PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

2004 olds alero

 

Hard to tell. So many for so many reasons.

2006 Pontiac Torrent because it just had so many issues.

2001 Pontiac Grand Am, but it also had nearly 200,000 miles on a 4 cylinder engine.

1996 Chevrolet Camaro because one day it didn't start and instead would just go to the alarm. It has been sitting in our yard for the last 8 years since with no solution figured out.

2001 Chevrolet Silverado. Also high mileage, but so many problems that we sold it and the next owner didn't have it long either.

My 2008 Canyon started decent with two issues, but developed a lot of sensor and electrical issues in the 110,000 miles I drove it. Traded it in after those and seeing the amount of rust on the bottom.

2003 Caravan. Blower stopped working so it had to be hot wired which would deplete the battery if you forgot about it. Horrible MPG, about as bad as any 4x4 I've owned. Brakes liked to remain clamped while driving. So much body rust that the jack went through the bottom of the vehicle. Ball joint issues.

Notice most of the above are GM vehicles.

Best vehicles:

I can't count my Tacoma because I've only put 13,000 miles on it, but they're trouble free so far.

1998 Mustang. It had a couple of issues, but it is now 22 years old and has 114,000 miles.

My parents have had very few issues with their 2015 Colorado and 2016 Escape.

2011 Grand Caravan. Only issue I remember is the AC was leaking from day 1. There was another reason we traded it in, but I don't remember what.

 

When my wife and I were dating she got t-boned by someone who ran a red light and totaled a practically new Focus. While she and I were looking for a replacement her dad bought her a Saturn SC2. Because it had some miles on it, I have no idea whether it was the build quality or if it hadn't been taken care of but that car was the biggest piece of junk I've ever had the displeasure of working on. And it was terrible to work on. Nothing was intuitive and nothing was laid out how it was on any other vehicle I'd worked on.

 

1999 Chevy Venture ninnivan.

1976 Buick Skylark.

Both were POS rides, but they sufficed at the time.

 

worst overall was a pontiac j2000...most have prob never seen/heard of one. had it for 2 weeks lol...

2nd would be my 05 bmw z4...was constantly at the dealership getting something fixed...traded it in to get my 05 xr.

i currently own two 93 rx7's...both with rotary engines. one twin turbo, the other big single. it's a love/hate relationship.

 

I got hitched!

 

Hope you get to use it soon, maybe tow-marrow

 

You’re area use salt on the roads in the winter?

 

Yeah, unfortunately...

Frame got a clean bill of health when I got the truck inspected in August though!

 

Don’t leave that hitch on during the winter.

 

You mean the hitch and not the receiver, right? No way in hell I’m taking the whole bumper off twice a year!

 

When I ordered the “Thin Blue Line” magnets, they came as a pack of four, with two magnets and two “reusable window stickers”; My dad requisitioned one of the reusable stickers for his Yukon...

 

The receiver yea. The ball hitch what ever you want to call it.

 

What about the hitch cover that goes in place of the receiver?

 

If salt can get trapped in there I wouldn’t.

 

Got pulled over for rolling a stop sign maybe a mile from my house on the way home from getting the trailer hitch installed; As most people on here know, my truck is adorned with all sorts of pro-police stuff...

What I did was totally my fault, but an accident. The cop was like “Hey, it happens to the best of us; I’m gonna run you’re license and if everything checks out I’ll send you on your way”. I knew right then and there I wasn’t getting a ticket...

Anyway, the traffic stop ended with me asking the officer if was okay to step out of the truck and show him something. He said sure, and I got out and showed him the subwoofer/amp enclosure that my neighbor and I built two years ago; The cop loved my truck!

So, I got a trailer hitch installed on my truck, got pulled over, made friends with the cop who pulled me over; Now I’m drinking beer and watching Scarface...

Not a bad day at all!

 

Happy ending