Recent content by zolemite

I've replaced everything mentioned. I'm not kidding either. My car must have been a lemon. It looks great though.

mine cost $720 I believe at about 110k miles

Would a leak cause the transmission to slip? When I looked under the car the smoke was coming out in front of the cat. I'm sure it's the original cat.

My car is now smoking and the transmission is slipping. I know these are symptoms of maybe a bad cat. Any input would be appreciated. The trans was rebuilt about 30k miles ago. Car has about 163k. This car will be the death of me. I'm getting a new car this week, but would like to get something...

If you want 2nd gear just shift out of 1st to 3rd then back to 1st. I tried it and it was in 2nd. That is a old Mustang trick

Well I decided to keep my car and bought a bike instead of having a payment in these tough times. The Lincoln is actually running great. Surprisingly

Those tires look nice and a decent price too. Battery is about $75. Just buy the tires and bring your car to NTB and they will install them for $80

That hood is sweet

The s60r is the turbocharged awd one with a 6 speed transmission. I'm defiantly ready to get rid of the Conti. Let someone else enjoy fixing it for a while. I like the car just want something newer and don't want to spend over 14k. The power of this car is not that great and I don't really ever...

Just about all the stuff that can go wrong with these cars did with mine. She runs great just wanting something newer. I was thinking of storing her somewhere for about 20 years, but that would be too expensive.

I'm getting a new car this month. Thinking of a Volvo S60R. My Conti cost me too much money.. Here is a list of things I've done to my car in the past 2 years. 2007 Bought car with 103,xxx for $5k OTD Flushed all fluids and cleaned injectors Replaced rack and pinion Replaced all brake...

My trans went on mine at 129,xxx. $2500 to rebuild with a shift kit.

I call mine silky.

The smoking you are talking about could be the oil temp or pressure sensor forgot the exact name but mine does that too. I've brought it to 2 different places who fixed it which is basically tightening a couple of bolts and it is loose again. I see smoke come up outta the hood occasionally and...

special ones for the conti off of ebay