid of it was that my now husband got it impounded. Escorts can be great cars if you treat them right.

You've got to be fucking kidding me. He just specified he didn't want to be "assraped by greasy men in overalls" (thank you by the way for insulting my mother, my brother, my father, and my husband for their profession). Dealerships charge an arm and a leg to change the oil. Sending him there is pretty much like telling him to jump off a cliff - you're a bad friend for telling him to do so and he's pretty stupid if he takes your advice.

DX, take his advice on the word of mouth thing, but go to a local mechanic, they tend to have more reasonable rates. There's a reason that my husband was making so much money working at the dealership - even with paying union dues, k?

Furthermore, matclarke is right about the dye.

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You've got to be fucking kidding me. He just specified he didn't want to be "assraped by greasy men in overalls" (thank you by the way for insulting my mother, my brother, my father, and my husband for their profession). Dealerships charge an arm and a leg to change the oil. Sending him there is pretty much like telling him to jump off a cliff - you're a bad friend for telling him to do so and he's pretty stupid if he takes your advice.[/quote]
I agree with Chicka completely. Anytime I've ever asked BigFrank for advice because I thought he was smart in these matters. He has recommended going to the dealer. I can't possibly think of a worse thing to do. I guess that's what happens when you're a dealer owner's kid. No malaca in that statement or anything, just the truth. You usually tend to have a connection to what your families profession is (like chicka and her grease monkey family.). But still, going to the dealer is probably the dumbest thing you can do if you don't have a warranty. And chances are since no one actually gets the extended warranty, that no one has one. So dealerships are just there to sell new cars and rape you about everything else.

if its car advise you need, ask me.

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A lot of stuff you can do on your own without too much knowledge. Look on the internet and buy yourself a Haynes manual on your car and you can do practically anything that doesn't require messing with the car's computer or special schools.

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Excuse me. I meant tools. Special tools.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

Dealers will most likely know what's best for your car, seeing as they work on your type of car the most. That's why I said "WORD OF MOUTH". By word of mouth, find out which dealers/mechanics treat their customers the best. Our Service department is very highly rated, so I guess I shouldn't assume that all others are the same way. And fuck you crabby, I've given you the best advice I can (just because I'm the owner's son does not mean I'm the greatest authority on anything car related) and jumped through hoops trying to find a car for you to buy and you talk shit about me in the end.

true that

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I go to the dealership all the time because unlike all the other mechanics in town, they aren't fuckheads who do nothing but screw up even the simplest tasks (how hard is it to change an oil filter!?). And I'm not letting the auto trade school inepts touch my new car.

Plus I have the best warranty money can buy. So I don't pay anything anyway. If my car ever required repair. Which it doesn't.

[quote]I go to the dealership all the time because unlike all the other mechanics in town, they aren't fuckheads who do nothing but screw up even the simplest tasks (how hard is it to change an oil filter!?). And I'm not letting the auto trade school inepts touch my new car.

Plus I have the best warranty money can buy. So I don't pay anything anyway. If my car ever required repair. Which it doesn't.[/quote]

Ivytherant?

my friend just gave me a '91 suzuki sidekick.

i had to butt in cuz i haven't owned a car in 2 1/2 years.

i hope i fit into it...

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Kill Whitey.

I've had a rant page for years. Nothing new.

Besides, that wasn't a rant.

just got back from a ride. fastest car i have ever been in.

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i hate you matclarke

I've been in a 12 cylinder Mercedes 600 SL. Now I have a phobia of numbers higher than 80.

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I got to drive the GT40:

I got to sit in a Lambo:

I got to look at a F40:

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faggot ass foreign cars

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What others say about boorite!

BOORITE YOU CUNT!

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the kid's getting old, the kid's getting old

the new ride:

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Those stripes look god-awful. Like skidmarks in someone's underwear.

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