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Author Topic: Pictures Of My New Truck!!! Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-22-2007 03:12 PM                        I was listening to Car Talk a while ago - some lady called in complaining about how the window motors kept burning out in her Kia. They basically told her, it's a cheap car...therefore it has cheap parts in it. Simple, but a lot of people don't get that. Let the buyer beware.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-22-2007 05:04 PM                     I love those car talk guys! They are hilarious sometimes.... Once a lady with a Toyota CRV called in and they determined she need a clutch... one of the guys bursts out laughing and on top of the laugh told her it will cost her two grand to get it fixed. I never had that window problem.... The windows always worked fine considering that the insides of the doors were probably half full of sand and dust by the time I got rid of it... My Land Rover is also famous for the power windows failing but I have yet to see it. On many vehicles it may be more a moisture related thing... One of the LR parts places has a sale going on for the Electric window mechanisms... The most I've had problems with so far is an $8.00 cruise control switch! Mark  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-22-2007 05:20 PM                        The most problems I've had with my Honda so far are..... none! Zip. Zero!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-22-2007 06:30 PM                     I had mucho problems with my Honda blowing head gaskets. I sent it to the crusher after the third one..... Mark  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-22-2007 06:36 PM                        Well, obviously my Honda is better than yours was. Gets over 40mpg city as well. It's not a hybrid. Hybrids are for pussies.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-22-2007 08:34 PM                     Zero problems with my Honda either so far. Joe what model do you have, I only get like 20 to 25 mpg  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-23-2007 12:09 AM                        It's a 2003 Civic EX. Do you drive an automatic? That could account for the low MPG.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 08-23-2007 01:17 AM                     quote: Mike Heenan I only get like 20 to 25 mpg ...sounds like you got it tricked out with an Integra B18CR motor installed, aircan cut up with a K&M Air filter attached, 3inch, cat free exhaust, with a fart tube burping to make the thing for street racing. Now,that sounds like 20 to 25mpg..and being easy on the gas pedal..  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-23-2007 09:00 AM                     Richard.... you screwed up really big... there is a car re-appearing that has a much much higher Greco Factor than the truck you bought.... It's probably even available in the same color as your truck... Fiat 500  |  IP: Logged William T. Parr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 823 From: Cedar Park, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 08-23-2007 09:14 AM                     FIAT... Doesn't that stand for Fix It Again Tomorrow?  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 08-23-2007 09:55 AM                     Does that Fiat come with a pregnant girlfriend?  |  IP: Logged William T. Parr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 823 From: Cedar Park, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 08-23-2007 10:21 AM                     quote: Adam Martin Does that Fiat come with a pregnant girlfriend? You know I was thinking the same thing, but after looking at it closely it is the way she is standing and her hips are placed that are playing a mind trick on you.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 08-23-2007 01:53 PM                        I thought it was supposed to stand for Feeble Italian Attempt at Transportation, which certainly squares with my experience of owning one from 1999-2003. The electrics were of very poor quality, and things broke in it (e.g. the starter motor and coil pack) which simply shouldn't in a car of that low mileage. It'll be a chilly day in Hell before I buy another one of those. quote: Chris Slycord When in reality, 95% of their driving doesn't involve anything related to camping. The amount of money they save on the car alone (not even including increased gas efficiency) could buy them a few years worth of weekly SUV rentals. Agreed completely. When some expensive repairs were looming on my Mondeo a couple of weeks ago, I changed it for a newish 1.25 Fiesta (3 years and 24k miles on the clock), and it's a fantastic bargain. No rust anywhere on the bodywork, enough legroom to drive it comfortably and the engine is powerful enough to deal with anything on the roads round here. I have friends who need a car so little that they don't own one, but rent one for the 5-10 weekends a year they need to do things that just can't be done by public transport, and the cost of that comes in at a tiny fraction of that of car ownership. When I couldn't face a long drive south a few weeks ago, I flew and hired an Audi A140 from Easyrentacar for the couple of days I was I was there for £47, which was only slightly more expensive than two £15 train fares from the airport to Central London and back. If it weren't for the skyrocketing cost and deteriorating reliability of public transport up here, I'd think very seriously about giving up permanent car ownership. After insurance, maintenance, depreciation and everything else, it's amazing how expensive owning a car is before you've even driven it out of the garage.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-23-2007 06:38 PM                     I thought they built em for driving around and around and around in those street circle turn-arounds.... Mark  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 08-24-2007 07:00 AM                        Leo - at least they still make cars in Bella Italia, right? I don't think there are still any car manufacturers left in Britain, or are there? I know that must hurt, plus the fact the Italians also play football ("soccer") so much better  |  IP: Logged

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