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05-20-2008, 04:39 PM
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Couple Reasons to HATE German cars
1. Wheel bolts... whose dumb ass idea what that??
2. Parts.... good luck finding them 3. Transmissions... Why the hell are you using inverted torx for bell housing bolts????????!?!!?!?!?!???!!!! 4. Mystery nosies... good luck finding them 5. Ball joints.... never last worth a **** 6. Tan interior... gets brown in a year 7. Lifetime transmission fluid.... This was meant as a joke right?? 8. AT dipstick.... good luck finding it I have an 03 525i and a 96 a4 quattro I am working on right now... THEY SUCK!!! I needed to vent Tom 
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05-20-2008, 04:45 PM
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Well... when I went to Germany, they sure looked nice over there
 Tell you what, put those aside, and come over to the West coast and work on a couple SVX's over here that I know need work! 
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05-20-2008, 04:47 PM
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That's funny because I was looking to buy either a bmw 325/328is or audi a4 for my next daily driver...
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05-20-2008, 05:04 PM
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I refuse to ever buy a German car until they pull their heads out of their asses and design them to be more tech-friendly.
Tom, look into getting one of these:  You remove one lug bolt, then thread the rod in, and remove the other four bolts. The wheel will hang on the rod instead of falling off/clobbering you. Just wait till you have to work on a BMW X5 with the 19" wheels. The suckers weigh like 80 lbs. I bought a set from Snap-On, there are two rods with different threads. The two cost $40 or so.
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05-20-2008, 05:34 PM
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05-20-2008, 05:59 PM
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German industrial equipment is no better. No matter how trivial the failure, you have to remove it's tonsils through it's a$$hole. Good riddance to complex german copies of outmoded 'murican equipment.
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05-20-2008, 06:39 PM
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They over-engineer almost everything, why do think they lost World War 2? I like the K.I.S.S. theory- keep it simple stupid
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05-20-2008, 07:16 PM
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I want to lease an A5 if i ever get the money for it. I would never own one because maintenence would be a pain.
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05-20-2008, 07:37 PM
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We had a turbo 100 on one lift and my legacy on the other... it was just down right hilarious to look at / examine the various components of each...
Then we started talking about how often said components need to be replaced... Then the cost... If I was in the room when wheel studs were invented... I'd of requested philips head to prevent them from rounding off 
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#10
05-20-2008, 08:24 PM
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Usually BMWs have a stud in the tool kit in the trunk that threads into one of the wheel stud holes so you can hang the wheel from it which you put the rest of the studs in, but I agree, who's assinine idea was that?
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05-20-2008, 08:35 PM
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I have wasted too much time working on those stupid German cars, but the BMW's are not as bad as the rest. Oh, and the Jags suck too.
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#12
05-20-2008, 10:28 PM
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Humm
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05-20-2008, 11:58 PM
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sorry for being off topic
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin blk 92' LSL w/ average mods pics here http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn277/yourconfused/ Cash68: "Hmm, I wouldn't brag about beating Escorts. That's like saying you tricked a retarded person."
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05-21-2008, 07:58 PM
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1992 SVX LS-L #1222 Pearl White 1987 GL Turbo wagon, 5 lug conversion, D/R 5 speed (Rice killer) 1992 Dodge Ram 4x4 diesel (car hauler) 1968 Dodge Polara convertible (Camaro killer) 1990 Toyota Corolla FWD auto (330,000 mile grocery getter) 1986 VW Jetta
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