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They'd always be coming in to be decommissioned beaten up, engine lights on etc. If anyone is in VIC and they see a Sprinter with a big fibre glass rear wing on it with work lights in it - that's one of our old ambulances living on as a courier ![]() The patient transporters used by companies like NPT will go on further, had a few with 700,000 on the clock but they run their vehicles into the ground. |
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I notice there are a lot of Fiat based MH's constantly being sold lately.
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I've acquired a '99 S40 Volvo for fun. Car has been in the family since new. Only thing I've had to repair is the electric aerial, $19, and replace a slightly sagging headlining!
It's 20 years old 243k, and on original shock absorbers, bushes, rack, and rear brakes. No rust, all electrics work, doesn't use oil, no rattles. Oh driver's leather seat has a year in the swab...which is expensive. I've since put 18's in it and lowered it, about to adapt some big *** brembos and put a BTCC wing in the back. Will modifying it ruin it's longevity? Great car and served mum well for 20 years. JP |
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Turns out it's the most popular van to be converted to MH these days, and TAS and QLD have a tonne of MH tourism. Back in the day we built a LWB super single rear axle Sprinter as a pressure cleaning truck, should have been a light truck but customer was insisting on Sprinter. It was 1100kg overweight before it had its 1000L of water it could carry, I was under it dry and the leaf springs on the rear were inverted. It was chopping out pads and tyres between services ![]() Oh and it caught on fire once ![]() Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 30-11-2019 at 09:44 AM. |
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I can remember back to the 50s and 60s when battery and shockers would need replacing shortly after the 1 year warranty expired........not that they were covered anyway.
Today there are no bad cars really, just less desirable ones. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Hi Ryeman,
how is that '1.6 turbo e-THP EAT6' holding up? I had the same engine in a 308 wagon that I owned for a year recently, and mine clogged up with carbon, had check-engine light, had faulty bypass valve on the turbocharger. Mine had only 90k on the odometer, and had according to previous owner already had 2 full rebuilds of the cylinder head. But other than that a lovely car ![]() Oh by the way, the exact same engine sits in Mini and BMWs also. On the BMW it is mounted in a way that you can walnut blast the intake valves while still in the car every 25k km to get rid of the carbon deposits, but unfortunately on the Peugeot the engine needs to come out of the vehicle due to sitting too close to the windscreen. ![]() I don't know how Peugeot Australia is getting away from having to give lifetime warranty on this, or a buy-back program for all their troubled cars. Cheers, |
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44k @5.2/100 on E10.
Sweet as - but the Model 3 beckons this ageing guy who simply wants a taste of the future Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Let's not allow this thread turn into another Tesla/Electric car thread. Any further posts about Tesla/Elon/Electric Cars will be deleted. |
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Certainly not, but I have to explain why I’m moving into a different world by selling it. The fuel efficiency pays for itself.....if it actually becomes apparent, as opposed to the ‘we all know’ story. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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We had sprinter vans at work and I was surprised how good they were. Did 150k-200k with only a minor hiccup here and there.
Much better than the Renaults they replaced, an which did engines, transmissions, ecus etc. But now we've got crafters...
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Your review of your BMW (and basically any euro car in general) is what people have known for decades: They are nice cars when everything is working, but have your wallet ready when something goes wrong. And it WILL go wrong. Often.
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I'm at the point where I'm shopping around for a new daily, I keep coming back to FG MKII Falcon Ecoboost or VF Commodore - the Commodore would essentially double my fuel cost as I'm coming from a TDCI Focus that does 5.5L/100km all day every day regardless of how much I beat on it.
I've been considering 2010 onward BMW 330d - 3L TD I6, it would be good on fuel and still pack a punch with some basic mods and tuning, I'm not interested in driving some torqueless ****heap (inb4 SIDIDIDIDI V6 jokes) as I want something with some balls but its still good on fuel within reason. But its a Euro, and Euro means expensive. I keep coming back to Falcon or Commodore ![]() |
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Adolf was great! Just a little too slow - 3.5L V8 with electronic trickery and an extra gear in an attempt to make up for 2000kg of 7 series
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was the best $2000 car I've ever bought ![]() Someone kept calling me 'Jeeves' though when I was driving it around ![]() To put it into perspective, has anyone driven a standard VN-VS Statesman/Caprice with boat anchor Holden 304? Imagine that level of power, except 450kg heavier with less torque, 0-100 took about 30 minutes, but 100-200 seemed to come up faster ![]() If I sold the Lebonator I'd probably look to replace it with either an E32/E38 750iL if I could find one cheap, one camshaft per bank, less electronic trickery, just lots of cylinders and 5 litres ![]() Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 30-11-2019 at 06:47 PM. |
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I have got a similar issue. Coming out of an Lz Focus.
I keep arriving at ZB Commodore. 2 litres. 191 kw and 350 nm of torque. FGX and VF 2 are getting on now. ZB is a value or bargain buy. Built in Germany. My early LZ is a German build up to 110000 absolutely no issues. The ZB motor and gearbox are made in the USA and from research I be done are great. |
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I really want an original 90's model BMW 8 Series. However the main reason I don't want it is because it's a 90's BMW 8 Series.
I'm a pretty big BMW fan. Mercedes AMGs are also great, but I have heard more bad things about Mercedes over BMW. |
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Has two ecus, one to control each cylinder bank as no ecu was powerful in the day to control both. I'd love an E38 too but with an LS engine instead.
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A mate of mine had a 540 which had the water cooled alternator.
The loom seal failed and the fried instrument panel and labour cost him ~ $15k. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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have had a 2014 jetta since new....never had a single problem with it...7 speed auto...1.4 twin charge.... |
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Alternator RRP $2500 8+ hours labour to replace Mind you it also crapped out it's timing chain guides at 130,000km Quote:
E38 with an LS engine is a cracker idea, absolutely. Mine was M62TUB35 engine, too much hassle for 177KW Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 01-12-2019 at 03:58 AM. |
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Franco, What you need is right under your nose.....
a Cav, Sportmans' edition
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[QUOTE=Franco Cozzo;6371619]That's how I got my 7 series, it was a customer's car with the water cooled alternator housed inside the block.
Alternator RRP $2500 8+ hours labour to replace Yep, apparently the alternator had to deal with such electrical demand the cooling fans would have been too noisy so they went with mixing fluid and sparks separated by a weak point. Good in German theory......... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Can only imagine the hours and cost involved in doing something simple like a exhaust manifold gasket in a BMW triple turbo diesel.
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Yeah, if you think diesels of today will save you sufficiently on fuel bills think again.
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Have just acquired a Brocksport 850 wagon with wobbly autobox; no need for it, no value in it, too young for historic rego, seems too good for scrap. |
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The coolant got up the loom of the 540. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Anything 'top model' from the Euro manufacturers will incur some crazy cost of ownership after the warranty has expired. Think of the Touareg V10 diesel for example, it would cost a fair bit to get parts for that since there are so many of everything. Valves, lifters, bearings, pistons, injectors, etc. The MB AMG 6.3 engine is almost 'non-repairable' due to lack of access to parts. MB are apparently limiting access to parts as they want the engines back to Germany for overhaul. (at a shocking price of up $60k to $90k for a new or exchange engine). I was purchasing some M3 parts for my BMW, the spares prices for the M-cars have like an extra digit on the back! Easily 10 times the price of what other manufacturer or aftermarket sell similar parts for. Another Euro make that deserves some negative attention is AUDI. I believe their cars are often engineered to spend a crazy amount of time in the workshop. Who else makes cars that require full strip-down of the front-end of the vehicle to do timing belt? (A6 TDI timing belt is a 15 hour job). Their parts prices are also very high. Porsche is apparently the opposite, very service friendly, and high km interval between services compared with others. Also generally very reliable and high quality. But some of their parts prices could be more than for the average car, so if you are looking at an older European super-car, pick a Porsche. Cheers, |
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