[Shotimes] who can help me?

[Zach Leahy]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:06:52 -0500, Zach Leahy <leahyz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ron, I can see what Steve is saying.  he just means that obviously (or
> at least hopefully) any new car will be more reliable than any car
> that is 10 years old with a lot of miles on it.
> 
> I'm still under the belief that driving them daily, or at least more
> than once or twice a week, is the best way to keep them running like a
> top.
> 
> Steve, I am all about whacking a starter man.  I used to have a
> problem that the little trigger lead on the solenoid on my 93 would
> fall off.  First time it did it to me, I was parked on about 1" of
> ice.  Not much fun to jack up the car and slide under it there.
> Especially in my "business casual attire" as it was 6:30am and I was
> going to work.  I had it happen numerous times, and I got to be so
> fast at putting it back on it was no big deal.  Do it at the bank,
> after work, after dinner, whenever, just like those silly workouts on
> TV.  I spent 20 minutes a day, 3 days a week fixing my SHO.  I knew
> exactly where to reach, and exactly the orientation of the terminal.
> 
> ok, 20 minutes was an exaggeration.  I think the longest it ever took
> was 5 minutes...  Anyway, I fixed it correctly on the next oil change.
> 
> Z
> 
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:52:08 -0500, Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> > Exactly how is this meaningless??
> >
> > 1.  Most dependable SHOs were the two I bought new.
> >
> > 2.  Less dependable SHOs were the ones I bought used.
> >
> > 3.  Last I checked, it was not possible to buy a new SHO anymore.
> >
> > Everybody sends their money on what is important to them. The technology
> > advances in many areas of new cars matters to me.
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Steve Tatro
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:18 PM
> > Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] who can help me?
> >
> > So, you're comparing a '94 MTX which you bought used with a bunch of
> > miles to a '95 MTX which you bought used with a bunch of miles to the
> > 2.5 years you drove a brand new '99?  Nice example.  Meaningless, but
> > nice.
> >
> > My '93 has had it's problems, but at 181k miles is still my daily
> > driver and has never left me stranded.  Worried, but not stranded.
> > This includes a couple of days of having to beat on the starter to get
> > home from work, but I'll take that for a car I paid so little for 8
> > years ago.
> >
> > People at work pick on me because of my car, but I know they're just
> > jealous.  We all make enough money to go out and blow $50k on a car if
> > we wanted to, and most of my coworkers have.  I just keep telling them
> > I'll replace the SHO when (if?) it dies!
> >
> > Steve Tatro
> > Red/Black '93 with 181k miles
> > Monroe, Ohio
> >
> > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:43:27 -0500, Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> > wrote:
> > > Don't think so. I put 50K on my '89 in less than two years, and averaged
> > > 18K/year over 10 years with it. As I mentioned in another post, other than
> > > some early-on issues, and the one tow, it was a VERY dependable car over
> > the
> > > ten years. As was my '99 for the 2.5 years that I owned it (it was new,
> > > also). The '95 & '94 MTXs caused me some issues, although not enough to
> > > totally strand me, but enough to make for some tense situations.
> > >
> > > When my work was I town, or even a drive to the airport, we had spare cars
> > > around the house. Now I do out-of-state work along with the plane trips,
> > and
> > > the only spare car is still in storage. I have much more piece-of-mid with
> > > the new vehicle (except when I run into things!!).
> > >
> > > Ron Porter
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