89 Saab starting problems

By mous on 12/21/08 8:33am
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I have trouble starting my 89 Saab 9000 after it has been running for awhile in warm weather. I have replaced the neutral safety switch and the ignition switch. I was wondering if it might be the solidnoid on the starter.

Has anyone used a Tornado fuel saver? Did it work or waste of money?

By mous on 12/20/08 8:32pm
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Has anyone used a Tornado fuel saver? Did it work or waste of money?

This is Car Talk,,,,whats your CAR Question?

By mous on 12/20/08 7:34pm
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This is Car Talk,,,,whats your CAR Question?

Problem with trans?

By mous on 12/20/08 2:00pm
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I own a 95 VW Golf. Today in high traffic where we moved a car length every 10 minutes my car ran into an issue. After about an hour of this I noticed that my car was not moving as much as it should for the gas I was giving it. It continued when traffic started to flow. My speedometer would stick at 30 in 3rd gear, but I was giving it gas enough to put me at 40. Once I had stopped and driven a bit more into a parking lot, I dropped it into 1st gear and the problem was not there.

I did smell something burning like after you use your breaks heavily for hours. That is all I noticed.

Thank you in advance,

Chris

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Best Time to Buy a New Car in Twenty Five Years Coming Soon!

By Michael Jon Lazar on 12/19/08 11:39pm
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The auto bailout is on the minds of many during our troubled economic times. However, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and a brighter future is not that far off in the distance. While car buying is at an all time low—the major auto makers aim to sift that presiding notion by restructuring everything they know to make it all work again. And what this ultimately translates into, is that very soon, in the not so distant future of the next coming year, will be the best time to buy a car since the 1980s.

What the Auto Bailout Means for You
The auto bailout means several things for you and me; the consumer. The cars that we bought from the big three auto makers will retain their values and their warranties. It means that we will see a reduction in price of future cars that are made domestically. And it means that millions of people will not lose their jobs, which would create most certain economic calamity to add to the already growing financial woes in our country.

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The Pros and Cons to the Auto Bailout

By Michael Jon Lazar on 12/19/08 1:55am
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If you are wondering yourself what many other Americans are wondering, as it relates the big three auto maker and whether or not any of them will be in business come this time next year, there are some pros and some cons to ponder. Firstly, what happens if the bailout is successful, and what does that mean for you and me? Secondly, what if the bailout fails, who foots the billions of dollars in loans? And finally, is this bailout worthwhile, or should the auto makers be forced into bankruptcy? And one more thing to consider here: what effect has the auto maker unions had on the failure of the big three auto makers?

The Pros
The auto makers get a second chance. The auto maker unions get a taste of their own medicine and realize that they can no longer hold the industry hostage to their greedy and ridiculously pricey demands. The industry will undergo much needed reform. The ending results will be higher quality cars that cost far less and are much more reliable.

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$17.4 Billion Auto Bailout Approved by Bush

By Michael Jon Lazar on 12/19/08 1:42am
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If you have not seen it all over the news today, President Bush, in an effort to preserve some sort of a legacy, approved a $17.4 billion auto bailout for GM and Chrysler, whose executives during congressional hearings over the past few months have voiced that their companies did not have enough cash to sustain operations into the new year. But the bailout is just a temporary fix to a big time problem, one that staves off an orderly bankruptcy, according to Bush, and allows the major auto makers to regroup and restructure into viable and profitable entities by an end of March deadline in 2009.

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Jeep

By mous on 12/17/08 8:23pm
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when the humidity goes up my jeep will not fire.Sun comes out things dry out it starts fine. Any Tips?

1988 Honda Prelude SI

By mous on 12/17/08 6:02am
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i am having a problem with my prelude not starting after it has been running. When I have been driving then have to stop and turn off the engine, sometimes it just wont start. It turns over but will not start. Could it be spark plug wires? or something else. ????

Hooray for Cheap Gas!

By Michael Jon Lazar on 12/15/08 11:00pm
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All I can do when I arrive at the gas pump is smile and look fondly at how low the prices are now for a gallon of gas. A nostalgic, Clinton-era tear whets the corner of my eye, provoked by fond memories of gas that was just about a buck a gallon during the earlier part of this decade. And on the other side of my face streams another tear, rejoicing that my monthly gas bill has effectively dropped from $180+ per month, to well under eighty bucks; more nachos and movies for me this December!

And I think that everybody is with me when I exclaim: thank goodness the gas prices have dropped and there is cheap fuel to be had, because I don’t know how much longer I could afford to pay four bucks or more per gallon at the pump. It felt like highway robbery and indeed it was. Oil production had not slowed. Wells were not going dry at a freakish rate.

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