Re: Faults Economies
I agree that (IMHO) the WD Reliability Index doesn't take into account many factors, including the extent that each owner looks after the car (i.e. whether it's home maintained, at a rubbish backstreet indie or a decent one, similarly with the main dealers [whose quality can vary just as much]) and, just as importantly, drives it - someone who treats it with sympathy will get more life out of it without trouble than those who don't.
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Re: Bikes Shed
Just a word of warning to DD that if you get a roof carrier for your bikes, just remember that when using it (presumably the type where the bikes stand upright) to be aware of going into 'car only' car parks at service stops or munipical car carks, most of which have height restrictor barriers which won't do your bikes or the car any good at all should you drive through, especially when going on holiday or day trips when you're concentrating on other things...
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A generalisation would be if you want reliabilty buy Japanese/Korean if you want to pose buy German, and so long as its a 3 year lease on a new car you would probably be OK
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Ive had 3 BMWs, a 2002 E46 that I did over 217,000 miles in before selling (it is still on the road with nearly 250,000 miles on it). No problems and apart from having the original turbo refurbed at 150,000 miles, only went through 2 full sets of disc brakes.
I also had a 2009 E92 for 24,000 miles. Absolutely no issues and only cost me servicing. Finally, I had a 2nd generation E89. Did 74,000 miles, again, absolutely no issues and only service costs.
Maybe the fact I had them all regularly serviced at the correct intervals by the main agents meant I had over 16 years of ownership covering over 300,000 miles and not a single breakdown? It cannot be co incidence.
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In terms of dashboard reflections on the Subaru then, having had the same problem on my Avensis, I bought an A3 sheet of black felt off eBay for a couple of quid and lay that on top of the dash. Very cheap solution to the problem. I believe you can buy more expensive tailored 'mats' to do the same thing for some cars.
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I was about to say the same. My dad did this with a Volvo estate where he had the same issue. I agree with HJ but in some cases it's simply too bad to ignore and I don't know how they pass the design stage.
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Re Making a Wish, "We had a look and decided it must be a trapped twig.....one of the wheels was about to come off (it was not vertical, it leaned in at the top and out at the bottom)." Those two parts of the account seem a contradiction?
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Surely the contradiction would have been if it leaned in at the top and leaned in at the bottom. What he describes is 'negative camber, the bottom of the wheel further out than the top? or am I delusional??
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Re : See-through, if unsuccessful in 'reprogramming' your brain, get a matt black cloth and drape it over the fascia, indeed if you look on eBay you can find tailored cloths to suit many cars, usually one available in the US.
If you get something velvet, it will cling to the fascia / dashboard.
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