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But was she reliable, dependable, frugal, and with a high-resale value ???
What is something you learned about your car after you owned it?
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Let's edit the above to Asian cars for sure.
No, no, kinda, no.
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Toyota—retrofit hooks for floor mats, very important stuff
BMW—E92 front mats from whom Weathertech supplied the factory OE, not cut properly and gets caught in the clutch all the time. No problem let’s work on having the car provide heat when engine is off
P.s. I never met your ex-wife but I don’t think I like her either
No one does.
Loved the split glovebox in my Pathy. Now that it’s been replaced by an Armada - I really miss that nifty feature.
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Thought of another as I didn’t get the joke at first. On a used LS430, tool kit always missing—empty slot. Someone said go on eBay you’ll likely be buying your own back. It is super expensive list price but I snagged one for under $50–flashlight batteries still in plastic wrap never installed. It was a nice addition to the full spare tire on OE rim with grease crayon markings from factory
The console lid on my wife’s 1984 Skylark failed in exactly the same way the lid on my 1974 Monte Carlo failed. Identical design, identical failure point.
I didn't know my 05 Jetta had one till the heater started sucking more than usual last winter. It had factory one, so 18 years, 200k miles
Mine has a CD changer in the trunk. I owned it for years before I was changing a tail light bulb and found it
. I very rarely even use the radio, so CD player is useless to me.
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I used my 6 cd changer all the time, until I discovered the free Sirius XMMine has a CD changer in the truck. I owned it for years before I was changing a tail light bulb and found it
That it's a dent magnet.
Not only is it undocumented on my Prius, it didn't happen from the factory. But the dealer software (also available, dubiously licensed for the home user) lets you turn on the window thing, turn off the reverse beeper, set the number of blinks when you tap the blinker for merging lanes, change power window auto up/down, etc etc. Dealers and the distributor don't advertise this-- it could be an easy hour of labor or goodwill.
The Carly app let me change a lot of settings on my late model BMWs- splash screen, heated seat temperatures (at all three settings) and a lot of other options. I wish I could code out the stop/start on the C43 but it looks like I’ll have to pay for that.
Wait, weren’t we talking about x-wives?Mine has a CD changer in the trunk. I owned it for years before I was changing a tail light bulb and found it
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The lease on the one discussed above wasn't worth buying out, it seems.
What is something you learned about your car after you owned it?
As an original owner many times, that ubiguituos french fries on the floor between the seats are not put there during on the assembly line and are not a factory delete option. They are added later on from external sources.
Would the owner of 'Christine', the red and white '58 Plymouth Fury used in the eponymous movie like to answer that question?
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That I can prime the oil filter w/o starting the vehicle.
That all windows have a one-touch-down function.
That all windows have a one-touch-down function.
I learned after i bought my 06 Monte Carlo SS that it is a POS ! Something breaks or stops working on it every time i drive the **** thing. I wish a meteor would hit it.
