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05-13-2005, 12:37 PM
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taking a break
Join Date: May 2004
City: Iowa City, IA
State: Iowa
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our dealership is KNOWN for ripping people off... but I didn't have another choice
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2002 Sonic Blue GT, 5 Speed
Mods: MGW Short Throw Shifter, Mach 1 Brakes
Black FR500's, Eibach Pro-Kit, Bilstein shocks/struts, Borla Exhaust, Cold Air Intake,
Polished Stainless Steel Inserts, more interior aluminum than I know what to do with
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05-13-2005, 12:39 PM
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Taking life one day at a time
Join Date: May 2003
City: Simpsonville
State: South Carolina
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You overreacted to the problem!!! Driving to the house and using your fingers in the Yellow pages would have netted you a place that could have checked the rear and lubed it for less that $60. Almost nothing was that pressin gto waste the money they are going to charge you especially when they give you a bill for over 200 and all they did was give you a 49.99 lube but instead you will be getting the super douper rear end lube alright. HAHAHHAHAHHA 
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05-13-2005, 12:41 PM
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taking a break
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if I had driven home, I probably wouldn't have had a rear end left by the time I got there... I was an hour away from home, and that's if you're driving 70. The town is sort of small.... and no one I talked to when I stopped was sure if anyone else in town would do it.
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2002 Sonic Blue GT, 5 Speed
Mods: MGW Short Throw Shifter, Mach 1 Brakes
Black FR500's, Eibach Pro-Kit, Bilstein shocks/struts, Borla Exhaust, Cold Air Intake,
Polished Stainless Steel Inserts, more interior aluminum than I know what to do with
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05-13-2005, 12:51 PM
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Taking life one day at a time
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City: Simpsonville
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Wrongo Bucko!! Remember I have been a mechanic for over 22 years. Things dont go bad that quick. All you did was here a whine!!!! Unless all your lube was gone it wont just fail. Think about it!!! Did you see lube leaking out of the rear end or smell the pungent odor of gear lube. It smells bad and if you were burning up something it would smell bad. No you overreacted. I had a friend I got in his car one day and smelled really funky burning smell. I leaned over the front seat to see a burn mark in the carpet. I told him the rear end probably needed lubing. He said "What is that" HAHAHHA. He stopped and we went to the back of the car and the rearend was to hot to touch. He took me home and said he would get it looked at right away. well 2 weeks later at almost 12 midnight he called me to come get him. He had not fixed it and it seized at 75mph on the highway. The carpet had ligh on fire and he said after the car slid to a stop he looked back and the rearend was glowing.
So the point of the story is it took weeks to fail. You had plenty of time to find a place to do it and not ream you.
Whining could be anything but not a emergency that requires you to waste money. Now if you were traveling across miles of desert and it started acting up and the only place for miles was a dealer that would be different.
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Last edited by Danger Dude; 05-13-2005 at 12:55 PM..
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05-13-2005, 12:53 PM
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taking a break
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did you read all of the posts? I think I said I could smell an odor.. pretty strong, when I stopped. My mom also smelled it awhile ago. I said the whinning turned to a very ugly noise. Not a whine at all... like a grinding. In fact, when the grinding was being heard, the whinning went away.
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2002 Sonic Blue GT, 5 Speed
Mods: MGW Short Throw Shifter, Mach 1 Brakes
Black FR500's, Eibach Pro-Kit, Bilstein shocks/struts, Borla Exhaust, Cold Air Intake,
Polished Stainless Steel Inserts, more interior aluminum than I know what to do with
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05-13-2005, 12:55 PM
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taking a break
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I didn't think to hop out and touch the rear end.... I was sickened by the noise of it... and I do A LOT of driving. So I had to get it fixed. I start work in like 5 days, which is an hour trip each way. The gf lives almost 5 hours one way away, and I drive that twice a month... in fact, I was supposed to be driving there RIGHT NOW, but my car is getting fixed. I don't think driving around at 70 mph for 5 hours straight would sit well with my rear end.... now, does that make a little more sense why I jumped and let them do it?
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2002 Sonic Blue GT, 5 Speed
Mods: MGW Short Throw Shifter, Mach 1 Brakes
Black FR500's, Eibach Pro-Kit, Bilstein shocks/struts, Borla Exhaust, Cold Air Intake,
Polished Stainless Steel Inserts, more interior aluminum than I know what to do with
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05-13-2005, 12:56 PM
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Taking life one day at a time
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What is a while ago???? How long had it been whining.
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Last edited by Danger Dude; 05-13-2005 at 12:58 PM..
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05-13-2005, 01:00 PM
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taking a break
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VERDICT IS IN
I just called him... looks like I'm fucked
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2002 Sonic Blue GT, 5 Speed
Mods: MGW Short Throw Shifter, Mach 1 Brakes
Black FR500's, Eibach Pro-Kit, Bilstein shocks/struts, Borla Exhaust, Cold Air Intake,
Polished Stainless Steel Inserts, more interior aluminum than I know what to do with
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05-13-2005, 01:02 PM
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taking a break
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he said when I slide into the ditch, the exhaust slide over and hit some cover off, which allowed all the fluid to escape (funny, I never saw anything in the snow.. or in the driveway...)... and basically, my entire rear axle is junk, all tore up and everything... He said $1200 to fix it. I said "I'll take my car and fix it myself with a rear axle from a junk yard."... so I need help finding a new rear axle.. also, this 'cover' he was talking about. Should I just invest in a GT rear? FUCK this makes me mad. He said the first thing I have to do is get my exhaust fixed... which I was going to do soon. So maybe I'll get my new bumper on and painted, then, take it to the muffler shop, and have them fix my exhaust, and then fix my axle. God damn it and SOB.
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2002 Sonic Blue GT, 5 Speed
Mods: MGW Short Throw Shifter, Mach 1 Brakes
Black FR500's, Eibach Pro-Kit, Bilstein shocks/struts, Borla Exhaust, Cold Air Intake,
Polished Stainless Steel Inserts, more interior aluminum than I know what to do with
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05-13-2005, 01:03 PM
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Taking life one day at a time
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Time to get a 8.8 and gears and prevent further raping
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05-13-2005, 01:06 PM
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Taking life one day at a time
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[quote=jimmy_beaner]he said when I slide into the ditch, the exhaust slide over and hit some cover off, which allowed all the fluid to escape (funny, I never saw anything in the snow.. or in the driveway...)... and basically, my entire rear axle is junk, all tore up and everything... He said $1200 to fix it. I said "I'll take my car and fix it myself with a rear axle from a junk yard."... so I need help finding a new rear axle.. also, this 'cover' he was talking about. QUOTE]
The cover comes on the rearend you will buy!!!
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05-13-2005, 01:14 PM
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You want to **** me?
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
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defanitely get a better gear ratio
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05-13-2005, 01:53 PM
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taking a break
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City: Iowa City, IA
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2002 Sonic Blue GT, 5 Speed
Mods: MGW Short Throw Shifter, Mach 1 Brakes
Black FR500's, Eibach Pro-Kit, Bilstein shocks/struts, Borla Exhaust, Cold Air Intake,
Polished Stainless Steel Inserts, more interior aluminum than I know what to do with
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05-13-2005, 01:57 PM
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taking a break
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City: Iowa City, IA
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2002 Sonic Blue GT, 5 Speed
Mods: MGW Short Throw Shifter, Mach 1 Brakes
Black FR500's, Eibach Pro-Kit, Bilstein shocks/struts, Borla Exhaust, Cold Air Intake,
Polished Stainless Steel Inserts, more interior aluminum than I know what to do with
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05-13-2005, 01:58 PM
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taking a break
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oh, and see Corey... maybe it's a good thing I DIDN'T drive it home... or around town to get it looked at. (and it did just suddenly turn ugly..)
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2002 Sonic Blue GT, 5 Speed
Mods: MGW Short Throw Shifter, Mach 1 Brakes
Black FR500's, Eibach Pro-Kit, Bilstein shocks/struts, Borla Exhaust, Cold Air Intake,
Polished Stainless Steel Inserts, more interior aluminum than I know what to do with
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05-13-2005, 02:09 PM
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taking a break
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City: Iowa City, IA
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well, turns out my friend that bought the Roush, just bought GT to be a doner car to his Roush... and it has a good rear end in it.... it has stock gearing, but it is an option, and I don't have to pay for shipping. Here's the bad news.. he said $800. I told him it wasn't worth that.. and that I would give him $500 for it... he said he'll list it on eBay for $800. Yeah, I was mad at him too.
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2002 Sonic Blue GT, 5 Speed
Mods: MGW Short Throw Shifter, Mach 1 Brakes
Black FR500's, Eibach Pro-Kit, Bilstein shocks/struts, Borla Exhaust, Cold Air Intake,
Polished Stainless Steel Inserts, more interior aluminum than I know what to do with
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05-13-2005, 02:09 PM
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Taking life one day at a time
Join Date: May 2003
City: Simpsonville
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Dude like I said it would not have left you stranded. You had a while but you were in a panic. Thing is you did not take proper care of your car. I wash my car every week and when I do I always get on my back and look under my car as well as look for dripping fluid . I change my rearend lube every 18 months. I also dont drive around with the stereo at warp 10 all the time so I can hear my car. I constantly keep in tune to what my car is doing. Remember $40 for a lube place to change your rear end lube is a bargain compared to replacing a rearend
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05-13-2005, 02:11 PM
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Taking life one day at a time
Join Date: May 2003
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Tell him he should do it. Right now there is a brand new Mosler rearend for sale with brand new axles for less than $700
Your friend is ass BY GOD
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