Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
Being the arguement thread someone will be along shortly to correct your naivety.
I'll just ignore them!
Or maybe I'll show them my turtle!
Being the arguement thread someone will be along shortly to correct your naivety.
Back in the day metric wrenches were for Japanese and Euro vehicles. Standard wrenches were for US made. If you were demented or a sorcerer you had Whitworth wrenches for British cars & motorcycles.
Nuff saidToyota
Welcome to the Forum!I owned a 2014 4 door Passat diesel. It had lots of room inside, for back seaters too. It got great gas mileage on the freeway (50 mpg @ 80 mph). Actually was a nice car. They were just cheaters.
I don't think you can beat a Toyota.
Too late. I bought a 2005 E320 CDI 5 years ago. Just broke 222000 miles with minor repairs(consumables, mostly)Personally, I do NOT recommend buying ANY Mercedes made after 1990, IF you want to do your own routine maintenance.
(You have to be an actual MECHANIC to work on the "modern" MB cars. = "Shade tree wrench-twisters" like me need NOT apply.)
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That's what keeps me from ever seriously considering them. In this day and age if a car needs to be worked on that often, it's a piece of crap. Barring special use cases (taxis, police, racing, etc.) there really is no excuse for a top tier manufacturer's vehicle to require anything but basic maintenance (oil, gas, filters, and tires) during the first 100k.By the way, you CANNOT go without servicing a European car. That is just asking for trouble.
LOL I love that defense. "Finely engineered" ... but needs to be in the shop all the time so it'll stay working...Do you guys not maintain your firearms either? Maintenance is how to keep anything and everything running. Go ask your wife!
I had a Toyota for 12 years, and they aren't maintenance-free either! I had a VW before that, and got a VW after it. There is a lot to be said for finely engineered cars, especially German ones! There's a world of difference, but yes there is a price to pay to play.
I get your point but I will add this. I had a 98 m3 convertible for a while. It was my extra car that I drove when the weather was nice. I started travel nursing and the miles started raking up. I thought it wasn't right to use her as a commuter/ cross country car so I decided to trade her. Never had to do anything but change the oil etc on her. The top mechanism did have to be realigned once. Iirc she had around 75k on her when I traded for a used mustang convertible. I still wanted a convertible and I figured a v8 manual mustang would be reliable. They actually wrote me a check to take the mustang because the m3 was worth more. When you closed the door on the m3 it felt like closing a safe door. The mustang felt like closing a file cabinet drawer. The almost 2 years I had the mustang the top leaked and water collected in the boot that housed the top when it would rain. The front right brake caliper seized. The transmission blew up when I was driving on the hwy from Birmingham to Atlanta to catch a flight. Finally, one day, I heard a low roar from the rear. I assumed it was a bearing. The next day I traded the mustang in for an Accord couple that was trouble free till I trade it in for a tundra 7 years later.LOL I love that defense. "Finely engineered" ... but needs to be in the shop all the time so it'll stay working...
Just imagine the howling if our guns were like German cars. Just imagine if they required multiple trips to the gunsmith just to keep them in reliable shooting condition. Do we not expect the exact opposite from our firearms? A little bit of oil every now and then to keep rust at bay, the slide/bolt moving freely and I can trust my life to it?
I had 2013 gti for a few years. The resale value was not the best. The only problem I had was traction, even with grippy summer tires . The best hwy mpg I got was ~30. My audi a4 on the other hand, with awd, tuned with more hp than the gti and heavier weight gets ~35+mpg cruising at 80+.What’s the resale value versus price paid new of a used 5-6 year old VW anything? That’s a huge consideration in my book.
What’s the resale value versus price paid new of a used 5-6 year old VW anything? That’s a huge consideration in my book.
That price shouldn't be exorbitant. It cost meDo you guys not maintain your firearms either? Maintenance is how to keep anything and everything running. Go ask your wife!
I had a Toyota for 12 years, and they aren't maintenance-free either! I had a VW before that, and got a VW after it. There is a lot to be said for finely engineered cars, especially German ones! There's a world of difference, but yes there is a price to pay to play.
Yeah, my finely engineered gti cost me $4,000.00 to have the timing chains (2) replaced. It seems that the people at VW have forgotten that Volkswagen means "people's car". Not to mention VW service is horrible. I have never heard of a VW service department that is open on Saturdays. You have to schedule everything. Even oil changes.LOL I love that defense. "Finely engineered" ... but needs to be in the shop all the time so it'll stay working...
Just imagine the howling if our guns were like German cars. Just imagine if they required multiple trips to the gunsmith just to keep them in reliable shooting condition. Do we not expect the exact opposite from our firearms? A little bit of oil every now and then to keep rust at bay, the slide/bolt moving freely and I can trust my life to it?