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They've been in use for almost 50 years. Some are very simple things and many cars don't have them because their NOx emissions are low enough. Some engines use valve overlap to introduce exhaust gas to the intake instead of using an EGR valve.
Some are quite complex and cause headaches for technicians.
Some are quite complex and cause headaches for technicians.
Ford started using EGR valves as much to reduce pumping losses as NOx reduction.
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04-24-24, 07:07 PM
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Roscoe update.
His bloodwork came back age appropriate for kidney function. Heart is good. The vet is perplexed why he is consuming so much water. For now monitor and report back in a month for chest and abdomen x ray if condition remains the same. Sooner if it worsens. So far it sounds like we limit his water to about 24 ounces/day and we've dodged a bullet for now. He's 14 and I'm grateful for every day.
His bloodwork came back age appropriate for kidney function. Heart is good. The vet is perplexed why he is consuming so much water. For now monitor and report back in a month for chest and abdomen x ray if condition remains the same. Sooner if it worsens. So far it sounds like we limit his water to about 24 ounces/day and we've dodged a bullet for now. He's 14 and I'm grateful for every day.
04-24-24, 07:18 PM
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04-24-24, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by big john;[url=tel:23223024
23223024]They've been in use for almost 50 years. Some are very simple things and many cars don't have them because their NOx emissions are low enough. Some engines use valve overlap to introduce exhaust gas to the intake instead of using an EGR valve.
Some are quite complex and cause headaches for technicians.
Some are quite complex and cause headaches for technicians.
04-24-24, 07:49 PM
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04-24-24, 08:01 PM
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Two foxes are screaming near my campsite.
04-24-24, 08:35 PM
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F carfax
today was Not a Good Day.
drove an hour to sell my very clean, original owner, 50k miles Honda s2000. I get there and the guy says the carfax shows it was stolen in 2004. he says his mechanic wants $250 more to inspect it more thoroughly because he has to make sure of a million things that could have happened 20 years ago. the car has never been stolen. I spend an hour going through various games of phone tree torture to finally find out that my insurance carrier in 2004 mis categorized a claim for a stolen accessory - a hard top which was taken from my garage - as the entire vehicle being stolen.
there is no way to speak to carfax in person. insurance agency has no records from that long ago. they suggested I call Lexis-Nevis to work on getting it corrected. now I’ve wasted several hours, $20 in gas, and an awful lot of frustration for an issue that is absolutely a mistake on someone else’s part. filed a corrrection report with carfax, waiting to see if they respond. I’ll also say that the fact that I have the original manual, title, records, shop manual, photos of the car over the last 20 years, etc etc etc. I also have to say that whatever his mechanic said, the buyer hearing firsthand on the phone that the record begins “customer’s hard top was stolen from garage” and speaking to another highly reputable independent mechanic who checked the extensively and gave it a clean bill of health could have been enough. but no, he wanted me to agree to sell it to him and them resolve the carfax and then have it checked out. no thanks. so annoying.
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drove an hour to sell my very clean, original owner, 50k miles Honda s2000. I get there and the guy says the carfax shows it was stolen in 2004. he says his mechanic wants $250 more to inspect it more thoroughly because he has to make sure of a million things that could have happened 20 years ago. the car has never been stolen. I spend an hour going through various games of phone tree torture to finally find out that my insurance carrier in 2004 mis categorized a claim for a stolen accessory - a hard top which was taken from my garage - as the entire vehicle being stolen.
there is no way to speak to carfax in person. insurance agency has no records from that long ago. they suggested I call Lexis-Nevis to work on getting it corrected. now I’ve wasted several hours, $20 in gas, and an awful lot of frustration for an issue that is absolutely a mistake on someone else’s part. filed a corrrection report with carfax, waiting to see if they respond. I’ll also say that the fact that I have the original manual, title, records, shop manual, photos of the car over the last 20 years, etc etc etc. I also have to say that whatever his mechanic said, the buyer hearing firsthand on the phone that the record begins “customer’s hard top was stolen from garage” and speaking to another highly reputable independent mechanic who checked the extensively and gave it a clean bill of health could have been enough. but no, he wanted me to agree to sell it to him and them resolve the carfax and then have it checked out. no thanks. so annoying.
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04-24-24, 09:53 PM
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today was Not a Good Day.
drove an hour to sell my very clean, original owner, 50k miles Honda s2000. I get there and the guy says the carfax shows it was stolen in 2004. he says his mechanic wants $250 more to inspect it more thoroughly because he has to make sure of a million things that could have happened 20 years ago. the car has never been stolen. I spend an hour going through various games of phone tree torture to finally find out that my insurance carrier in 2004 mis categorized a claim for a stolen accessory - a hard top which was taken from my garage - as the entire vehicle being stolen.
there is no way to speak to carfax in person. insurance agency has no records from that long ago. they suggested I call Lexis-Nevis to work on getting it corrected. now I’ve wasted several hours, $20 in gas, and an awful lot of frustration for an issue that is absolutely a mistake on someone else’s part. filed a corrrection report with carfax, waiting to see if they respond. I’ll also say that the fact that I have the original manual, title, records, shop manual, photos of the car over the last 20 years, etc etc etc. I also have to say that whatever his mechanic said, the buyer hearing firsthand on the phone that the record begins “customer’s hard top was stolen from garage” and speaking to another highly reputable independent mechanic who checked the extensively and gave it a clean bill of health could have been enough. but no, he wanted me to agree to sell it to him and them resolve the carfax and then have it checked out. no thanks. so annoying.
/rant
drove an hour to sell my very clean, original owner, 50k miles Honda s2000. I get there and the guy says the carfax shows it was stolen in 2004. he says his mechanic wants $250 more to inspect it more thoroughly because he has to make sure of a million things that could have happened 20 years ago. the car has never been stolen. I spend an hour going through various games of phone tree torture to finally find out that my insurance carrier in 2004 mis categorized a claim for a stolen accessory - a hard top which was taken from my garage - as the entire vehicle being stolen.
there is no way to speak to carfax in person. insurance agency has no records from that long ago. they suggested I call Lexis-Nevis to work on getting it corrected. now I’ve wasted several hours, $20 in gas, and an awful lot of frustration for an issue that is absolutely a mistake on someone else’s part. filed a corrrection report with carfax, waiting to see if they respond. I’ll also say that the fact that I have the original manual, title, records, shop manual, photos of the car over the last 20 years, etc etc etc. I also have to say that whatever his mechanic said, the buyer hearing firsthand on the phone that the record begins “customer’s hard top was stolen from garage” and speaking to another highly reputable independent mechanic who checked the extensively and gave it a clean bill of health could have been enough. but no, he wanted me to agree to sell it to him and them resolve the carfax and then have it checked out. no thanks. so annoying.
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04-25-24, 05:56 AM
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Only 50K miles on a 20+ year-old car?
04-25-24, 06:52 AM
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04-25-24, 06:57 AM
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04-25-24, 06:59 AM
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The problem with old Saturns in the NE is not the engine or the body. Those typically last forever. It's the underbody/subframe rust that kills them. That is why my mechanic said in good conscience he cannot let it pass inspection later this year. I am guessing the cost to fix a rusted out subframe/suspension is way more than my 1998 SL is worth.
04-25-24, 07:31 AM
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04-25-24, 07:40 AM
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You're talking about 4-legged foxes, right?
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04-25-24, 07:48 AM
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today was Not a Good Day.
drove an hour to sell my very clean, original owner, 50k miles Honda s2000. I get there and the guy says the carfax shows it was stolen in 2004. he says his mechanic wants $250 more to inspect it more thoroughly because he has to make sure of a million things that could have happened 20 years ago. the car has never been stolen. I spend an hour going through various games of phone tree torture to finally find out that my insurance carrier in 2004 mis categorized a claim for a stolen accessory - a hard top which was taken from my garage - as the entire vehicle being stolen.
there is no way to speak to carfax in person. insurance agency has no records from that long ago. they suggested I call Lexis-Nevis to work on getting it corrected. now I’ve wasted several hours, $20 in gas, and an awful lot of frustration for an issue that is absolutely a mistake on someone else’s part. filed a corrrection report with carfax, waiting to see if they respond. I’ll also say that the fact that I have the original manual, title, records, shop manual, photos of the car over the last 20 years, etc etc etc. I also have to say that whatever his mechanic said, the buyer hearing firsthand on the phone that the record begins “customer’s hard top was stolen from garage” and speaking to another highly reputable independent mechanic who checked the extensively and gave it a clean bill of health could have been enough. but no, he wanted me to agree to sell it to him and them resolve the carfax and then have it checked out. no thanks. so annoying.
/rant
drove an hour to sell my very clean, original owner, 50k miles Honda s2000. I get there and the guy says the carfax shows it was stolen in 2004. he says his mechanic wants $250 more to inspect it more thoroughly because he has to make sure of a million things that could have happened 20 years ago. the car has never been stolen. I spend an hour going through various games of phone tree torture to finally find out that my insurance carrier in 2004 mis categorized a claim for a stolen accessory - a hard top which was taken from my garage - as the entire vehicle being stolen.
there is no way to speak to carfax in person. insurance agency has no records from that long ago. they suggested I call Lexis-Nevis to work on getting it corrected. now I’ve wasted several hours, $20 in gas, and an awful lot of frustration for an issue that is absolutely a mistake on someone else’s part. filed a corrrection report with carfax, waiting to see if they respond. I’ll also say that the fact that I have the original manual, title, records, shop manual, photos of the car over the last 20 years, etc etc etc. I also have to say that whatever his mechanic said, the buyer hearing firsthand on the phone that the record begins “customer’s hard top was stolen from garage” and speaking to another highly reputable independent mechanic who checked the extensively and gave it a clean bill of health could have been enough. but no, he wanted me to agree to sell it to him and them resolve the carfax and then have it checked out. no thanks. so annoying.
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04-25-24, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by mschwett;[url=tel:23223103
23223103]today was Not a Good Day.
drove an hour to sell my very clean, original owner, 50k miles Honda s2000. I get there and the guy says the carfax shows it was stolen in 2004. he says his mechanic wants $250 more to inspect it more thoroughly because he has to make sure of a million things that could have happened 20 years ago. the car has never been stolen. I spend an hour going through various games of phone tree torture to finally find out that my insurance carrier in 2004 mis categorized a claim for a stolen accessory - a hard top which was taken from my garage - as the entire vehicle being stolen.
there is no way to speak to carfax in person. insurance agency has no records from that long ago. they suggested I call Lexis-Nevis to work on getting it corrected. now I’ve wasted several hours, $20 in gas, and an awful lot of frustration for an issue that is absolutely a mistake on someone else’s part. filed a corrrection report with carfax, waiting to see if they respond. I’ll also say that the fact that I have the original manual, title, records, shop manual, photos of the car over the last 20 years, etc etc etc. I also have to say that whatever his mechanic said, the buyer hearing firsthand on the phone that the record begins “customer’s hard top was stolen from garage” and speaking to another highly reputable independent mechanic who checked the extensively and gave it a clean bill of health could have been enough. but no, he wanted me to agree to sell it to him and them resolve the carfax and then have it checked out. no thanks. so annoying.
/rant
drove an hour to sell my very clean, original owner, 50k miles Honda s2000. I get there and the guy says the carfax shows it was stolen in 2004. he says his mechanic wants $250 more to inspect it more thoroughly because he has to make sure of a million things that could have happened 20 years ago. the car has never been stolen. I spend an hour going through various games of phone tree torture to finally find out that my insurance carrier in 2004 mis categorized a claim for a stolen accessory - a hard top which was taken from my garage - as the entire vehicle being stolen.
there is no way to speak to carfax in person. insurance agency has no records from that long ago. they suggested I call Lexis-Nevis to work on getting it corrected. now I’ve wasted several hours, $20 in gas, and an awful lot of frustration for an issue that is absolutely a mistake on someone else’s part. filed a corrrection report with carfax, waiting to see if they respond. I’ll also say that the fact that I have the original manual, title, records, shop manual, photos of the car over the last 20 years, etc etc etc. I also have to say that whatever his mechanic said, the buyer hearing firsthand on the phone that the record begins “customer’s hard top was stolen from garage” and speaking to another highly reputable independent mechanic who checked the extensively and gave it a clean bill of health could have been enough. but no, he wanted me to agree to sell it to him and them resolve the carfax and then have it checked out. no thanks. so annoying.
/rant
My lawyer told me there are entire used car lots that only deal in stolen cars.
04-25-24, 09:04 AM
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yeah, it’s literally been sitting in a garage, under a car cover, all but maybe a handful of days for the past 10 years. we have a “family” car - also fun to drive, a wrx sti hatch, and it has around 50k miles in the last 10 years as our daily driver.
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I bought a used car with full service records. It was stolen. The service records were forged. And I picked it up from the very dealer whose records had been forged. In Mexico, where car theft is possibly the number two industry in the country. Nothing but new henceforth.
My lawyer told me there are entire used car lots that only deal in stolen cars.
My lawyer told me there are entire used car lots that only deal in stolen cars.
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04-25-24, 09:11 AM
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I bought a used car with full service records. It was stolen. The service records were forged. And I picked it up from the very dealer whose records had been forged. In Mexico, where car theft is possibly the number two industry in the country. Nothing but new henceforth.
My lawyer told me there are entire used car lots that only deal in stolen cars.
My lawyer told me there are entire used car lots that only deal in stolen cars.
04-25-24, 09:13 AM
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04-25-24, 10:25 AM
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