[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

so the same mechanically-inept neighbor that gave me the free snowblower has a '96 lumina. probably one of the last lumina's in the midwest that hasn't entirely returned to earth, or become one with a telephone pole/ditch in the hands of a teenager. it ranks as the 2nd worst-shape car on the block, losing only to the dented and taped-up-window '91 camry rolling on a space saver spare, but that at least starts and moves every day. #toyota.

lately it's been at least once a day, but since last summer, he's been going out at random hours during the day, starts it, immediately revs it until it bounces off the rev limiter for 1-2 minutes at a time, and does this for about 10-20 minutes every time. tonight, he's done it 3 times since i got home at 5:00.

as soon as he lets off the murder rev, the car sometimes idles like a lumpy cam, or just outright dies. newest guess is it's got an idle circuit malfunction, and he's attempting to 'fix' it as a driver-seat-mechanic, italian-tuneup style. of course, being a mid-90's car, it's likely a vacuum leak from the rats nest of hoses all those cars had...

i don't want to ask about it, as i don't want to help fix it, or take the risk of getting a 'free' car out of the deal that's worth about $140 in scrap...


so i sit here at 9:00 at night listening to a combination of murder-rev, and the starter cranking for 5 minute intervals just hoping to hear the pop of the motor giving up and sending a piston towards the heavens.

No gunshots tonight?