An enquiry from one of our community members!
My wife has a Toyota Yaris which (in South Africa at least) apparently comes with some funny sized 15" wheels / tyres which cost around R1200 a tyre to replace (Thats the same as my BMW!)
Nobody can explain to me why we can't simply but a smaller wheel / rim / tyre on the Yaris to accommodate 14" tyres which cost about 1/3rd of this amount.
Can somebody possibly explain to me how this works and why this is the case?
Monday, September 29, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Ford Falcon XR6, clutch story
This is my story.
I have a long history of trying to repair a 2000 model Ford Falcon XR6. A dog of a car, but its my collectors item
The clutch and gear box had recently been done by a supposedly reputed dealer. Due to work stuff I left the car standing for a year, got back into town, charged the battery and my clutch went again.
Took it into the dealer and they charged me the better part of R9000 to repair their clutch. They argued that because the car had been standing dead still for the last year, the clutch had been wearing out.
I asked how it was possible that the clutch could be wearing out when the car has been standing still (almost literally on bricks).
They responded saying that the clutch is always under pressure and when it stands still (i.e. the clutch is not depressed) then this creates additional pressure on the clutch and results in wear and tear.
Honestly I think this is BS. I mean how can the clutch be under strain if nobody is pushing the pedal?
Is this Ford dealer talking crap? Anyone out there?
I have a long history of trying to repair a 2000 model Ford Falcon XR6. A dog of a car, but its my collectors item
The clutch and gear box had recently been done by a supposedly reputed dealer. Due to work stuff I left the car standing for a year, got back into town, charged the battery and my clutch went again.
Took it into the dealer and they charged me the better part of R9000 to repair their clutch. They argued that because the car had been standing dead still for the last year, the clutch had been wearing out.
I asked how it was possible that the clutch could be wearing out when the car has been standing still (almost literally on bricks).
They responded saying that the clutch is always under pressure and when it stands still (i.e. the clutch is not depressed) then this creates additional pressure on the clutch and results in wear and tear.
Honestly I think this is BS. I mean how can the clutch be under strain if nobody is pushing the pedal?
Is this Ford dealer talking crap? Anyone out there?
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LAME CAR QUESTIONS BLOG
A bit of history - I'm probably the least technically minded person I know - heck my wife doesn't even trust me to change a light bulb unless she supervises - ITS NOT SOMETHING I'M PROUD OF but such is life...
To cut a long story short, I have regular unhappy dealings with car dealerships. I think their service consultants talk absolute bull and they get away with it because I don't know enough about how cars work to be able to question what they are saying.
As a result they give me crappy service, I know in my head what they are saying is bull but I don't have any body to fall back on.
So for that reason we've created the LAME CAR QUESTIONS blog for idiots just like me.
If you've got a question, post it on the blog and we'll try and get it answered.
If you think what the service consultant is telling a reader is absolute rubbish - help the reader out!
This is the power of the web. You have the opportunities to tap into the skills and knowledge base of professionals across the world and they can help share ideas, thoughts, comments and provide you with real world feedback that can help put you on an even footing when you feel like you are out of your depth.
Post your comments via our Open Questions segment and I will transfer them to the main part of the blog for the community to review and try and support. Please try and include as much information about the model of car as possible so that people can provide appropriate responses.
To cut a long story short, I have regular unhappy dealings with car dealerships. I think their service consultants talk absolute bull and they get away with it because I don't know enough about how cars work to be able to question what they are saying.
As a result they give me crappy service, I know in my head what they are saying is bull but I don't have any body to fall back on.
So for that reason we've created the LAME CAR QUESTIONS blog for idiots just like me.
If you've got a question, post it on the blog and we'll try and get it answered.
If you think what the service consultant is telling a reader is absolute rubbish - help the reader out!
This is the power of the web. You have the opportunities to tap into the skills and knowledge base of professionals across the world and they can help share ideas, thoughts, comments and provide you with real world feedback that can help put you on an even footing when you feel like you are out of your depth.
Post your comments via our Open Questions segment and I will transfer them to the main part of the blog for the community to review and try and support. Please try and include as much information about the model of car as possible so that people can provide appropriate responses.
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