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I have never seen such an extreem case of murphy's law.

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gearheads78

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There is a guy in Austin that wants to buy my Av but of course wanted to see it first. We agree to meet half way and he would look at the truck and I would get a deposit. We both arrived in Waco with in 5 min of each other and he looked at my truck. He loved it and agreed that is was exactly as I decribed it. He wanted to take it for a quick spin before we finished a deal.

We both got in the truck and I handed him the keys and he started the truck. He then asked me "Is the check engine light always on?" I'm thinking ??? Sure enough I look over and the light is on. It has never been on before and I drove all the way to Waco with no light. The very second the buyer starts it the light comes on. :E:

Since this a supercharged truck he was understandably concerned and he is holding off on a deal till I see what is wrong. I don't know weather to laugh or cry.

As soon as I got back to Dallas I stopped at an Autozone to check the code. Turned out to be a freak unrelated code PO315 (crankshaft position sensor not learned)

I guess it could be a bad sensor or something. I will get it fixed Monday.

 
It is the seceret code that is telling you that you have a bad a$$ AV and should not get rid of it. Your AV knows that you are a good owner and doesn't want to leave you. ;D

Pete
 
happened to me in 98 when I sold my 94 thunderbird.... buy came to the house to take it for a spin.... while he was test driving it the mass air sensor decided to take a dump.... $200 and the following weekend same buyer bought the car....

Grey
 
Wow, I thought I only had that type of luck. Hope it works out for you, just one of those things.
 
bigdaddy said:
It is the seceret code that is telling you that you have a bad a$$ AV and should not get rid of it. Your AV knows that you are a good owner and doesn't want to leave you. ;D

Pete
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I agree....
what happens when you take the wee one to the baby sitter
when you leave for work.... the animals know you're leaving
there is NO WAY that truck is going to let you sell it.....

You didn't name it Christine... did you? :eek: :eek:

;)
 
danlwil2500 said:
I agree....
what happens when you take the wee one to the baby sitter
when you leave for work.... the animals know you're leaving
there is NO WAY that truck is going to let you sell it.....

You didn't name it Christine... did you? :eek: :eek:

;)
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That's funny. I have to give you one for that one.
 
:)jose ,wanted to sell his 69 ford pick up but had a loud whirring in the rear end,,so before the buyer came it told him to fill the rear end with bananas and he did put in about 2 punds,came the buyer and took it for a spin,came back and checking out truck and looked under and said what is this worm coming out of rear end,,jose forgot to put in the plug,,,,,,a car sales man gets a red engine check light,,,thats really a red light,,sorry gearhead it was a long drive back to dallas,,,your man in the field finding many uses for bananas abuelito ;D ;D ;D
 
I agree about those stupid check engine lights. I haven't had mine come on in my Av, but I will never own a foreign car for this very reason: My bf has a bmw (lord knows why) and the service engine light came on and off intermittently. He brings it into the dealership and they want to charge him $1500 for a bunch of *junk*. He says no way, and takes it to a reputable mechanic to look it over. Turns out, there was nothing really wrong with it - they just wanted to rip him off. The code that was coming up was "undocumented." That must be dealership lingo for "let's get this idiot to come in here and take him for a $1500 ride." The mechanic said that lots of places routinely do this - if they find any parts that are even remotely worn when you come in for a service check, they want to replace them - like your car stays brand new forever or something. Crooks.
 
TXgal....

just read your sig....

I think we need some pics..... sounds nice.
 
The Av is obviously revolting against you for trying to sell it. You better do what the Av tells you or who knows what will happen next time! ;)
 
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