Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Sapphireho]

Darn. Wife just text me from work. The check engine light came on in the Honda. I should probably get a cheap code reader. Always something.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Darn. Wife just text me from work. The check engine light came on in the Honda. I should probably get a cheap code reader. Always something.

Same thing just happened with our Suburban but I already know the cause, it has be emissions inspected by the end of the month... Happens with one of our cars just about every year.

I love my code reader paired with torque. Best $20 I ever spent ($15 for the reader, $5 for the "pro" version of torgue)

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Same thing just happened with our Suburban but I already know the cause, it has be emissions inspected by the end of the month... Happens with one of our cars just about every year.

I love my code reader paired with torque. Best $20 I ever spent ($15 for the reader, $5 for the "pro" version of torgue)

What reader?


Edit; I'm lucky, this is my first check engine light in one of our cars since the oxygen sensor went out on my truck under warranty in 2005.


Just got this and paid $5 to have it delivered today. Says compatible with Torque Pro. Awesome!
Veepeak Mini Bluetooth OBD2 Scanner... $10.98

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

That never happens here.

Funny part is, this is first time in... 15yrs I’ve worked and they closed due to snow. Other branches have closed, but I work in the main office, so they never close.

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Need to move to Atlanta, it gets cancelled if there is a threat of snow somewhere in the general vicinity. Anything over two snowflakes falling counts.....

Maybe I should move there. Lol

[echo419]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Maybe I should move there. Lol

no! traffic is bad enough. we're full.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

What reader?

Mine is probably 5 to 8 years old and bigger than the one you ordered, but the Bluetooth ones (at least on the low end) are all about the same.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

...I'm lucky, this is my first check engine light in one of our cars since the oxygen sensor went out on my truck under warranty in 2005.

Of the 5 cars in my family, only one is under 100,000 miles, and one of them is over 200,000 miles so O2 sensor failures are the cost of doing business for us. Still cheaper than a new car!

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Of the 5 cars in my family, only one is under 100,000 miles, and one of them is over 200,000 miles so O2 sensor failures are the cost of doing business for us. Still cheaper than a new car!

That is what I keep telling my kids. You can do a lot of repairs a year for a fraction of the cost of car payments!


Of our 6 cars only 2 are over 100k: Honda 133k, Porsche 123k. I have 3 under 40k! I shouldn't need to buy a car for a long long time I hope.

[EAGLE5]

I love buying new cars. I tend to get bored or my needs change. We have 5 cars right now. We'll be turning in the leased Spark in a month, and likely will sell the Forester in the next year.

Just bought Sony in-ear noise cancelling headphones. I can't sleep with over-the-ear Bose.

I hadn't driven the truck for a few weeks. Man, it is comfortable, and it's great for bombing out of steep driveways like the one at work.

Saw a BRZ owner last night at the gas station. Dude wasn't on the forum but was on Facebook. So sad.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

I love buying new cars. I tend to get bored..

Well yea. You're buying Sparks and Foresters! Major snooze fest.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Saw a BRZ owner last night at the gas station. Dude wasn't on the forum but was on Facebook. So sad.

That's how it is these days.

Most people only come on here for the marketplaces, if they even go on the forums at all.

Otherwise, "what's the forum even useful for?"

Hate to say it but it starts with my generation. Super lame.

[echo419]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Saw a BRZ owner last night at the gas station. Dude wasn't on the forum but was on Facebook. So sad.

I'm on the forum and don't even have a FB page.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by echo419

I'm on the forum and don't even have a FB page.

Isn't Facebook that site where bored married women hook up with high school boyfriends to bang on the side? Or is it the one where people can announce to burglars they will be out of town? I forget.

[qcbaker]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Isn't Facebook that site where board married women hook up with high school boyfriends to bang on the side? Or is it the one where people can announce to burglars they will be out of town? I forget.