Greetings all Does anyone have any idea as to modifying Bimmers? FWIW, I have '97 Z3 1.9 4cyl. It's prob worth about $15K (Australian), and I'm not in the position to upgrade to a newer car anytime soon, as I'll likely be going overseas in the next 2 years. Also, sad as it sounds, I've had it...

My engine all of a sudden seems to have developed knocking on low RPM yesterday. This is a 1999 Nissan Maxima at 110,000 miles and I did all the required maintenance. While I was bring it to a local mechanic, the "service engine soon" light came on. The mechanics read the code and it is something...

Hello all, I'm thinking about designing and building this car, which I think would be very cool. Here are some basics on it. I have some plans in mind for what I would like to build. Here's a kind of list of the things I would like to include. Can someone reply with comments on what would work...

The awaited launch of Burt Young's official website is now available on the Internet for the public. The website has become a literal library describing his milestones. His most recent endeavors include a marvelous display of contemporary artwork and paintings. He can be browsed at...

Hi everyone, Sometime this week I'm about to assume car lease (4 years, 12 months remaining). All paperwork is done, we just need to go and official sign the transfer. But, I just found that the car has accident in its history. Now, the current owner told me that the car had small accident,...

Refrigerant oil is visible on the threads outside the center shaft. Can just the seal/gasket be replaced? Or does the whole compressor need replacing? 1995 Chevy S-10 pickup.

I'm thinking about buying but am hesitant because of what I've read on these engines. Appears that they are notorius for gasket failure resulting in coolant leaking into engine potentialy resulting in engine failure. Are my fears well-founded? Or am I being too paranoid? Or are these engines known...

i just bought a car yesturday 2000 maxima GLE...its got 121K...oil changes done regulary, drives fine, this morning when i went to start it up after a minute or 2 the RPM's dropped and went back up and stalled, i restarted it and it did it again...i restrted it and it stayed on this time but still...

Does anyone here use their vehicle to advertise for others? I have googled car wrapping and other advertising options, but i have only found one company and i have yet to receive a call from them. If you use or know of a company i could contract with, please let me know, as i am interested in doing...

I am purchasing a car from New Hampshire and I live in Massachusetts I was wondering if the year of the car is a 1985 do i need a title or dont i becuase when you look it up it the sites all say after 1990 yes bfore 1980 no? If seems to me as though the forgot about 10 years.

Hi all, 2000 Town Car. When I take the key out, the seats go all the way back. When I put the key in, they go back to where they were. Can I disable this? It's wearing out the mechanism, and I don't need it anyway. I've tried the procedure in the owner's manual to disable the seat memory...

The temperature guage on my wife's 1996 Mazda MPV stays on zero. I think it might be an issue with the coolant temperature sensor, but I don't know where the sensor is located on the engine, or what it looks like. The Chilton manual is no help at all. Is there anyone out there who can give me...

Hey There, I vended some old parts at the Dothan AL swap meet and was really impressed with the folks who are putting on this show... super nice and very helpful. Watch for big things to come from this swapmeet in the future as they also have a super facitily with lots of land to expand. I took...

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Hey, I have a 1999 Toyota Corolla with 58,000 miles. My brakes are a bit soft, but I haven't had any scraping or other noises. But something a bit worrisome has happened the last 3 weeks. Maybe 1 out of every 2 times, I will pull out of my driveway, which slopes down steeply, and while my foot...

I am going to paint my car with Dupont centari.Can this be clear coated?Thanks -- dzmotor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dzmotor's Profile: http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/member.php?userid=475760 View this thread:...

I just got court for doing 84 in a 65, and "not wearing a seatbelt", however that dumbass was an asshole, because for once i WAS wearing my seat belt... I'm not overly sure what I'm supposed to do, I just gotta figure out a way to get those points off my insurance asap (i've thought of a driving...

I'm trying to remember what car has an icon symbol that looks like a circle (or oval) with a smaller circle circle inside it. The smaller circle is "hanging" from the top of the bigger circle like a teardrop. It might be an old mazda symbol but I'm not sure.

I'm tired of renting a truck to occasionally move furniture or lumber and other items that are too big to fit in my car. I don't want to buy a truck that I'd only use once every month or so. I'd like to buy a small utility trailer and get a hidden hitch for my Mazda 3. But would this shorten the...

Most automobiles are at least 25% less efficient then five to ten year old technologies should have given us if the auto industry had lived up to their claims of customer service... perhaps the good thing is that higher gas prices will result in less consumption... Unfortunately, less than...