Two entirely unrelated questions about my 97 SC2...
First, the sunroof... It died on my a little while back, got stuck about 5 inches open. The dealer said they don't (can't?) fix them, only replace them, at a cost of about $1,000. I passed at the time, and they just got it closed for me, and it's been that way ever since. Anybody know if this is the sort of thing a non-dealer mechanic might be able to fix or deal with for less than a thousand bucks?
Second question, and the more pressing one imho. On a fairly regular basis, my car has trouble starting. I get in, turn the key, and the engine cranks and i get the feeling that no matter how long I held the key, it would keep turning and never start. But, when this happens (not all the time, maybe, oh, 70% of the time), if I let it crank for a couple seconds, then stop, wait for everything to stop moving, and then turn the key again, it'll start right up.
As far as I can tell, no outside factors seem to figure into whether it starts right up or not -- radio on or off, a/c and fan on or off, hot or cold, wet or dry, or even how long it's been since I last had it running. I've had this problem since I got the car in 2000, the dealer and my other mechanic have both said they couldn't find any problem, and the problem has persisted even though a new alternator and battery have been installed (for presumably un-related reasons, although I guess all the extra cranking can't be good for either one of those things).
Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated,
thanks,
joe