Car thread

[Zloff]

it kinda sucks that my family has a super-deep bias against Ford. Limits me like crazy.

if you exclude glitches in fancy tech crap, ford produces some of the highest-quality everyday vehicles in America. they definitely beat gm vehicles, which only get worse with every new model that comes out

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[Planr]

American cars generally have very poor safety ratings, and the MPG they get versus most European and Asian car brands makes me not like them.

[e-maxx]

American cars generally have very poor safety ratings, and the MPG they get versus most European and Asian car brands makes me not like them.

wat

[Teneksi]

wat

this is what happens when you think all american cars are muscle cars

[Dragonslayer182]

Honestly, the only major difference is reliability, as far as I know. Japanese cars tend to have less problems per 100 cars

[Frankie²]

Honestly, the only major difference is reliability, as far as I know. Japanese cars tend to have less problems per 100 cars

[e-maxx]

get it together fiat

[Kumquat]

The joke every adult ever uses
Fix It Again Tony

[XR-7]

So recently my right side license plate light stopped working even though I replaced both of them around August. Today, I parked my car in the garage to get out of the rain and pulled apart the trunk lid. I found that one of the lights had fallen out of the fuse. Just sticking it back in caused it to work again but I'm guessing it'll happen again.

What's worse though.....

Yesterday, my two year old sister managed to get a hold of my keys and apparently opened my trunk. Nobody knew that my trunk had been opened so it rained in my trunk non-stop for hours. My dad closed it and told me later, but I didn't investigate until today. I discovered that the carpet was completely waterlogged so I emptied the trunk and pulled it all out. Underneath, I found a surprise. The entire spare tire bay was filled almost to the top with standing water. The tire itself was 75% or so underwater. I pulled everything out of there wondering what I was going to do about this. I couldn't exactly flip the car upside down and dump it out (well....I could, but I wasn't). I was very thankful for our Shop Vac. I sucked the majority of the water out while running trips back and forth dumping the vacuum's dirty water into the backyard. I put everything back together and just slung my carpet over the railing on the front porch so it will hopefully dry.

[Zloff]

the important question is what are these problems

but honestly no matter the problem there's no excuse for a 'premium' vehicle manufacturer such as land rover to have that many issues per 100 lol wtf

[Frankie²]

the important question is what are these problems

but honestly no matter the problem there's no excuse for a 'premium' vehicle manufacturer such as land rover to have that many issues per 100 lol wtf

overengineering

[Cynic]

the important question is what are these problems

but honestly no matter the problem there's no excuse for a 'premium' vehicle manufacturer such as land rover to have that many issues per 100 lol wtf

lmfao.

my buddy owns a '99 LR disco 1.  Anything from Land Rover previous to 2005-6 is a total piece of garbage unless you're counting old old collector cars.  His shock tower on the front drivers side pushed right through the mount in the frame.  he uses his hood to put pressure on it and if his hood latch ever broke it'd drop the front suspension by about 8 inches.  the trucks they built are total ass and kbb value on his truck in excellent condition was like $900.

[XR-7]

So I went outside today to start pulling apart the dashboard so I can put in my aftermarket radio. I opened the back door so I could pull out the back seat (my battery is under the back seat) and found standing water on the carpet in the foot area of the passenger side back seat. Very concerned about the battery, I pulled the back seat off and found standing water in the bottom of the battery compartment. The seat was also completely drenched. Now everything is wet back there and I have to try to sop up as much as I can.

[e-maxx]

after looking at a giant wiring diagram of my alfa i consider myself a certified electrician
no seriously look at how giant this diagram is

[XR-7]

Got a bunch of adapters and stuff for my car stereo so I spent the afternoon and evening with my dad ripping out the trim from my car, pulled out the old radio, cut/joined wires together, and got the new one all set up. I turned the key and the screen stayed black.

:c

Now I need to find out what went wrong here.