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O-ring leaking a ridiculous amount and I don't have the skill or money to fix it.

idles like shit

O2 sensor

sun damage on roof

timing belt rubbing the rear cover for the last 5k miles which I didn't realize till yesterday, just replaced timing belt only 12k ago, 600 bucks! :evil:

sunroof only works when it feels like it

passenger side window will occasionally not go up for no particular reason

 

other than that not too bad

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This is gonna be a long one:

hood is junk- all dented up

roof is dented in about an inch or so in the front

windshield is busted up

drivers side window is blown out

drivers side door post is all messed up

passenger side mirror is hanging by the wire and the glass is broken

2 heater control knobs are broken

various dents in the doors (all 4)

big dent in right 1/4 panel

taillight has a piece missing on the passenger side

both fron corner lights are broken

both foglites are broken and the brackets are bent up

antenna is bent

drips of latex paint on the interior pillar cover on the passenger side

spare tire's rim is bent on the outer edge

both fenders are smacked up from the sides, one is garbage, one is fixable

it wont start without a jump even though its a new battery

passenger side rocker panel is dented

passenger side rocker cover is garbage and the clips are all broke

trunk is dented

rear window molding is torn up- garbage

two front door upper moldings are ripped up

lower door rubber molding (bottom of window) is peeling up on the passenger side

bent strut/suspension part in the right front (steers funny and the wheel tucks in at the bottom)

Olds emblem cracked (front bumper/grille)

right front wheel tub is broken

2 Goodyear tires and 2 Firestones (I hate mismatched tires)

doors dont unlock when I shut off the key (need to put a fuse in)

Theres probably more that I forgot and/or didnt see yet too.

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Engine:

 

1. Leaks oil and antifreeze

2. Really hard to start right now if you drive it and let it sit a half hour to an hour (tons of things possibly wrong, haven't pinpointed it yet)

3. Lifters are a knockin' after 165,000K

4. Who knows what I haven't found yet

 

Supsension:

 

1. Rear Struts worn out

2. Subframe bushings that were recalled by GM are about gone again

 

Transmission:

 

1. Leaking fluid out the right side somewhere, probably around cv joint

2. Slips real bad making 3rd gear basically nonexistent

3. After changing the fluid one time I found plastic parts in the pan

4. It's pretty much gone I'm guessing

 

Body:

 

1. Scratched all over and there's a small rust spot in front of gas tank door

2. Huge dent covering the whole driver's side door below the trim piece where an old lady backed into me in a parking lot

3. Hood wrinkled where someone, sometime without me knowing sat on it

4. Door handles worn out for about the 4th time; paint peeling off of them too

 

Interior:

 

1. Faded, hardened, and cracked cloth on backseat headrests, rear decklid, and speaker grills

2. Driver's side floorboard carpet stained because of small water leak somewhere down there

 

I still love her though. And I think I'd fix her before I bought another used piece of shit. At least if I rebuild it myself, then I know what I've got under me.

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Hmm well...

 

Fix cooling fan

remove hail dents in hood

finish half-ass paint chip fill-in project(what I really need is a new paint job :D )

All New Struts

cracked drivers side window/door lock panel

find a replacement under dash carpet cover

crappy stock exaust

find out about weird popping noise from exaust

new sub (blew the one I didnt sell and it now has a ghetto duct-tape surround :lol: )

new amp

new antanna

better single-din head unit mounting kit

new front door speakes (memphis audio 6")

Front End lowering springs

car alarm

fix ripped rear widow tint

new wheels

fix right passenger AC vent

fix windshield (in two weeks)

scrub out stains in carpet

screw it replace the carpet :)

air intake

fix CD changer

Head Gasket oil leak

 

And all to much more.

 

Oh well still better looking than the 2003 model cars 8)

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1995 GP SE 123,000 kilometers mechanically perfect because I've replaced every problem component with GM or Delco parts, Nice new Factory base clear paint job coming as soon as all the ice and snow melts away here. Shold be early July or so hehehe :o

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you know ..after reading all these post my car dosn't sound so ugly...so I want to know one thing....why didn't any body post these cars pics in my post on seeing the ugly cars? ( damn people make me think I got the second uglist car on the site and here I dont even have a any rust)

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Hmm..

1. Paint :evil: DAMN CLEARCOAT!!

2. Valve Cover Gaskets

3. Door Lock Motors

4. Fading Black Trim

5. Could use a tranny rebuild

6. Needs Cooling fan manual control

7. Needs new rims

8. Needs to get more than 10 mpg

 

But I still love her :D

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Yeah I hear ya on the 10 miles per gallon. My car runs fine and I get 12.9 miles per gallon I figured it out and the DIC is exactly right. Everything maintainence has been done so I've about had it. I drive very little maybe 100 miles a week and spend close to 30$ on gas. :evil: sorry I just had to vent

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damn and I thought I was doing bad at 21-22 mpg..and I had just got it up to 24mpg before I went to change the plugs and 2 of the holes had the threads come out.....but 10 mpg?

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- Broken seat belt guide on the headrest

- Broken headrest (it rocks back and forth)

- piant flaking off the rear fenderwell lips (needs some TLC there)

- mufflers beginning to develop a hole (at least it isn't a noisy one)

- front driver caliper not retracting and the rotor is warping so I need to replace everything up front

 

...gees, I think I'm getting off easy these days.

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well, maybe im getting the 10 mpg cuz its running a lil hot, or maybe its just the way i drive because everything ive driven but a '97 LHS has gotten 10 mpg, the LHS got 16.7 :?

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My 94 needs front struts, hood release repaired, keyless entry repaired, The O - ring replaced. Do you really have to take the head off for that? It doesn't look that way to me, just upper and lower intake.

Of course theres what I've already done. All the brakes, steering rack and pump, alternator, fuel pump, SIR coil and signal switch in the coloum, rear struts, air conditioning, valve cover gaskets, and more. I now have 180,000 miles on the original engine and trans. Not too bad so far.

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ok here is a partial list.....

 

(engine)

head on back of engine has 2 sparkplug holes striped out..engine is partialy dissasembled from me trying to get the head off before I left san diego.

 

(outside)

driverside door handle broke.. hole punched in front bumper tupperware..driverside wheel trim ripped off..dent in driverside rear fender, paint fucked up all around.

 

(inside)

seats stained from my family eating in the car...and places with epoxy where my dad was doing god only knows...rear view mirror hanging from it's powercord....headliner is not just drooping but the fabric is actuly gone...driverside door pannel is busted at the bottom and flaps when you open the door...carpet in front shredded from always getting in with rocks in boottreads...passenger seat is locked in the farthest forward position from the latch breaking...rear bench back is bent from where my dad locked the keys in trunk(he ripped seat backing off mounts and had little brother crawl in to get keys)

 

(sound) 1 speaker left working.... the 1992 kraco master grade 6x9(this was back when kraco was hot shit) I had in back got destoryed in accident when a metal bar I had in the trunk became air borne..and the driver front speaker is finaly going to crap after all these years

 

there is more but I can't remeber is all now..like I said..there is a reason I am making a race car out of it

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Let's see,

Body Damage:

Two huge dents on both sides of the car between the headlights and the wheels, one from a fire hydrant in winter and one from a parking lot,

A really weird sorta flat dent on the rear quarter panel that includes the gas cover (which is crooked),

Horribly peeling Silver Metallic paint,

Misaligned passengers side headlight and dented hood(push starting my buddies Ranger),

Someone backed into me and pushed my drivers side headlamp in just a bit,

Front plate twisted crazy,

Fender molding gone,

Spoiler-luggage rack loose and flpas in hard wind,

Most badges are missing,

Old rust hold on lower front corner on passanger door,

passenger door out of alignment and has to be slamed shut,

Driver or pasengers mirror cracked,

Interior:

Lower door cover/panels fell off(both doors),

Lower door thing? fell off(where the carpet meets the door,

Upper A column molding on drivers side fell off,

Windshield defog vent loose,

Front passenger speaker crackles (too lazy to fix),

Rear seat magazine pockets holders torn off,

Rear ash tray covers broken

Headliner torn off,

Mechanical:

Tranny has issues with heat,

A/C not working,

Front driver and rear struts need to be replaced (basically all 4),

Exhaust has huge hole directly under it causing huge amounts of noise,

Passenger brakes need to be rebuilt,

Hoodlight doesn't turn off, or on sometimes, currently disconected,

Misc. two prong I think female cable floating near the winshield wiper tank,

Classic GM W-body muffler noise (not the exhaust rattle but this weird almost coughing sound),

Blower blows at medium at all speeds,

Cassette doesn't work (doesn't matter I have a iPod with iTrip FM transciever),

Stock power anteanna disintergrated (you don't believe me) causing a hole of rust to spread in trunk, fix but hole is there,

Current generic anteanna bent @ the base ((kindah kewl),

Wipers are just funky,

hmmmmm I think that's it?

Whoa, maybe I should move this list into M$ Excel for safekeeping. Hmm maybe I should just get another junker?

 

add to that the after market remote starter is now goin :(

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which one...here are several here that are pretty bad!....but I'll volenteer

my calico 9mm for the task if I get the first 10 shots!!!!!! (it holds 50)

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