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What did you do to your car today?

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#1 ·
Lets keep this a continuing, never gonna die thread.

For the Toyota truck, I changed the plugs, plug wires, distributor cap, and changed the oil in it this morning. Also ran a can of seafoam through it before I changed the plugs, gotta love that huge cloud of smoke. Love how stupid easy the 22R-E is to work on. Runs a lot smoother now, and fixed my rough idle problem.

Tomorrow I'm going to wax and detail the Cadillac. Gonna be a long ass day.
 
#3,941 ·
was out and about and thought about weather the Mechanic did a Bleed on the brakes last month when doing the brakes didn't see it on the paper work so i called he said nope didn't feel i needed to since i didn't open the lines up to let any air in them
so i took her for a Brake Fluid Flush today
also had the Tires Rotated

something that really eritated me was when the shop manager came in and said he you know your best tread and best tires are on the front already you sure you want them on the rear

i said well what would you tell me if i came in for 2 tires and wanted the better new ones but on the front you would tell me no they have to be put on rear its a saftey issue

he looked at me and turned around
 
#3,944 ·
^I still REALLY like the look of that head unit.

Washed the Cadillac nicely and ran around doing errands, visiting friends. Then, cutting through a small ghetto neighbourhood, I found the greatest car ever. It was a Toyota covered in SS 396 Badges and "1970 Chevelle" emblems and had a big SS badge on the grille, beneath the Toyota logo.

It was the coolest car since the one I saw a week ago in Vegas on the roof of a casino parking garage with a near-black latex paintjob covering the hood and a window screen wrapped over that. That adds, at LEAST 1,000 Horsepower, right there.
 
#3,945 ·
MacMuse said:
I too dropped off my car at the dealer. The 100,000 mile mark is quickly approaching, and I want to get everything as good as possible.

They did a full inspection, and will be replacing both motor mounts and other work, details later.

- tests showed the MAF sensor was failing (cause of code that triggered this service visit) and was replaced.
- they replaced the driver door latch which didn't work the morning before the appt.
- replaced both motor mounts (2nd time for one of them).
- left front lower control arm replaced (noisy).

All covered under warranty. I kicked in for a fuel system cleaning since it's one of those 100,000 mile recommendations & new air filter. $2,000 in work, cost me $300. Sweet.

And she drove like a dream on the way home. Put the 2012 CTS loaner I drove for two days to shame.
 
#3,946 ·
MacMuse said:
- tests showed the MAF sensor was failing (cause of code that triggered this service visit) and was replaced.
- they replaced the driver door latch which didn't work the morning before the appt.
- replaced both motor mounts (2nd time for one of them).
- left front lower control arm replaced (noisy).

All covered under warranty. I kicked in for a fuel system cleaning since it's one of those 100,000 mile recommendations & new air filter. $2,000 in work, cost me $300. Sweet.

And she drove like a dream on the way home. Put the 2012 CTS loaner I drove for two days to shame.
Has your STS been expensive to maintain? I feel like people have a lot less problems with the STS's than the previous Seville's.
 
#3,949 ·
Stopped by my mechanic to show them the separate circuit box I bought from Classic Industries for powering the aftermarket stereo and tach in Betty, along with a new turn signal switch that will fix the remaining issue with the blinkers and right brake lights. Although I'm not planning to have the work done until later next month, Classic Industries has a 30-day return policy, and I wanted to make sure I got the right parts before my 30 days are up. They said the parts are the ones we needed, so in a month or so, this whole wiring debacle should be over.
 
#3,958 ·
........today ? Decent garage day........pulled the spare tire, checked its pressure, rearranged the jumper cables and flares in/around the tire, fooled around with the tools and stuff in the fenderwell compartment. Checked all 4 main tire pressures - set to 32 psi all around. Went to Western Auto and picked up oil and filter for the annual change - I'll do it in mid-Feb. - about 5,600 miles this last year (We stayed close to home......). Used 16 ounces of oil so far. Just received the semi-annual MD emissions inspection notice - will do that next week. $14 for nothing.
 
#3,959 ·
Got the oil changed, then drove to Portland for the auto show and to pick up my new MacBook Pro at the Apple store. Several manufacturers were offering short test drives, but I only had time for GM. Drove a Buick Regal Turbo (not the GS) and a Buick Verano. Both very nice cars, although I think I prefer the Regal. But I still want a CTS as my next car when the time comes. It's been a long time since I bought a brand new car, so I had a major case of sticker shock.
 
#3,963 ·
^ What's wrong with 6.5" speakers???? I always thought those were ideal, since most component(seperate tweeter and woofer) speakers are that size.


Today I detailed the crap out of the Caddy. Hadn't washed it in about 2-3 weeks, it was VERY dirty. Went over the interior with q-tips, did the leather, man those door switches get nasty after a while. Vacumed the trunk, cleaned all the door jambs, and if it were warmer I would've thrown another coat of wax on it, just because its been about 2 months since the last one.
 
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