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04-03-2006, 08:35 AM

I recently put my '03 s2000 in a body shop for paint touch ups. When I got my car back I noticed that it didn't have the same performance and it now gets 32 miles less to a tank of gas. I know they took something off of my car but I don't know what. Can anybody help?

Senamillia · 10-31-2006, 10:05 PM

Wow!! I would hate to say ARE YOU SURE?? but I am sure you would know more than I... DId you take a careful look at your engine bay? Does your exhaust have a slight hole in it is your air filter Gone? IF your losing power most likly you would notice by a noise I would think I mean my car lost mileage because my air filture was dirty DAmn do I feel really bad for you man. I would take it back and find out who worked on the car then question them hardcore..... I have a friend who works for a honda dealership wont name names or place of the dealership but I will tell you this some of the kids there are very young they are normally lube techs or the detailers and before they pull your car in the garage and after their done they pull it out they go for a bash in your car banging gears just having fun i would suppose in their minds.. perhaps they took your car for a hella crazy ride and hit the ref limiter a lot of times and in that time they hit the redline they blew a spark plug. Check your spark plugs NOW... because a friend of mine in a GT did a large burnout and fucked over his spark plug he had to get a new one he was running on 7 cilindars Check it out....

s2000isu · 10-31-2006, 10:25 PM

i highly doubt they took something off your car. I meen if something is missing chances are the owner is going to find out and be like hey the last place that could of had my hood open was blah blah blah. I know our body shop or accesory center never drove the cars around besides from one parking lot to another. Plus i highly doubt they beat on it bad enough so that it did damage to the vehicle you could feel right away. Or notice your tires are feathered or something

Oxford S2K · 11-17-2006, 06:41 PM

Hey maybe they disconected the battrey, the computer is a learning computer is it not?

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Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	ripped off I recently put my '03 s2000 in a body shop for paint touch ups. When I got my car back I noticed that it didn't have the same performance and it now gets 32 miles less to a tank of gas. I know they took something off of my car but I don't know what. Can anybody help?

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10-31-2006, 10:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Senamillia Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 16	Wow!! I would hate to say ARE YOU SURE?? but I am sure you would know more than I... DId you take a careful look at your engine bay? Does your exhaust have a slight hole in it is your air filter Gone? IF your losing power most likly you would notice by a noise I would think I mean my car lost mileage because my air filture was dirty DAmn do I feel really bad for you man. I would take it back and find out who worked on the car then question them hardcore..... I have a friend who works for a honda dealership wont name names or place of the dealership but I will tell you this some of the kids there are very young they are normally lube techs or the detailers and before they pull your car in the garage and after their done they pull it out they go for a bash in your car banging gears just having fun i would suppose in their minds.. perhaps they took your car for a hella crazy ride and hit the ref limiter a lot of times and in that time they hit the redline they blew a spark plug. Check your spark plugs NOW... because a friend of mine in a GT did a large burnout and fucked over his spark plug he had to get a new one he was running on 7 cilindars Check it out....

10-31-2006, 10:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
s2000isu Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pa Posts: 1,180	i highly doubt they took something off your car. I meen if something is missing chances are the owner is going to find out and be like hey the last place that could of had my hood open was blah blah blah. I know our body shop or accesory center never drove the cars around besides from one parking lot to another. Plus i highly doubt they beat on it bad enough so that it did damage to the vehicle you could feel right away. Or notice your tires are feathered or something

11-17-2006, 06:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
Oxford S2K Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 17	Hey maybe they disconected the battrey, the computer is a learning computer is it not?