![]() ![]() It will not be safe to drive with a shaking car. You have to stop the car, park safely, look at the tires, and check the engine to avoid any uncertain accident. You will at least come to know why the car is shaking. However, in every case, the reason might be known to you. On the other hand, if your engine is hot and you try to drive at the highest speed, the car will shake. A required and standard air pressure rate varies from car to car. That’s why you should always be careful about your car tires and change or repair them accordingly. It will become an uncomfortable driving experience. If you don’t decrease the speed, they will cause the car to shake. In that time, the tires will fail to cope with the engine speed and start rough idling. This thread sort of goes along with the "gas prices" thread in the 'extreme' category, but I suppose it's train related and not really extreme.Sometimes, the tire bursts and leaks. Tell us about your vehicle, or vehicles that you own and have owned. (all of them) I'm just surprised to hear how many miles people drive in a given year for their work, pleasure, railfanning, etc. Do you get new cars every 4 years? Do you buy used or new? Do you make your own repairs? Here's my short vehicle history even though I've been driving for more than 20 years.įirst car was a 1985 Nissan Sentra which was more or less a hand-me-down gift from my old man when I turned 16 in 1987. It had around 30,000 on it, and I drove it until 1993 when a timing belt broke at 98,000 miles and caused something like $700 (in 1993 money) in repairs. It was a good college car, however it wasn't worth the money to fix, so I leased my next car:Ī 1993 Acura Integra. It was probably a little more car than a 22 year old needed, but I kept this car for 10 years and 130,000 miles. ![]() For all I know, the engine still runs, but a lot of non-essentail interior items started to break.Īll in all, it was basically maintenance free exept for 3 sets of tires, 3 mufflers and an entire exhaust system replacement near the end. (window switches, sunroof switch, speakers burned out, cassette player, glove compartment locked shut). If I hadn't had an accident in 1999 that messed up the front end, I may actually still be driving it.įinal (and current car) is a 2003 Mazda Protege 5 which I bought new in 2003. 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE CAR SHAKING AT 50 MPH FREEĪnother maintenance free vehicle except for a O2 sensor that went bad at around 55,000 miles. I plan on keeping this one for a while, as it only has 73,000 miles on it.ġ987-1993 I had a 1985 Nissan Sentra in which I put 60,000 miles on, or 10,000/year.ġ993-2003 I had a 1993 Acura Integra in which I put 130,000 miles on, or 13,000/year.Ģ003-present I have a 2003 Mazda Protege 5 which has 73,000 miles on it, or approximately 13,000 per year. It seems that I put the most miles on my cars when they're new and back off as they age. On my 13th year of driving now, recently purchased my 4th vehicle. Oct 96 - May 97 - 1993 Pontiac Grand Am - had around 33K miles on it when purchased. No repairs needed while I had it, besides when I backed out of a driveway and got schmucked by a Pizza Hut delivery driver.totalled the car.last I heard they cut the car in half and sold the front half. May 97 - April 02 - 1994 Pontic Grand Prix - started with somewhere around 30K miles, sold at 98K. car ran pretty well for most of those years, had reoccuring brake problems, 1 tune up, and around 95K the head gasket blew. Fixed it, but car didn't run too well afterwards so off it went.Īpril 02-Jan 08 - 1996 Subaru SVX - from 55k miles to 150k - lots of problems with this one. Shortly after purchasing, water pump seized, $1500 in damage to timing belt, water pump, and 5 pulleys. 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE CAR SHAKING AT 50 MPH FREE. ![]()
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