And the Germans strike again!

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 11/17/2014 at 22:03 • Filed to: ze Germans

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The 2011 sportwagen TDI suddenly and without warning died on my wife tonight on her way back from teaching. Im thinking its the dreaded HPFP or the intercooler icing issue. Good times ahead, thanks USAA for towing one of our cars again.

Why my wife insist on German cars is beyond me.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > HammerheadFistpunch 11/17/2014 at 22:09

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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > HammerheadFistpunch 11/17/2014 at 22:16

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Take an Accord, place a MB badge on it, and then you have a clone of a C-Class with Honda reliability. My idea is faultless. She will laugh or she will kill you, either way you won't have to deal with the Germans.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > HammerheadFistpunch 11/17/2014 at 22:20

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Read the TSB about the intercooler: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B162-s…

FUN!

M54B30 > HammerheadFistpunch 11/17/2014 at 22:24

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my water pump (I think) is on its way out in my 530i. The last sentence really rung true with me: "why my wife insists on german cars is beyond me."

Against my advice, she keeps taking it to work. Sigh.

My citroen won't start > HammerheadFistpunch 11/17/2014 at 22:27

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Its time.

wallaby13 > HammerheadFistpunch 11/17/2014 at 22:36

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Butttttt butttt it's diesel it will last forever - everybody on Jalopnik

I like my TDI but there's a good reason I stayed away from the Common Rail engine. I just have to worry about the dreaded camshaft, or dreaded dual mass flywheel, or dreaded EGR cooler..... <3 that VW quality.

shop-teacher > HammerheadFistpunch 11/17/2014 at 23:37

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That must be madening. Fortunately for me, my wife insists on Mazda.

pip bip - choose Corrour > HammerheadFistpunch 11/18/2014 at 02:10

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ah "Quality German engineering" rears its ugly head again , you poor bastard!