[thewolfman]

I'm having a few problems with my Carbide. It is pretty hard to start. It takes a few turns of the key to roll over. The first thing I did was check the air intake and found it stuffed with filters. I removed them and the engine idled beautifully. When it gets going, it seems to have no power when it's put under any pressure. For example, when I try to go up any hill, you can really feel the engine kinda puttering along. When I hit the downhills, the engine comes to life and picks up some pretty good speed. I changed the oil and lubricated everything I could think of. Also, when I depress the gas pedal all the way it feels like I have a loss of power. I have to let off the gas (about half way) and it picks buck up again. It has around 700 miles on it and I purchased it used. Sorry if I kinda rambled, I was just typing as I thought of things. I am a total noob when it comes to this, so please be gentle.