Wed May 05, 2004 4:31 pm
Originally posted by Murgatroyd
What kind of car is it? I had a Dodge Aries and that thing was bulletproof. Drove it something like 40,000 miles without an oil change, and it didn't so much as sputter.
1989 Dodge aries. it was a very good car though. I drove it for a long long time without any problems. one day during winter I slid up onto a boulevard in the middle of a street and put a hole in my tranny, so I had to buy a new one. the new one failed, I had to get yet another transmission. then that one stopped working because the gears were stripped
. i bought yet another one, and after it stalled, I said to hell with it. it was starting to go anyway, because it would shake a lot, make loud sounds, stall. was just a headache
Wed May 05, 2004 5:17 pm
Originally posted by shockwave203
1989 Dodge aries. it was a very good car though. I drove it for a long long time without any problems. one day during winter I slid up onto a boulevard in the middle of a street and put a hole in my tranny, so I had to buy a new one. the new one failed, I had to get yet another transmission. then that one stopped working because the gears were stripped
Heh.. mine shook any time I took it over 85. Minor detail. Yeah, right before I got rid of mine it was making some godawful noises, especially when I started it up.
Wed May 05, 2004 6:38 pm
Originally posted by Murgatroyd
Heh.. mine shook any time I took it over 85. Minor detail. Yeah, right before I got rid of mine it was making some godawful noises, especially when I started it up.
exactly. when I put it in reverse to back out of the driveway, the noise would stop. weird.
anyway, I'm sad to see it go. t'was a good faithful box on wheels
Thu May 06, 2004 6:13 pm
Damn thread hijackers......
Anyway, in further proof that fate has an ironic sense of humor, last night my 9800pro DID actually die (horribly and catastrophically died). So today, I had to go to the local BBY, used some clever trickery, and conned them into exchanging my 9800pro out for a 9800XT and letting me pay the small diff. (the X800pros SHIPPED yesterday, so they won't really be avail. for a few more days, at which point I'll likely go switch again).
Funny thing is, using the same cat's (4.4s) as my 9800pro, I get a nearly 1000pt lower 3dmark03 score, since my 9800 pro was o/c'd to speeds higher than 9800xt
. Owell, gonna have to overclock this one I guess 
Anyway, in further proof that fate has an ironic sense of humor, last night my 9800pro DID actually die (horribly and catastrophically died). So today, I had to go to the local BBY, used some clever trickery, and conned them into exchanging my 9800pro out for a 9800XT and letting me pay the small diff. (the X800pros SHIPPED yesterday, so they won't really be avail. for a few more days, at which point I'll likely go switch again).
Funny thing is, using the same cat's (4.4s) as my 9800pro, I get a nearly 1000pt lower 3dmark03 score, since my 9800 pro was o/c'd to speeds higher than 9800xt
. Owell, gonna have to overclock this one I guess
Fri May 07, 2004 1:12 am
My 9700 should still be good to go for anouther year or so right? Even if I do have to turn image quality down?