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11-20-2013, 12:05
tmleadr03

Go home Audi

You're drunk and puking on my floor.

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11-20-2013, 12:14
Tinelement

Looks like she had a late night last night!
11-20-2013, 12:34
Great-Kazoo

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Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck

thats a furren car for ya.

No, that's an over priced VW, for ya
11-20-2013, 12:36
Monky

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Did someone say over priced VW?

Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.
11-20-2013, 12:50
ruthabagah

She ain't pretty without make up for sure....
11-20-2013, 12:50
merl

You have to remove the whole front of the car to get to the engine? Nothing like easy to maintain is there.
11-20-2013, 12:52
tmleadr03

Now I just have to put a new one back in and remember where all them lines go...

http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4bc3b103.jpg
11-20-2013, 13:16
Mazin

Don't forget to hookup the flux capacitor.
11-20-2013, 13:17
hghclsswhitetrsh

Probably all those metric bolts a nuts.
11-20-2013, 13:31
NFATrustGuy

What did it need? An oil change?

[ROFL2]
11-20-2013, 13:53
Ronin13

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Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck

but Jim, I thought you said the bmw was the overpriced hyundai?

How dare anyone compare one of the greatest foreign car makers to the "Korean Ford." Sounds like jealousy in Jim's assessment of BMW....[Coffee]

How much is that little fix gonna cost to repair for that Audi owner? My buddy has a 2000 Audi A6 that needed a few "minor" fixes (I think water pump and O2 sensor) and it was extremely costly- enough that he said he's done with Audi, then went and bought a 2005 Mercedes... Go figure!
11-20-2013, 14:00
tmleadr03

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Originally Posted by NFATrustGuy

What did it need? An oil change?

[ROFL2]

Actually blew the engine. Which I suppose is better then blowing a nut...
11-20-2013, 14:00
tmleadr03

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Originally Posted by merl

You have to remove the whole front of the car to get to the engine? Nothing like easy to maintain is there.

It is how you do the timing belt as well...
11-20-2013, 14:26
ChuckNorris

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Originally Posted by tmleadr03

It is how you do the timing belt as well...

Holy Crap!
11-20-2013, 14:28
tmleadr03

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Originally Posted by ChuckNorris

Holy Crap!

You can just unbolt it and slip it forward about 2 inches, but by that point fuck it I am pulling it off to the side like this and sitting down and doing the belt that way.
11-20-2013, 14:37
Gman

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Here's a really expensive VW.
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11-20-2013, 14:39
brianakell

Funny, anyone think there's a car built by dodge chevy or ford in the last 10 years that's much easier to work on? Or that is not full of metric bolts? Hell the 90s chevy, dodge, ford were full of metric, if not metric and SAE on the same vehicle! Not to mention the metric headed SAE bolts. Or how about the SAE engine and metric chassis? Almost better, the mix of metric coarse and extra coarse threads on the same vehicle. At least the imports are consistent in the stuff they use! Well, toyota is anyway, pretty sure nissan is, honda is, and Ill best audi is along with VW.
11-20-2013, 14:44
MarkCO

A 4" grinder makes any bolt any size you want. [dig]
11-20-2013, 14:58
sniper7

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Originally Posted by brianakell

Funny, anyone think there's a car built by dodge chevy or ford in the last 10 years that's much easier to work on? Or that is not full of metric bolts? Hell the 90s chevy, dodge, ford were full of metric, if not metric and SAE on the same vehicle! Not to mention the metric headed SAE bolts. Or how about the SAE engine and metric chassis? Almost better, the mix of metric coarse and extra coarse threads on the same vehicle. At least the imports are consistent in the stuff they use! Well, toyota is anyway, pretty sure nissan is, honda is, and Ill best audi is along with VW.

my 99 tahoe was easy to work on. My new 2013 silverado looks just as easy. the tahoe did suck when I rebuilt the engine due to the metric/SAE bolts. that was a PITA but it got done.
11-20-2013, 15:12
brianakell

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Originally Posted by sniper7

my 99 tahoe was easy to work on. My new 2013 silverado looks just as easy. the tahoe did suck when I rebuilt the engine due to the metric/SAE bolts. that was a PITA but it got done.

Agreed. But thats a truck vs a car. Totally different animal.
11-20-2013, 15:16
Dave

I thought it was bad when I had to take the intake manifold off my 00 Dodge Stratus to change out the back three spark plugs. Or take the front left tire off to change out the battery.
11-20-2013, 15:24
tmleadr03

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Originally Posted by Dave

I thought it was bad when I had to take the intake manifold off my 00 Dodge Stratus to change out the back three spark plugs. Or take the front left tire off to change out the battery.

I have done that, it is stupid.
11-20-2013, 15:34
Great-Kazoo

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Originally Posted by Ronin13

How dare anyone compare one of the greatest foreign car makers to the "Korean Ford." Sounds like jealousy in Jim's assessment of BMW....[Coffee]

How much is that little fix gonna cost to repair for that Audi owner? My buddy has a 2000 Audi A6 that needed a few "minor" fixes (I think water pump and O2 sensor) and it was extremely costly- enough that he said he's done with Audi, then went and bought a 2005 Mercedes... Go figure!

Know what the cheapest thing in a BMW is? THE OWNER !
11-20-2013, 15:35
jerrymrc

GM was very good at 1/2-1/2 in the early 80's. At least most of the metrics were blue.[Flower]
11-20-2013, 15:50
roberth

My sister had an Audi A4 convertible, nice car even though it was slow, cost her thousands in maintenance. That is the thing about Audi, BMW, Mercedes, they are nice cars but people forget that these companies expect the owner to maintain them religiously and that maintenance is expensive unless you can do it yourself.
11-20-2013, 16:01
thvigil11

Recently replaced the heater core in my late model F150. Had to remove the entire dash to get it out. Made me miss my old 60's powerwagon. You could SIT in the engine compartment and work on anything in there. Good old days of easy access.
11-20-2013, 16:06
waxthis

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Originally Posted by jim

No, that's an over priced VW, for ya

Down boy.
11-20-2013, 16:11
waxthis

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Originally Posted by roberth

My sister had an Audi A4 convertible, nice car even though it was slow, cost her thousands in maintenance. That is the thing about Audi, BMW, Mercedes, they are nice cars but people forget that these companies expect the owner to maintain them religiously and that maintenance is expensive unless you can do it yourself.

Well Duhhhhhhh....[Coffee]
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11-20-2013, 18:16
clodhopper

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Originally Posted by brianakell

Funny, anyone think there's a car built by dodge chevy or ford in the last 10 years that's much easier to work on? Or that is not full of metric bolts? Hell the 90s chevy, dodge, ford were full of metric, if not metric and SAE on the same vehicle! Not to mention the metric headed SAE bolts. Or how about the SAE engine and metric chassis? Almost better, the mix of metric coarse and extra coarse threads on the same vehicle. At least the imports are consistent in the stuff they use! Well, toyota is anyway, pretty sure nissan is, honda is, and Ill best audi is along with VW.

I have had a jetta TDI for about a year now. At first I was frustrated about needing new tools to work on it, fancy fasteners like triple-squares and such. But after doing a fair number of involved repairs (bought it cheap knowing it needed some work) I am digging the simplicity. Having worked on Jeeps, Fords and Chevys, it always seemed like I needed to use every tool in the box to do a simple job. There is much less variety of fasteners on the jetta. 3 wrenches pulled the entire exhaust/turbo/EGR from the car and everything had space to be removed without pulling half of the rest of the car. There is certainly more forethought in regard to maintenance on the VW than is generally applied by the American big 3.
11-20-2013, 20:01
roberth

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Originally Posted by waxthis

Well Duhhhhhhh....[Coffee]
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:)
11-20-2013, 21:45
MrPrena

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Originally Posted by Gman

Here's a really expensive VW.
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hahaha WINNER!!!
11-20-2013, 21:47
20X11

Ya'll never had to R&R a heater core in a 72 Volvo...Flat rate was 16 hrs, and I defy any MOFO out there to come close to Flat Rate.
11-20-2013, 21:51
tmleadr03

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Originally Posted by 20X11

Ya'll never had to R&R a heater core in a 72 Volvo...Flat rate was 16 hrs, and I defy any MOFO out there to come close to Flat Rate.

Heater core on the new x5 is upwards of 22 hours. I honestly want no part of that.
11-21-2013, 11:21
spqrzilla

22 hours? It didn't take that long to build the mofo.
11-21-2013, 11:31
clodhopper

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Originally Posted by spqrzilla

22 hours? It didn't take that long to build the mofo.

yeah, but when you have to take it all apart before you put it back together.... well, that adds time.
11-21-2013, 11:43
tmleadr03

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Originally Posted by clodhopper

yeah, but when you have to take it all apart before you put it back together.... well, that adds time.

I did it on a 335i once. Got it almost all the way back together and was going to put in the screen for the navigation. Couldn't for the life of me find the connector for it. Hunted for about 40 min till I found it down by the shift lever in the center console. Could not route it up with out completely removing the whole dash again. Why would you make that harness that long? It litterally came out of a harness up by the screen hole and dropped down all the way to the center console. I was a little irate at myself for missing it.
11-21-2013, 11:59
clodhopper

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Originally Posted by tmleadr03

I did it on a 335i once. Got it almost all the way back together and was going to put in the screen for the navigation. Couldn't for the life of me find the connector for it. Hunted for about 40 min till I found it down by the shift lever in the center console. Could not route it up with out completely removing the whole dash again. Why would you make that harness that long? It litterally came out of a harness up by the screen hole and dropped down all the way to the center console. I was a little irate at myself for missing it.

So it is the fault of engineering that you made a dumbass move and forgot an assembly step?

I am just kidding. Anyone who has worked on cars has made a dumb move like that before. I have my own instances like reassembling an auto transmission only to find a thrust washer in the rinse pan and have to completely disassemble the tranny again. It is times like those when my language gets pretty ripe.
11-21-2013, 13:55
Ronin13

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Originally Posted by jim

Know what the cheapest thing in a BMW is? THE OWNER !

I'll admit it, I'm a cheap bastard... Maybe that's why I'm perpetually single. [Coffee]
11-21-2013, 14:41
spqrzilla

Did they ever complete the recall on BMW's for the ones that drive down the road with a turn signal on for miles?[Coffee]
11-21-2013, 16:50
Gman

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Originally Posted by 20X11

Ya'll never had to R&R a heater core in a 72 Volvo...Flat rate was 16 hrs, and I defy any MOFO out there to come close to Flat Rate.

I guess they built the car around the heater core. ;-)

Do you remember what model that was? I had a '72 164E. It was my first car. Damn, I got a lot of speeding tickets in that little tank when I was living in TX and the limit was 55mph.

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