I Miss This Car

"Agrajag" (Agrajag) 06/12/2015 at 08:45 • Filed to: caprice, 9c1

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I sold this about a year ago to a friend.

I got rid of it because I couldn’t get the digital dash to work properly. Nobody could find any faults in the wiring, and a new cluster gave the same issue. To top that off, while sitting in it after installing the second cluster, it developed a stumble in idle. It would clear up after a few minutes of near undriveability but would come back upon a cold restart. I was done with the car at that point.

A short time later I’m $800 richer, but a Caprice poorer.

The friend had purchased it as a first car for his son. First status update I get is the stumble disappeared on the trip home and hadn’t come back. The cluster still was intermittent at best.

Fast forward to this week:

Agrajag: How’s the Caprice doing?

Friend: We just had the master cylinder replaced because that failed, and the exhaust taken care of.

A: What happened with the exhaust?

F: Passenger side muffler fell off, but we had both sides done.

A: You ever get the instrument cluster figured out?

F: (laughs) It just started working on its own.

A:(noticeably distraught) That’s great.

So both issues that made me decide to get rid of the car sorted themselves out. Fanf——-gtastic.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Agrajag 06/12/2015 at 08:49

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I miss this type of car.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Agrajag 06/12/2015 at 08:51

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Sorry :(

Grass is always greener. Alternate-reality-you kept the Caprice and it probably developed serious unprovoked problems shortly after. He’s wishing he had sold it. Can’t win!

CalzoneGolem > Agrajag 06/12/2015 at 08:53

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This picture makes my eyes itch

TheHondaBro > Agrajag 06/12/2015 at 09:31

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At least it got to go to someone who needs it.

Agrajag > CalzoneGolem 06/12/2015 at 09:32

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There was quite the pollen attack that week.

Pixel > Agrajag 06/12/2015 at 09:36

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On the plus side you didn’t have to deal with the brakes going out or the exhaust falling off.

I had a ‘96 Fleetwood back in 2004 that had some weird electrical problems, including randomly deciding to not start, then working again after a random amount of time. I ended up selling the car for $1000 and a chevy V8. The guy who bought it off me told me he finally tracked down the cause to the circuit board in one of the computers being cracked in half . If it go jarred just right the circuits would separate and not work, then if it got jarred again they would line up again and start working.

blacktruck18 > Pixel 06/12/2015 at 09:42

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Uhhh, yeah, that’s awesome.

Tohru > Agrajag 06/12/2015 at 10:17

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As a B-body aficianado, you have my condolences.

Schaefft > Agrajag 06/12/2015 at 18:26

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I absolutely love Caprices, especially the 91/92 with the fender skirts which yours might be, if its not a ‘93. I’d probably never be able to sell it again.

Agrajag > Schaefft 06/12/2015 at 21:26

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Mine was a ‘94 9C1 sans skirts. I do love those though.