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The oil filter on my 2013 VW GTI was on the top and it ruined doing oil changes for me forever.
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Sagebrush posted:If you are a Tesla cult hater why are you immediately jumping to defend the company and discount this guy's reported experience Maybe casting doubt on some rando twitter is actually a good thing, because frankly the story stinks until proof posted.
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Jul 28, 2021 23:37
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Maybe casting doubt on some rando twitter is actually a good thing, because frankly the story stinks until proof posted. https://twitter.com/deesix/status/1420433764002373636?s=21 “It’s possible my father-in-law triggered it another way” Like at that point I’d be looking at your kid grabbing your phone rather than the person in the car at the time.
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Jul 29, 2021 00:21
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“We will give you a refund if you go onto Twitter and say how great we are”
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Jul 29, 2021 00:24
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More like "It's bullshit until he posts proof" Twitter randos are the loving worst
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Jul 29, 2021 00:54
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Don't worry, the Blood Emerald Billionaire nuthuggers will be out in force demanding the receipts
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Jul 29, 2021 01:03
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Powershift posted:Ford loves putting filters in some pretty "gently caress you" locations. As a Ford dealership employee I can confirm some pretty silly oil filter locations. Have any of you had to change the oil on the new ranger? Its behind the inner fender cover in the left front wheel well attached to the engine. It's hilariously bad and totally belongs in this thread. Not even going to mention the drain plug on F150 ecoboosts that dumps the engine oil right into the sway bar on its way out to the oil drain.
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Jul 29, 2021 01:31
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Buff Hardback posted:when you buy the upgrade in the app the car has to be in park and connected to wifi, as switching over to FSD requires rebooting the car to switch over to the FSD software branch. I get where you're coming from on your "defense", but this part just made it worse. If my car needs to be on wifi and 'git checkout <fsd>' and reboot I'm gonna have a huge issue with it. You've posted this part like it's normal and okay. It's not. At all.
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Jul 29, 2021 07:10
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Memento posted:Don't worry, the Blood Emerald Billionaire nuthuggers will be out in force demanding the receipts Yes, Musk is a fuckwit (well proven by now) but don't just blindly trust someone just because they say things that align with what you think is likely. If they post receipts, sure then I'll take it seriously but not a second before esp with the history of people making poo poo up to sucker outrage
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Jul 29, 2021 09:53
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Buff Hardback posted:Tesla car enjoyer/wanter, Tesla cult hater here gently caress that.
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Jul 29, 2021 15:04
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Motronic posted:I get where you're coming from on your "defense", but this part just made it worse. If my car needs to be on wifi and 'git checkout <fsd>' and reboot I'm gonna have a huge issue with it. I feel like that's better than just being able to switch software running on the car arbitrarily while it's in drive?
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Jul 29, 2021 15:57
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Buff Hardback posted:I feel like that's better than just being able to switch software running on the car arbitrarily while it's in drive? It's more bullshit that makes the end user unable to work on something they own.
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Jul 29, 2021 16:01
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Buff Hardback posted:I feel like that's better than just being able to switch software running on the car arbitrarily while it's in drive? You've already decided that any of this is type of thing is acceptable at all, so you're not going to understand the point I'm making. But within that context I do understand the point you are making.
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Jul 29, 2021 16:03
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Speaking of bad UI, I'm driving my mom's rental Kia Soul and noticed that if the head unit is on the main screen, you press up on the steering wheel to go through the radio presets 1->2->3. But if the head unit is on the radio screen, you press down to go through the presets 1->2->3. Yup, good job changing how the buttons you are supposed to use without taking your eyes off the road function depending on what's on the screen out of the driver's line of sight.
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Jul 29, 2021 18:48
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coupedeville posted:As a Ford dealership employee I can confirm some pretty silly oil filter locations. Have any of you had to change the oil on the new ranger? Its behind the inner fender cover in the left front wheel well attached to the engine. It's hilariously bad and totally belongs in this thread. Not even going to mention the drain plug on F150 ecoboosts that dumps the engine oil right into the sway bar on its way out to the oil drain. The oil filter location on my Ford Focus diesel requires you to remove the majority of the plastic air intake and throttle body to get at it if you don't have the "special tool". Then again it is a PSA diesel so we can blame Peugeot for that one
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Jul 30, 2021 00:03
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You Am I posted:
Pressing F.
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Uthor posted:Speaking of bad UI, I'm driving my mom's rental Kia Soul and noticed that if the head unit is on the main screen, you press up on the steering wheel to go through the radio presets 1->2->3. But if the head unit is on the radio screen, you press down to go through the presets 1->2->3. Yup, good job changing how the buttons you are supposed to use without taking your eyes off the road function depending on what's on the screen out of the driver's line of sight. lmao gently caress
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Jul 30, 2021 00:08
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Elmnt80 posted:Someone post some terrible car stuff. Shaking mars rovers until bits fly off or whatever direction this seems to be going is also highly acceptable. Oh hey I got you covered! Though its not a mars rover. Back in April the rover found a big rear end rock and selected ramming speed at 25kph. This busted a bulkhead that the suspension bolts to which is also a stressed member for the center differential. The center diff was already marginal with re-ground pinion gears and without the support of the skid or the bulkhead, its condition rapidly deteriorated. Given how hard it is to get replacement parts and dig into the center diff, that stalled developing the platform while on the road.    Automotive related... Shop forgot to tighten the driveline down.... good thing my fillings were fresh. kudos to the dude that built the flange. 
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Jul 30, 2021 03:28
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BigPaddy posted:The oil filter on my 2013 VW GTI was on the top and it ruined doing oil changes for me forever. Same but my RX-7.
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Jul 30, 2021 21:46
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Since I have been half-rear end shopping for another car lately one of my new favorite things is to look at cars for sale on Facebook marketplace and google the VIN https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/5875314749176737/ [https://en.bidfax.info/subaru/brz/9006350-subaru-brz-20-limited-2017-blue-20l-4-vin-jf1zcac14h9603037.html   https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4143156782443956/  https://en.bidfax.info/toyota/86/8177468-toyota-86-gt-hakone-edition-2020-green-20l-vin-jf1znae12l9750084.html
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Jul 30, 2021 23:29
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Colostomy Bag posted:Yeah, who knows how much oreillys discounts it too. About 20-30% below retail pricing from my experience. Judging from the rock auto pricing, it seems this part would be in line.
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Jul 30, 2021 23:47
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BlackMK4 posted:Since I have been half-rear end shopping for another car lately one of my new favorite things is to look at cars for sale on Facebook marketplace and google the VIN Yeah I live out in Utah and know exactly which dealers to not look at. If it's a "deal" out here you better believe it's been a copart special. Except for trucks. They almost charge the same clean title price for the rebuilt one. Yeah, no thanks. I hope all of the trucks awaiting chips flood the market next year and tank used truck prices.
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Jul 31, 2021 02:56
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BlackMK4 posted:Since I have been half-rear end shopping for another car lately one of my new favorite things is to look at cars for sale on Facebook marketplace and google the VIN Can you comment on those listings? The pro move would be to post those links.
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Jul 31, 2021 08:42
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Matrix just got its once a year oil change. Dealer claimed to have changed the oil when it was in for the airbag recall. That pissed me off, as it had maybe 500 miles on Mobil 1 high mileage and an OEM filter. Looked under there and saw an OEM filter, but there's no way to tell if it's the one I put on or the one they claim to have put on. The car has only seen about 1000 miles since then. There's no way in hell they changed the oil - the oil would still only have about 3k on it if it's the oil I put in last year, but what came out definitely looks like it has a year on it. Reeeeeeeeeeks of gas too, ugh. I need to get it up to highway speeds more often. It got Mobil 1 extended performance this time (*good for 20k miles!) and a Mobil 1 extended performance filter (*good for 15k miles!), since it only sees one oil change a year. The oil was originally destined for the Cruze I work on occasionally, but friend couldn't wait on me to change it at the time since she had to go out of town. Apparently the Matrix holds between 3.9 and 4.4 quarts depending which dipstick it has too; the dipstick was revised at some point. After running it a little bit and checking, I can definitely confirm it's showing about half a quart overfilled. It was just under the full mark before draining, so I guess it lost about half a quart in a year. Not bad considering the timing cover is leaking, and it looks like the rear crank seal has joined the party.
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Jul 31, 2021 11:15
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STR posted:Matrix just got its once a year oil change. Of all people, I thought you would do your own servicing for sure.
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Jul 31, 2021 11:21
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STR posted:The car has only seen about 1000 miles since then. There's no way in hell they changed the oil - the oil would still only have about 3k on it if it's the oil I put in last year, but what came out definitely looks like it has a year on it. Reeeeeeeeeeks of gas too, ugh. I need to get it up to highway speeds more often. Hey now, they only said that they changed it, they didn't say what the changed it WITH.
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Jul 31, 2021 18:23
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Darchangel posted:Labor I get, but that parts markup is impressively "gently caress you." I had a clutch put in my car at non-dealer shop but they tried to gently caress me out of some cash just the same. They gave me an itemized estimate sheet with parts and labor and I was comparing it to the final bill and noticed they slipped in license plate lights for $60.00. The guy asked me if everything was all good and I questioned it and he was oh, uh, your license plate lights were out and I figured you would want them changed. I said, $60? That's a little pricey to just do without consulting me, which I definitely would have refused, don't you think? Uh, yeah. Let me go ahead and take that off your bill for you. I looked it up and if I bought the most expensive set of plate lights I could they were $20. It's not like they weren't getting enough out of me with the clutch job they needed to try and screw me for the sake of screwing me.
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Jul 31, 2021 20:18
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Tradesmen fleecing people who don't know better is such a universal phenomenon. The potential payoff is too great: if the person doesn't catch on, it's literally free money. And if person calls you out, you just make up some poo poo like "oops, sorry, I must have gotten your order confused with someone else's, I'll take that charge off right now of course." Maybe you even give them a discount for the "inconvenience" because guaranteed you're making it back off the other 6 people that day who paid $185 for "throttle body cleaning." Just recently I was helping a friend move into his new house and randomly found the invoice for the locksmith he'd gotten to change the locks and glanced over it. "drat, they were here for two whole days?" "What? No, just one morning, like 9am to noon." "Oh, so they brought like four guys for some reason?" "One guy. Why?" "Well he charged you for 13 hours of labor." That's why when you find an honest mechanic, just like when you find a good barber, you stay 100% loyal to that guy and tip well. Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Jul 31, 2021 |
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Jul 31, 2021 20:41
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That reminds me of the time my grandfather went to some guy's little shop to get some cab lights installed on his truck, and afterwards his reverse lights stopped working. The guy quoted him ~$200 to diagnose the issue, claiming it couldn't be related to the cab light wiring and might take some time to track down the problem. My grandfather took the truck back home and called me to see if I could help figure out what was wrong. After going over the fuses and such, I figured I'd just pull the taillight assembly to check the bulbs. the reverse lights were unplugged
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Jul 31, 2021 21:03
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Toyota and their included servicing on leases is bad for this. They get someone in who doesn’t know about cars and get sold a 4 wheel alignment, blinker fluid flush, oh the serving doesn’t include the special unicorn blood oil so we up charge for that etc…. I just take the wife’s Toyota in myself after numerous times she took it in and there was some high pressure sales bullshit. “Oh it needs the alignment for the warranty!” 
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Jul 31, 2021 21:14
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BlackMK4 posted:Since I have been half-rear end shopping for another car lately one of my new favorite things is to look at cars for sale on Facebook marketplace and google the VIN lmao these prices are so hosed considering the condition. i've seen ads for used 2020 brz selling for 3k over new msrp 
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Jul 31, 2021 21:34
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mrtrunks84 posted:Yeah I live out in Utah and know exactly which dealers to not look at. If it's a "deal" out here you better believe it's been a copart special. Except for trucks. They almost charge the same clean title price for the rebuilt one. Yeah, no thanks. I hope all of the trucks awaiting chips flood the market next year and tank used truck prices. It seems like the majority of small dealerships do this kinda stuff where I am. Absolutely flooded with em. Rhyno posted:Can you comment on those listings? The pro move would be to post those links. Unfortunately not, hopefully people interested in buying are doing their due dilligence.  BraveUlysses posted:lmao these prices are so hosed considering the condition. i've seen ads for used 2020 brz selling for 3k over new msrp Lol, yeah, it is insane, just wtf. I want a Hakone edition one but they are basically the price of new. STI, S209, and Civic Type Rs are the same way. 
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Humphreys posted:Of all people, I thought you would do your own servicing for sure. I didn't ask the dealer to change it; I declined all work that they tried to upsell me on. It was only at the dealer for recall work (new ECU, new airbag), they claimed when I picked it up that they went ahead and changed it "as a courtesy", and noted "oil changed" on the carfax. The last time I paid someone to change my oil was when I lived in a dorm, and only because I couldn't do it there.
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This just in.... Fast9 SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Have any of them been good since Tokyo Drift? When it stopped being about the cars and just a generic action movie with cars then the only way was down.
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BigPaddy posted:Have any of them been good since Tokyo Drift? When it stopped being about the cars and just a generic action movie with cars then the only way was down. I don't think so. The missus was more pissed off than I was. Tomorrow we watch Tokyo Drift to remember the fun times. In other terrible poo poo news I'm being a dick cos I found a photo of her with her first car (Silvia) back when she was 18 and doing stupid photoshop filters 
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Humphreys posted:This just in.... Fast9 SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS This is literally their appeal.
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Personally I can't wait for the 13th movie, which from the current trend I presume will be called Print Screen. ..I'll see myself out.
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BigPaddy posted:Have any of them been good since Tokyo Drift? When it stopped being about the cars and just a generic action movie with cars then the only way was down. Nah, they're entertaining trash but I'd be reluctant to call any of them genuinely good. They're films you can put on in the background and idly fiddle away on your phone or whatever and just look up when it gets loud. You'll have missed nothing of importance.
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BigPaddy posted:Have any of them been good since Tokyo Drift? When it stopped being about the cars and just a generic action movie with cars then the only way was down. All of them except the 4th which was boring
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