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herbieS13
10-06-2011, 12:00 AM
So I woke up at apx. 03:00am get ready for work which would be just shy of 24hrs. go to start my car come to find out its dead, no big deal, I jump the car off and go on my marry way. 1 mile down the road getting out of my neighborhood i get pulled over because one of my headlights are out (s13 popups) the stupid plug got loose, i get my ticket and head to work mind you this little hickup set me back 35mins. half way to my destination i notice a ticking sound while turning right and the car begins to shake violently at 45+mph, so im think its a tie and/or tension rod. i limp it to work and a 1/4 mile away from the parking lot i hit a GIANT bump in the road which has appeared litterally over night, and it pops my rear pass. tire. i goto work and get to the range i was providing coverage for (im a medic in the army) i lose my airborne tab off of my deployment patch so i have to take that off. fast forward 21hours. i borrowed someone's spare which also popped 1/2 a mile away from the parking lot, but when i took my wheel off i discovered not only is my tire blown but my wheel is also bent to shit (18x10 motegi touge) and to my knowledge these are discontinued and i never see them for sale anymore....fantastic. so spare tire pops and immediately following both axels give out. so i had to sit for 25min until someone cold pick me up @ 1am:picardfp:


im going to set this car on fire

in closing i will drink until i pass out and when i come to i will begin a fruitless hunt for axels (i know they dont have any in this little backwoods louisiana dump they call a town)

jambadre
10-06-2011, 12:05 AM
My sympathies, days like those always fucking suck, i think most zilvians have a story or two about shitty 240's.

gunmetalr32
10-06-2011, 12:06 AM
Fuck.... That sucks.. I'll drink Beer with you..

One_love_silvia
10-06-2011, 12:08 AM
My sympathies, days like those always fucking suck, i think most zilvians have a story or two about shitty 240's.

holy shit andre is posting on zilvia?!!? you must have really moved him my unlucky friend. hahaha

foxystyle
10-06-2011, 12:32 AM
Have them shipped in. I'm pretty sure I saw axels on a sale post. Some guy has just about every part a 240will ever need.

Slammed Assassin
10-06-2011, 12:39 AM
wow that sucks!! tomorrow is a new fresh day!!

herbieS13
10-06-2011, 12:53 AM
so to mitigate one of the problems anyone know how i can get the plug for the headlight to stay without removing the boot?

WillEastS14
10-06-2011, 06:24 AM
Fuck.... That sucks.. I'll drink Beer with you..

I IZ SORRY, :wtc:

joe62890
10-06-2011, 06:56 AM
Holy hell man. What a horrid day. I have an extra set of axles if you want to PM me an offer for them I'd be more than willing to ship them to you.

blueshark123
10-06-2011, 07:39 AM
Look just get the rim fix at any rim shop they charge 50 bucks around me if its not that serious. then take ur axles to get rebuilt its like 50 each but i doubt both axles blew it may be ur diff.

nightsauce
10-06-2011, 07:56 AM
i had one of these recently as well. Spread out over 3 days. :|

i know the feeling.

Eyegazm
10-06-2011, 08:21 AM
should have got a coupe.

Dolph_KYAS13
10-06-2011, 08:45 AM
I feel your pain man, last week i got super sick, then driving home late at night my skyline dumped all the coolant and blew a head gasket. go into work the next day to find out i was getting laid off. Worst..

conrad_s13.5
10-06-2011, 09:06 AM
thought i was the only one with this kinda luck!

shit'll get better mang.....always does.

zooopreme
10-06-2011, 09:07 AM
should have got a coupe.

coupes are for :hey: jk

but damn OP, sounds like a bad day. But like somebody said, there's always tomorrow. Keep your head up!

Tomkun-s13
10-06-2011, 09:25 AM
so to mitigate one of the problems anyone know how i can get the plug for the headlight to stay without removing the boot?

Just take a pair of needle nose pliers and bend the male ends on the light outwards just slightly to give it a snug fit with the connector on the harness..

Oh, and sorry to hear about you luck guy, but I think we all have those days with our 240's

Chaluska
10-06-2011, 09:40 AM
ugh, i know the feeling man, just remember that you will look back after all the problems are fixed, and still be just as pissed off as you are now

time to find a new car. lol