Most unreliable cars on Oppo?

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Who’s the poor sod that got the shortest end of the stick out of all of us here? Admit it! You can also nominate others.

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:00

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*waits for lurker with E60 M5*

DrScientist > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:02

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:(

i don’t like financial security.

Xyl0c41n3 > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:03

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Fiesta with a recalled transmission and/or clutch (some Fiestas and Focuses are worse than others. This recall affects pretty much all the models equipped with the 1.6L 4-cylinder DCT).

Currently been waiting three months for the dealership to get my new clutch. No word yet on how much longer it’s going to take.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:04

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Jake’s(not Jayhawk) Mustang

My Citroen Won’t Start’s Citroen

One of the S600 owners.

Opposaurus’s Allroad

bob and john > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:05

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I want to nominate Murdersofa jake. just because his shit is ALWAYS fucking broken.
or about to break.

even though he buys seemingly reliable cars.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:06

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I’m going to say you, or Ike’s now sold V70R. Or anyone with an Allroad

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 19:08

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Jesus, my wallet just emptied looking at this photo.

Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 19:09

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Like your style. I’d only attempt this if I lived VERY close to work.

DasWauto > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:10

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Seeing as I drive a Volkswagen I was going to jokingly nominate myself. But then the Allroad was already mentioned twice so I’m out of the running by a mile.

C62030 > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:10

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Well, we all know *someone’s* Citroen won’t start.

Xyl0c41n3 > bob and john 04/04/2016 at 19:12

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How could you forget Matt’s “the bags deflated again” Allroad?

bob and john > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:16

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OH, also, that kid that got that salvage titled V70r tht was missing the proshaft to the rear and was stolen twice with a mismatched S70 bumper

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/04/2016 at 19:17

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Then again who am I to talk...

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:18

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I’m pretty bad myself...

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/then-again-who…

bob and john > PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power 04/04/2016 at 19:21

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oddly enough, there was someone like 3 or 4 days ago posting about a E60 M5 with alternator problems LOL

scoob > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/04/2016 at 19:27

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Why did I think, after all this time, that you were in Engbritland Kingdom?

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:28

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I had a 2000 V70R with multiple rebuilt titles. Stolen twice. Flood car. Wrecked three times. No driveshaft. Wrong bumper. Stranded me many times. And I sold it for a loss.

scoob > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:28

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I BEAT ALL OF YOU BECAUSE I HAVE TO RIDE THE MTA EACH AND EVERY DAY AND SHIT NEVER WORKS/COMES ON TIME/HAS EMPTY SPACE/SMELLS NICE/LOOKS GOOD

OPPOsaurus WRX > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/04/2016 at 19:29

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Hey I’ve made it to work every day so far

Sweet Trav > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 04/04/2016 at 19:30

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Yeah, that Mustang is lemon.

OPPOsaurus WRX > scoob 04/04/2016 at 19:31

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Yea you win. Public transportation is the most unreliable shit out there

RazoE > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 19:32

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Hardcore!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Sweet Trav 04/04/2016 at 19:34

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I’ve never seen someone have so many problems with one. I mean, they are the most fantastic cars in the world, but they’ve always seemed fairly reliable.

OPPOsaurus WRX > DasWauto 04/04/2016 at 19:34

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I’m just going to their this out there as a reminder

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > scoob 04/04/2016 at 19:39

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Calm down soft serve poop.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:39

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I may have a different definition of reliable... I would consider my Niva quite reliable. But every now and then have to remind myself that I don't know many other people who have gone to get groceries with no clutch, minimal brakes, and only 3/5 gears...

Honeybunchesofgoats > scoob 04/04/2016 at 19:40

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I ride the MTA every day and own a Jag.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > . . 04/04/2016 at 19:42

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I’d say landyacht 225's S600. I’m not sure if he still has it. My S600 isn’t a bastion of reliability either though.

bob and john > Xyl0c41n3 04/04/2016 at 19:51

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yea, Matt knew EXACTLY what he was getting into with that car.

2 3800-series buicks, a miata and a mustang arent exactly what one would call ‘heads aches’

well....anyone but Jake LOL

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > OPPOsaurus WRX 04/04/2016 at 19:51

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At least it isn't an S4

Jack Does Cars > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 04/04/2016 at 19:51

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How does one come across something like that

Master Cylinder > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 19:56

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So pretty tho

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 20:14

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I’m scare-jealous of your choices.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > scoob 04/04/2016 at 20:17

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He’s a South African trapped in a New Jerseyian’s home.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 20:22

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I assume you took this picture from the driver’s seat of the Corolla.

shpuker > . . 04/04/2016 at 20:22

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2006 Buick Lucerne. Not overall but as far as expected vs achieved reliability maybe?

So far the death toll in the last 10 months is:

2 separate check engine lights

Auto start stopped working for ~2 months, no idea why

Super dead battery, wouldn’t jump start from charging point in engine bay, removed rear seat to get to the actual battery (who the hell puts a battery there?), jumped fine from there and hasn’t been a problem since. WTF

Drivers door handle broke off quite easily.

Rear-passenger door mysteriously doesn’t work at all

Tire pressure sensor went off randomly, didn’t have low tire pressure, re-set it and it hasn’t gone off since

Front-drivers speaker will occasionally start sounding like chewbacca getting murdered

Every once in a while the headlights (automatic) will just refuse to come on. Cleaning the sensor doesn’t seem to help

Engine shield (little plastic wind/dirt/water shielding under the engine/transmission) randomly fell off halfway

Plastic trim in rear doorway ripped off (this one is probably mostly my fault but that shit shouldn’t be held on by 2 clips)

I’m sure I missed something. Basically GM really doesn’t know how electronics work.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Xyl0c41n3 04/04/2016 at 20:24

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Was about to ask if it was the clutch or TCM until I read the SECOND sentence. The issue is with 2.0 equipped models as well. My Focus had the TCM die at 42K miles. Turned the car into a brick. The TCM’s are covered to 150K now....

LongbowMkII > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/04/2016 at 20:24

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Hey that fancy ford is fairly reliable.

Hot Takes Salesman > . . 04/04/2016 at 20:31

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Any of our Jag owners, really

Hot Takes Salesman > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/04/2016 at 20:31

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fwooosh

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > . . 04/04/2016 at 20:32

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JQJ’s Volvo V70R, Vikkie.

GE90man > . . 04/04/2016 at 20:35

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i nominate myself with a ‘06 vw Passat. surprisingly it’s held up really well and hasn’t had any big problems. it also doesn’t have tiny minuscule problems I have to figure out every month either, which is really surprising.

Frank W. Doom > Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ 04/04/2016 at 20:36

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like “work from home” close

WK2 > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 20:45

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Liam Farrell > . . 04/04/2016 at 20:45

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Excuse me but I am the clear winner, a 45 year old British truck made by the Spanish. 1971 Land Rover Santana Series IIA 109. It was freshly imported from a Spanish desert village with <500 people.

Bought it in November for $12,000 , got it home early January, drove it up the hill and parked it in the driveway to immediately freeze the block and entire cooling system that night. Got it towed to the Land Rover Series/Defender specialist shop a few towns away. We knew we would have to put a bunch of work into it, but it ended up getting just under $12,000 (mostly because they charge $105 an hour for labor) in work/maintenance/upgrades. We have probably driven it about 30 miles since it has gotten back, we are planning on taking it back to the shop on Wednesday to finish a few more things.

But those thirty miles have probably been the best of my life and I wouldn’t change a thing.

Needmoargarage > . . 04/04/2016 at 20:50

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4 of my 5 cars are currently broken. Not sure if I have the most unreliable car here, but in terms of overall statistics I seem to be doing quite poorly.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > . . 04/04/2016 at 20:51

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I have a 242k mile non-diesel BMW... and it’s cost me ~$200 in a year and a half of ownership. Most reliable unreliable car ever?

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 04/04/2016 at 20:53

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She lets me out sometimes, mostly to go to work...

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > scoob 04/04/2016 at 20:54

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It’s the accent, ya’ll can’t tell the difference between us.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > LongbowMkII 04/04/2016 at 20:56

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Eh, it still costs Jag money to fix though.

TysMagic > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 20:57

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holy balls, what a beautifully tragic headache.
Those XJR wheels look great on the XJS though

Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes > . . 04/04/2016 at 21:05

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I’m surprisingly not in the running here!

*furiously knocking on burl wood*

Flavien Vidal > bob and john 04/04/2016 at 21:06

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He nominated himself already :)

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/i-had-a-2000-v…

MrDakka > . . 04/04/2016 at 21:08

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Damn things always break down and look at the mini douche; he’s already learning how to be unreliable IRL

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/04/2016 at 21:24

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Dreamdriveway right there.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > scoob 04/04/2016 at 21:34

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HAHAHAHAHA

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 21:37

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You’re a beautifully mad person. Good job.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 21:39

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God damn that is a collection of cars. I wish you godspeed, and I am a little jealous.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/04/2016 at 21:40

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I haven’t seen your disco before. Haz much nice. Many wants.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > . . 04/04/2016 at 21:41

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My complete and utter lemon of a V6 S197 Mustang. Out of the three (?) months I’ve had it I drove it for barely one of them, and it has spent the rest of the time in the shop for endless small repairs. It was in the shop so long the tags expired so now that it’s fixed I can’t drive it until I can register it, which is yet another logistics nightmare.

Knock on wood with the Buick.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 04/04/2016 at 21:43

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Thanks, he has a new set of head gaskets with studs instead of stretch bolts. Hopefully I’ll never have to worry about that again.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/04/2016 at 21:52

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I would like to know more about those studs in place of stretch bolts

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 04/04/2016 at 21:55

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ARP makes them for the Buick 215/Rover 3.5L. I don’t remember the part number. But they work just fine, all you have to do is not use the outer 8 super short studs.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 04/04/2016 at 22:00

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Hm may need to do that in a few thousand Ms

DasWauto > OPPOsaurus WRX 04/04/2016 at 22:00

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It’s a tank of a car, no doubt, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s reliable though, does it? You’re a braver man than I on that front.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 04/04/2016 at 22:05

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Atlantic British sells them, kinda pricey but worth the price as you don’t have to worry about the usual bullshit with the gaskets. Don’t over torque them though because you can fuck up the block. Comes with three sizes and you use the long and medium lengths.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 04/04/2016 at 22:08

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Those and cometic gaskets are the way to go.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Jack Does Cars 04/04/2016 at 22:09

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Desperation?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/04/2016 at 22:12

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Exactly!

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 04/04/2016 at 22:15

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I got them from Rovers North it seems.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > . . 04/04/2016 at 22:23

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Happy to lose this competition. Yank V8's ftw.

Connqr > . . 04/04/2016 at 22:39

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Umm. I got this. Maybe. On the slight technicality of not quite being old enough to have a license (1 more year!) I must submit the Mini-Hilux complete with Topgear-ification. Oh wait, you said unreliable, oops. Any poor unfortunate opponauts who own an Alfa (even though we are all jealous of them).

Land_Yacht_225 > . . 04/04/2016 at 22:40

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Ahem...present and accounted for.

V-12 club represent.

Land_Yacht_225 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 04/04/2016 at 22:45

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Still have it. Probably wont sell it for another couple months, too busy and at school.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Land_Yacht_225 04/04/2016 at 22:50

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All two of us are accounted for...

Alex Zapata > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 23:22

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Holy fucking crap, you are my hero.

You must REALLY hate having money...

Kutanks > Xyl0c41n3 04/04/2016 at 23:23

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How does it take them three months to get a clutch? That’s bullcrap. I hope your car is under warranty and they are giving you a loner....with a manual lol.

Alex Zapata > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/04/2016 at 23:23

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So your wallet pretty much empties itself quite often, I guess, right?

Amazeballs cars, my dad would kill to have that X-Type and I love Discos.

Alex Zapata > . . 04/04/2016 at 23:27

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Came here to nominate myself with the every-plastic-rotted Mini, front-crashed MazdaSpeed and the new W164 ML, which is bound to break the bank with electrical gremlins...

Then I saw the guy that has put 30 miles on his Spanish-made Classic Defender.

I’ll see myself out.

Xyl0c41n3 > Kutanks 04/04/2016 at 23:29

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It is under warranty. Nope, I don’t have a loaner. I’m driving the car with a faulty clutch. They returned it to me. I’ve been waiting three months (so far) because all the automated manual Fiestas and Focuses from about 2010-2014 suffer from this problem. That’s millions of cars.

Needless to say, my parts are on back order.

Kutanks > . . 04/04/2016 at 23:33

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I nominate my Saabaru. 1. It’s not even a turbo. Before I bought it it got a new clutch at 60k.

So far it’s needed (this year)

Headgaskets

Struts/ mounts were toast

Brakes (were supposedly done before I got car but obviously not correctly, I had to rebuild calipers)

Balljoints

Tie-rods

Exhaust-work

Bought for 7G with 60k I’m up close to 10k now with only 20,000 miles put on it

#Saabing

Kutanks > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 04/04/2016 at 23:40

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Sounds like my buddies Volvo only his is some sort of 850T5/R

Chasaboo > DrScientist 04/04/2016 at 23:42

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Volkswagen. I lived through one.

banjo cat ghost of oppo past > . . 04/05/2016 at 04:14

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*mic drop*

pip bip - choose Corrour > Xyl0c41n3 04/05/2016 at 06:14

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that’s crap service!

seriously start complaining to the customer service line.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Alex Zapata 04/05/2016 at 06:25

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Can’t take it with you...

Jack Does Cars > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 04/05/2016 at 06:30

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That’s my guess.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Jack Does Cars 04/05/2016 at 06:57

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Being a Volvo nut I was always looking for one.

Being depressed I thought it would make me feel better. It didn't.

DrScientist > Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ 04/05/2016 at 09:40

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yeah... i actually walk to work (thank god).

the 928 has yet to leave me stranded. the jaguar.... well... you know.

DrScientist > Master Cylinder 04/05/2016 at 09:41

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and this is really all that matters.

i think.

DrScientist > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/05/2016 at 09:45

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but think of the back pain i am saving myself without having to cart around any extra cash!