I feel your pain bro, I feel your pain...
cursed cars
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cursed cars
do you believe? my vette has always been a pain. ive never got it to run right, ive thrown 3 times as many tools working on her, shes attacked my guitar, and i just started working on her after she blew the dist. gear and whats the first thing that happens? i spill oil everywhere and gash my head on the power steering ram!
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do you believe? my vette has always been a pain. ive never got it to run right, ive thrown 3 times as many tools working on her, shes attacked my guitar, and i just started working on her after she blew the dist. gear and whats the first thing that happens? i spill oil everywhere and gash my head on the power steering ram!
How do you expect it to act?
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Out of all the cars I’ve owned only one qualifies as cursed. I had this Camaro that I spent three years restoring and grew to hate.
You would send it in for something, like a front end alignment, and it would just sit in the shop and then come out with a carb problem. The POS would break down without even being driven. I was sitting there one day with may hand on the fan shroud talking about how much I hated the car and a piece of the shroud breaks off. Stuff like that.
I put it on Ebay and it goes like $6,500 but I think it should have gone more so don't sell. I then take it to an auction and it brings less. So I am fed up with it and cut it loose to a dealer friend for like $6,200. He puts it back on Ebay where it sells for $10,500. I heard later that the guy who bought it was not happy with it.
You would send it in for something, like a front end alignment, and it would just sit in the shop and then come out with a carb problem. The POS would break down without even being driven. I was sitting there one day with may hand on the fan shroud talking about how much I hated the car and a piece of the shroud breaks off. Stuff like that.
I put it on Ebay and it goes like $6,500 but I think it should have gone more so don't sell. I then take it to an auction and it brings less. So I am fed up with it and cut it loose to a dealer friend for like $6,200. He puts it back on Ebay where it sells for $10,500. I heard later that the guy who bought it was not happy with it.
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My brother bought a red 79 Camero before he got married. The people that he bought it from swore it was cursed and were glad to get rid of it. They called it the "Red Devil". They claimed that everyone that owned that car had something in their families go bad in some way, not long after they bought it. My brother thought they were either kidding or nut's. About 2 months after he bought it, our mom died. I still don't believe in these stories, although she did die at 61. I believe it was just her time to go. That's all I can think on this. He did sell the car right after, and we never did find out what happened to the next owner. The car was beautiful and yes, it went cheap.
With that said, I don't think your car is cursed. If your like me, I get impatient sometimes and shyt happens. If it is, make friends with her. She may be another "Christine".
With that said, I don't think your car is cursed. If your like me, I get impatient sometimes and shyt happens. If it is, make friends with her. She may be another "Christine".
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