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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 8:49 am
My car is falling apart. I just found out that I have lost my 2nd gear. I have no idea how that could happen. Does anyone know any reason how this would happen??
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:02 am
<goes outside to look for a second gear> 
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:03 am
Clutch?
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:07 am
Automatic. Crazy isn't it. I have no idea how it happened. 
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:07 am
Personally, I think second gear is overrated! 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:08 am
Definitely clutch! Or trannie. Definitely time to take the car in for repairs. Or buy a new car! (You can speed shift from first to third, but you don't wanna do that all the time! 
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:18 am
LOL ... thanks Scoot for helping me through this pain. The repairs cost more than the car is worth. It looks like a new car. Any suggestions?? 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:21 am
Since your car is automatic I'd go with the transmission thingie. When that happened with the Lincoln, it cost us around $800 to fix it (or rebuild it, whatever they do) No complaints, in all the time we had that car, 10 years or so, that was the most expensive repair we did and we only had minor repairs and the drive shaft fall off (talk about cars falling apart, lol) until the brake master cylander thingie went out and we decided it wasn't worth fixing at that point.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:23 am
The transmission shop is asking 2800.00 to fix the lost 2nd gear.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:25 am
what kind of car do we have?
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:26 am
We ... lol .... have a 10 year old Ford Contour.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:29 am
hmmmm.....I like my Escape 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:30 am
Then you need to decide... do you want to hang on to that car for a few more years? If so, then put the money in it to fix it up. If not, then you may wanna think about buying a new car. Usually, if the repairs cost more than the car itself, it's better to think about a new car unless you plan to hang on to that car for long enough to "recoup" the cost. Usually, around five years. Personally? It's a Ford. I'd get a new car! 
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:30 am
Awh. I like you too Scooter 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:34 am
Wow that's alot of loot. And for a Ford? Go get yourself a Honda or Toyota Hybrid.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:34 am
I was hoping to delay the new car because it's so nice not having payments. But I'm against the wall, it looks like I'm buying very soon. Any suggestions on a good car?? 
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:38 am
Good luck, Nic! I really want a Toyota Prius as my next car, but I am driving my RAV until it dies.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:47 am
I thought I saw some car places having 0 % interest on new cars for 4 yrs...anyone know of a site that would tell all the dealers that are doing the 0%??? My car is only 2 yrs old but i have always hated it and because i owe more than its worth I am kinda stuck but a 0% deal might work
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 9:59 am
My next car is gonna be a hybrid. I'm currently driving a Saturn SC-2 (sporty coupe) and it's been a great car. I hate it because it's silver and it's a domestic car (small silver cars are easily lost in parking lots!). But I've known lots of people who are on their third or fourth Saturns... they keep buying new ones every few years, trading in their old ones. Pamy, it may have been General Motors offering that 0% interest. You'll have to check the Web site.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 10:47 am
nick, you should buy a cruiser and join my cruiser club!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 10:50 am
LOL ... that's a great idea Landi but I'm leaning more toward a Civic. 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 10:57 am
A coworker friend of mine just bought the new civic hybrid. omg and it's loaded. i love the gps.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 12:46 pm
Does it just not shift out of first gear? My old Nissan had this problem...twice. Once while I owned it and again since Tim has owned it. It was the governor gear...a little plastic part that rotates... The metal inside the whatever it's called had formed this little lip and it wore it down. Cost me $60 to fix because I took it in. Cost Tim $5 for the part because he did it himself. I would get a second opinion to be sure that isn't the problem. The transmission guy we got the part from said the metal could be ground down smooth again, but Tim just bought a spare in case it goes out again. Old one...
New one...
Also, did you get a price quote on a salvage part? You can get full transmissions way cheaper that way if you don't want to spend as much.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 12:55 pm
I am with Kaili if you can't really afford a new car right now. Second opinion.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, May 11, 2007 - 1:07 pm
My car is going from first to third gear ... skipping second completely. I've been told it's the transmission. My car is 10 years old with 130,000 miles on it. I'm going to go and get a new car. Wow Kaili ... good for you fixing the problem yourself! I'm not even going to try.
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