FrankRizzo Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Heh heh DNF! Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Lucas refrigerators... why Englishmen drink warm beer. 1 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 The worst car I ever had (for electrical problems) was a 510. Lucas electrics weren't all that bad.Most of those problems were caused by DPO's. Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Try a vw, fucking pieces of shits 5 Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 ^ Werd. My sister's 2013 VW Jetta had it's gearbox shit itself and it's either going to be $4k up up to $7k to repair. What a joke for a 4 year old car. Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 ^ Werd. My sister's 2013 VW Jetta had it's gearbox shit itself and it's either going to be $4k up up to $7k to repair. What a joke for a 4 year old car. Warranty? Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Warranty? probably just out of miles or non warrantyable part Currently fighting with an oil cooler on a 98 golf. Why does a 2 litre motor need an oil cooler you ask? Because fuck my sanity 3 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Newer engines run closer to boiling point than old Datsuns. Oil will be hotter or try to be. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rjawm Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 As a person with a removed gallbladder, because it made HUGE stones and plugged itself, I find a lot of humor in this. 4 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Warranty? 3 year/ 36,000 mi. 1 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 3 year/ 36,000 mi. Not on drivetrain. 1 Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Warranty? Not on drivetrain. probably just out of miles or non warrantyable part Currently fighting with an oil cooler on a 98 golf. Why does a 2 litre motor need an oil cooler you ask? Because fuck my sanity Apparently out of warranty though there was an official thing/recall on gearbox oil that they were going to contact VW about. Quote Link to comment
Ratwagon1600 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 102 degrees in RW's neck of the woods today. http://www.bom.gov.au/act/forecasts/canberra.shtml The house air conditioning will be set at a comfortable 66. #icecoldaussiebeer #greatdaytobingewatchsometv #cooldowninthequartersizepoolday 1 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 It's been around freezing here for weeks. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 102 degrees in RW's neck of the woods today. http://www.bom.gov.au/act/forecasts/canberra.shtml The house air conditioning will be set at a comfortable 66. #icecoldaussiebeer #greatdaytobingewatchsometv #cooldowninthequartersizepoolday 66 is time to put a log in the fireplace and put a sweater on...... https://www.quora.com/Does-anyone-ever-light-fires-in-the-fireplaces-in-the-White-House Does anyone ever light fires in the fireplaces in the White House? Richard Nixon loved having a roaring blaze in the fireplace. His daughter Tricia said in a TV interview that even the heat of summer didn’t stop him: he’d turn down the air conditioning as low as it would go, then order a fire to be lit. Since this was about the time that OPEC quadrupled the price of crude oil and Americans were being urged to conserve energy to reduce the hit to their wallets, Tricia’s revelation didn’t endear her father to his fellow citizens. I think it’s very likely that other presidents or their families have used the fireplaces. It’s not as if they personally had to carry out the ashes or chop the wood. Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 I'd take a job as the White House fireplace guy. Chop wood, light fires, clean ashes, get great retirement 2 Quote Link to comment
FrankRizzo Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Apparently out of warranty though there was an official thing/recall on gearbox oil that they were going to contact VW about. Went thru this with Mrs. Rizzo's 2012 Beetle 'Vert. 2.5l 5 cyl with the 6 speed slushbox, trans took a dump. Bottom line was that after a few back and forths with VWoA they covered about $2'500. Had the trans rebuilt by a local independent trans shop for $4k. VW wanted $7,500 for a "factory" transmission. pfft. 1 Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Went thru this with Mrs. Rizzo's 2012 Beetle 'Vert. 2.5l 5 cyl with the 6 speed slushbox, trans took a dump. Bottom line was that after a few back and forths with VWoA they covered about $2'500. Had the trans rebuilt by a local independent trans shop for $4k. VW wanted $7,500 for a "factory" transmission. pfft. VW is trying to say that the mechatronics and clutch are both gone (which apparently is not as likely to happen both at same time) and the dealership have put in a claim but no promises on which way that will go. Sister also being told it's $7k to go with a 2nd hand gearbox. She paid $17 k for the car so seems like a pretty fucked up proposition all round. She's getting this fixed and then they will be going with a Toyota. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 VW... good cars but expensive to fix if something goes wrong 1 Quote Link to comment
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