Neat!

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo) 09/29/2020 at 13:24 • Filed to: None

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Ford Transit connect hood latch goes like this:

I’ve clearly never had to go under the hood on one of these because I did not know this. (directions are embossed on the side of the dash. Also it was made in Turkey, vin# starts with N.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/29/2020 at 13:35

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Do n’t google the Audi A2 hood “ opening.”

It’ll blow your mind.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 09/29/2020 at 13:39

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Typical German engineering:  square peg in round hole by way of 10 moving parts, along with some whale oil and tungsten. 

vondon302 > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 09/29/2020 at 13:44

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Well that was a new one to me. It did kinda blow my mind too.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 09/29/2020 at 13:58

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I hate VW group so much.  I plan on ditching the Sportwagen at 100,000km (60,000 miles)

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 09/29/2020 at 14:02

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I’ve loved my VW’s, but I understand why people hate them.

Textured Soy Protein > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 09/29/2020 at 14:31

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Clearly Porsche had the A2 in mind when they designed the 992.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/29/2020 at 15:41

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It made some news when these were new to the US market that all US-bound Transit Connects were manufactured as the passenger version in Turkey. The ones destined to be cargo vans went right from the port to a warehouse where the glass and seats were removed and sent to recyclers and blank panels put in over the window openings before going on to dealers . This was cheaper for Ford that paying the Chicken Tax on commercial vehicles.

Under_Score > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 09/29/2020 at 15:50

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I’m curious to know what happened with it.

Svend > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/29/2020 at 16:36

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We had it in Europe on the Focus also (I can't remember the gen. though). 

i86hotdogs > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/29/2020 at 16:39

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Took me a second to figure this out when I was shopping for one of these. The used car dealer also didn’t know this. ABS and CEL lights were both on. The brakes also failed as I was pulling back into the lot after the test drive. I didn’t buy it.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 09/29/2020 at 17:00

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I’m not afraid of ze Germans, but I don’t exactly volunteer to work on them either. 

Urambo Tauro > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/29/2020 at 19:35

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First time I encountered one, it took me a minute or so to figure out, as opposed to the usual ten seconds it takes to open just about any hood. Like you said, the directions are right there where you’d start looking for a handle to pop the hood.

Some of my coworkers weren’t so quick to get the hint, though. It was fun watching them try to figure it out!

Urambo Tauro > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 09/29/2020 at 19:45

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Man, popping that hood is like Google pestering you with popular recommendations based on what it thinks you’re searching for .

Search: Open hood
Did you mean: Where is the oil dipstick

Search: Open hood
Did you mean: Where do you refill the washer fluid