Rattling.

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
11/01/2015 at 10:16 • Filed to: miata

I hate rattles in cars. Rattles, vibrations from out-of-balance wheels, stuff like that REALLY gets my goat. So before I leave to Autozone to buy new plastic fastneners someone tell me why I thought it was a good idea to buy a 24 year old convertible roadster.

DISCUSSION (23)

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/01/2015 at 10:22

Because you wanted pop up lights

PS9 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/01/2015 at 10:25

Because you drank that delicious hardcore enthusiast kool-aid.

Your boy, BJR > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/01/2015 at 10:26

Because you're kinda dumb and super impulsive?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
11/01/2015 at 10:26

I have yet to meet someone that doesn’t smile when i drive up to them and hit the headlight button

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Your boy, BJR
11/01/2015 at 10:26

YOU TAKE THAT BA-yeah that’s fair I guess.

MLGCarGuy > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/01/2015 at 10:26

Because racecar

Khalbali > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/01/2015 at 10:29

I'm the exact same and mines a 2008, I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that it will always rattle somewhere, but right now I have cricket chirp coming from my center roof latch that's just awful.

Captain of the Enterprise > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/01/2015 at 10:30

That stuff really bothers me too

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/01/2015 at 10:31

See.

TheHondaBro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/01/2015 at 10:33

Yeah I hate rattles in cars too.

Kinja'd!!!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/01/2015 at 10:55

Currently at my wear bars on my front brakes, I don’t understand how people continue to drive like that for months. The sound makes me want to scream. Looks like I’ll be going to get my brakes done on Friday. Rattles bother me(like my broken steering column cover, thanks GA interstates), but not nearly as badly as squeaks.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
11/01/2015 at 11:09

Yeah, my car has brand new brake pads but the rotors desperately need turned. The previous several owners were a case of “knew enough to be dangerous” and did half of the maintenance this required while ignoring several really important things. You did a timing belt, oil, and brake pads? That’s cool, but what about the rotors, exhaust leaks, awful tires, leaky top, rough idle, etc. etc. etc.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro
11/01/2015 at 11:10

I was driving a customer’s car to their house and couldn’t figure out what was making a rear suspension noise. Found a rattle exactly like that in the rear seat.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Khalbali
11/01/2015 at 11:11

Try some white lithium grease. It has solved many problems for me.

What’s annoying is my mother’s ‘05 PT Cruiser GT Cabrio and her ‘08 Saturn Sky were both pretty free of rattles and noises other than wind noise (which, oddly, the Miata doesn’t have as much of an issue with), until the PT Cruiser started to fall apart inside and a motor mount got sick of life.