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October 13, 2005, 5:37 am PDT

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Not to discourage you, but I don't think a mechanic would come to your house to diagnose your car without payment...unless its a neighborhood garage where you get all of your work done. Why do you want to have 2 cars? It really is a luxury expense, unless you have 2 drivers that need to get places every day. The electronic systems in modern cars are real devils- and they need the computers to figure out what is wrong- did you check the battery connections? If they are corroded, the car won't start. Did you try to jump it? Is the battery dead? Is the starter the problem? Have you gone on the honda website to try to figure it out? Good luck- I hate dealing with cars- and have had to for years--- 
Well, that's just it.  My husband complains constantly about his truck which "drinks a lot of gas'" so I was actually going to get it fixed for him.  Is that stupid. My broken-down car can run on one tank of gas for almost 2 weeks, whereas, his truck, maybe a week.  I don't know what to do. I'm so tired of hearing him complain and using my my new car and I doubt seriously he ever is in a position to finance anything.
 
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November 23, 2005, 9:52 pm PST

Money Saving Tips and Tricks

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Not to discourage you, but I don't think a mechanic would come to your house to diagnose your car without payment...unless its a neighborhood garage where you get all of your work done. Why do you want to have 2 cars? It really is a luxury expense, unless you have 2 drivers that need to get places every day. The electronic systems in modern cars are real devils- and they need the computers to figure out what is wrong- did you check the battery connections? If they are corroded, the car won't start. Did you try to jump it? Is the battery dead? Is the starter the problem? Have you gone on the honda website to try to figure it out? Good luck- I hate dealing with cars- and have had to for years--- 

Hey there, I live in Australia and if I was in your shoes and couldn't afford to get my car fixed because I didn't know what was wrong with it, I'd try selling the car cheaply from home or sell the parts individually, at least that way, you would you might get a little bit of cash back. 

Hope this has helped a little. 

  

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Valerie 

 

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December 6, 2005, 3:15 pm PST

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Not to discourage you, but I don't think a mechanic would come to your house to diagnose your car without payment...unless its a neighborhood garage where you get all of your work done. Why do you want to have 2 cars? It really is a luxury expense, unless you have 2 drivers that need to get places every day. The electronic systems in modern cars are real devils- and they need the computers to figure out what is wrong- did you check the battery connections? If they are corroded, the car won't start. Did you try to jump it? Is the battery dead? Is the starter the problem? Have you gone on the honda website to try to figure it out? Good luck- I hate dealing with cars- and have had to for years--- 

Hi, My husband is a auto tach at a gm dealer.Keep your eyes open when you are out and about. techs wear their uniforms all the time.If you can find one, just ask them if they do side work. they won't charge you as much as a dealer would, but you get your car fixed. people do it all the time to my husband. He makes pretty good money at it too. Bewarned though you need a dealer tech, not just any  garage mechanic,.some are shadey. And i must tell you having 2 cars  is a great idea, that way if one breaks down, you have one to drive while you get it fixed, so your not stuck. 

 


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