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Slavvy posted:Yes you are. Ignorance of the facts doesn't absolve you. You personally might not be a terrible oval office but someone, somewhere is suffering or will eventually suffer because you bought one and drove it instead of doing the responsible thing and destroying it at the earliest opportunity. Whether it be the mechanic that has to deal with it when it inevitably breaks, or the panel shop when it's crashed, or even the next owner after you who doesn't realise what they're getting into. Every time a modern VAG rolls off the production line, the world becomes a darker place. I've never 'hated' any brand of vehicle unanimously before working on VAGs because I try to look at things in a balanced and realistic way. Yes, GM and ford and so on are poo poo, but not in a universal, blanket way where every single vehicle is a festering turd with no redeeming qualities. Slavvy posted:Yes you are. Ignorance of the facts doesn't absolve you. You personally might not be a terrible oval office but someone, somewhere is suffering or will eventually suffer because you bought one and drove it instead of doing the responsible thing and destroying it at the earliest opportunity. Whether it be the mechanic that has to deal with it when it inevitably breaks, or the panel shop when it's crashed, or even the next owner after you who doesn't realise what they're getting into. Every time a modern VAG rolls off the production line, the world becomes a darker place. I've never 'hated' any brand of vehicle unanimously before working on VAGs because I try to look at things in a balanced and realistic way. Yes, GM and ford and so on are poo poo, but not in a universal, blanket way where every single vehicle is a festering turd with no redeeming qualities. Slavvy posted:Yes you are. Ignorance of the facts doesn't absolve you. You personally might not be a terrible oval office but someone, somewhere is suffering or will eventually suffer because you bought one and drove it instead of doing the responsible thing and destroying it at the earliest opportunity. Whether it be the mechanic that has to deal with it when it inevitably breaks, or the panel shop when it's crashed, or even the next owner after you who doesn't realise what they're getting into. Every time a modern VAG rolls off the production line, the world becomes a darker place. I've never 'hated' any brand of vehicle unanimously before working on VAGs because I try to look at things in a balanced and realistic way. Yes, GM and ford and so on are poo poo, but not in a universal, blanket way where every single vehicle is a festering turd with no redeeming qualities.
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Don't you have a Scirocco or a Jetta or something?
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Raluek posted:Don't you have a Scirocco or a Jetta or something? You act like AI isn't a refuge for masochists
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8ender posted:I drive an Audi My morning commute says otherwise.
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Raluek posted:Don't you have a Scirocco or a Jetta or something? Sciroccos are fine cars and built to a far better quality standard then modern Audis. 
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HURRR everyone who buys an Audi is an rear end in a top hat and worthless and oh god this division of VAG makes me so ANGRY! You people might actually be worse than console warriors.
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eyebeem posted:HURRR everyone who buys an Audi is an rear end in a top hat and worthless and oh god this division of VAG makes me so ANGRY! I'll change mine to everyone who buys a newer Audi in So Cal.
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eyebeem posted:HURRR everyone who buys an Audi is an rear end in a top hat and worthless and oh god this division of VAG makes me so ANGRY! You're right. You might as well get angry at the sky for being blue, or water for being wet, it does as much good.
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8ender posted:I drive an Audi I know, I was mostly joking  Except for the Audis after 1992 part. That was no joke. Slavvy posted:Yes you are. Ignorance of the facts doesn't absolve you. You personally might not be a terrible oval office but someone, somewhere is suffering or will eventually suffer because you bought one and drove it instead of doing the responsible thing and destroying it at the earliest opportunity. Whether it be the mechanic that has to deal with it when it inevitably breaks, or the panel shop when it's crashed, or even the next owner after you who doesn't realise what they're getting into. Every time a modern VAG rolls off the production line, the world becomes a darker place. I've never 'hated' any brand of vehicle unanimously before working on VAGs because I try to look at things in a balanced and realistic way. Yes, GM and ford and so on are poo poo, but not in a universal, blanket way where every single vehicle is a festering turd with no redeeming qualities.  What have I unleashed.
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STi attacked by a crow: http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=46655.0%3btopicseen
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My car was attacked by a canadian goose once, I had just parked it near some bushes and my wife and I figured it had a nest in there it was trying to defend. Logic doesn't seem to be a goose's strong suit, I respect that go-getter attitude but there probably wasn't much it could do against a ton of steel and glass if someone really wanted to hurt the nest.
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xzzy posted:My car was attacked by a canadian goose once, I had just parked it near some bushes and my wife and I figured it had a nest in there it was trying to defend. When I was a toddler, my mom and I visited the zoo, and a Canadian goose decided that it wanted to chase me and bite. My mom walked over and calmly broke its neck with a kick and then threw the goose in a bush. She never told me this story until like a decade or so later after she'd had a little bit too much wine.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:When I was a toddler, my mom and I visited the zoo, and a Canadian goose decided that it wanted to chase me and bite. My mom walked over and calmly broke its neck and threw it in a bush. Flawless Victory For some reason or another, my green Mk 3 Jetta TDI was the popular target for birds to poo poo on. I'd come out every day and there'd be at least ten new piles of crap on my hood and roof.
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A sparrow flew right in front of my Titan one day while I was driving. I couldn't tell if I'd hit it or not, and forgot all about it soon after. When I got home, my daughter got out of the truck, walked in front of it to get to the door of the house, and started crying hysterical tears of ultimate sadness. The stupid bird was lodged in the grill, rear end out, little bird legs jutting out behind it. It was pretty funny.
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In my experience, parking near trees is a great way to get your car poo poo on. I tend to put my car as far away from trees as possible. At the very least, I won't park under a tree. Trees are also a great way to get your car buried in tree bukake in the spring.
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eyebeem posted:A sparrow flew right in front of my Titan one day while I was driving. I couldn't tell if I'd hit it or not, and forgot all about it soon after. When I got home, my daughter got out of the truck, walked in front of it to get to the door of the house, and started crying hysterical tears of ultimate sadness. The stupid bird was lodged in the grill, rear end out, little bird legs jutting out behind it. I'm going to directly quote this story, because I've told it before, and because it's relevant. A guy I know posted:So my buddy picked up a Z31 300ZX for free from a farmer’s field. After he was done driving it home, we started to pull it apart to give it a solid cleaning which is when we realized the entire car is massive rust holes. The floorpans were basically held together only with carpet and the firewall, with massive 3-4 inch holes running alongside the frame rails on each side.
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eyebeem posted:A sparrow flew right in front of my Titan one day while I was driving. I couldn't tell if I'd hit it or not, and forgot all about it soon after. When I got home, my daughter got out of the truck, walked in front of it to get to the door of the house, and started crying hysterical tears of ultimate sadness. The stupid bird was lodged in the grill, rear end out, little bird legs jutting out behind it. A grouse did a hopeless little dance in front of my oncoming car one afternoon on a gravel road, and I heard a solid "thock" noise. Close to 40km of rough washboard later I stop and..  Ah! Wow! How?   It was perfect. It was like that website where people post pictures of things that fit perfectly into other things. A grouse head = gap in 940 dam. I left it there overnight, drove back the same gravel road the next day, thinking it would fall off, and no, it did not. I had thought it would be a beheading to get it out, but it just "unhooked" with a tap on the beak, as if the whole volvo had be designed exclusively to retrieve grouse from backroads.
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neckbeard posted:STi attacked by a crow: Never gently caress with crows, they remember you and tell other crows if your an rear end in a top hat. That guy must have pissed off a crow at some point. Seat Safety Switch posted:When I was a toddler, my mom and I visited the zoo, and a Canadian goose decided that it wanted to chase me and bite. My mom walked over and calmly broke its neck with a kick and then threw the goose in a bush. I have never understood why geese are such assholes when they have that giant easy to grab/break neck. Also, geese are loving assholes and fully support killing them. Also, while I understand all of the VAG hate, I have never appreciated my tdi JSW more than I do now. Took it to the body shop yesterday to get some body damage repaired(rear end in a top hat pulled out of a parking spot into the side of me) and the only rental I could get was a new silver corolla. It is terrible to drive, everything feels numb, transmission(4spd auto in 2015? really toyota?) sucks compared to the DSG I am used to and the interior is terrible. I would rather drive a early 1990 corolla automatic that my stepdad has than this thing. I just hope they get my car fixed quickly or else I am going to have to go in and demand a different rental. Also, how the gently caress are they only getting 132 HP out of a 1.8l engine? Only 20hp more than a 4age with an extra 200cc and ~30 years of tech? vvv True, forgot about the measurement changes. 132HP is still pretty terrible by todays standards vvv slurry_curry fucked around with this message at 16:56 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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Negromancer posted:Never gently caress with crows, they remember you and tell other crows if your an rear end in a top hat. That guy must have pissed off a crow at some point. There was a time in the early 2000s when the idea of SAE certified horsepower came about and the Japanese companies all ended up re-rating their horsepower ratings lower. So chances are that 4AGE/B18/whatever didn't actually have that much power.
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Raluek posted:Don't you have a Scirocco or a Jetta or something? Yea but I wasnt really that serious I just thought his post was funny. I do really, really hate B5 Audis though because one touched me in the wrong way and I still hate that car ten years later.
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CommieGIR posted:I know, I was mostly joking I disagree with your years. You can't exclude the audi s2.
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nm posted:I disagree with your years. You can't exclude the audi s2. Audi S2 was a 1990, so its 'upgraded' brother gets grandfathered in despite being produced til 1995.
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All Audis should only be sold de-badged, or with the badge replaced with that from either a base model or Skoda equivalent. That should weed out a fair number of the twats.
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InitialDave posted:All Audis should only be sold de-badged, or with the badge replaced with that from either a base model or Skoda equivalent. That should weed out a fair number of the twats. Can we do the same to Honda?
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Slavvy posted:Yes you are. Ignorance of the facts doesn't absolve you. You personally might not be a terrible oval office but someone, somewhere is suffering or will eventually suffer because you bought one and drove it instead of doing the responsible thing and destroying it at the earliest opportunity. Whether it be the mechanic that has to deal with it when it inevitably breaks, or the panel shop when it's crashed, or even the next owner after you who doesn't realise what they're getting into. Every time a modern VAG rolls off the production line, the world becomes a darker place. I've never 'hated' any brand of vehicle unanimously before working on VAGs because I try to look at things in a balanced and realistic way. Yes, GM and ford and so on are poo poo, but not in a universal, blanket way where every single vehicle is a festering turd with no redeeming qualities. How do you really feel? Had to go around yet another shitheel sitting in the left lane doing 55 while texting this morning. I swear to god one of these days I'm just gonna snap and cut them off, stomp the brake and murder them.
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CommieGIR posted:Can we do the same to Honda?
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Extra posted:seek a mental health professional, but I'm sure this is just a "joke post" Not really, sometimes I have some severe road rage. Good thing I take my pills every day. Quick pick me up for the thread. http://ktla.com/2015/03/18/2000-dead-snow-geese-fall-from-the-sky-in-idaho/
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InitialDave posted:I never really thought of Hondas being the kind of thing bought by people who do so out of badge snobbery? Aound here they buy a Honda (Jazz) because it's a "nice" and "reliable" and "practical" car. Bleh.
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Honda's problem is that they've got a generic product line that people still like to think has sportscar pedigree because of a couple of halo cars they've made and their cars were good in the 80s. Its not that different from Audi...
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All the manufacturers have a generic product line these days. The zippy hatchback, the budget sedan, the dad sedan, the minivan, the zippy SUV, the tank SUV, the cheap truck, and the expensive truck. The only distinction to any of them is in what manner they fall apart.
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xzzy posted:All the manufacturers have a generic product line these days. The zippy hatchback, the budget sedan, the dad sedan, the minivan, the zippy SUV, the tank SUV, the cheap truck, and the expensive truck. all cars are terrible
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1500quidporsche posted:Honda's problem is that they've got a generic product line that people still like to think has sportscar pedigree because of a couple of halo cars they've made and their cars were good in the 80s. Honda? Sportscar pedigree? Most people just think of them as boring yet reliable cars, something that has been around since the 80's.
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Mooseykins posted:Aound here they buy a Honda (Jazz) because it's a "nice" and "reliable" and "practical" car.
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BraveUlysses posted:Honda? Sportscar pedigree? Most people just think of them as boring yet reliable cars, something that has been around since the 80's. 
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1500quidporsche posted:Sciroccos are fine cars and built to a far better quality standard then modern Audis. Three words: Self Machining Transmission
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HotCanadianChick posted:Three words: Self Machining Transmission Hey, it's all in the marketing. That's actually called dynamic reduction in rotating mass leading to lower resistance to turning by the centrifugal forces of the drivetrain. It's making the handling better by itself. your car doesn't make it's handling better by itself.
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HotCanadianChick posted:Three words: Self Machining Transmission This was specifically an issue on 01E 6 Speed, but yeah it was stupid. They should've redesigned the entire transmission isntead of just cramming a 6th gear into the 5 speed and hoping it would keep working. I'd love to have a sixth gear in the 90, but its not worth the risk of chewing out the transmission and the 5 speed is reliable. 
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InitialDave posted:Oh, I didn't know you were in Eastbourne. No, worse - London.
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