I have a more detailed page at my website: http://leedeth.wordpress.com/mx-3/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My thread at SS covers my day to day maintenance and other stuff: http://www.standardshift.com/forum/view ... =23&t=8235" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
July 2, 2007
I got this car in Vancouver, BC, at a used car lot, for $3400. Mileage: 236,731 km.
July 9, 2007
The first thing I did was take off that horrid "Metro" badge and license plate frame.
A few weeks after I got her, my dad drove her to work and had something go wrong and had it towed to the shop. Apparently a clip that holds a pin in place in the front brakes was missing and came loose. That shop was going to do some work on the car that day anyway so he got them to do it at the same time. It cost a total of $1245.85 to do the following:
-Replace distributor O-ring to fix oil leak
-Replace timing belt
-Replace front braking system (rotors, calipers, pads, fluid)
Near the end of August, I took her out for a fun run and ended up with a hole in a downpipe flange. My dad ended up taking her to the shop and getting a whole new OEM cat-back without telling me, and they just welded the hole shut. It cost $425.45.
Yeah I got screwed over there...I could've got some nice new parts instead.
September 12/13, 2007
February 11, 2008
Got some Toucan Ractive strut bars off Ebay: $18 part + $36 shipping + $20 duty = $74.
It was bent, typical Ebay, lol.
February 24, 2008
Installed rear strut bar.
May 30, 2008
Took off the intake duct forward of the air box. Sounds a bit better and louder now.
That's it for now. Cheers!
