"Anthony Fremont" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:13uqutn6kdk4fac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> tar~bal wrote:
>> I bought my car new in 1999. It now has about 105,000 miles on it
>> and I wanted to see if the issues I've had with it compare to anyone
>> elses:
>> -Transmission shot around 80k (automatic)
>> -Rear end died around 70k
>> -Two water pumps
>> -Driver visor
>> -Small tears in driver seat, none in passenger
>> -Rear window in convertible top leaks (repaired)
>> -3 speaker failures (1 under warranty)
>> -Driver seatbelt, plastic belt retainer broken
>> -Light covers cloudy
>> -Ash tray plastic lid broken
>> -Crack in center convertible boot mysteriously appeared
>> -Worn carpet around accelerator pedal
>>
>> It seems like a lot of stuff, but for 105k? About right?
>
> For someone that gearheads their car all the time. Does that sound like
> you? That's a powerful motor (like you hadn't noticed) and it's
obviously
> capable of breaking the transmission and rearend. OTOH, it's not
> something that occurs from driving your car like an old lady. I'm
> guessing you're trying to take another tenth off everyplace you go.
I would run it, but I wasn't abusive. I'm thinking that the trans and
rearend should be matched to the engine from the factory.
You killed the water
> pumps from overrevving it; that'd be my best guess. No complaints about
How could I overrev it? First, it's an automatic, and I don't ****ft, I
let
the trans do it. Second, the computer rev-limits the car anyway. Again,
the engine is stock for the most part, the components that failed did so
because of design in my eyes.
> tire life? Speakers don't fail like that under normal listening
> conditions, as in less than jack-hammer volume levels. Although it's
> probably tough hearing the radio at 150MPH with the top down.
First the car is speed limited at 130 MPH (I tested it once), and I
primarily listen to talk radio. I guess that could be hard on the
speakers,
too. But again, shouldn't the speakers be matched to the sound system?
I really don't think that I took my car to any extremes, I just find it
odd
that it had the problems it did. A lot of the major issues seem to be in
engineering and not in the use.
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