![]() Yeah, they’re boring four-door automatics. We don’t get a lot to go on regarding its mechanical condition, but a quick inspection by someone who knows what they’re looking for should tell you what you need to know. It looks good, and it’s a great shade of blue, even better than that Scion earlier this week. I mean, no one has any idea whether a Maserati’s odometer stops before 300,000 miles. But the fact that that’s a well-known problem speaks highly of the car’s engineering and build quality. But no matter how well you care for it, this car will never see 300,000 – the odometer simply won’t go that high it stops at 299,999. It’s in good condition, especially for being north of 200,000 miles. In other words, they’re both just plain decent cars. They’re not the most exciting things on four wheels, but they’re both known to be reliable and durable, both have plenty of space for people and stuff, and both are all-wheel-drive, which is a benefit during a winter like the one we just had. The fact is, there are actually some decent cars available for the sort of money we usually deal with, and I feel it’s only fair to occasionally feature a couple of them. The cries of “ugh, neither” and “what did we do to deserve this?” don’t go completely unheeded. Now then: I know I subject you all to a lot of really strange and crappy piles of junk. I do hope the Victor finds a forever home, though it would be a shame if it just kept rotting away. But that little black Renault is hard to resist. Mon dieu that poor Vauxhall never stood a chance. Crazy, huh? I have a feeling I know which car won yesterday’s battle of the weirdos, but let’s confirm it: A more moderate temp startup (60s-70s) is around 1800rpm.Good morning! Today we’re in the Chicago suburbs, looking at two cars you could actually, you know, drive. On the coldest days this past January, I think I saw mine right at or maybe even a bit over 2k RPM when started and in park. It should drop down to a more normal idle RPM as soon as you you put it into any gear since it expects you will be opening the throttle very soon, and therefore raising the RPMs during driving. I live dangerously but have been lucky in life so far. Turns out I also had a badly busted rear wheel bearing. I did that for over 4500 miles last May on a long trip, stopping every 100-200 miles to top off oil and coolant. Mixing cold with hot coolant in the overflow bottle then pouring it into the radiator would allow me to immediately refill without cracking the radiator. The temp gauge would then wander all over the place as the themostat opened and closed constantly trying to prevent an overheat. Then it wanted to overheat all the time due to a bad head gasket (at the very least) due to it fairly heavily consuming coolant (but, not mixing with oil) and running low. It couldn't get up to full operating temp until I replaced the thermostat. The Geo Metro I had prior to the Vibe had that happen as a result of a bad overheat from a leaking radiator I didn't know about. Mostly that happens when people remove their thermostat removed to "fix" overheating problems, or a thermostat is stuck open from a past overheating. Running too cold can be just as hard on an engine as too hot. It runs at a higher RPM to warm itself up faster depending on how cold it is out. It's warming up when you first start it up. But then, after driving it briefly the idle rpm drops to around 1,000. Edennis wrote:Ok, so new info- when I first start the car the rpm sits around 2,000. ![]()
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