Advice.. need answers. Worried...

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Trishen Naidoo

No well not as of late. Construction is being done on my road and the roads have gotten a bit bumpy. Well I doubt the engine has been tampered with cause it was sent for a full AA Inspection and passed with flying colours (Thats what I was told and the AA sticker is on my car atm)

well I dont know if you Notice but the car has as of such "Never had the O-rings opened" when i got it.. can see the engine hasnt been "opened" and when i first got it it did feel like a brand new engine. Now it feels like the engine has been raced with (mainly cause I sometimes redline the engine twice a week and shortshift on standard gearbox (guilty as charged) and the engine has a completely different tone

Is it possible to manipulate the Mileage.. service books do tie up the mileage as I had done the second service.. first service was done by Toyota themselves...

Mind me being a chatty box.. This is the first car I have ever owned in my life and im still learning to drive with it..

Well, at least it seems as though (with the certifications you mention) you won't be paying for damage that someone else did. I'm sure that PART of the reason that I had such CV joint problems with my GTI was the way I drove it. I had an Acura Integra that I drove almost as hard as the GTI for about the same total miles over the life of the car and never had any CV joint issues with the Integra. I'm new to this inspection thing too re getting Texas plates on my car. California requires periodic smog inspections but doesn't (unless things have changed in the last couple of years) require any other type of inspections for passenger cars. Texas requires a vehicle inspection every year...and (if you live in certain metropolitan area counties, mine included) a smog inspection every year.

Especially since you aren't at the point where you can afford to be on your own and pay the extra money that driving a car really hard can cost you, try easing up on your driving after the repair. Your relationship with your father might improve as well (just observations re what you've written, not from my personal experience). It's good that you worry what he thinks. I didn't have any restrictions, and that isn't a good thing.