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What's that worst thing that happened to you when you got your DSM?

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DSMRevolution

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Dec 6, 2002
Sioux Falls, South_Dakota
Well, mine happened on the way coming home with my new Talon. I was driving down the interstate at 55mph. That was the speed limit on the road at the time. It was a new road that they put up because of the construction going on. The road had a few slight curves in it but nothing to sharp and I was following my friend home about 4 car lengths behind him. All of a sudden there was a truck with a trailer that slid sideways 2 cars in front of my friend. The truck with the trailer ran into the guard rail as somebody else rear ended him. The truck was very close to flipping over. My friend had to slam on his brakes to avoid becoming part of the wreck. I also had to slam on my brakes. I was very close to running into the back of his car messing up my brand new Talon. It almost scared the crap out of me. I drove home the rest of the way shaking. Just put it this way... It was hard as hell to push in that clutch because of all my shaking going on. I thought for sure she would be messed up. OMG

Have you had any problems either coming home with your DSM or shortly after you got it? Lets hear 'em :thumb:
 
Originally posted by Misundaztood
Driving home on the interstate & realizing it takes 20 seconds to go from 60-70-mph.:( :mad: :barf:

LOL!! And my best thing would be finding out that my car still pulls like a b!tch at 120mph! wahhooooo!!!

Dude, it can't be THAT bad can itOMG :confused:
 
Got a Crack in the turbo oil feed line. Replaced it, pulled out of shop and forgot to shut drivers door..crunch. I was too busy looking behind me to make sure I wasnt gonna back into anything. Its hard to see out the back windows of these 97-98 talons...the wing is VERY much in the way.
 
well 5 mins after i bought my car it just died and wouldn't start up. the place towed it and "fixed" it. turned out to be a altenator fuse. two months later the alternator went out. i was so pissed when it died. b/c i didn't even get to get on it. my dad was following so i had to be a good boy.
 
i was going throught a car wash and the brushes somehow caught my bumper and broke the right side right off threw out my side marker and got my headlight filled with water.this was when i had my stock bumper on too.and the car wash wouldnt pay for anything becasue their was a small sign that said not reponsible for any damage:cry:
 
Originally posted by daltah
i was going throught a car wash and the brushes somehow caught my bumper and broke the right side right off threw out my side marker and got my headlight filled with water.this was when i had my stock bumper on too.and the car wash wouldnt pay for anything becasue their was a small sign that said not reponsible for any damage:cry:

That there is why you wash your car yourself with a bucket and sponge.
 
mines sitting right now because I had a brake caliper freeze up, and it won't start sometimes I'm thinkin fuel filter or fuel pump, maybe even somethin electrical. :mad:
 
I just put $650 in my car in the form of a new 2100 and tranny fluid and found out that I need to replace the clutch master cylinder soon, 2 of the CV boots on the front axles already cracked with the others soon to follow, transaxle is starting to leak (trying to fix under recall), and the car won't pass inspection due to a pinhole in the stock flex section and the 2.5" turbo-back with a ported 2g O2 housing I have sitting at home doesn't have a cat. (damn emissions!!). It just seems like lately I can't win with my car, it keeps finding new, innovative, and expensive ways to break on me.
 
when i first got my spyder (baby R.I.P), i was pulling into a Wal-Mart parking lot i pulled into a spot really fast and didnt see the shopping cart in front of me, i hit it, and pushed it into a Lexus RX300, i backed up and left,
 
the first time i washed it I slipped and fell in the carwash and dented my hood, I don't think I've ever been more pissed in my life. Also, about a week later the balance shaft belt pulley siezed throwing the belt off and it got caught in the timing belt. It cost a total of 2500 to fix everything that broke, plus another 1000 to fix other random things...


DSMRevolution, where in SD are you from? I'm in rapid city
 
Going about 70 mph and your halfshaft snapes and you slide into a wall. 90 gs turbo 2000 worth of damage and a broken rib. Gotta love dsm?
 
Originally posted by herostar
the first time i washed it I slipped and fell in the carwash and dented my hood, I don't think I've ever been more pissed in my life. Also, about a week later the balance shaft belt pulley siezed throwing the belt off and it got caught in the timing belt. It cost a total of 2500 to fix everything that broke, plus another 1000 to fix other random things...


DSMRevolution, where in SD are you from? I'm in rapid city

I'm in Sioux Falls and I just got back awhile ago from snowboarding there (Terry Peak)! We might have to make a Dakota meet sometime! That would be alot of fun
 
Lets see here, cooming home on Dec 21 at 11 at night abotu 35 degrees outside. Started motor up seemed ok .Let it idle for about 20 seconds or so. Backed up and took off down the road. Got about 2 miles down the road car was up to opperating temperature so i dropped it at 50 from 5th to 3rd, and got on it some. Motor exploded on me. Balance shaft flew threw back of block, pulled timing belt with it, destroyed the head,rods,pistons,crank journals...etc. So since then i have been replacing everything and am about 1 week away from starting my motor back up with my 16G w/kit i oredered since my hair dryer is non fixable. Ah well thats about as bad as it has gotten for me and hopefully is all the trouble i will get from her, wait this is a DSM LOL...(knock on wood though just incase) LOL
 
Originally posted by DSMRevolution


I'm in Sioux Falls and I just got back awhile ago from snowboarding there (Terry Peak)! We might have to make a Dakota meet sometime! That would be alot of fun

There is usually some meets in Minot, n dakota in the summer time:thumb:
 
My baby was a week old and i took it to have my stero put in. The guy takes it in the install bay and while he's doin the install some guy backs into him. Ironically the guy who backed into me was the guy who did all their paint work. Go figure. (But i was out of a car for a few days)
 
Two days after I got my Eclipse. I was sitting at a stop light with a friend and an old man in a minivan comes up and plows into my car from the back. A cop saw the whole thing to my relief because the old man stated it was clearly my fault OMG So my buddy had to go to the hospital while I fumed about the whole thing. But $5k later my car is in great shape again.
 
the first day i bought my dsm i went to work, came home then i went out and some ##### was flying over the speedlimit smacked into a 96 red mitsubishi eclipse and that dsm smashed into mine:( the only thing is mine was just bumper damage very little quater damage, and the 96 was totaled the back end was in pretty much the back seat... here come to find out i try to take her to court cause she didnt have any insurance and when it was court day she ran and moved away and no one knows where she went..:mad: 2nd accident i got screwed in:cry: :rolleyes:
 
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