Did you know I, one person, have three vehicles now? It would have been 4 but I got rid of a very expensive Mercedes that someone gave me because even the parts on that bitch would be too much for a Bear.

So anyway my truck has been giving me shit for years, fucking years, it's old, way older than me, and it's simple as shit, a carburator, manual transmission, no radio even,  just fucking bare bones and I bought it so long ago I was a teenager at the time ffs. It's a very impractical 2 ton capacity that drives like hell, sounds like shit, and is slow as a turtle.

I've done a lot of shit to this thing to keep it running given when something breaks you're fucked if you can't find an aftermarket part.

Anyway, I believe the fuel pump went, so I replaced that like 3 years ago, maybe even 5 years ago and after that it has been one problem after another with the fuel system, always on the edge of failing, frankly the pump might have been trash but every fucking thing is trash now. The carburetor was being a bitch constantly and later I realized, like years later, that the consistent issue was no fuel to the driver side of the carb. Fine, replaced the fucking thing, immediately failed, same issue, fixed it about 27 times by disassembling the carb and polishing the float seats. It would work a few months and fail again, this was happening on the carburetor that came with it so I bought a new one and same fucking shit, didn't figure it out till recently that maybe I should up the pressure, that kinda worked maybe but it was always a bitch so I bought another carburetor, now I have three, and this one didn't have that problem but because everything is shit now the choke didn't work right and it was still a bitch. So I put the second one on and fuck me if it refused to start.

I got the timing light on it and noticed that there was only flashing during startup.

I jumped the bitch and with the coil hard wired it ran, barely. So I attempted to check voltage and sure enough, no voltage to the coil with ignition on. Okay, Motherfucker I jumper it again, checked some connections and now the bitch won't spark at all. I think I fucked the coil. So now I'm waiting for a new coil. The truck is dead for now, I'm pissed.

So my newest cat, still old, 70k freedom miles, idled like shit. The car was free, so I buy a bunch of shit to fix, it needed some of it and the idle was near perfect. Idiot light keeps coming on after reset, the car is still not happy. It's running way too rich.

The spark plugs and o2 sensors definitely agreed with that assessment, black on the pre-cat, ash on the post cat.

So I then begin to smell raw fuel in the engine compartment including when I don't even have the hood up, there's a fuel leak. So it's one of two things, high pressure pump (notorious bitch of a part according to the internet) and the injectors. The fuel pump would cause lean condition but bad idle, leaking injectors would cause the other symptoms, possibly including the fuel smell after sitting though unlikely.

So I'm waiting for the 3 day weekend to do that and I'm driving with Bestie because listen, bestiemom works for me, waaaaay more hours than she charges and all hours day and night on my home business so I help her out because frankly picking bestie up from school is waaay easier than the shit bestiemom does.

Well there was apparently a toy under the passenger seat, so when Bestie moved the seat back it pushed up on the motor and popped the shaft out of the worm gear.

Holy fucking shit dude, 3 vehicles down. So pissed. I skipped work and spent an hour popping it back in. The toy was there for at least 2 years because it was a stupid mcdonalds happy meal toy and she hasn't had a happy meal for ever.

Fixed it thank god, but still needed to vent.

Nope all the new cars are either garbage or garbage and hybrid and there's no fucking way I'm buying a car that becomes disposable when some stupid battery inevitably fails. The replacements are always used, don't last long, dangerous, and cost more than the car's worth.

I will no longer own a car that's newer than 2019, everything they sell here is retarded unreliable, all new designs are stupid. Would never buy American, or European, and my next car will probably be a 2019 4runner but I don't need 4 cars.

You think I want a newer truck? You're batshit crazy, every old fuck who sees my truck feels compelled to say something like "I used to have that truck and I wish I never got rid of it."

My cars are mostly under 100k mi anyway.

Take your new cars and shove them up a Norrh African's ass.

I'm telling you, there are no decent cars anymore. I watch a lot of mechanic videos, the new cars suck. Maybe in Kashtanastan there are some locally produced cars that are okay, or you could get an 80's Volvo 240 or a Lada, they seem to last forever.

No botnet in the truck, no radio even.

I told you about trash cars, I told you Dog Bear