ITT shit in your car/cars you owned that makes you go "what the FUCK were they thinking when they designed this?">350z >Dip stick is a bitch to put in and take out because of its awkward ass shape. Also who the fuck puts the reading hash on the opposite side of the stick so the first thing you see after pulling it out is nothingness? >Yeah lets put the rubber clutch line under the exhaust manifold so it stretches and makes the pedal stick on hot days. >240sx >Let's put over 9000 2 inch rubber cooling lines under the manifold. >vr6 gti >Mein fuhrer, I've been browsing the vw vortex and the users are complaining about superior(shitty) german electric systems. We'll have to show them REAL german ingenuity. Officer Hoffen Himmer, start making the water impellers in the water pumps out of plastic!. What better material to make a high stress part in high temperatures than plastic?
lolgrocery
E90 Corolla >cupholders in front of radio controls wtf >Differential fluid plug is way up right behind the center of the firewall, no one ever change it due to that reason >can get into 3 without pressing the shifter button on the auto, so I accidentally go from D to 3 in middle of the freeway >half sized radiator >the fucking middle tray right under the e-brake, you can't ever put shit in there due. >an exposed hole when e-brake is pulled up, so your coins and crap in the tray will all in to the fucking hole down the e-brake lever
Anonymous
2002 Montero Sport>why does it have to take me 5 hours to change the spark plugs >2003 Tacoma TRD >1994 Tercel
ビ_Rice !m2vCAtpiwE
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>>6662575 >half sized radiator Maximum JDM cooling efficiency yo
Forgot to add these
>s2000 >Cant shift if you put the your drink in the only cup holder the car has. >rx8 >Center console extends all the way to the rear seats so it prevents a 5th passenger/back seat sex. Anonymous
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93 S10 Blazer>Thermostat behind what appears to be a worthless support bar >pay extra $100 for donut >why >why >'cupholders' that fold out of center console >rear cupholder assembly >plastic-coated engine bay >sideways/upside-down oil filters >alternators on bottom of motor >cupholders with no support >carpet flooring
Anonymous
>>6662604 >5 hours to change spark plugs sounds like you just cant into cars
At Work !!m9nJXZaqXF3
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97 Chevy Malibu - Serpentine belt behind the motor mount.
The Jackal !QJackAlHU2
93 Century>Why u oil filter at an angle >why u oil filter threads 1.5" too long so oil go errwhere >why changing u 3 spark plugs involve removing a motor mount and jacking the engine up
Vulva
Volvo 240>biodegradable wiring
Anonymous
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>90+ 300zx >Mx6
Anonymous
First gen Ford Ranger>You have to push in a button under the steering column to get the key out of the ignition, so you cant get the keys with one hand at most angles
Anonymous
>>6662623 have you ever tried on these?
Fucking airbox assembly is all bolted onto the top of the engine. You have to remove almost everything.
Come at me.
the evil monkey !vCjM3UifNw
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>2008 Tiburon
Anonymous
>350z >Hatchback springs and pistons fail monthly >Spare tire is a 125/14 >Jack compresses under wright of car >Oil Filter on back of engine >Gas tank housed over the diff which leaves it with 3 big valleys for fuel to go in, but it won't flow into the other sides until you spend 30 minutes waiting for it to flow >That fucking cubby where the nav system was supposed to go but nobody ordered them with the nav system >Glovebox is behind passenger seat, making it seem like I am reaching back for a gun when I have to reach back for registration and insurance >Rear Visibility
Anonymous
>4WD toggle on newer ford trucks
Anonymous
>>6662641 a lot of cars, especially manuals, had that if I recall. Like, 80's feature. I know a cherokee we used to have had it
Anonymous
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1988 Chrysler LeBaron>Reverse pop-up headlights >Drop down, held up by motors >Constantly breaking >retarded looking car >Shifter stick >too fucking tall >Hardly any torque >Dat gas milage
Anonymous
>>6662632 Go adopt a kid and use their tiny hands to put in the rear plugs
Or just cut a hatch in the firewall and go that way
Anonymous
>>6662652 what is the reasoning behind making keys hard to get out? I mean I would leave them in but my truck has the most irritating buzzer in the planet.
Anonymous
>97 - 03 F-150s >Have to take off a majority of the top end to change the spark plugs
The Jackal !QJackAlHU2
>>6662656 That'd be great and all if you could even get a socket over them in the first place.
ビ_Rice !m2vCAtpiwE
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>>6662649 Oil filters on the Z are on the front and super easy to get to (except all the bolts you have to undo for the plastic guard shit.
Touche for the gas tank. If you corner too hard with a quarter of a tank left, the gauge shows empty.
Anonymous
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>Volkswagen Passat >Driver seat is in at a slight angle.
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>>6662660 oh, I don't have the slightest idea. I just know a couple cars had it, I'm sure there's an 'excuse' somewhere.
Anonymous
>>6662661 OHC engines bro, it's future technology
>>6662662 Go from under then, just be sure to wait until the exhaust cools, I've burnt myself on too many Century and Park Avenue manifolds and cats
jbod !!27cNlq/moFH
1994 Sunbird>Oil filter bigger than any opening to remove it from. >Belt tensioner pulley that can't be removed without the world's slimmest ratchet wrench. >Bottom motor mount is weaker than all the other motor mounts. >Stereo head unit is a 3.5" x 3.5" square. >"Cupholders" in the doors that don't actually hold your cup. >The worst of the 80's car looks rolled into one.
Anonymous
>>6662644 i take it back. looks like a cluster fuck
vote 99 intrepid because you have to remove the passenger wheel to get to the battery.
The Jackal !QJackAlHU2
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>>6662688 Again that'd be awesome (and what I'd do) if I had a lift at home and not just a jack.
>Jack up car >lying down under car >can't reach up far enough to get wrench over plug >even if I could a socket still wouldn't fit over them because LOLFIREWALL >mfw I ended up removing the motor mount / jacking the motor forward Anonymous
>>6662693 >"Cupholders" in the doors that don't actually hold your cup. Bitch I have to jam my 32 oz. cokes in between the seat and parking brake in my accord.
Pic related but not mine
GMC Jimmy !6GdI4V79Gw
00' GMC Jimmy
GMC Jimmy !6GdI4V79Gw
>>6662703 Forgot to add
90's GM glove box "cup holders"
The Jackal !QJackAlHU2
>>6662693 >head unit obnoxiously unusual size >mfw my Century doesn't have a Single DIN >Not even a Double DIN >But a fucking 1.5 DIN The Jackal !QJackAlHU2
>>6662707 >GM gloveboxes SPEAKING OF THOSE
>Fuel door release / Trunk release in glove box Anonymous
>>6662703 >have to remove steering shaft to get out one of the spark plugs on driver side oh jesus, is that for the 4.3? I'm glad I never had to do that.
Ze German !I3AL2dMbiw
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>BMW X5 >2007 >75.000€ car >onboard computer seems to have Pentium II build into it because it is that fucking slow >GPS disc laser BURNS the disc to oblivion after 2 years (read: becomes unreadable) >Mercedes Benz A class >Premium brand >plastic, plastic everywhere >BMW M5 F10 >"hurr durr we must meet CO2-emission goals >have Start/stop automatic which is always on by default, and has to be deactivated every time via a button >2T car >take complete braking system from M3 (350kg lighter) >wonder why, after 20min of track time, I smell burnt metal and hear a grinding noise on the rear right brake disc (I wrote about his a few weeks back) >turns out disc(s) became so hot they burned holes in the heat shield plates about the size of a 1€ piece
jbod !!27cNlq/moFH
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>>6662701 I envy you, for I don't have that luxury. I bet you they don't fall over accelerating from a dead stop.
>>6662708 Oh lord, that sucks. When I replaced the stock head unit I had to stuff the new one where the tape deck went, behind the gear selector.
I'll probably just put a piece of plastic over the ugly ass hole left behind, then put a transmission temp gauge there or something.
Anonymous
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Audifag
GMC Jimmy !6GdI4V79Gw
>>6662714 They break easy as fuck to
>>6662715 The 4.3 yup, i think the 2.8 to, its sucks pretty big cocks
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All FWD cars.>WHY?!
Anonymous
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Oh, personal favorite of mine>2012 >steel wheels >instead of just putting aluminum wheels on cars, go through great efforts to make it look like it's not a steel wheel with 1" holes in it >still plastic covers over 5-spoke steel wheel
GMC Jimmy !6GdI4V79Gw
something else
The Jackal !QJackAlHU2
>>6662722 What's hilarious / awesome about those buttons though
>My car didn't have the power trunk release >Oh but the wiring is all there >Fuck it I'll put it in >Go to JY with just a multi tool / pop the button out with my multi tool >can't get into trunk deck on that car because the battery was dead / no keys available >fuck >go over to a ~2003-ish Oldsmobile with the trunk open >It's got the same fucking solenoid / plug >two bolts - dat multi tool >go home >Bolt in solenoid / plug it in >Plug in wires to button / snap it in >done What I don't understand and pisses me off to this day
>if the wiring for this option is laid even if it's not ordered >and it's so fucking easy / cheap to install >why the FUCK isn't it standard equipment It's like the ultimate dealer grubbin'-for-yo money with options, seriously.
Ze German !I3AL2dMbiw
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>>6662733 >What I don't understand and pisses me off to this day >if the wiring for this option is laid even if it's not ordered >and it's so fucking easy / cheap to install >why the FUCK isn't it standard equipment >It's like the ultimate dealer grubbin'-for-yo money with options, seriously. pic related
jbod !!27cNlq/moFH
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>>6662730 Sounds like my parents old Astro van. 15 years of Michigan winters required a cutting torch to free the spare, and the spare was completely fucked from the salt to the point of not being safe enough to drive on.
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>>6662722 I had a buddy who bought an 88 S10 with the 2.8 after I had my 4.3 93 Blazer, it was cute.
he was in a constant state of butt frustration
and then he took out his dad's sawzall and cut the exhaust off to make it sound like mine (fucking loud)
>their face when they just paid 1500 to pass emissions >my face when hearing the story anyway,
>car manufacturer's overusage of chrome Anonymous
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2007 jeep wrangler
Ishii !Fords5GmUY!!w0DCra4wfqM
>>6662701 atleast you get that handy compartment under the ash tray, I dont got shit
Anonymous
1986 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am>power antenna designed to break, have to remove fender to get to it >cheap fucking interior in trunk area. so fucking cheap >air dam under car makes an already low car positively dangerous over speedbumps, as hitting it and damaging the air dam means instant overheat >fucking hood randomly won't close because of terrible latch design >single shit-tastic 14" puller fan for massive radiator stock >intake box runs too close to alternator, alternator hungers for flesh whenever I shift and the intake box gets chewed up >cheap, 1-bolt transmission mount breaks yearly >rear disc brakes have one caliper front-facing, one caliper rear-facing, so GM could use the same part >overheats even when in working order >overheats >fucking always overheats
Slim Pickens
Pic isn't mine but mine is exactly the same>No cupholders anywhere >Fucking retarded manual shift boot Like seriously >it's all boot no shaft
The Jackal !QJackAlHU2
>>6662826 >All boot no shaft >mfw jinba~ittai !!TeuXcoVumll
NA Miata>Cupholders, why the fuck are you directly behind the shifter. Unless I'm using a fucking shot glass, I can't comfortably shift if there's a cup in there. >Splashguard. Fuck you. I don't know how I would improve you, but taking off about 12 obnoxious bolts to remove a sheet of plastic is really annoying when I'm just trying to do an oil change.
Anonymous
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2005 Chevy Silverado>Change oil >remove drain plug >oil shoots directly onto exhaust spraying oil everywhere
GMC Jimmy !6GdI4V79Gw
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Some more
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>Dodge Neon >that cramped as hell front end >have to remove (If I recall correct) the right front tire to get to oil filter >Caravan >exactly the same problems >most of the chassis keeps the same design as the neon >until the latest generation, they used an i4 engine >they STILL managed to make those engine bays cramped
Anonymous
>>6662861 >Caravan V6 Trust me, it's not pretty. We had to pull one out to do some bottom-end work on a customer's, once. Required taking out literally everything in front of that stupid little V6 and with the amount of labor it took the customer could have just bought another minivan shitbox.
Anonymous
2001 Pontiac Grand Am>motor mounts are the most colossal bitch in the history of bitches, require the hands of a spider monkey to access, and are bolted to nonsensical things that motor mounts have no business being bolted to >plastic holding plastic to plastic >cup holders in front of shifter and shifter is angled so that when you put it into park and had a rigid cup (read, coffee mug) in cup holder, the shifter would crush/slice open your middle finger right above the nail >random cubbyholes for shit that won't hold your shit the second you move from a stoplight >want to replace the wiper fluid reservoir? oh, enjoy taking off the bumper to get to it
Goolf//2Preludes//! !x3/MK3//4s
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MK3 Golf:
Anonymous
>>6662865 One time, we had a Caravan driver ask me about his brand new car while we had it up for its first oil change and tire rotation.
I flat out told him he should have bought almost anything else and it would have been better for that reason. He wasn't too happy because, well, it's new. But at least I warned the guy he could pay for a funeral with the amount that he's going to spend on the thing in the next five or ten years.
At the end of the conversation, I said my advice was to trade it back in and get himself a Civic. Kids, wife, soccer practice for the juniors. Yep. You could totally do that in a Civic.
Anonymous
>>6662876 Lol
>that feel when you work in a job where you can be brutally honest with customers to the point they get MAF Sadly it also comes with
>that feel when 99 out of 100 cars rolling into your shop are abused, boring shitheaps which were designed poorly, driven poorly, and maintained poorly, and you now have to deal with it until it's fixed feelsmixedman
The Jackal !QJackAlHU2
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>2000 Hyundai Elantra wagon >replacing head unit involves removing the center of the dash >removing center of the dash is an hour long process >involves over9001 screws, some hidden behind things that need to be popped/pried out like the dash dimmer switch >also involves sitting upside down in the driver seat with a pair of needle-nose in each hand and a flashlight in your mouth to undo clips up/behind the gas/brake pedals
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>>6662881 The money makes up for it in my opinion. That and the feeling you get when you help people by fixing their car. Sometimes they're not happy with the prices, but my shop doesn't mark up too badly for time and labour.
The worst part about it is knowing that when I get my own shop, my friends will all want me to fix their cars for cheap. And my family. I have a big family.
I'm highly considering moving far away before I ever start a shop for that reason.
hurr durr panel beater !itE.9Nu6Wg
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2001-2007 ford fiesta>any drink over a medium in the cup holder means you can't get gear lever into first >shitty unrealiable radio that needs everything but seats and dash taken out to change it >spare wheel lock doesn't screw in all way, so if you go over a bump/speed bump there's a thud from the wheel bouncing >no cup holders in the car apart from ones on the glove box lid, which you can't use if someone in passenger seat or if you drive more than 2 mph or the drink falls and flies all over your car >make retarded gearbox fluid plug awkward to get at from top of gearbox >make struts near impossible to get out unless you have *citroens special tool* bullshit I wanna see this tool >the jdm cup holders block the ac controls >you have to sit dead straight or the bolsters of the recaros get destoryed >cup holders are epic (held my drink after I crashed at 30mph), only thing is they blocked the mute button on my radio >the cover that goes over the sunroof never clipped in right so I could be driving along the get smacked in the face by a cover >seat adjusters where loose so seat kept adjusting by itself >slam the boot too hard windows pop out of housing
hurr durr panel beater !itE.9Nu6Wg
Na mazda mx5/miata>petrol realise/boot open buttons are beside each other, so you can open the boot or petrol cap if you hit it wrong >cup holders...if you have a drink that's bigger than a lid of mouthwash, expect to have horrible shifting problems >no cup holders >the need for 2 glove boxes...one above the other >people ask my gf all the time why hers isn't lowered...306 was king of the lowering world
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Excuse the clunky descriptical clunky english...eurofag.> Change front left headlight, battery has to come loose,trips alarm when unplugging +/- wires whoopwhoop eardamage. > Give window motors plastic sprockets... 1 speedbump, windows fall down. > Put something in cupholder, turns radio off cause it hits the power button > Lets put front splashguards on wrong side of chassis parts so they actually hog dirt instead of keeping it out. > Lets make the entrance to the fuel cap and the dents for the window rubbers on the back doors hold water to promote rust. > Put a dent in the dash material behind the radio so modern (longer) units only fit after pushing with the force of a thousand suns. > Not sure if MK3 only but... greasy substance in steering wheel gliding part making contact with circuit(paths) causing steeringcolumn to produce smoke...my face when first time ; _ ; .... > Replacing the little cap on the dash right of the radio unit required me to loosen up the entire dash from right to left, replace cap and then back the other way...cap costs €3,- > Wanna use sigarette lighter? No fifth gear for u ! (providing you use a massive plug like they were in that age)
Slim Pickens
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>>6662828 >>6662828 seriously it goes massive boot > gear knob, nothing inbetween it's bizarre I'm used to my nissan patrol with all 2 feet of shaft........ probably the only time someone hasn't made a joke about an asian having a short shaft.
Anonymous
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>>6662512 i win. vh45de pre-OBD2
Anonymous
>RX8 >changing the oil completely involves draining the oil coolers >draining the oil coolers requires removing the front bumper
Anonymous
>any car with the gas tank on the passengers side
Anonymous
>>6662824 >>rear disc brakes have one caliper front-facing, one caliper rear-facing, so GM could use the same part My sides.
Diamante !7h40NdvO9M
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>>6662918 >2 glove boxes Something to fill the gap for an optional passenger airbag perhaps?
The Jackal !QJackAlHU2
>>6662970 >>6662970 >not being OK with simplifying things Unless it causes some massive pain in the ass problem, I don't think I'd have any issue with that.
Anonymous
>>6662977 Simplifying things would be using the same rear calipers on various models.
Not having appropriate L and R parts shows me is laziness.
Anonymous
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>2010 Impreza >must remove front wheel and wheel well liner to change indicator bulb
F/o/rd bro !pIUhzzFdts
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96 F250 powerstroke>ball joints shot every two months, cause lol twin i beam >Transmisson fluid dipstick a centimeter away from the turbo downpipe >those feels
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2nd gen Ranger>"Oh, you want the right headlight out, eh? Guess you're gonna be taking out the battery as well, cause there isn't another fucking way to do it. >Traction control button >in the glove box >cause why the hell not. >also why does a 240hp car weighing 5600lbs need traction control.
Anonymous
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>>6662632 Hmmm... I deal with these shitty W body and 3.1/3.4/3.8 V6s all the time, plugs are piss easy, even on a montana/venture.
You see those two torque mounts on top of the engine? Unbolt them from the body. Take a ratchet or cam buckle strap, hook the engine and tilt it forwards as far as it goes.
GM even have a special tool to do this that you bolt on in lieu of a torque mount, but a strap works well.
Anonymous
>S85 Hijet >back of headlight pokes into pedal box >window demister is the only heater outlet; dash vents must be duct taped over in winter. >door handles shatter >must remove trim to fill radiator >must be pointing up a steep hill to bleed cooling system >cupholder contains brake reservoir >remove the filler cap while pointing downhill and petrol sprays out >steering shaft interferes with brake pedal >oil filter upside-down on top of engine >o/s/r drum brake has no bleed nipple >rear wiper, foglight, and demist switches are knee-operated
Anonymous
1998 Aurora>need new alternator, figure easy enough I've done alternators before >notice its on the underside of the engine sitting just above a part of the chassis, I wonder if it comes out the bottom somehow >open up service manual >remove cooling fans, remove radiator, disconnect power steering fluid lines >wtf why would they do this >need to drop gas tank to replace fuel filter
ververfergette !wG.5ctW6j2
Bisquick !!nyQ5evjJG+K
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>1958 Chevy
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>>6663082 I saw the name and the stuff wrong with it and I thought it was some old ass el-cheapo soviet mobile
I was actually surpised at the result.
Grand Amfag !!brHNZ6mUu2I
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>>6662871 >yfw you drop a battery terminal into 'the hole' on the front of the car that you cant get the bolt back out of Anonymous
>>6663145 same issue with my 2000 Seville. my god that was the worst alternator job ever, but it was the original that lasted 230000km... now I have a 2010 cts and I can't think of any wtf moments with it.
Anonymous
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>>6663284 It seems gm engineering is quality, only in their more upmarket cars though lol. Did your Seville come with one of those liquid cooled alternators?
Anonymous
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2002 Jetta 1.8t >cupholder blocks double din radio controls >thermostat on the underside of the engine and takes 3 hours to replace >Water pump has a plastic impeller >coil packs that snap in but don't stay snapped in (no way to bolt them down) >dip stick tube made of brittle plastic that snaps when you look at it >1ft plastic hoses that are bent in a specific shape that cost $110 for an OEM replacement
Anonymous
>2011 Fiesta >Upshift arrow light for max fuel economy >Blinks continuously until I'm in 4th gear at 30 mph >Can never be turned off for all of eternity >All of my mothafuckin' why
Anonymous
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>>6663369 My friends Saturn Vue would tell me to shift at 1200 RPM in 4th, but not at 4000RPM in 2nd.
Anonymous
>90s mercury cougar (one generation before the final one)
Anonymous
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>>6663381 Also, the ENTIRE interior is made of very thin plastic.
Anonymous
>>6662956 Why even bother changing the oil on RX8s?
They probably always have fresh oil in them from having to constantly top them up between oil changes.
that evo asshole
>any evo >be perfect car for modding >warranty out the window because of basic bolt ons >is this shit serious? >mfw the whole time
Anonymous
>>6663445 you are dumb as bricks, aren't you.
>i modded my car, so I voided my warranty but mitsubishi should still honor the warranty that I FUCKING VOIDED ON PURPOSE. SingleCamWarrior !MadEJ6zXKs
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>96 Civic
Anonymous
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>>6663369 if you have cruise control you can engage that the give it more fuel and the change gear indicator doesnt come on.. least that works in the econo transit van at work
Anonymous
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>>6663445 If you live in America, the magnusson-moss (probably spelled that name wrong.) warranty act means that they can't void a warranty without proving the modifications actually caused the failure.
That's the legal standpoint... however I'm sure it's really fucking onerous getting a lawyer and battling a multinational giant in court to get your headlights fixed.
Anonymous
>>6663445 >>6663453 Magnuson-Moss Act.
Basically the manufacturer has to show, not just say, how the modifications caused the failure. Of course it wouldn't be worth going to court over a light bulb and they were still dicks for trying it but you gotta draw the line somewhere
Anonymous
>>6663468 Thanks for clarifying. I wonder if Canada has something similar... I bought a third party warranty for my Cooper, and I've modded the suspension, intake and exhaust. Since this is only an issue if I have a repair huge enough that they send someone to inspect it, I'm not too worried... but I'd like to know.
Anonymous
>>6663479 Hey Canadafriend.
We have the exact same thing (maybe a different name though).
Anonymous
>>6663551 Cool, thank you. The fine print in my warranty contract says changing anything voids the warranty... I wonder if the contract overrides the law/act/whatever.
Anonymous
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>>6664136 Unless you live in some newly formed African regime of some kind, contracts by default cannot bind one in defiance of law.
Anonymous
>>6663418 They don't burn quite that much oil, either way that's retarded.
Explorer !fSNwOYTits
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02 Explorer 4.0L V6>lets place the rear diff fill and drain bolts two inches away from the frame so no one can ever change the diff oil >on top of that we'll use really shitty seals in the diff so you'll have to change the seals and fluid every 2000 mi
Anonymous
1991 Rollingham MkXII (motorized)>spinny winny turn & tumbler is on port side (wtf this isn't even an americunt rollingham) >cruncheon-sprocket is mounted narry-clockwise, not even a mighty Sambo could remove it >twisting plankhandles on both sides are made of cheap birchwood >need imported pip-pip gollywock from America to reset the King's gruntledrome in the dairy compartment >Cooling can and associating supertuber fluid movers run right under the madame's seat (WHY?) >when it's cold in the morning after turning the electro-power initiating handle, boiler misfires and coughs like a merry fizzlebomb (without the merry, this is my everyday roller) >Rollingham decided the clockwork control stick should be mounted ON the center wine cabinet, NOT on the shaft holding the spinny winny turn & tumbler. IT'S AN AUTOMATIC COG SKIPPER, NOT A PLEBIAN-TIER FINGER OPERATED ONE!
Anonymous
08 MB C230>cupholders useless for a manual transmission >oil drain plug facing sideways, generally in the direction of where your jack stand goes >Folding seats are an option on the C300, none for C230 >no rear trunk pass through >rotary light dial that german cars use isn't illuminated at night. Have fun guessing what setting you're on. >Cruise control stalk. Why. >Telephone and bluetooth connection features do not work without the multifunction display in the center console open >mfw all the shit american auto makers pull off >mfw white people still buy domestics
Anonymous
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>>6664175 I was being sarcastic. It's hard to tell on the internet sometimes.
Anonymous
ITT: Complaints about the locations of cupholders.
Anonymous
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>>6664663 >>rotary light dial that german cars use isn't illuminated at night. Have fun guessing what setting you're on. Lamp is out then.
>>oil drain plug facing sideways, generally in the direction of where your jack stand goes Use a topsider!
green jello !kop9aahnfs
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>>6662604 >why is the dash clock in the bad spot FUCKING THIS. Mine isn't even right because I can barely see it.
Anonymous
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2011 Jaguar XFR>trunk open button is right under the running lights button >scared to death of trying to turn on the running lights while driving
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>6664607 This post isn't getting enough love.
Anonymous
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>>6664748 not gonna lie i lol'd
Anonymous
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>>6664607 Lost at cruncheon sprocket.
Anonymous
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>2012 911 carrera s >electronic parking brake button location
Anonymous
>>6664698 my car doesn't have cup holders
Anonymous
>Jeep Wrangler TJ >They should make some sort of system or tool to pull out the soft top out of the plastic channel without fucking the top up >The studs on the frame(For the skidplate mostly) are shit and will come out and spin with the bolt at random >350z >What OP said >Chrysler Sebring >Piece of shit >Daihatsu Charade >If you gave it more than 50% throttle the engine temperature would go up and eventually overheat >No space >If you are over 6 foot you have to take your shoes off to avoid mashing all three pedals at once (Being 6'4 was a bitch) >If you have big arms the center console is in the way of the gear shifter
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'91 Nissan Maxima GXE>Luxury Edition >NO CUP HOLDERS
the forest is my throne <volvo clan> !!R/tAkjYYuin
the forest is my throne <volvo clan> !!R/tAkjYYuin Mon 13 Aug 2012 03:02:26 No. 6664914 Report in my car I've cursed the position of the starter engine and the thermostat housing is a bit hard to take off. oh and the exhaust is retarded too. then again I see reason to why it's shaped like it is
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2000 Ford Expedition 5.4L>Oil filter upside down. When you take it out, all the oil dumps out, leaving a mess >It's also stuck between the suspension crossmembers, you have to angle it to get it out.
Hairy Britfag
whoever designed where they put the oil filter on the ford cologne V6 needs a talking to. 5 degrees off vertical. fucking why! just 30 seconds of 'hmm, maybe put this vertical' would save my armpit from so many oil baths! goddamn. and before anyone says it would be vertical if i jacked the front up, nope. it's tilted towards the rear, if i jacked up the front, it would be worse!
Deal With It !!1Ub/u1lzKJn
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>>6664914 I found something retarded in your cars.
The driver.
Explorer !fSNwOYTits
>>6664947 It's on an angle? It seems vertical to me.
S197GT !BROSTANGp.
I haven't really noticed anything on the Mustang or the Caddy but the Range Rover is full of WAT engineering.>The steering arm doesn't steer both wheels. It just steers the front of the left wheel and then the back of the left wheel has a long connection rod with a damper that steers the right wheel. >The front suspension in general looks very complicated and doesn't make a lot of sense when compared to the usual simpler setups you see on domestics and Japanese vehicles. I can only assume it must therefore be "brilliant". Still a solid axle, though. >It has no less than three fuse boxes, some of which are under the seats. >The ECU is under the passenger seat. >They key only works sometimes. You have to like, take it in and out several times before the ignition will accept it and allow you to turn the damn thing. Doesn't really make sense. >No glove box. Fuck you, I guess. >The cup holders are inside the center console so you have to leave the lid open to use them and it flops around. >The oil pan drain bolt is 29mm and it's on the side of the oil pan, not the bottom. >It's a British vehicle but all the fasteners are metric. >The horn button isn't on the steering wheel it's on the blinker stalk. >The key fob only has one button that does both lock and unlock, but the damn thing won't let you accidentally lock the keys inside so if you lock it before you close the drivers door, it unlocks all the doors after you close the door. You must then hit the button two more times to lock it properly. >You have to spread the frame (so a crossmember will fall out) to get the transmission oil pan off and change the filter. >You have to remove the front sway bar and jack up the front of the vehicle to get the engine oil pan off. >The oil pump isn't inside the oil pan, it's the part the filter screws into.
S197GT !BROSTANGp.
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>>6665015 >There's more but I'll stop. Here are some clever things. Was going to continue but the post was too long.
>The entire braking system is doubled up just in case. You can have a critical brake system failure but it's OK because you have a backup system. Two reservoirs, two sets of brake lines, two boosters, master cylinders, etc. >Both belts under the hood are the same. If your main accessory belt snaps, you just take the one off the air conditioner/etc and put it on there. >There's a limp mode that runs like a dog but ignores all the sensors and shit. In case your Lucas electrics decide to shit the bed at least you can get it home. >Boss tier luxury for a 1993. Power everything. Heated seats. Heated windshield. Auto dimming mirrors. Memory settings for seats/mirrors (for multiple drivers). Stock stereo is great, like 10 speakers and an amp/sub. >Clever 4x4 system for its time. Uses the ABS sensors, traction control and an autolocking center diff as well as the brakes to simulate full diff locks in slippery situations. >You don't need to roll like 10 feet to get your transfer case gears to engage when switching between low and high. Fucking awesome. Hairy Britfag
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>>6663479 >having a new mini >smart enough to buy a 3rd party warranty. good for you, you'll need it.
when you're power steering pump fails, they'll tell you to get fucked no matter what, magnusson-moss may help, but with coilovers they might try to fight it. there are hundreds of stories about PSP failures, and many people have made official complaints, how these cars are still on the road i have no fucking clue, but i can only guess it's because no one has died yet. good luck.
Anonymous
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>>6662793 Mine is just like that but automagic instead. Like I said, pic related but not mine.
Hairy Britfag
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>>6664957 yeah, on the 03 explorer it is anyway. having no diff problems BTW.
Anonymous
>It's a British vehicle but all the fasteners are metric.
S197GT !BROSTANGp.
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>>6665085 Yes I know it was previously ridiculous.
But I did not know they switched to metric as far back as the early '90s
Firebr/o/ !Rp7Jwy42QI
>4L60-E transmission
Anonymous
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R32 GT-R>why is it impossible to change the oil filter.
Anonymous
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>>6662512 97 528i
to get to the rear coils and shocks you have to take the BACK SEATS and the rear light fixtures... i dont even... When i got my bilsteins put in i thought the labor would be pretty cheap... them BAM 400$ install bill for JUST the rears...
Anonymous
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>>6665123 Better than the earlier 700R4's.
>no accumulator >every time you put into drive and car is above 500rpm, KERCLUNK! Anonymous
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2000-2005 Celica>stick is in front of cup holders >any large cups in holders, lol can only use stick awkwardly >fuck you, Toyota
Anonymous
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>cup holders that do nothing but fail and spill shit in bmws
Anonymous
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My 60 year old mother has this center console in her Toyota Venza. It's really smart, unless you have something in the cupholder.
Anonymous
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Audi A2> bonnet does not tilt open, you have to take it off the car > battery is under the boot floor. Doors and Boot open electrically. Battery goes flat: KHHAAAAN!!! > front flap with entry points for oil and washer liquid. Not for coolant (that one needs, remember, TAKING THE HOOD OFF) > oil stick is a steel wire 1/2 mile long with 2 inches of brittle plastic in the end. Putting oil stick back in is just like looking for a G-spot. > Not only have to pay extra for donut, there's no room for it on the car anywhere > Audi, so plastic impellers on water pump > if you don't change all other rolling parts where the water pump belt touches, something else will break later due to different wear > timing belt breaks - engine dead > German, so hard springs. But on A2, underdamped. mfw? That heave-o! > Aluminium spaceframe means roof is not structural. Rain on roof sounds like a soda can
Anonymous
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>3rd gen Prelude >No stock cup holders because Japan
Anonymous
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>Cadillac Catera >no cupholders
Anonymous
370Z> door cupholders made for cups 3" tall. anything taller and it doesnt fit. > if you put a cup in the centre one, you cant shift. > no other place to put anything. i throw my iphone on the passenger seat. if the gf is with me, she has to hold it. firstworldproblems.jpeg > quarter panel windows are 4" triangles. why even include them at all. > battery is stuck under plastic cover held on by 4 plastic fastener bolts. takes 15 mins to remove before you cant even touch battery. > GIANT hole underneath the door handles if you want to remove them. (not that big of a problem for most i guess) > rear window has no wiper. > headlight assembly is massive for no reason. pain in the ass to access. > have to remove whole front end to do most engine work. > rear jack point is differential > side jack point is flimsy metal strut that bends easily > front jack point is covered by a plastic thing (diffuser?) that seems easily broken. > stock wheels are staggered and directional LOLENJOY YOUR UNEVEN TIRE WEAR FOREVER
MaineFag !!VqpxjX1nvYl
Innane and irrelevant garbage MaineFag !!VqpxjX1nvYl Mon 13 Aug 2012 08:27:02 No. 6666790 Report ITT: people bitching about cupholders
gloriousStarion !!T2UdrWkLSWB
>go to replace rear speakers >pull entire rear side carpet >hidden screws err'y where >finnaly get down to last piece >giant metal piece that stretches across side of hatch >rear speaker mounted underneath it >this metal piece supports the struts for the hatch >no way that shit is coming out >sawzall old ass speakers out >mount new speakers on top of plastic shit that makes this metal piece look pretty >left speaker requires cluster to be removed(lolbrokenplastic) >right speaker requires removal of glovebox >both speakers are different odd ball sizes
Anonymous
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>>6666790 Ill-placed cupholders are one of the most annoying minor things you can have in a car. You are reminded daily that shit is not efficient.
Just Expecting Every Problem !ZXmBdDUhMU!!zv3dZrGjtru
Just Expecting Every Problem !ZXmBdDUhMU!!zv3dZrGjtru Mon 13 Aug 2012 08:33:16 No. 6666835 Report Just make your own goddamn cut holders if you're in an old car... usually a ton of empty holes to run a bolt through under the dash anyway.
Alden <volvo clan> !K6zDDvolvo
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>volvo 850 >no lift points
Hairy Britfag
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so what i gather from this thread is that it's 2012, we've had cars since the late 1800s, and some manufacturers STILL haven't mastered cupholders.>2 cupholders in center console, passenger side is slightly smaller at bottom to hold smaller cups. genius! intill passenger and driver BOTH want a large soda... >also door pockets has an circular part that works really well for water bottles >ridiculous middle seat cupholders, fold out thing that flaps about, is about an inch deep and far too large for anything >3rd row seating has awesome cup holders >two cupholders too small to hold dick, and if you where able to get a cup in there you wouldn't be able to use 1st, 2rd or 5th, get to the window switches of lock/unlock the car. >touring pack option has an additional cupholder that they attach to the side of the center console, infront of the stereo. holds shit well, has a opening for a coffee cup handle, so well designed. >it's also $140, and the idiots that installed it overtightened the bolts, so the plastic is all stress fractured. (did the same to the doors too, assholes)
Anonymous
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More A2:> VW/Audi circa '00, that 1st gen drive-by-wire throttle and associated 1-second lag > After a long drive on the highway, park. Get to the car next day, press clutch, neutral, ignition, stick into 1st, rev, depressing clutch, nothing, nothing, nothing (WTF) nothing <KLUNK> clutch finally bites near the top of the pedal. Afterwards normal. > breaks traction from stop if steering not dead center - FF for lulz with only 75bhp. Throttle lag makes it even worse. > real spoiler lets dirt accumulate on lower part of glass because it's a shelf for rain. Also, no wiper.
sumosloths
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>>6662963 >implying it starts off that way sumosloths
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>>6666835 >puts in a rusty metal ring >shit ton of bolts >"if it aint there put your own damn in" >stereo unit is sideways and recessed >dial broken >took time to drill fucking holes in the dash with abandon >never took time to properly fit the stereo Looks like shit, tripfaggot.
Anonymous
>>6665015 The fuse box and ECU are inside so they don't get wet when you off road it. Also same reason with the oil drain plug being on the side instead of the bottom. All it takes is a good smack with a rock to shear it off and leave you stuck with no way to keep oil in the engine.
Anonymous
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Neon SRT4>No Oh Shit handles on Non Sunroof equipped cars >Turning radius of a greyhound bus >Trunk release button in glovebox >Impromptu cupholder on inside of center console lid >Power front windows, Manual rear windows >Mufflers >One 12v jack in THE ENTIRE CAR >Mobil1 Oil filter for car is .0001" away from hot side intercooler piping, making oil changes a crappy experience >Pinch welds welded by an 8 year old >Roof made of nothing in the event of a rollover. >You becoming the shape of whatever the inside of the car turns into in the event of a rollover >Google Image Search: SRT4 Crash
Anonymous
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>>6666804 Strangely enough, fellow '80s sports car owner, my Trans Am has dash speakers too, but only requires the plastic dash cover to be unscrewed to reach them.
The real shitty thing about dash speakers is dat terrible acoustics. Everyone outside the car hears my music while my ears are actually closer to my rear speakers on the B pillars.
Anonymous
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>>6664947 >5 degrees off vertical. Stop bitching. the only thing that could make changing the oil on those 4.0s easier is a drain plug that went straight down.
come back after you play with sideways or upside-down oil filters.
Anonymous
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1998 GMC sierra 4x4>Loudest, most obnoxious fuel pump ever. >GM, Y U NO COILOVER?? >Most expensive IFS ever. >Like 2 inches of travel in the front.
Anonymous
>>6662918 >dem peugeot 306 gloveboxes >2 of them if you don't have airbag >both only large enough for a pair of gloves lol hurr durr panel beater !itE.9Nu6Wg
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>>6667873 the bottom one is a fair size which holds i surprisingly large amount, but the one above it, you couldnt put gloves in it, its the shittest "glove"box ever
Anonymous
This thread needs to be archived guise.
http://chanarchive.org/request_votes Anonymous
Anonymous
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>mom buys 2012 escape >cupholders mo' fuckin' everywhere >theyfinallyrealized.gif
Anonymous
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>>6667883 3/4 so far. Honda del sol: cup holders are horrible! no complaints otherwise till it got stolen.
04 aztek: normal GM garbage quality, but other than that no issues.
2012 lancer no complaints yet.
2012 Malibu f'n amazing v6, the 4 is so slow though.
Anonymous
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ITT:
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>'90 Civic >Secret clock button found after owning it for 2 years >'98 Audi A3 >5 seater, no cup holders >'04 RX-8 > 2 + 2 useless seats > Cupholders, cupholders everywhere >'12 Megane rs >Cupholder in under headunit, no room to put cup in > Another cupholder where cup gets in the way of reaching the shifter
KDM as FCK! !!NH9KKtoQh4m
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>2011 Hyundai Accent >Have to undo the bolts from the entire top half of the bumber/grille to get the headlight assembly out >Next to impossible to get to the headlight adjustment screws while they're mounted. >Turn on light >too high >take out, adjust, and reinstall >too low >1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara >Can't manually turn lights on >(Mom's) 2009 PT Loser >Have to remove a pain in the ass plastic panel in the wheel well to change bulbs. End up dirty as fuck
Anonymous
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2008 Jeep Liberty>Why do you use a lethargic 3.7 v6 that was barely acceptable in the last gen >Why do you use a 20 year old 4 speed auto which it's torque converter locks up so damn early >Why do you use crayola paint, a fly landing on it would scratch it > Y U HAVE NO REAR TOW HOOKS
ex-ep3miatafag !v8Hkm5Kmvo
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>>6662918 >>6662832 All of my feels on the cupholders, I don't know what the fuck they were thinking.
>02-05 Civic Si EP3 The oil filter cant be pulled out without spilling old oil all over the control arm boot, fucking shit
Anonymous
>LS1 Camaro >Fucking cup holders >Primary, blocks access to stick >Passenger, flips out of console, little dangling wire to hold whatever, doesn't squeeze tight at all >Two in back, are about an inch deep, can not hold an empty pop can
S197GT !BROSTANGp.
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>>6667149 Yes I figured they were inside to keep them dry and that's all fine and good.. it just made me go "wtf" when I first saw it. Also doesn't explain why there's 3-5 different fuse boxes all throughout the interior.
As for the oil plug, that's the same explanation I gave to my friend who made fun of it. It's less likely to get ripped off. I still wonder why it's 29mm though. It's fucking huge and that's the only 29mm bolt on the whole vehicle (that I know of). I can't get the fucking thing off to do my oil change because some idiot torqued it on there with like 150 ft/lbs and rounded it, and to make matters worse there's no room in there for a breaker bar or an impact wrench (or even a fucking socket for that matter). Guess I'll have to go make puppy eyes at the dealership for a new bolt and to have them take it out.
Anonymous
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>2010 335i >cupholder doesn't fit a large drink and it doesn't seem like it was even supposed to be a part of the design and was just added for Americans >BMW in charge of caring about their foreign customers...
Anonymous
>2007 Nissan Maxima >Have to remove the ENTIRE front bumper and grille assembly to access the front headlights
Firebr/o/ !Rp7Jwy42QI
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>>6668681 Ive always thought the cup holders were pretty good for a sports car, but I also have an automagic
xsauc !!rCUKADYmg0+
>>6662641 FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU
>99 honda civic >oil drips down your hand >cupholders 2 tiny, good for spilling cups at left or right turns >A/C forces more air out on the driver's side vent, then more to the center vent near driver and hardly any at the passenger >have to close mine cuz passengers get too hot Sp/o/rtDesign !!vBfd5UjC4uW
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>>6668740 Can;t you just close your vent part-way to shift more of the air to the other vents?
lolgrocery
>>6668710 Same with the 6th gen Civic and a lot of other cars.
Br/o/MW !e2tkv9E3l2
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e46>bmw cupholders >headliner held up with hopes and dreams >plastic waterpump impeller (replaced with metal one though) >cooling system
Anonymous
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>1995 Volvo 850 >1998 Volvo C70
Anonymous
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>>6668777 Is/Are there any particular reason(s) for this?
Anonymous
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2011 Civic>double layer dash - not sure how to explain if you have never driven the car, but it's retarded as fuck >inside door lock openers that work in reverse of every other car on the road, for no fucking reason >everything, literally everything >some fucking thin plastic vacuum hoses right on block >the fucking inside-hex screws >the fucking plastic clips that break >the fucking window clips that cause windows to fall in >the fucking glass suspension >the gazillion sensors for no reason >everything requiring a special "VAG tool" that number in the thousands, literally >a shitload of insulation, yet the engine bay gets flooded all the time (not just my car) >fucking utter shit interior that's lower quality than a civic >mounts not strong enough for engine >this is like 1% of everything that pisses me off about that car >super short seat back >staring at top windshield metal thingy at stop lights >super thin, easily rustable thingies holding the bumper to the body >other than it being a grocery getter, I absolutely love the car >really, very few things about it piss me off
Anonymous
1994 Explorer 4x4>Ford 8.8 rear end. >Borg Warner transfer case >Dana 35 front axle >Warn locking hubs >1/8" steel skid plates >transmission cooler >All from the factory.
Anonymous
>>6668881 Lol dana 35 is a toothpick. It was the first thing I took off my XJ.
euroschweine !u8YfIl88bg
>own BMW E30 >mfw I can't contribute to this thread
Anonymous
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>>6668881 >All this serious off-roading equipment Yeah, the Dana 35 and Ford 8.8 are marginal for the street, let alone off roading.
the forest is my throne <volvo clan> !!R/tAkjYYuin
the forest is my throne <volvo clan> !!R/tAkjYYuin Tue 14 Aug 2012 01:32:48 No. 6669207 Report Quoted By:
>>6669173 how about whining about shitty chassis design
>patch of wet tarmac >car spins out Anonymous
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>1996 Ford Taurus >2000 Toyota Tacoma
Anonymous
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>mfw this thread reminds me of DIY maintenance horrors > lets use every possible square inch of this engine bay, so that nobody can fit a tool or a hand anywhere > dem hard to reach EGR bolts > non-adjustable, non-telescoping steering wheel column > dat useless clock, right in front of the shifter > still love da z32 > lack of leg room and awkward placement of ebrake, just before the shifter > dem awkward header bolts. > seems easier to just cut the headers off, mount the manifold and then reweld the pipes than to try and loosen/tighten each bolt with your finger tips
Anonymous
>>6666750 > me am also drive a 370z >mfw > I like your solution of having your gf hold your iphone/ipod. That's the only thing they're good for while in a 370. > also bj from gf in that car is next to impossible. so is sex for that matter. ビ_Rice !m2vCAtpiwE
>>6669230 I had sex in my s2000. Anything is possible.
Anonymous
>>6669254 >??????????? > How? explain. > Im guessing you must have had to top down and your s2000 was an automatic. I'm 6'1", and fit. I could barely fit inside an s2000 for a test drive...
ビ_Rice !m2vCAtpiwE
>>6669265 >s2000s dont come in auto. 5'7 asian here and my gf was like 5'2 at the time. Just gotta go in the passenger seat.
PROTIP: It was slightly better than the mr2.
Some Asshole With A Train Horn !!NWB4DWGNSUF
Some Asshole With A Train Horn !!NWB4DWGNSUF Tue 14 Aug 2012 02:01:08 No. 6669288 Report Quoted By:
Volvo 240>biodegradable wiring harness >entire dash, center console and all controls and framework must be removed to replace the blower motor >no condenser fan >engine mounts are made of marshmallow and set at an angle so with any more than stock torque, they shear >tail light circuit boards and connectors are prone to failure (volvo, y u no hard-wire the tail lights?!)
Anonymous
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My buddy complained about my cressida not having cupholders but im glad it dosent. Discourages drinking n eating in car, keeps car clean, keeps me less fat.
Anonymous
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>>6669278 oh ok, i guess that makes sense
> also 5'2" asian chicks. They're awesome cuz they make you feel like your dick is a foot long Anonymous
>>6669254 I had sex in an MG Midget, get on my level.
Anonymous
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>>6669150 >>6668881 they call it the "turdy-five" for a reason. chrysler 8.25 master race
ビ_Rice !m2vCAtpiwE
Anonymous
>79 Triumph TR7
Anonymous
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>>6664897 >If you are over 6 foot you have to take your shoes off to avoid mashing all three pedals at once (Being 6'4 was a bitch) my fucking sides
Anonymous
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>>6669362 I know these feels, I fucking hated my ZS carbs. SU's are so much easier to deal with. That being said, beyond all the problems with my fucking British Leyland MG, I love this car more than life itself.
Anonymous
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79 300sd>the drains for the sunroof, gas cap cover, and front windshield run down the whole car >previous owner caulked it up >now leaks erryday >every fucking thing is run off vacuum, AC, locks, engine shutoff
Anonymous
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'89 Camaro, 2.8 V6>Water pump bolts are motherfucking TORX. Long ass bolts that get rusted in place by coolant have BUTTON HEAD TORX, why? >Dumbass air dam on low slung car scrapes off eventually. Somehow I avoided related overheat issues until now
Anonymous
>>6668881 Speaking of old Explorers. We're not even going into the ultimate why engineering on this thing?
lol Twin Traction Beam
Anonymous
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>>6662981 I have a 79 trans am with 4 wheel disc and the same caliper set up. yfw there is in fact a L and R due to the way the parking brake works
immortal !epE2e8Vpr2
You would have go be a faggot to dislike a car because it has no cup holders.
Coco Kazoo !!0vVdf6Npr/s
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>FWD car >spoiler
Anonymous
>>6670401 Where am I going to put my goddamn cup then?
Anonymous
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1995 Accord
Anonymous
>>6669890 Nothing wrong with the TTB. It does what it was intended to do, which was give most of the benefits of a straight axle while improving ride. The people that bitch about it are the same ones that bitch about IFS in a 4x4 and won't be happy with anything other than a straight axle with leaf springs
Anonymous
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>>6670433 Have your goddamn bitch hold it.
SLdeuce !!jhMH8NO6FeN
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87 535i> awful radio mounts that are mounted cross threaded > fuses fry every 15 min > dat headliner > metric wheels double the price of tires in america > leaks like crazy > Spark Plugs mounted 6 inches under the block pointing 30 degrees forwards. you have to take the rachet extender with the plug on it and guide it on blind and at an angle > to get to the 6th plug you have to take some randomly placed tubing off > CUPHOLDERS!? IN ZE BMW!? NOOOO! > headlight mounts rattle loose cause there so small > cant put the car in park with anything bigger than a soda can > rear bumper can take a fuckin beating the force of 1000000 suns > front bumper seems like its made of water bottles > glove box can hold nothing > no center console > no rear ac > broken radio antenna require the removal of the front body pannels > if you hit a bump hard enought the radio turns off > no rear visibility > massive and i do mean MASSIVE blind spot > tire pressure sensors allow about 10 psi do leak before they alarm > you can push the trans into neutral at 70 mph on the freeway on accident > plastic, plastic everywhere > roof box holds 2 towels > double (useless) glove box > cheap interior > glass trans > cheap speakers > heat warps the dash > poorly mounted everything > stuff falls off of it > slow as all sin > 0 rear visibility
Anonymous
'00 chebby blazer>A fucking power steering fluid cooler >You have to pull the rad, and the entire front grill to replace the fucking metal tubing if you want to do it right
SubaruFordLols !nYqM4cPcyM
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>>6670793 Correct, but it's like 6-10 bolts, and a few wiring connections. A good tech can do it in about 30 minutes. And have dat HUGE area to work in.
>Mfw I see it all the time where I work Anonymous
>2005 Mustang GT >super long spark plugs that snap in half when you try to take them out. >only in car trunk release is in the trunk to prevent kidnapping. >let's have the dealer installed shift knobs made out of billet fucking aluminum! everybody loves haves an H pattern burned into their hand like that fuck from Raiders of the Lost Ark. >no handle for opening the trunk, enjoy gripping the spoiler >4 O2 sensors.
Anonymous
1st generation CRX>What the fuck were they thinking?
GMV6Guy !Q3CuFtRY3M
>>6670847 >4 O2 sensors. Like every fucking '96+ Longitudinal mounted V8?
Anonymous
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>2005 Ford Ranger >Using the Vulcan v6 >not using the Duratec v6 >and open diffs in a 2wd
0232315004x4
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>>6670859 and v6
now, 4 catalytic converters would be annoying. I know some new vehicles with v
motors.do have multiple cats per bank.
UTES !!l8fkIykwIKh
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>>6662651 Better than a fucking button RIGHT above the radio on some Blazers. Nothing like slamming into 4x4 while you're bombing down the highway because you wanted to turn up Radar Love.
Anonymous
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When I got this car, the spoiler was fucked up from baking in the sun.
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>>6662636 Fucking lost it LOL
Anonymous
>E36 325i sedan >critical components out of plastic: water pump impeller, thermostat housing, window motor sliders, expansion tank >car is literally built around the heater core. Your options are either disassembling the entire interior or drilling holes in metal to reach it >Getrag 250G input shaft bearing is designed to fail >trunk lid wire bundle has more shorts than Chernobyl, unless inspected every other time the trunk is opened >spare wheel compartment has a plastic tab on the bottom that falls out once a year. Unless replaced, trunk rusts >stiff suspension + weak shock mounts combo is a recipe for disaster >if your fuse identification chart is in any other language than german, there's a 50% chance it's incorrect
Anonymous
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3rd generation Maximas (89-1994) notably in the VG30DE motors>> inferior quality exhaust studs that shear flat against the heads if you shift too hard, accelerate too hard, hit a bump too hard, or quite literally 90% of the time with attempt to remove them in ANY fashion no matter HOW much PB blaster type chemicals you use. Naturally culminating in creating near-impossible to repair exhaust leaks, requiring the removal of the motor to drill them out.
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Roketa MC56. There is nothing like the manufacturing quality of a Chinese bike, no feeling more reassuring than careening downhill towards a busy intersection without brakes.
Anonymous
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>>6671267 Oh, I almost forgot
>cabin microfilter was an afterthough and requires removing of glovebox and some wiring in order to be changed >no rear window wiper, enjoy your zero rear visibility in anything but perfect weather Anonymous
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99 Chrysler cirrus>why its the battery inside d/s wheel well?
Anonymous
Mazda 3>Headlight dies >Alright, I'll just buy a new one and replace it >Wait, how the fuck do I get in there? >Can't put new bulb in due to all the shit crammed around the headlight >Can't see shit, can't reach shit >End up taking it to my mechanic >Said some guy came in with the same problem a few days ago >Used a flat head screwdriver that he bent the hell out of and replaced the bulb for free
Nisfag
1989 Nissan Sentra/Pulsar XE.>The GA16i's. The SE models were MPFI, why the fuck would you TBI? >Rear hood struts on Pulsars fail hourly and cost too damn much. >T-tops with 8,795 little rubber parts, and nobody carries any of them. >Open the hood to change oil, idle speed is fucked up. >Fix idle speed. >Open the hood to check brake fluid, idle speed is fucked up. >Fix idle speed. >Open the hood to change headlight, idle speed is fucked up. >Sport car, highly restricted head with very well breathing intake, lolwut?
Sp/o/rtDesign !!vBfd5UjC4uW
>>6671425 Shouldn't you be able to just unscrew the headlamp housings and just install new bulbs?
Anonymous
>>6671431 My mom had an 89 sentra with a GA16, great little motor lasted 200k till the chassis rotted away. Also
>1989 >4 speed manual wtf nissan
Anonymous
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>Saab 900 Turbo >Battery located right beside turbocharger >Due to battery location, downpipe has to make a 90 degree bend off turbo The interior has fantastic ergos and most of the car is easy to work on and obviously thought through ... but the fucking battery placement. Why?
>>6670458 >Marginal improvement in ride quality >Massive pain in the ass to work on when something breaks >Massive pain in the wallet to lift Yeah, there's a lot wrong with TTB.
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08 Jetta.
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>>6671454 Can't remember now, this was quite a while ago, but I'm almost certain I tried every possible way to get into there. I know I couldn't just take off the headlamp housing like that and the plastic covering the front was impossible to remove.
Of course now I'm going to go to my car after uni, check if you were right and maybe jump off a bridge or something if it turns out I was -that- retarded.
ThatGuyWithTheS14 !!wTDTO/gKonr
>>6671468 Drunk. Are you forgetting about the noise pipe?
>Amplifies engine noise into a resonator in the cabin Anonymous
>>6671479 My car is quiet as fuck unless I'm driving it in the psuedo-manual and letting the RPMs get high before shifting.
ThatGuyWithTheS14 !!wTDTO/gKonr
>>6671492 Mine was, lol. Deleting this will result in a quieter cabin and quicker spooling.
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>>6671511 Why the fuck does that even exist?
ThatGuyWithTheS14 !!wTDTO/gKonr
>>6671520 To amplify engine noise. BMW did it with the radio too. Then I found out European MK6's have a speaker in the engine bay.
Here's the MK6. More coming.
ThatGuyWithTheS14 !!wTDTO/gKonr
>>6671528 And finally, Porsche.
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>>6671528 >>6671530 I should check and see if I have that, but unless I'm really tearing it up, it doesn't make that much noise.
It does sound a bit good for a 4 cylinder sedan when I give it the gas, but it responds pretty well and has more power than any comparable sedan I've driven. Not to mention, it's the turbocharged Wolfsburg edition.
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Apparently the Toyota 86 has a noise tube diverting engine noise to the cabin. Seems like a retarded idea, but I've heard good things about the car overall.
ververfergette !wG.5ctW6j2
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>>6671457 Yeah, it's a strong engine considering what shit the electrical is.
Also some stuff I forgot.
>Thermostat on the backside of the engine. >Thirteen coolant system hoses that are different depending on what options/transmissions you have to just know which ones you need or pull them off and then order them leaving your car out of commission until they come in (they WILL be special order). >Plastic heater core inlet and outlet. It will break and then you have to pull the WHOLE FUCKING DASHBOARD out to replace it. >Be putting the dashboard back in and there are two plugs side by side that are exactly alike that you can't see but have to feel. Switch those two up on accident plugging it back in and the brake lights don't turn off. >Fuel and temp gauge don't just use the same grounding point as the rest of the instrument panel. >Instrument panel is a circuit board printed on (no shit) paper. But seriously, all of my rage comes from having throttle body fuel injection. Idle is adjusted by a piston that moves in or out based on the coolant temp.
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1990 Honda Accord. Engine spins so that the crankshaft pulley tightens as it runs. Also, you cant just bump the engine to loosen the crankshaft pulley.>Okay.jpg >What the actual fuck?
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90 toyota celica>cup holders impede shifting while extended >cup holders only usable while car is stationary >mfw
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>Toyota Camry
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Same Honda, this fuckin sound....What is it? I don't know? Nobody has answers and sometimes it will just go hours without making it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMQTmWwST5c&feature=plcp Anonymous
HAHA! you're fucked now, VW owners!
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1st series 3sge
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Foxbody Mustang>Clutch quadrant made of plastic >Everything else made of plastic >Air pump (damn California emissions) directly blocking sparkplug #1
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>>6671734 The same shit used on the Xbox 360 controllers...Everything is using this shit these days. That's why I got security torx in every size.
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>>6671734 toyota can beat that even without the screws
>beams 3sge >hot wire air sensor so sensitive it changes idle rapidly when there is swirl in the intake piping... CG2 !!6pcHCGEP4qo
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98-02 Accord coupe>Ford-built gauge cluster: SRS light is always on, shift position lights have a mind of their own, passenger airbag light likes to flicker occasionally on hot days. >Pic related: See the boxed-in grille-piece? To replace it you need to pull off the entire front bumper because of two screws that secure it from underneath and are inaccessible otherwise. >Want the v6? Want a manual too? Well, tough shit. Enjoy your j32 swap. >Fake. Wood. Trim. >95 Talon tsi-awd >Aside from the already well known 90's-mitsu marks >Radio volume dial's teeth are so fine that after one complete rotation they are ground away and the knob spins freely >Sitting in the back seats feels like the rear tires are rubbing against your back because insulation of any kind is for faggots; But at least they're so small that nobody can fit into hem anyway >The reason the hood has a blister in it is because of the cam gear cover >2002 MB c320 >Center cupholder gizmo is mesmerizingly distracting in it's operation >Each side mirror is a $200 part and needs forbidden sorcery to remove/install >Covers for the rear of the driver/passenger refuse to remain mounted despite the best efforts of hundred of engineers
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>NA miata with the 1.6L >have to remove the support for the intake to change the oil filter. >also, multiple lower radiator hoses, as the engine was just a fwd engine turned sideways.
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>>6671776 GA16i has it beat. Intake backfires into the TB and frys the MAF sensor. 2,500 RPM limit on a 3 speed.
97VW !G0LFpYGim.
mk3 vw 1.8(canada only, wtf?)>"lets add a serpentine belt, but only run the crank, a/c, and alternator off it, then have a shit tier v-belt run the power steering, water pump, and crank." >lets use a different fastener, an internal triple square.(pic related) >lets only give canada a 75 hp 1.8 economy engine. >lets not put a check engine light in only that engine model >lets put a thermal tensioner on the timing belt so it shits itself on regular basis >lets make the spark plugs impossible to get at on the 2.0 >lets not put a dipstick on the auto tranny (what the actual fuck were they thinking?)
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77 Porsche 924>mix of Porsche, Audi, and Vw parts (and mix of quality) >Bosch Jetronic injection, all my why >e-brake is along the door sill to the left of the driver seat >rain run off pours into battery tray, which rusts out, water leaks into p/s foot well >drive shaft-to-transaxle coupler is guaranteed to be rusty as shit, so removing transaxle is hard, installing even worse
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My AC compressor locked up, but since my engine is from a Nissan Sentra, I'll just get a compressor off of it.>Go to Pull-a-part >Get compressor >Excited to have AC again >Look at old compressor. >Motherfuckin Pulsar gets different pulleys than the Sentra......
larrypzlast !!ZKMNyFV3IIT
>>6671787 I had the 1.8t in my Audi. So much why in the design.
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>>6671807 same block different head, yours is a decent engine, i have single point injection.
also, thought of more things.
>cupholders dont fit anything taller than 6 inches >no hard floor in cargo area, so your shit on the carpet sags into the spare wheel >entire bumper covers made of plastic, grille made of pre ww2 steel >shit american headlights >cars w/ airbags didnt get a glovebox >non heated seats came with height adjustment, heated seats didnt (all of my why) >vacuum operated locks >no visible side turn signals >plastic under windshield cracks when you look at it, uses plastic fasteners that are as soft as butter >ecu, non exsistant cabin air fiter (city storm grates let less crap through) all under aforementioned plastic raintray. >fake leather rubber shift boot that will have holes in it as soon as you move it. I think that's it.
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>mk3 jetta >b4/5 platform VAG car >any Volkswagen with an FSI turbo engine >ae86 sr5
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>vw routan (dodge caravan) >have to do brake inspections at work, which mostly involves checking pad depth >steel wheel models with hubcaps >cant see through hubcaps >hubcaps held on by the lug nuts... >have to take tire off to look at brakes.
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>Chevy Cobalt >You have to move the center console up to access the ebrake but when you do all your shit you put in console will spill out all over the backseat. >battery in trunk and right side gas door >mfw
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>>6671908 you do know that is just a caravan/town and country with VW badges on it right?
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>>6671911 >>6671908 >vw routan (dodge caravan) Anonymous
Did you read where he said that and go full retard, or what?
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>>6664871 i know that feel
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>>6671911 That's why he put dodge caravan in parenthesis...
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>>6671479 thats only for the GLI
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>>6671876 They pulled this same crap in my 2008 Rabbit and my 2011 Jetta, both with the 2.5L 5-cylinder. WHY DO YOU PUT THE AIR FILTER IN THE ENGINE COVER????? Not to mention it takes the force of a thousand suns to pry it off, and you have to un-clip the MAF sensor too. All I wanted to do was install an AFE air filter in my Rabbit... and it took two hours.
Other than that, I think the 2.5L is a vastly under-appreciated engine, I love it with the 6-speed tiptronic.
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Transmission dipstick on most newer RWD Fords is in the side of the housing, only accessible from under the car, literally 1 inch from the exhaust. Says in the owner's manual, "Check hot, idling in park." I fucking hate FoMoCo.
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>>6675889 Does anyone know of a reason why VW does this, or is it because ze Germans just like to over-complicate things?
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I defy anyone here to find the S2000's fuel filler cap release the first time they try.
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>>6678106 That's easy bitches don't kno bout dat hidden compartment
