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-parents going to miami first week in april and im loaning them my 99 tl
-I am going to miami last week of april
-dad is giving m 250 for a "tune up"
-i will pay the rest of the money needed
-how much more should i save?
-i have plugs, air filter's, oil change, new tranny
-do i just need to do the timing belt job?
-will a broken motor mount affect my car during these trips
-its a 10 hour drive for him
-its about a 9 hour drive for me

All info will be appreciated

 

how far are you from your next acura recommended servicing? if not too far, just go ahead and do the servicing now. thats what i did before i drove across country.

 

How about giving us useful info on your car like mileage, when was the last maintenance done, what was done. etc..

 

dang i knew i forgot somthing! im at 107K miles i did all the other stuff at 105

 

Timing belt should have been done by now with your age of the car, so i would recommend doing that. (weather or not it needs to be done before the trip, probably not) Motor mount should be changes as well, but not needed before the trip. main thing is fluids. Make sure they are all good, change oil if its about due and make sure tires are good and properly inflated

 

Thanks^^ i was also thinking about takin off my rims and going back to the stockies since im not gunna be driving them. May help with gas mileage too, but thats negligable

 

phee is the member with the 99 over limits that got 90% coverage from acura on a trans replacement. He was supposed to replace the motor mount THEN when the dealer told him to- that was months ago--and most recently has unheard of amouts of electrical problems.

I would replace the motor mount NOW, check the car over and drive it.
With his cars totally unknown history before oct of last year, I would guess no timing belt water pump service was done before the sale.

Phee- thats not $250- its a grand!

 

i said i was going to save up for the rest of the service ^^ and although i have not been reporting my progress, i have repaired the numerous electrical issues with my car, the only thing i am waiting on are my new dashboard led's and my issues will be over and done with.

 

honestly i woudlnt give my parents a car with electrical or known problems for a long drive... they should just rent a car...