im 18 years old, and im on my third car since i got my liscense. i consider myself to be the most unlucky person alive when it comes to cars.
First Car
first i had a 95 del sol that ran perfectly when i bought it. 5 months later, i had a head gasket leak, a bad tranny and clutch, my radio didnt work, my targa top leaked like crazy, my speedo was 17 mph off, and i was pissed. previously somebody had tried to break into my car in houston (unsuccessfully), and had destroyed my lock cylinders. i had to order new ones for both doors, but get this! honda WILL NOT make two lock cylinders for the same key! i had a key for my ignition and trunk, a different key for my passenger door, and another key for the drivers side door. so i sold the car.
Second Car
ok, so now i didnt have a car. i was young, i was stupid. so i bought another sol. this time a 94 vtec, a little nicer ergonomics than the previous one, and 250 dollars cheaper. this time i took the car to a professional mechanic before purchasing it, and he assured me it was a decent car. exactly 35 days after driving this thing my power steering pump and rack went out. a week later i lost a/c to a bad a/c compressor (this was the worst part seeing as i live in texas), and my speakers/head unit were stolen in broad daylight (wal-mart parking lot!). even after that i kept the car in hopes of it running good again. but oh no, that could never happen! my clutch was starting to go out, i couldnt shift into third gear ever, and only sometimes into 4th, and i had a vacuum leak. so i sold this car, vowing to never own another honda.
Third (and current) Car
Over the past summer i purchased a stock 1997 eclipse gs-t with 57000 miles on it. it had one previous owner, a 49 year old lady who had wanted a "cute" car. as soon as i purchased it i started modding. by the time i was done i had a fmic, crushed 1g bov, big 16g, 550cc injectors, walboro 255hp fuel pump, 2.5" turbo-back exhaust, an safc-2, tokico suspension, a pocketlogger, dejon tool intake, and 2 sparco racing seats. i was happy as could be, and i though nothing could go wrong (yeah right). two weeks after i had installed the last seatbelt, i got in a wreck. a drunk hillbilly in a dualie pulled out in front of me, forcing me into the curb. i bent my rim, destroyed my control arm, snapped both my motor and tranny mount, and a host of other crap. all in all, 1800 dollars in repairs. i only had to pay 250, thanks to my insurance company. 3 weeks later i got my car back, but the shop had bad news. they couldnt find another rim like mine, so they left the bent one on their. so i had to go buy a brand new set of rims. 4 17" black enkei's later my car was back to normal, or so i thought. my tranny completley went out, and my act 2100 started slipping. i decided to get a tranny that would last forever, so i ordered a awd/fwd tranny from teamrip.com, and got awd axles from a junkyard. i also purchased an act 2600. 20 weeks later i have all that installed and i think, finally, im done! but then the flange on my mbc went out. i got in a race with a modded srt-4 and things screwed up. bad. i had actually been on the way to the mitsu dealership, and ironically i broke down 20 ft from it. i had to get my head completley rebuilt, a new head gasket, and other shit. 1000 dollars. i picked my car up 2 days ago, and now i still have a bad mbc, but something new. my power steering rack is bad and its 700 dollars to replace.
The Verdict
I've decided to give the car away (j/k) and my moped is on the way. i don't car about topping out at 35 mph or how dorky i'll look, at least everytime it breaks i can afford another one!!!!!