I bet they had - and then the Krauts thought - Fuck it it's only places we don't like.
The 'modern cars are shit' thread.
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2005 Land Rover Discovery SE Manual
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
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Or it was a bub factory special where the workers put the bonnet release in the wrong place and they CBA to change it.
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Car alarms are invariably the first thing I disconnect on any car that is over 10 years old. Sod waking up at 3am because a spider has decided to make a web inside the interior sensor.
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I have driven a few Minis, the A series one, Not the Bini, the Original Rustin Mini.
Earlier I was looking as some Edd China content, initially "How to Mig Weld" and learnt some stuff.
Apparently you can use Mig when immersed in sea water, I initially thought that would be the last act of the gullible but apparently not, there are pictures and videos on the internet so it MUST be true.
Back to the Bini.
Edd has been fettling a car for a mate of his to go rallying in and was doing some suspension work only to strip a bolt on a suspension arm mounting.
It turns out BMW have trimmed a cost item by using tri-lobe bolts to secure the rear suspension arm, these cut a thread when factory fitted but the threads strip if you remove and re-torque a bolt in the same hole, steel bolt into an aluminium casting that is tapped only by the factory bolt, WCPGW?
Repairing this was done with a timesert thread repair, at some cost.
This sounds like a shit game of pass the parcel by BMW.
Earlier I was looking as some Edd China content, initially "How to Mig Weld" and learnt some stuff.
Apparently you can use Mig when immersed in sea water, I initially thought that would be the last act of the gullible but apparently not, there are pictures and videos on the internet so it MUST be true.
Back to the Bini.
Edd has been fettling a car for a mate of his to go rallying in and was doing some suspension work only to strip a bolt on a suspension arm mounting.
It turns out BMW have trimmed a cost item by using tri-lobe bolts to secure the rear suspension arm, these cut a thread when factory fitted but the threads strip if you remove and re-torque a bolt in the same hole, steel bolt into an aluminium casting that is tapped only by the factory bolt, WCPGW?
Repairing this was done with a timesert thread repair, at some cost.
This sounds like a shit game of pass the parcel by BMW.
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