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Pat Pasqualini (Enzo)
Junior Member
Username: Enzo
Post Number: 121
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 11:28 am: | |
93 VW Corrado VR6 In one years time it cost over $1700.00 in maint and repairs that is when I could even get it in to the dealership. I was quoted one time of 3 weeks before they could even get it in to look at my ignition. After one scheduled maint a week after I blew a water pump that they had just looked at a week before over 400 smackers. Then a week after that my ignition tumblers went haywire. Shortly after that the car found a new home! All to get a 96 Jeep GC that ate tires and brakes like it was Wimpy eating hamburgers. |
DES (Sickspeed)
Member
Username: Sickspeed
Post Number: 739
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 11:23 am: | |
Tom, my oil light comes on when i make hard right or left turns... of course, i DO have an oil leak... and the car IS 9 years old... and it DOES have 196010 miles on it... and i AM pretty rough with it... Ok, why'd i even open my mouth on this one...? |
Lawrence Coppari (Lawrence)
Member
Username: Lawrence
Post Number: 448
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 11:15 am: | |
Mercedes 450SL - 23 years, 2 water pumps, 2 HVAC controller valves, main seal, 2 antenna stalks, 142K
Mercedes 400E - 10 years, 1 starter, 1 thermostat, radio work, 108K
Mercedes 300E - 7 years, 1 steering wheel movement switch (warranty), 120K
Mercedes SLK32 AMG - 1.5 years, trunk lock not to wife's liking (warranty), 11K
Ferrari 328 - 15 years, 1 main seal, receiver dryer, oil cooler, water pump, clutch, 21K. Tracked for 5 years.
Porsche 944T, 7 years, track car, AC clutch, AC seal, lots of oil leaks, rear wheel bearing, half shafts/CV joints, water pump, turbo water pump, coolant reservoir, highly modified engine. Purchased at 89K, now has 138K. |
bruce wellington (Bws88tr)
Intermediate Member
Username: Bws88tr
Post Number: 1421
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 10:55 am: | |
MY 87 944.....EVERYTIME I PUT IT INTO GEAR, THE DASHBOARD WOULD BLOW A FUSE...BROUGHT BACK TO JACK DANIELS PORSHE 5X, FINALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM, A LOOSE WIRE FROM THE FACTORY IN THE GEAR INDICATOR(AUTOMATIC TRANS)WAS LOOSE AND SHORTED OUT WITH THE BARE END OF THE WIRE AND THE METAL...PROBLEM FIXED AND FREE OIL CHANGES WHILE I OWNED THAT CAR..... |
Mark (Markg)
Member
Username: Markg
Post Number: 356
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 10:47 am: | |
Saturn SL1 - had 3 years= 0 problems (bought new)
Hyundai - had 2 years= 0 problems (bought new)
Porsche 911 - had 10 years = 0 problems (bought very used)
Nissan p/up - had 10 years = 1 FI problem (bought new)
Ferrari 308 GTSi - have 2 years = well, lets just say its my first - and last -Ferrari |
TomD (Tifosi)
Intermediate Member
Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 2158
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 8:47 am: | |
People always look at the tech session and complain recent Ferrari quality stinks. I am interested in other marques and stories of new car problems. I will start out. My wife's 2000 mercedes would have the interior lights come on if you made a hard right turn, it has had various other electrical issues and then the other day after she parked it in the rain and went inside the sunroof decided to completly open by itself and let all the foul weather inside - of course now it won't start. What stories do you have - lets focus on newer cars and we all know old cars always have stories |
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