"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux)
05/06/2014 at 10:14 • Filed to: None
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"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux)
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I was reading through and caught
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about a Benz 350SDL's value. Myself having witnessed first hand a couple of times the "rod-bender" engine in action, I called it valueless. Regardless, Mercedes did replace a number of the engines up until fairly recently if you made a big enough stink, and those seemed to be reliable, and they are pretty damn fast for a 12V diesel. Then I got to thinking, late 90's W210 spring perch problems kind of killed that car for me, though I like everything else about them. I would never drive an e34 530i because of the nikasil issues, though once replaced, they are fine. What piece of bad engineering would put you off from a particular car?
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willkinton247
> 505Turbeaux
05/06/2014 at 10:15 |
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Easy. The 991 911 GT3 . You can't drive it!
mr_gofast
> 505Turbeaux
05/06/2014 at 10:16 |
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jags and lucas - if they had a higher quality electrical system we would still be driving E types and loving it.
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505Turbeaux
> mr_gofast
05/06/2014 at 10:17 |
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or MG's, or Triumphs etc. Agreed
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mr_gofast
> 505Turbeaux
05/06/2014 at 10:18 |
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also TVRS and build quality - then again im just pining for a TVR speed 12 done right...with a aventador v12 or a 512TM v12....mmmmmm
crowmolly
> 505Turbeaux
05/06/2014 at 10:21 |
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Gen II small block Chevy engines. The water pump/opti jackassery is a big black eye on an otherwise great engine.
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505Turbeaux
> crowmolly
05/06/2014 at 10:22 |
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I had forgotten about that gem
RazoE
> 505Turbeaux
05/06/2014 at 10:25 |
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MKIII Supras powered by 7M engines (only ones available outside of Japan)
They would blow their headgaskets at the drop of a hat.
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505Turbeaux
> RazoE
05/06/2014 at 10:27 |
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haha I remember this! I love that bodystyle supra too...
Big Bubba Ray
> 505Turbeaux
05/06/2014 at 10:29 |
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Subaru and head gaskets.
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505Turbeaux
> Big Bubba Ray
05/06/2014 at 10:32 |
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every single god damned one
Camry-Into-Canyon
> 505Turbeaux
05/06/2014 at 10:47 |
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DSMs and Crank Walk
2009+ Lancer Ralliart and the Twin-Clutch (choppy in traffic, grenades under hard launches)
ptak appreciates old racecars
> 505Turbeaux
05/06/2014 at 12:46 |
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Any cool car with FWD.
DocWalt
> RazoE
05/06/2014 at 14:16 |
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Stupid Toyota torque specs...
The Stig's Rustbelt Cousin
> 505Turbeaux
05/06/2014 at 16:37 |
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Any Chryler/Dodge/Jeep vehicle from the 1990s-2000s with an automatic transmission, just waiting to self-destruct.
Nissan Sentras/Altimas from 2002-2004 with the QR25DE engine, which had a tendency to eat itself from the inside out, due to poor engineering and substandard emissions control parts.
Honda Odysseys and Accords (automatics) from the late 1990s-early 2000s, which also came with catastrophic transmission failures at no extra charge. However, at least Honda was quite agreeable to replacing those transmissions at a goodwill gesture for practically every customer, even when they were at 150,000 miles or more. If you buy a used one now, you probably won't ever have a problem with it.
Every Japanese car built in the 1970s and 1980s, whose bodies were already starting to rust before they reached the end of the assembly line. Ask anyone who ever owned a Nissan 280/300 ZX.
Any BMW that was equipped with an early version of the iDrive system. E60/E65 models in particular.
Mercedes-Benz S-class sedans with the "ride-tronic" (or whatever it was called) air suspension, which would occasionally catch fire for no obvious reason.
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505Turbeaux
> The Stig's Rustbelt Cousin
05/06/2014 at 16:41 |
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oh man the number of transmissions my moms V6 grand Voyager went through...