"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
01/25/2018 at 20:32 • Filed to: None
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"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
01/25/2018 at 20:32 • Filed to: None | 2
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As I move on from my Galant VR-4 it’ll be hard to not look back at the good times. So I’m going to make a list of everything thing wrong with it. That way when I think “man I should have kept that car” I can look at this list and be reassured that I made the right choice.
Let’s start with the stuff that wouldn’t be a problem on a race car, but suuuuck on a daily driver.
1. The exterior driver door handle is Borked.
2. The front passenger door panel wiggles and squeaks like a piggy.
3. The heater is anemic, probably a plugged heater core
4. A/C doesn’t work, compressor made a terrible sound so I cut the belt off.
5. The trunk release is broken, and I don’t have the trunk key, the only way to open the trunk is to reach through the ski hole(no food down seats) and use a broken mop handle to turn the latch.
6. 2 of the four speakers are blown, and the tape player doesnt work, this car doesn’t have the optional CD player.
No some major mechanical issues
1. On the way home tonight the alternator/power steering pump belt snapped. I got the car home but it might not move till spring because screw wrenching in the cold.
2. It’s cold idle is about 2800rpm. Still not sure why
3. It burns oil, and leaks coolant
4. It runs rich and smells like gas, at least it’s premium
5. Blown shocks and springs on all four corners
6. A totally FUBAR’d wheel bearing on the left rear
7. If you’ve been driving hard for awhile and then let it idle, it get dangerously hot.
How about cosmetic?
1 there is rust growing behind the front wheels that I’m too scare to investigate.
2. The driver’s seat is ripped up.
3. Lots of tiny dents scratches and what not, never really bothered me on this car tho. Ultimately it is a beater, just a very expensive one.
feather-throttle-not-hair
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
01/25/2018 at 20:53 |
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Once i had a 1988 Celica all-trac that was cool but broke all the time.
I thought it was pretty bad right up until the moment i got in a friend’s DSM. That thing was the answer to the question “what if it wasn’t just mechanical stuff that went wrong, but also everything else too?”
I love me some DSM and the VR-4 is hands down the COOLEST car to be related that whole thing. But man. I sure don’t want to own one.
Stapleface
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
01/25/2018 at 20:54 |
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This is a very solid plan. And something most people should do. Nostalgia is a powerful thing. Realizing why you moved on should help you remember in the future when you question if you made the right decision.
jimz
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
01/25/2018 at 21:09 |
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Man, we reach. I loved my SRT-4, but a durable car it was not. In the ~170,000 miles I had it, it never once failed to get me where I wanted to go.
But damn, that thing ate tie rods, control arm bushings, half shafts, and wheel bearings like popcorn.
That car was the best piece of shit I’ve ever owned.
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> feather-throttle-not-hair
01/25/2018 at 21:11 |
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In the past I was always scared of owning one. But I was in a position where I could have a project when I bought it. I had no kid, my job is a miles away, and I had a moped. And I had 5 grand in cash for the first few years worth of repairs. Honestly the car served its perpose for me. I got to wrench in it A LOT, and I got to hoon around in a car that wasn’t Fwd, plus I got to experience an old school turbo in all it’s rubberbandy glory. All things I hadn’t experienced before. Plus I got a few more years of a 90s glass green house.
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> jimz
01/25/2018 at 21:14 |
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For the last few years I have wanted an SRT4 Caliber, but I fell like it would be a similar experience, and some how “low” milage ones are like 8-10 grand.
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jimz
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
01/25/2018 at 21:41 |
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Caliber ?
Bite your tongue, that thing had no business being an SRT-anything.
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> jimz
01/25/2018 at 21:42 |
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Nah it was rad.
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feather-throttle-not-hair
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
01/26/2018 at 13:24 |
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Anyone who owns a VR-4 or has owned one is a hero in my book.
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> feather-throttle-not-hair
01/26/2018 at 14:01 |
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I gave it a valiant effort