acidbath Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 So today I went out to buy a car. I went and test drove a 1991 VR-4 [3000GT] and it was cool. Ran well, everything worked inside, and it had a nice shiny gloss paint to it. So I pay the guy, sign all the paperwork and drive it off to the freeway going back home. The oil ran out. What the heck? How's that? Car started clickin', had to pull over to the first exit I could see and get it into a parking lot of a gas station. I poured 4 quarts of oil into it and still sounded like crap. Scotty [scottydont] met up with me at the gas station and helped out a lot. We got a tow-truck in and we towed the car back to my house. Now it sits until I find out exactly what's wrong with it, and then I'll have to probably dish out a lot of money to get it fixed. End of story. Moral of the story: Starion > The World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoolinturbo Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 (edited) pix or ban Edited July 14, 2008 by spoolinturbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbath Posted July 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 I shall post pics, I'm just a tad bummed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logikfive Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 (edited) Shame on you for not checking the oil... That's one of the first things I do when buying a new vehicle. Either way those cars are pretty nice! Edited July 14, 2008 by logikfive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbath Posted July 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 (edited) Yes, shame on me. This is the nicest lemon I ever bought. Edited July 14, 2008 by acidbath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbath Posted July 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/acidagent/DSC04436.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/acidagent/DSC04437.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/acidagent/DSC04440.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/acidagent/DSC04438.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/acidagent/DSC04439.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwolf Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Oh didnt read anywhere that you said it was a vr4! Those are nice...i would want the 6speed though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbath Posted July 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 yeah, except they're more expensive. Now I'm stuck with a car that needs a new engine. Great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turborusty Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 That thing looks like junk....... Actually it looks quite nice. Turborusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Welcome Mat in your driveway?? Way too cool! Dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turborusty Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Welcome Mat in your driveway?? Way too cool! Dad Dad, that's for the oil that spits out the exhaust. Turborusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbath Posted July 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Lol, this would be all nice if the car wasn't pretty much worthless. I spent my money on buying it.. now I gotta spend even more money trying to fix it. acidbath = epic fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwolf Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 The motor is for sure shot? and yeah 3kgt's are expensive..especially the vr4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbath Posted July 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Well, a friend of mine who works a lot on engine basically told me by listening to it.. this is depressing cause I didn't even drive the car for like 15 minutes before it died. Such a sad fate. Well, he'll be doing a visual inspection of it, who knows? Perhaps I need to stop worrying and just buy a new engine. I mean c'mon now, money grows on trees! Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 have fun changing those back three spark plugs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 have fun changing those back three spark plugs! Easy to do when the motors on a stand. Dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr4mnceMan Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Easy to do when the motors on a stand. Dad Buuurn....I'm sorry acid bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainstreaM Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 I'd look into your local lemon laws. Sounds like the guy that sold it to you knew it had problems. I'd try to take it up with him first. Kane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 I'd look into your local lemon laws. Sounds like the guy that sold it to you knew it had problems. I'd try to take it up with him first. Kane I went and test drove a 1991 VR-4 [3000GT] and it was cool. Ran well, everything worked inside, and it had a nice shiny gloss paint to it. I would look into it also, however I am sure that your bill of sale said AS IS> That realy sux My friend, Dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbath Posted July 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Indeed, sucks majorly. There might be a way, who knows. If he didn't already smog it for me, then I can probably have it returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technology Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 nice lawn. too bad about yer car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Dont Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 looks good > sounds like crap good luck let me know if there is anything else i can do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Oh man, that sucks to hear. Granted I've sorta been in that position before - bought a car that was fine, 2 days later the CEL light came on and found out it needed almost $2,000 worth of parts. I was livid. In any regard, best of luck with that car. It's clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbath Posted July 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Good news. He didn't have the car smogged before selling it. Now I have a great chance of getting my money back or having him do costly repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 This is the ghost of the Starion angry at you. I hope you sacraficed that engine to appease the Starion gods. LOL... JDM engine FTW... car is niiiiiice and shiny. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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