Received this am, seems this guy did a lot of checking-up on his spit after
he posted to the list, odd how some things backfire sometimes. "FT"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John and Chris <peacox1@bellsouth.net>
> To: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 8:23 PM
> Subject: Re: sold the Spit so I will be signing off
>
>
> > Well as it turns out the head gasket is not blown. I am not sure who
you
> > are and dont really care. I had been thinking about it all day I
thought
> > that I would email the list and let them know that it was not really a
> head
> > gasket. The only thing that was making me consider not emailing the
list
> > was the fact that the Miata broke down on the way to work this morning.
> It
> > needs a clutch master and slave, brakes all the way around, it stalls
> > everytime I stop at a light, and if the a/c is not on it overheats in
> > traffic(I assume this is a sensor to turn on the fans). I take partial
> > blame for not checking it out as much as I guess I could have. So after
> > buying yet another troublesome car, I seriously contemplated not telling
> the
> > list about my mistake.
> >
> > But I got a good deal on the car and the small items that need to be
fixed
> > should not force me to deface the name of a seemingly decent couple of
> guys
> > at Global Auto Sales.
> >
> > So her it is. It turns out that my wife saw some serious smoke coming
> from
> > the rear of the car. I smelled a bit of coolant and made the assumption
> > that it was a head gasket. I spouted my mouth off before considering
the
> > repercousions. As it turns out I drove it for over an hour in rush hour
> > traffic back to the dealer to drop it off an pick up the Miata. It did
> not
> > overheat and never did. After asking the wife about the smoke it turns
> out
> > it was black smoke. This reaffirmed the carb problem that I have had
all
> > along. It loads up while sitting in traffic. It has not used a drop of
> > coolant in 1000 miles that I have driven it since I recently bought it.
> >
> > So in the end I should have never mentioned this so hastily to the list
or
> > anyone else for that matter. I really was not thinking about anyone
else
> > when I mentioned it. Contrary to your accusations, I was not trying to
> make
> > a buck. In fact I lost a ton of money on the Spit. I have a Land Rover
> > that is in better shape than when I bought it and I owe $14000 on it and
> the
> > last dealer I went to offered me $4000 for it and that was before it
broke
> > down. So who is making a buck????? Surely not me. I am just trying to
> get
> > by without going bankrupt and trying to keep my loss to under $12000.
> >
> > I am just hoping that after fixing these things on the Miata that it
will
> be
> > a reliable car.
> >
> > If you would not mind forwarding the info on the Spit to the list and
> > letting them know that it DOES NOT HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET That would
be
> > great. I am not on the list anymore so I cannot send it myself.
> >
> > The guys at Global dealt me a good deal. I dont know if they knew about
> any
> > of the problems or not, but they have a nice Spit on their lot. It is
not
> a
> > show car as everyone knows, but they are in it for very little money(as
> far
> > as Spits go) and I personally would not mind seeing it go to an
enthusiast
> > that would give it the attention that I could not.
> >
> > John
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