Marion Morrison
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Corolla.
new to me car?
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strollingbones
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i had no clue they had chains now....my timing belt broke in asheville...i have enough sense not to fuck with a car but call for a tow....a 300 bones tow....i think they belt and water pump were around 800..
i hate to leave the subbies but damn this awd gets pricey in repairs....i want a back up camera too ...i am old i dont turn my neck anymore
i hate to leave the subbies but damn this awd gets pricey in repairs....i want a back up camera too ...i am old i dont turn my neck anymore
strollingbones
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omg yall arent kidding
Several years ago a woman stopped at my shop (a different shop in a faraway galaxy) with a 2-year-old BMW, because an oil warning indicator had come on, scaring the bejeezus out of her. I popped the hood to discover that there was no engine oil dipstick. After making sure no one had stolen the dipstick, I consulted the owner’s manual. I like to believe I have fairly high reading and comprehension skills, but it took me a good 10 minutes to figure out how to use the dashboard’s digital display to check the oil level using the high and low oil level sensors now placed within the oil pan. So in a very well thought-out scheme, they have replaced the unflinching reliability of a dip-stick with electronic sensors riding in a bath of very hot oil with hydrocarbons mixed in. Sometimes engineers enthralled with their own cleverness do things simply because they can, but there are supposed to be adults in the room to stop them.
On deaf ears
This is the part where I make the heartfelt appeal to the manufacturers to reconsider this bit of engineering by considering the real-world effects. Do you really think the world would be better off if no one can check their oil easily or add transmission fluid to a car or truck?
What about the middle class family with four kids, two of them in college? They’ve got a fleet of three- to ten-year-old cars they have to keep on the road. Yeah, the old truck leaks a little transmission fluid, but they put a quart in every two months and it does fine. Do you really want to make that impossible to do? Do you think the consumer will marvel at how clever you are? More than likely they’ll say “I’m never buying one of these again!”
The Disappearing Dipstick | Car Care Tips | Wiygul Automotive Clinic
Several years ago a woman stopped at my shop (a different shop in a faraway galaxy) with a 2-year-old BMW, because an oil warning indicator had come on, scaring the bejeezus out of her. I popped the hood to discover that there was no engine oil dipstick. After making sure no one had stolen the dipstick, I consulted the owner’s manual. I like to believe I have fairly high reading and comprehension skills, but it took me a good 10 minutes to figure out how to use the dashboard’s digital display to check the oil level using the high and low oil level sensors now placed within the oil pan. So in a very well thought-out scheme, they have replaced the unflinching reliability of a dip-stick with electronic sensors riding in a bath of very hot oil with hydrocarbons mixed in. Sometimes engineers enthralled with their own cleverness do things simply because they can, but there are supposed to be adults in the room to stop them.
On deaf ears
This is the part where I make the heartfelt appeal to the manufacturers to reconsider this bit of engineering by considering the real-world effects. Do you really think the world would be better off if no one can check their oil easily or add transmission fluid to a car or truck?
What about the middle class family with four kids, two of them in college? They’ve got a fleet of three- to ten-year-old cars they have to keep on the road. Yeah, the old truck leaks a little transmission fluid, but they put a quart in every two months and it does fine. Do you really want to make that impossible to do? Do you think the consumer will marvel at how clever you are? More than likely they’ll say “I’m never buying one of these again!”
The Disappearing Dipstick | Car Care Tips | Wiygul Automotive Clinic
/----/ Good find. Do yourself a favor and have all the fluids and filters changed. Also run a tank of 97 octane to clean out the cat converter and fuel injection.
strollingbones
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can i get a dipstick and camera ....i keep looking at cars but they all blend together....a friend is a used car salesman and i have purchased most of my cars from him for 20 years ...he was not selling the last car i got...he just told me where it was and to go buy it....still going with it...we did not buy the green bean from him....
Pop23
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I've owned several Ford Taurus's with that aggravating Transmission problem that the Dealers kept telling people they would have to replace the tranny because of. In every case all I had to do was change the VSS Sensor. $30 and 10 minutes and I drove good cars CHEAP!
Not recommending it though, they are not really in style any more, but the suggestion to stick with Subaru is not all that bad an idea
Marion Morrison
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Ford backwards:
Driver
Returns
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Driver
Returns
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Foot
Sunni Man
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BMW, Audi, Saab, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, in fact most any European car, are just over engineered money pits. Although, they are a pleasure to drive when they aren't in the shop. ....
Sunni Man
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I know someone who bought a new Range Rover a couple of years ago.
At 20,000 miles the brake pads were shot and the dealership charged him $2,300 to replace them. Yikes!!
He also told me that you only change the oil and filter once per year, and it cost him $500 each time at the dealership.
I told him that is crazy money, and he needs to dump that car ASAP before something really major goes wrong, and he has to take out a second mortgage on his home to pay the repair bill. ...
At 20,000 miles the brake pads were shot and the dealership charged him $2,300 to replace them. Yikes!!
He also told me that you only change the oil and filter once per year, and it cost him $500 each time at the dealership.
I told him that is crazy money, and he needs to dump that car ASAP before something really major goes wrong, and he has to take out a second mortgage on his home to pay the repair bill. ...
strollingbones
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i can change my own oil....
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Get a Jeep. I got one this past September and love it! It goes where others can't.
Moonglow
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Deep sea diving...?
strollingbones
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i hate jeeps.....several friends have them...uncomfie ride ...at my age i need to climb down into the car and not up out of it...when my friends are pissed at me..(and now they drive most of the time...i tellz ya pass out a few times and suddenly no one lets you drive) they park on inclines so i have to open the door...hold it and try to climb out at the same time...they park so the passenger side is uphill from the drivers side...i hate having to get up into jeeps...
strollingbones
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hmmm i need a new to me car and new to me friends
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strollingbones
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okay they all look alike...sedans ....suvs ....thats the only difference....and trucks...so far i have picked out a lexius ...a bmw and a mercedes....none of which i can afford...
strollingbones
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not going well at all...he insists his car can be fixed and that i am being hasty wanting to ditch it....he knows i will need a new to me car soon too...he has a 100 excuses ..he calls them reasons not to ditch the green bean
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J'adore my Subaru Forrester. Subaru also makes sedans, and the Crosstrek is danged cute (I love the orange color!).
But whatever you do, DO NOT BUY A VOLVO. SRSLY
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