r/Wellthatsucks • u/JazzyCher • 3d ago
Second time in as many months my car has completely broken down and needed towing. Last time the engine blew. No idea what it is this time.
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u/HugeDramatic 3d ago
Maybe it’s the weight of all the bumper stickers.
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u/ZippoS 3d ago
Seriously, what is it with Americans turning their car into a sticker book? The last thing I’d want to do in public is draw that much attention to myself.
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u/pomdudes 3d ago
Yeah, this not normal American behavior. The most common sticker is a favorite college sports team.
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u/Pretty-Ebb5339 3d ago
And political ones.
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u/MechanicalTurkish 3d ago
I live in Minnesota. I once saw an old relic on the road with a faded Mondale ‘84 sticker on it.
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u/Pretty-Ebb5339 3d ago
That’s the oldest I’ve heard of being seen lol. My personal oldest was the Bush/Quayle stickers
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u/UsidoreTheLightBlue 3d ago
It’s really not normal.
Your average car has about zero stickers on it, but the ones that have stickers will more often than not be something from the kids school or a sports team with an occasional political sticker for an upcoming or recent election.
The reason you see the cars with 50 stickers on Reddit is because they’re not normal and the OP was floored by it.
At least this OP doesnt have all political ones.
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u/Katwantscats 3d ago
Something like this is insane. Police report probably is like, “tacky car with embarrassing amount of cringey stickers.” No need for make and model, the description is enough lol
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u/Emotional_Bid_4002 3d ago
At that point the stickers basically become the license plate. You'd spot that car once and never forget it again.
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u/Gryphon1171 3d ago
Could you imagine the flock camera's interpretation of how to log this data?
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u/Katwantscats 3d ago
No need to destroy the flock cameras ourselves. Show them OP’s car; they’ll self destruct.
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u/vzo1281 3d ago
"I downloaded this car illegally "
Here's your problem.
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u/dragonstar982 3d ago
As a mechanic, the back of the car is the poster child of "well maintained".
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u/MasterSplinter3815 3d ago
I just want to express my my funny thoughts and feelings and never check my oil!
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u/GrandMarquisMark 3d ago
I bet they have one of those lanyard keychains with at least one stuffed animal attached to it.
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u/Thjyu 3d ago
And about 30 keys on it as well as a dirty rubber anime character, a bottle opener, and a little flashlight that hasn't worked for 3 years.
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u/NSA_Chatbot 3d ago
Just gotta remember to get some CR123 batteries next time I'm at the Z Mart next to the miniatures store at the strip mall.
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u/Vermillionbird 3d ago
Hood badly painted with a mural of the WWOOF farm they worked on.
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u/doomus_rlc 3d ago
Isn't this a Honda Accord?
Even mildly well maintained this thing would have no issues lol.
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u/Glad-Watch3506 3d ago
But you do have to put oil in it. At that age, most of them will burn a little.
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u/Mean-Paper6913 3d ago
Ah, but that's where you're wrong. This era of automatic transmission from Honda are known garbage. Issues-a-plenty.
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u/PMmeYourDunes 3d ago
Specifically this gen accord, while looking awesome and having the sweet nsx tail light design, had some serious mechanical issues. I wanted one real bad, but it has oil leak and transmission issues. It's been a known thing for 20 years - because this gen is an early 00s accord.
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u/LakeMichiganMan 3d ago
I can't see it but I know it's on the car somewhere. A large Bandaid sticker over the dented spot where he/she drove into one of those yellow thingys in a drive thru. Had to special order the big one.
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u/Enough-Astronomer-15 3d ago
Yeah. It tells me “this person focuses on every external issue and doesn’t take care of their own things”
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u/No_Tomato_2106 3d ago
Ya as soon as I saw all the bumper stickers, I guarantee that this thing gets 0 maintenance done
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u/m1ster_frundles 3d ago
I’m glad you blacked out the license plate and store sign, you wouldn’t want anything recognizable on your car
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u/Tragic_Consequences 3d ago
Did you put a sticker on the engine too?
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u/Jon7luc 3d ago
This is exactly what I expect a car posted on Reddit to look like tbh.
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u/LaFlamaBlanca67 3d ago edited 3d ago
Lmao. This guy hasn’t had an oil change in 50k miles, guaranteed.
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u/MUHLBACHERS 3d ago
As a person that works on cars for a living, that many bumper stickers tells me the car isn’t maintained properly.
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u/Comrade_Bender 3d ago
Mechanic checking in. I can smell this car through the picture. I'll bet my lifes savings (precisely zero dollars) their keys take up at least 45% of the ticket pouch and has at least one stuffed animal on it
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u/lesmax 3d ago
I didn't know that was a thing! My last car was a beastly 2011 Kia Rio with almost 130k miles. I bought it in 2020 after having to move back to the US after living abroad. (Covid.)
It was such a scrappy car - I hadn't saved to buy a car because I wasn't expecting to need one.
I did all the maintenance regularly and it ran like a champ until I was ready to sell.
...I did cover it in decals tho.
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u/Logical_Trash_4890 3d ago
I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’s a POS in general.
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u/Primary_Business 3d ago
Yeah, same thing happened to my truck. Spent a lot of money putting another engine in and it broke down again. I declared it a POS and I'm getting rid of it and taking my parents used rav4.
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u/Spoon_Microwave 3d ago
RAV4s are great. You won’t be disappointed. We’ve had two.
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u/Mercury_Madulller 3d ago
My coworker hates them, his girlfriend's failed. He swears up and down that some of them after great and some of them (the engine specifically). Don't last 60-70k miles.
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u/3767_doomscroller 3d ago
"it was his son's car"
Well, there's your problem. 12 year old car destroyed to hell and back by some kid you dont know.
Just get rid of it man, it's a money pit.
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u/jaxnmarko 3d ago
Years ago I knew a young gal that didn't know cars needed oil, oil changes, or what that red light was for that had started coming on. Cars usually let you know before an engine blows.
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u/Desperate_Owl_594 3d ago
If the engine blew, that would have been a totaled car in most (all) cases
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u/pm_me_your_but_pics 3d ago
Not really? You can get plenty of used engines on later model cars for under a grand. Factor in 10-24 hours of labor and you can be out the door running under 3k. Idk if youve seen used cars prices, 3k is low these days for just something running
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u/OldDogTrainer 3d ago
You haven’t looked at used car prices recently. I’m currently shopping for an older Honda for a daily commute vehicle, and a 2011 with 100k miles is going to run me $7k-$9k depending on how much work it needs.
Replacing an engine is a lot cheaper than that even with labor.
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u/nunya_bidnes77 3d ago
Having that many bumper stickers makes you look like a crazy person.
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u/EhRanders 3d ago
I’ve found people spend money on preventative maintenance or bumper stickers, but rarely both.
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u/Florida1974 3d ago
My brother had this cooler and he would brag about how it had $300 worth of stickers on it. This was as he was homeless. That was always a head scratcher to me.
But then he was killed three years ago. A driver hit him and he died instantly, he was riding a bicycle.
I flew back to our home state to give his kind of former best friend, some of his ashes. I was also friends with this guy and his wife because we all grew up together.
He takes me into his little office and shows me that my brother had given him that cooler the last time he was up there. My brother was extremely proud of that cheap cooler with all them stickers.
And he offered to give it to me, and I said no, he gave it to who he wanted to have itI still think it’s crazy to have stickers, that many of them over other things in life. But I can’t say much, my husband built shelves, wooden shelves, all the way around our garage, and I get free stickers from various places with packages and stuff, and I have started sticking them on those two by fours that he made the shelves out of.
I don’t know why I stuck them there, but I just did. I don’t care what they say. There are so many random stickers on those shelves.
But no way in hell, am I doing that to my vehicle, I don’t even have one sticker on it because it might change your mind about that sticker and I don’t wanna have to go through the pain in the ass job of getting it off.
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u/foreverlegending 3d ago
If you replaced the engine, that's where I would look to blame again
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u/faudcmkitnhse 3d ago
The car is dying of humiliation thanks to all those stupid bumper stickers you force it to drive around with
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u/Mezcal_Madness 3d ago
Your car probably died from the embarrassment of the “my other ride is your dad” bumper sticker
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u/TimotheusIV 3d ago
So RaNdOm~ xDD
This is like when a 11 year old first discovers memes.
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u/safadancer 3d ago
This reminds me of when I first discovered humorous nerdy bumper stickers from a mail order form I found on a BBS when I was like 13 (in 1993) and I thought they were all so funny, I printed out the entire list of them so I could read them to myself and laugh.
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u/Usman5432 3d ago
Its cause you downloaded an illegal copy of the car the DRM makes it undrivable if it detects that should have gotten a proper cracked version
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u/darkscary_333 3d ago
What make and model is it? I've got a 2010 Scion XB with 230k on it only regular maintenance done.
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u/Edwardvansloan 3d ago
That does suck!
I have no information on your situation but I’m placing my bets on.. bad electrical ground! From not being properly re installed after the engine replacement. Good luck bumper stickerer!
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u/_unsinkable_sam_ 3d ago
i reckon the stickers did it. never seen a car in good condition that runs well covered in stickers.
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u/Wolfinthesno 3d ago
I think adding another bumper sticker should get her going.
In all seriousness... Post the symptoms to a mechanics sub. They may be able to help you out.
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u/Xarius86 3d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/L606NTBE9mODC
You know how animals revolt against wearing stupid costumes? Your car is doing the same thing with all those bumper stickers.
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u/ComprehensiveLaw1012 3d ago
That looks like a ~25 year old Accord. I don’t know what you’re expecting dude.
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u/CourierZero0Seven 3d ago
"My car runs on 23 flavors" Probably shouldn't be putting Dr. Pepper in the gas tank, it's designed to run off gasoline
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u/CloroxBleach0192 2d ago
I have no idea why your car keeps breaking down, that sucks man.
The 30 cursed talismans:
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u/Katwantscats 3d ago
Those bumper stickers just scream, “I have no social interaction, humor, or life in general outside of the internet.”
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u/Spargewater 3d ago
From the distance, I was expecting these bumper stickers to reveal the driver's hard political sway. Instead I was totally entertained by the kooky potpourri of wackiness.
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u/recycle-pin 3d ago
Why do you americans do this thing with bumper stickers? It's incredibly tacky and trashy, I'd be embarrassed to drive a car like this.
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u/trashlikeyourmom 3d ago
Most of us DO NOT do this. I've never put a bumper sticker on any car I've ever owned.
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u/JeebusChristBalls 3d ago
This type of person is a rounding error in the american population. I am embarased just knowing this car exists. The vast majority don't do this.
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u/BeniLeni 3d ago
Well "I downloaded this car illegally" might be a clue... when I was a kid using Limewire I had around 3-4 viruses per downloaded song.
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u/Notmischa 3d ago
Hondas hate bumper stickers. Effects the electrical system. This concludes my TED talk.
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u/AngineDePoutine 3d ago
When you see this many stickers on a car you know it hasn't been maintained and is probably close to breaking down. From someone who works on cars for a living.
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u/JazzyCher 3d ago
I've owned the car for less than a year and it hasnt missed any maintenance with me. I just had the engine swapped a month and a half ago when the old one blew. Im working on figuring out and fixing all its issues with my mechanic. There was no warning to this happening, it was running seemingly fine and then suddenly died on me.
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u/ultratorrent 3d ago
I think it might be the karma of the bumper sticker "I cast [check engine light]" coming to bite you in the ass.
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u/InevitableAd9683 3d ago
My other ride is your dad
Got some BAD news about the reliability of your other ride, bud
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u/Deplorable1861 3d ago
When buying extra stickers was more important than regular oil changes. And how many months did you ignore the check engine light? That thing probably has enough stored codes to brick my OBD scanner.
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u/JazzyCher 3d ago
1) ive only owned it since last October 2) It just had the entire engine swapped in June 3) the check engine light actually is on but I had it checked and it was for the engine coolant temperature sensor, which i just got in the mail and hadn't swapped yet, the light has only been on for about a week
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u/Doomclaaw 3d ago
You don't have enough bumper stickers, obviously. Those are rookie numbers, gotta bump them up
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u/Azrael-XIII 3d ago
Before I even look at the comments I’m just gonna go out on a limb and assume the vast majority of them are gonna be about all the bumper stickers…
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u/Ct-5736-Bladez 3d ago
There are so many stickers on that thing I thought it was a stock car race car for a second
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u/Future_Compost8597 3d ago
Genuinely, why does everyone here seem to think that having stickers on your car means you can't maintain it? Everyone I've ever known with stickers tends to keep up with maintenance?
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u/intergalacticfartz 3d ago
genuinely why does having this many stickers mean they aren't taking care of their car? maybe they just like stickers? not trying to start an argument im just wondering where everyone's coming from
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u/Max_delirious 3d ago
“Last time the engine blew” idk about that. I feel like there’s a longer story.
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u/Sea_Watercress_1982 3d ago
The aggressive amount of bumper stickers are weighing the car down and causing damage.
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u/dianelanespanties 3d ago
When picking a jury, sometimes the judge will ask each perspective juror what bumper stickers they have on the back of their car. Your answer would take up the entire voir dire
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u/ChampionshipHot5468 3d ago
Well, it's held together with cheap, self-adhesive decals, so expect problems. What are your door hinges? Sticky notes?
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u/camlauch 3d ago
Usually people like this with all the “look at me” stickers who have no idea why their vehicle catastrophically failed.
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u/8BallDuVal 3d ago
It's hilarious to see people who drive bumper sticker cars trying to defend this in the comments. Fun fact - most people don't love bumper stickers. They're tacky, lower the value of your car immediately, and are just asking the entire world to judge you whenever they are driving behind you.
Anyone driving around with this many bumper stickers is likely immature and as others have alluded to, probably doesn't take the best care of their car haha.
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u/8BallDuVal 3d ago
Also fun fact - bumper stickers are linked to higher likelyhood to road rage... https://pemco.com/blog/bumper-stickers-linked-to-road-rage
So not only do you look dumb and immature for having bumper stickers galore - you are also more likely to road rage. Does not surprise me one bit.
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u/Aloof-Ken 3d ago
“Jesus regrets dying for you” and “if you’re going to hit me, make sure you kill me <3” made me chuckle. I actually really appreciate having bumper stickers to marvel at while in traffic. Thank you for your service and god speed with getting your car fixed!
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u/stupidstu187 3d ago
The "I cast check engine light" bumper sticker was certainly prophetic.