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Jonsered
Location: Back in New Mexico where I belong Gender: Male Total Likes: 175 likes
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| | | | | Modern Cars < on 8/28/2013 6:36 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | (Former) Stepdaughter has a Chevy HHR. We're still on good terms, so she calls me and says the clutch pedal went to the floor and just sat there. I suspect broken cable, so I tell her this is why I pay for AAA. Have the car towed to the mechanic I set you up with and all will be well. No problem, no anger. Mechanic calls me the next day. He's worked on the car since she got to college, and we know each other. He starts explaining to me this complete goat fuck of a clutch assy., and how it mounts and has a rod running to a pump and the whole assy. is mounted to the firewall.......AND THE ENTIRE FIREWALL SECTION HAS RIPPED OUT OF THE CAR. This isn't some rusty piece of shit, its a 2006 that has been well taken care of. He has called Chevy already, and they say they have never heard of such a thing (why do I doubt this) and have no idea have to fix it. As it happens, I am headed down that direction anyway, so I drop by to see the car fo myself. The firewall appears to be made of tinfoil backed with earwax. I can flex the panels with a gentle push. A magnet sticks to it, so it apparently has SOME steel. I ask the mechanic why they would build such a flimsy piece of shit, and he says its to get weight down for gas mileage. Gas Mileage? Are you fucking kidding me? I have a 1975 Volvo 242 that gets within 2 MPG of this 2006 HHR, while weighing a shit tonne more, and being capable of driving directly THROUGH said HHR. This is driving me crazy. The shifter knob broke in half at a year. Goddamn flimsy ass little rims bend when you drive over a squirrel, it leaks more antifreeze than a 1950 Buick in Death Valley. Onboard computer has obviously seen Terminator: Rise of the Machines, and its getting a head start on trying to kill us all. I have replaced enough fancy high dollar headlight bulbs to know the procedure blindfolded. Etc, etc. I'm not bagging on CHevy here. The ex-wife's 3 year old Dodge pickup leave a little trail of parts behind it wherever it goes, like breadcrumbs to find its way home. My friends 4 year old Escalade smokes like a 60 year old French whore, and even my Dad's 2 year old $600,000 motor home gets petulant and simply refuses to obey commands. I hate this shit. Personally, I have a line on hw new a vehicle can be. If it has fuel injectors or a computer, it can go be someone elses problem. My 1973 Ford F250 would drive to Alaska tomorrow,and if something did break, you could beat it back on with a rock. Screw new cars.
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| Samurai Vehicular Lord Rick
Location: northeastern New York Total Likes: 1901 likes
No matter where you go, there you are...
| | | Re: Modern Cars < Reply # 8 on 8/31/2013 3:14 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Ricky_from_TV
The beetle is brutally simple - You can fix it with parts from a variety store.
| but does that make it good? I own a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze, the latest in what has been a pretty good streak of GM ownership (with the exception of this one piece of shit 98 Cavalier i bought for a winter beater). With that said, even if you love the air-cooled Beetles, and they nifty as hell, personally, I like a/c, cruise control, power windows and locks, a decent stereo with XM, Onstar, comfortable seats, fuel injection and 44mpg. Shit, i have even come to love cupholders. ... i still hate 4 doors, though.
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