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A Life of Arctic Sounds

Posted 03-31-2012 at 07:27 AM by OANST
I bought a new car yesterday. It's a 97 Ford Taurus with 144,000 miles. I test drove it the day before, and everything was great. Brakes, transmission, engine, everything worked perfectly. So, I came back last night, payed for the car, and drove it off. After getting about a mile down the road, the brakes completely failed.

I fucking hate cars.
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Crashpunk's Avatar
That really sucks.

I've only heard negative things about used cars.
Posted 03-31-2012 at 09:27 AM by Crashpunk

OANST's Avatar
Well, I'll still come out ahead. Even if I have to put 500 dollars in the car, I only paid 1,500.00 for it, so it's still a whole lot better than paying 15,000.00 over four years.
Posted 03-31-2012 at 09:40 AM by OANST

MeechMunchie's Avatar
Did the salesman have a wiry moustache and a gold tooth? Because I can tell you two places you went wrong if he did.
Posted 03-31-2012 at 09:58 AM by MeechMunchie

OANST's Avatar
It was a private seller.

And if I find out that they tampered with the brakes to make them seem okay for the short term, I am going to press charges for attempted murder.
Posted 03-31-2012 at 10:02 AM by OANST

JennyGenesis's Avatar
Does this look familiar to you?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../Kia_Shuma.JPG
Posted 03-31-2012 at 10:36 AM by JennyGenesis

OANST's Avatar
Ummmm. No? Should it?
Posted 03-31-2012 at 10:37 AM by OANST

Varrok's Avatar
Did you have problems stopping the car without using brakes? I mean: are you and is it ok?
Posted 03-31-2012 at 11:50 AM by Varrok

OANST's Avatar
I got it stopped. The emergency brake works fine.

The brakes themselves are fine, too. It has to be a problem with the master cylinder, or the brake line.
Posted 03-31-2012 at 12:13 PM by OANST

JennyGenesis's Avatar
What I was saying was that the Kia Shuma looks very similar to the Taurus.
Posted 03-31-2012 at 02:43 PM by JennyGenesis

Wil's Avatar
This is what you get for mentioning anything vaguely car-like, OANST. Damn you!
Posted 03-31-2012 at 03:38 PM by Wil

MeechMunchie's Avatar
Ironically, this blog still didn't have much driving in it.
Posted 03-31-2012 at 04:06 PM by MeechMunchie

Phylum's Avatar
JG will take any chance he can.
Posted 03-31-2012 at 04:52 PM by Phylum

JennyGenesis's Avatar
When he mentioned the Ford Taurus the first thing I thought in my head was that it looks very similar to the Kia Shuma, so I posted a picture, I really didn't think you needed to be a car expert to see that they both look similar.
Posted 04-01-2012 at 12:46 AM by JennyGenesis

Wings of Fire's Avatar
I really don't think anybody cares.

I censored that comment in my head five times before I said it, it's still rude, but there you go. Nobody cares. Nobody.
Posted 04-01-2012 at 02:12 AM by Wings of Fire

Wings of Fire's Avatar
The first draft would have had Wil on my back for being ableist.
Posted 04-01-2012 at 02:14 AM by Wings of Fire

enchilado's Avatar
My dad told me never to use the brakes anyway.
Posted 04-01-2012 at 02:51 AM by enchilado

Mr. Bungle's Avatar
Building nothing out of something.
Posted 04-01-2012 at 08:53 PM by Mr. Bungle

Lucky the emergency brakes work, you would've seen your money fly into bits and pieces if it weren't for those.
Posted 04-02-2012 at 02:18 AM by sheridanm962

Nate's Avatar
What are emergency brakes? I'm quite sure I've never driven a car with them.
Posted 04-02-2012 at 04:21 AM by Nate

MeechMunchie's Avatar
I think he means the handbrake.
Posted 04-02-2012 at 05:01 AM by MeechMunchie

OANST's Avatar
Mine is actually used with my left foot, but yeah, same concept.
Posted 04-02-2012 at 07:30 AM by OANST

 

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