Posted on 11/20/2025 9:42:56 AM PST by Red Badger
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Sensor failure on cylnder #4.....
Input camshaft lobe positioning sensor low voltage!
Oxygen sensor no output.
arrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh!.....
How about just make it easier. Really the process is insane. Last time I bought a car I had it all set. I had the VIN of the car I wanted to test drive, I had a cashiers check for the down, I had a pre-approved loan that would cover the rest. 20 minute test drive, yeah I like it, lets pull the trigger. Then FOUR FREAKING HOURS of... I don’t what. Honestly. Yeah in there was 10 minutes of signing crap. But everything else was just, whatever freaking churn the dealership has. And sales people talking to me constantly about nothing, bad socializing. Fix that. I should have been in and out in an hour tops.
We paid by cashier’s check for our last three cars and still took hours, exactly as you stated............
Yes had the same issues with the fuel injectors $2.000.00
And a few other items the check engin light comes on like a pin ball machine.
Five different brand of cars over the last 15 years
Yes all of the paper work is crazy.
I leased my last car and we did a lot of the work over the internet, but as usual when I got down there to pick up the car I still had another 30 minutes or so of paperwork in the Finance office and I had already put down my downpayment over the internet.
I converted a Lincoln SA200 welder from hand cranked to electric starter after a few sore wrists and arms from it kicking back and hitting me with the crank. Especially after asking the previous owner who mentioned his brother getting some teeth knocked out cranking a similar engine on a baler.
The Model T was notorious enough about kicking back if you set the advance up too far that the injury came to be known as a “Ford Fracture.”
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