localhostrulez wrote:Edit edit: I could buy a running/decent condition mid-90's Chrysler LeBaron or Concord for $600 around here. Wow.
Yack. I wouldn't buy a mid-90's Chrysler anything. I'll give you $6.00 to get it out of here.
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localhostrulez wrote:Edit edit: I could buy a running/decent condition mid-90's Chrysler LeBaron or Concord for $600 around here. Wow.
The Egg wrote:localhostrulez wrote:Edit edit: I could buy a running/decent condition mid-90's Chrysler LeBaron or Concord for $600 around here. Wow.
Yack. I wouldn't buy a mid-90's Chrysler anything. I'll give you $6.00 to get it out of here.
The Egg wrote:Unless they're doing something really unique or novel, I see things such as widespread transmission failures to be totally inexcusable. The automatic transmission hasn't changed significantly in what, 45 years?
just brew it! wrote:While the underlying tech hasn't changed much, the details have. Modern automatic transmissions have a lot more gears (2-speed was common back in the 1960s and early 1970s, now 6 speed isn't unusual), and a lot more electronics. Increased complexity means more ways for things to fail; and whenever a new generation design is introduced, there's also a chance they simply screwed something up.
coldpower27 wrote:We just got a new Civic 2016 in Aegean Blue, it's a beauty.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qdr5cnn50u1wg ... 4.jpg?dl=0
We still have our 2001 Model Civic in Silver though. She's older but she still is running for sure.
localhostrulez wrote:Edit: You know, this brings up a good point - what's the average lifespan of an automatic transmission? Seems like most of them go to 200K without issues, but I know of a friend's 99 Outback Legacy (140K) that lags when switching to drive (and then there's that Odyssey...).
localhostrulez wrote:I think in the 4 speed it was a bearing that shed material and in the 5 speed it was a clutch pack that shed material. Same end result but different cause. They did add some internal oil jets to help spray more fluid around and help cool things down when they were rebuilding the transmissions to replace blown ones, but I don't know how much difference it makes.Honda didn't actually change the transmission design for the 2nd gen Odysseys, did they? Just kept replacing bad ones with the same defective design? Notfred, for what it's worth, you have a different transmission - as I recall, the 99-01 4-speed had the issue you're describing, but I thought the 02-04 (same gen Odyssey, but 5-speed) had a different issue.
notfred wrote:That was the only real problem on our 03 Odyssey and so we traded it for a 14 Odyssey. My wife is a percussionist so we need a large minivan for moving tympani, xylophones, marimbas etc.
localhostrulez wrote:So that's what I thought - the T&C's/Caravans were actually better cars than the Odysseys back in then. At least yours doesn't eat transmissions every now and then. How many miles does yours have?
bthylafh wrote:I'm getting ready to replace the hybrid battery pack in my '05 Civic Hybrid. 200K miles and the original's been nearly dead for almost two years now, just enough oomph left to keep the engine battery charged and occasionally run the electric motor. I bought it from Bumblebee Batteries on the strength of good reviews and that it's supposed to have a higher capacity than stock. Just got here today and I'm trying to decide whether I want to switch it out myself or have a mechanic do it.
Waco wrote:Total departure, but yesterday I officially placed my order for an Exocet through Flyin' Miata.
Here's to 10+ weeks of painful waiting to get started!
bthylafh wrote:I wound up putting the hybrid battery in myself. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be; the hardest part was pulling out the seatback and cushion, and I only needed help with putting in the first couple hold-down bolts after replacing the battery. The car's now back to its old self: the regen brakes work again and it'll shut the engine off at a light reliably. Fuel efficiency didn't go up as much as I thought it would, but there are probably mechanical bits and bobs that don't run as smoothly as they once did.
localhostrulez wrote:Where are the batteries on the hybrid?