PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

I say again that I have never done a brake job in my life, and it’s worth paying that kind of money to not break my girlfriend’s car…

 

Also, is not an interference engine?!?!

 

It means the valves wont poke a hole in a piston if the belt breaks.

Understandable. You won't ever hear me criticize another man for paying someone else to do a job.
Hell, I pay someone to change my oil. For Less than $60, I don't crawl on my back or deal with the old oil.
Take my money...,

My "I'll do it myself point" is around $200.
If it cost me more than $200 and I can do it myself, I do it myself.

Not counting small stuff. I am not paying someone $30 LABOR to change my air filter.....

 

You misunderstood; I know exactly what a non-interference engine is. I am shocked that a Chrysler product that’s almost 25 years old has a non-interference engine!

 

Ahhhh...ok

Just be glad it isn't a turbo engine. Even worse to work on......
And even more of a POS......

 

Also, remember my cousin’s 2023 VW Tiguan that had blue smoke R like 12,000 miles? They finally got fed up with the damn thing and traded it for a 2017 Subaru Forester with almost 130K miles!

 

It has a clean title, the A/C blows ice cold, and it’s cheaper to insure for six months than it is to rent a car or take an Uber for a month! Those are the biggest reasons we bought this thing…

 

For the price you paid.
You can not complain…

They aren’t as bad as I make them sound.
I mean, they are “good”. But I just remember working on a couple.
And they were a bitch to work on. So that probably why my opinion of them is less than stellar.

 

Amanda’s landlady was pondering scrapping it for $500. I told her the book value was like two grand and she said we could have it for $800. We are hoping to upgrade Amanda to a late 1990s Camry inside of a year…

 

I have worked on very few Euro/German cars.
I knew when none of my tools “fit”, they weren’t for me.
Special 12 point socket just to change a cv axle in a Jetta……

 

What I think is utterly pathetic is that the Tiguan had blue smoke coming out of the tailpipe at 12K miles, and is burning more oil than truck does at 218K miles!

 

Don't over look the Avalon. It's a NICE car too.

 

There is a class action lawsuit for that.
Evidently it's a big issue.

 

I love Avalons, but Amanda really has her heart set on a Camry…

 

My neighbors traded their problematic Wagoneer for a brand new Escalade in February, and the Escalade is presently getting a new engine due to a massive recall. Another neighbor just bought a new Escalade less than two years ago and the thing has like 35K miles; it is also getting a new engine as part of that recall!

 

GM is having a rough time.
Their new 10 spd Transmission and 6.2 engines are not working out too well.

Still think the old 6.0 was one of the best they put in their trucks.

 

This Ukrainian guy that I got some scrap HVAC equipment from last year had a Chevy Express with like 300K miles; I forget what year it was, but it had the original engine and transmission! That was a 6.0L…

 

I would skip replacing the steering rack for a leak, just add fluid when needed.

 

Amanda wants it replaced, but the car is still going to need an alignment even if we don’t replace the rack…

 

I think those are called Triple-Square, actually have a set from fixing something on my ex-fiancé' old VW Jetta.