I have a 90 Laser with 255000 km on it. In great mechanical shape, a little
rust under the wheel arhes. Unfortunately the exhaust system is kaput,
including cat convertor. Scrapyard offers $50, trade in $150, exhaust
system
$950. I will hate to part with it, ive had it from new, best car ever.
Keith
"Rob" <Rob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:ZZxtf.1814$Hl6.903@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I have had my 92 Talon TSI for just over 2 years now. It has 157,000
miles
> on it and still runs quite well. I am sure my compression is about near
> its
> end, but it still does not smoke. I did the timing belt when I got the
> car
> since I did not know when it had been done. I also had to replace the
> passenger side half-shaft not too long ago. I bought a wrecked 91
Eclipse
> GS-T for parts and used parts from it to replace the entire exhaust from
> the
> down pipe back with the aftermarket one that was on that car. I spent a
> year in Iraq so the car has not really been driven too much, but I do
like
> driving it. I love feeling that boost, quite the quick little car.
>
> Happy New Years!
>
> "Brian Knoblauch" <briank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:8LqdneoRMe9gji7eRVn-jg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> news wrote:
>>
>>> I bought mine new also.. 91 Talon, 112K on it. Daily driver. Only
repair
>>> has been new rear hub bearings, timing belt replaced at 69k under
>>> warranty
>>> with
>>> new head/ valves etc for free. Best running car Ive ever owned...so
the
>>> people who say DSM's are **** can go eat some.
>>
>> I think you're pretty lucky. I've only had mine 3 years and
have
>> had
>> brakes catch on fire, and electrical fire, a failed oil pump (with only
>> 30k
>> miles on it!), door handle snap off, fuel pressure regulator fail, A/C
>> suddenly lost all the refrigerant, Idle screw blew out of the throttle
>> body, coolant bottle cracked and lost all the coolant!... and so on
:-)
>> I
>> love the car, but repairs are killer. Only gets a few thousand miles a
>> year because there's always something breaking so it's on jackstands or
>> in
>> the shop most of the time! (right now it's waiting on a trans rebuild
>> due
>> to a broken c-clip internally :(
>>
>> My friend had a '90 that she loved too, but after multiple
engines
>> in just
>> a couple years it was too much :-( I miss that car, we had some fun
road
>> trips in it!
>>
>> Wonderfully fun cars. Reliable, well, some people have good
>> luck... Some
>> don't...
>
>
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