Post your FD unreliability jokes here!
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Post your FD unreliability jokes here!
I'll start it off (please, people who are looking into owning one, its just a joke, don't get scared):
"My FD is so unreliable, in a few more years, I'm going to finish building a second FD, made out of all the broken parts!"
*bada boom*
"My FD is so unreliable, in a few more years, I'm going to finish building a second FD, made out of all the broken parts!"
*bada boom*
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Super Snuggles
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Redmond, WA
My FD was so unreliable that I bought a Supra turbo for a daily driver, ran it at 1.3 Bar for over 2 years, and sold it with the engine compression still within 2% variance between cylinders, at the high end of the range...
Wait, that's not an FD reliability joke, that's a sales pitch for a Supra. Let me try again...
My FD was so unreliable that just after waxing a Typhoon on the highway, it coughed out a corner seal through the rear turbo and the engine died at 70 mph. When we reached stop and go traffic, it was a constant fight to keep the damn thing running, and it was shaking like crazy. After we replaced the engine with a junk yard temporary, we took it out for a test run and it blew one of the oil hoses off the oil cooler and slicked the back tires. After controlling the sideways skid at 80 mph, I coasted with 0 oil pressure into a BP station where the rest of the oil in the system went on the ground. This was, of course, at about 1:00 AM, when "all good things happen". After running over to a Safeway to buy some more oil, my trusty mechanic Trev claimed to have recoupled the oil lines. I dumped in the oil, fired it up, and immediately we had another 5-quart slick under the car. We ended up walking 6 miles to his house, grabbed the oil line and hose off my first engine and some more oil, drove back and got the car running and then limped it home at 5:00 AM. And that, folks, is how I ended up with a ruined hood liner, an engine bay doused in oil, the underside of the car coated with grime, and a second engine in the car, even though I only had about 8,500 miles on the odometer at the time.
No, that's not a typo... is everyone depressed yet?
Wait, that's not an FD reliability joke, that's a sales pitch for a Supra. Let me try again...
My FD was so unreliable that just after waxing a Typhoon on the highway, it coughed out a corner seal through the rear turbo and the engine died at 70 mph. When we reached stop and go traffic, it was a constant fight to keep the damn thing running, and it was shaking like crazy. After we replaced the engine with a junk yard temporary, we took it out for a test run and it blew one of the oil hoses off the oil cooler and slicked the back tires. After controlling the sideways skid at 80 mph, I coasted with 0 oil pressure into a BP station where the rest of the oil in the system went on the ground. This was, of course, at about 1:00 AM, when "all good things happen". After running over to a Safeway to buy some more oil, my trusty mechanic Trev claimed to have recoupled the oil lines. I dumped in the oil, fired it up, and immediately we had another 5-quart slick under the car. We ended up walking 6 miles to his house, grabbed the oil line and hose off my first engine and some more oil, drove back and got the car running and then limped it home at 5:00 AM. And that, folks, is how I ended up with a ruined hood liner, an engine bay doused in oil, the underside of the car coated with grime, and a second engine in the car, even though I only had about 8,500 miles on the odometer at the time.
No, that's not a typo... is everyone depressed yet?
Last edited by jimlab; Feb 27, 2002 at 12:10 PM.
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From: Tejas
yes ....now Im depressed
my fd is so unreliable that the guys at my shop invited me over for christmas dinner.
my fd is so unreliable that I know most of the vendors by first name.
my fd is so unreliable that 20,000 dollars in parts and work has got me almost to the point when I first bought it. ...wait a minute..it was bone stock when I got it. either way it doesnt friggen look like 20 grand.
my fd is so unreliable that I cant wait to get it out of the shop so I can eat some more fat supras for breakfast!!
yum yum
now I feel better.
jason
my fd is so unreliable that the guys at my shop invited me over for christmas dinner.
my fd is so unreliable that I know most of the vendors by first name.
my fd is so unreliable that 20,000 dollars in parts and work has got me almost to the point when I first bought it. ...wait a minute..it was bone stock when I got it. either way it doesnt friggen look like 20 grand.
my fd is so unreliable that I cant wait to get it out of the shop so I can eat some more fat supras for breakfast!!
yum yum
now I feel better.
jason
Last edited by artguy; Feb 27, 2002 at 12:52 PM.
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From: Bellingham, WA
my fd is so unreliable, I've spent thousands of dollars on parts...and it's still stock.
my fd is so unreliable, I have AAA on speed dial.
bah...so whatever. it's a labor of love. At least we all can have a snese of humor about it.. I guess Jim missed that train.
my fd is so unreliable, I have AAA on speed dial.
bah...so whatever. it's a labor of love. At least we all can have a snese of humor about it.. I guess Jim missed that train.
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From: Montreal, PQ
Originally posted by jimlab
My FD was so unreliable that I bought a Supra turbo for a daily driver, ran it at 1.3 Bar for over 2 years, and sold it with the engine compression still within 2% variance between cylinders, at the high end of the range...
Wait, that's not an FD reliability joke, that's a sales pitch for a Supra. Let me try again...
My FD was so unreliable that just after waxing a Typhoon on the highway, it coughed out a corner seal through the rear turbo and the engine died at 70 mph. When we reached stop and go traffic, it was a constant fight to keep the damn thing running, and it was shaking like crazy. After we replaced the engine with a junk yard temporary, we took it out for a test run and it blew one of the oil hoses off the oil cooler and slicked the back tires. After controlling the sideways skid at 80 mph, I coasted with 0 oil pressure into a BP station where the rest of the oil in the system went on the ground. This was, of course, at about 1:00 AM, when "all good things happen". After running over to a Safeway to buy some more oil, my trusty mechanic Trev claimed to have recoupled the oil lines. I dumped in the oil, fired it up, and immediately we had another 5-quart slick under the car. We ended up walking 6 miles to his house, grabbed the oil line and hose off my first engine and some more oil, drove back and got the car running and then limped it home at 5:00 AM. And that, folks, is how I ended up with a ruined hood liner, an engine bay doused in oil, the underside of the car coated with grime, and a second engine in the car, even though I only had about 8,500 miles on the odometer at the time.
No, that's not a typo... is everyone depressed yet?
My FD was so unreliable that I bought a Supra turbo for a daily driver, ran it at 1.3 Bar for over 2 years, and sold it with the engine compression still within 2% variance between cylinders, at the high end of the range...
Wait, that's not an FD reliability joke, that's a sales pitch for a Supra. Let me try again...
My FD was so unreliable that just after waxing a Typhoon on the highway, it coughed out a corner seal through the rear turbo and the engine died at 70 mph. When we reached stop and go traffic, it was a constant fight to keep the damn thing running, and it was shaking like crazy. After we replaced the engine with a junk yard temporary, we took it out for a test run and it blew one of the oil hoses off the oil cooler and slicked the back tires. After controlling the sideways skid at 80 mph, I coasted with 0 oil pressure into a BP station where the rest of the oil in the system went on the ground. This was, of course, at about 1:00 AM, when "all good things happen". After running over to a Safeway to buy some more oil, my trusty mechanic Trev claimed to have recoupled the oil lines. I dumped in the oil, fired it up, and immediately we had another 5-quart slick under the car. We ended up walking 6 miles to his house, grabbed the oil line and hose off my first engine and some more oil, drove back and got the car running and then limped it home at 5:00 AM. And that, folks, is how I ended up with a ruined hood liner, an engine bay doused in oil, the underside of the car coated with grime, and a second engine in the car, even though I only had about 8,500 miles on the odometer at the time.
No, that's not a typo... is everyone depressed yet?
Super Snuggles
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Redmond, WA
Originally posted by KZ1
i'd be pissed at that mechanic after that, adn made him pay for it all too.
i'd be pissed at that mechanic after that, adn made him pay for it all too.
Super Snuggles
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 10,091
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From: Redmond, WA
My FD is so unreliable that it's been sitting for (nearly) the last 4 years without an engine, still with ~13,000 miles on the odometer, while I figured out what to do with it...
The V8 that's going into it will be dyno tuned this weekend.
The V8 that's going into it will be dyno tuned this weekend.
