You are a bus

May 17, 2007 12:23

Dear Owners of Subaru Foresters,
That burning odor is coming from axle grease burning off of your catalytic converter. The inner boot on your right front axle is torn and slinging grease everywhere.

Sure, there could be something else wrong, but the 4 from this week have all been the same ( Read more... )

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vrax May 17 2007, 16:45:45 UTC
Yes I've seen that before, too.

My current favorite "what the fuck" is the Jetta oil pans. Aluminum pan, with a steel bolt to plug it. Strip threads much? Dummies.

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musicksempire May 17 2007, 17:29:36 UTC
Aluminum pan, with a steel bolt to plug it

are you kidding me??? even I know better than that. christ.

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vrax May 17 2007, 17:36:42 UTC
Warum einfach?
Wenn es auch complizert, geht!

I fucking wish I was kidding. How bout this lovely VW idiocy; "Let's run the main PCM bus circuit through the radio, so that way if an owner buys a different stereo, the car will just cut-off at seemingly random intervals?"

That's my former favorite.

The German at the top translates as "Why simplify? When as complex, it goes!" that is an actual motto of many engineers. I blame their way-better-than-ours beer.

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vrax May 17 2007, 17:22:49 UTC

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