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Posted by D-res on Nov-14-2007 05:26:

God Damn Used Carso

So I just got a used car, a '99 Alero, and three days after picking it up, its broke on me. I drove over to my buddies place and we were gonna cruise around and puff. I parked on the side of his building and now I can't, for whatever reason, shift out of park. It's straight up stuck, won't budge. I'm also parked on a "Resident Preferred Parking" side of the street, meaning you're ticketed if you don't have a permit saying you live at the place you're parked in front of.

Fuck.

Posted by jfk-pilot on Nov-14-2007 05:29:

thats gods punishment for buying a oldsmobile

Posted by Spacey Orange on Nov-14-2007 05:58:

knock down the sign(s).

Posted by jupiterone on Nov-14-2007 06:02:

Something similar to that nature happened to my Subaru.

Wouldn't budge out of Park because I had something fried below the dashboard, drivers side. I forgot what it was called but it initiated when the brake was pushed down, allowing you to switch gears. If I remember what it was called I'll tell you, don't know if that's the case or not but you never know

My memories been a bit blah lately

Posted by tubularbills on Nov-14-2007 06:04:

this is exactly why i refuse to be used. or , at least, used that is more than 2 years old.

i don't want to inherit someone else's problems.

sucks man

Posted by D-res on Nov-14-2007 06:15:

I was reading about some similar problems people had. Sounds more or less like I'm going to have to get it towed, or it could be just a $15 problem, but I have no way of fixing it right now. I have about 5% chance it'll just work next time I try.

Posted by Clovis on Nov-14-2007 06:15:

Dude thats what you get for buying an Alero

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Nov-14-2007 06:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Clovis
Dude thats what you get for buying an Alero

yeah, ill be the first to admit that i know fuck all about cars, but wtf is an alero?

anyways, don't stress d-res. let's go out for a drink to commiserate and get your mind off it. can you you pick me up? oh wait...

Posted by nchs09 on Nov-14-2007 12:54:

quote:
Originally posted by jfk-pilot
thats gods punishment for buying a oldsmobile
+!

and if you would of bought a stick, you would never have the problem of not getting it out of park.

Posted by r5a on Nov-14-2007 13:57:

i drive a 92' plymouth acclaim. that shit is fucking ghetto as hell. 100hp ftw. no power windows, doors, seats no abs. only hot air, broken CASSETEE player. it's pretty bad.

anyway, that sucks with your car issue, hope you get it fixed. thats really odd how it's just stuck.

Posted by zoogla on Nov-14-2007 14:19:

Not sure how it works because I never drive automatic, but I recall the gears being stuck sometimes in rentals I've driven if the steering lock is still engaged. Sometimes you have to fiddle with the ignition and steering wheel and make sure you hear some sort of click then you can take the car out of park.

Not sure, again, what I'm talking about because it's very rare that I drive auto and I can't remember exactly what the above process was and why.

Posted by L.E.N. on Nov-14-2007 20:05:

Re: God Damn Used Carso

quote:
Originally posted by D-res
So I just got a used car, a '99 Alero,

You were fucked before you even turned the key.

Posted by glass on Nov-14-2007 20:12:

What the hell is a Dres???