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Originally Posted by The_Beast_
OK Beelzebubba, KatarHol I say we agree to disagree. And leave it at that. This has already become too childish. Agreed?
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I wasn't offended.
I'm just a motorcycle first kinda' guy.
and I do not like European cars.
European cars really suck to work on. The plastic is really brittle and full of one way assemblies, blind fasteners, ...etc... Not only are they blind but there are 3 or 4 different size fasteners.
Wanna' take apart a GM dash to install an alarm? Most often you will only need a 7mm.
Thieves don't care. One good kick to a Euro-trash car and all that brittle plastic held together with 20 fasteners of different sizes is gone so it can't be an antitheft measure.
Have you ever tried to check the ATF on a Mercedes Benz? There's a dipstick tube, but no dipstick. Just a cap that says MB WORKSHOP ONLY. So not only do they use different sizes and types of fasteners to hold thier brittle plastic pieces together, they are basically stating that you are too stupid to maintain you own car.
And then the wiring is so badly designed and covered with this cheesy cloth tape that once unraveled, will not stick to itself or the wires again. It will stick to your skin and leave this greasy black crap on your clothes though.
And what's up with VW and Audi leaving these huge 10 X1.5 live positive posts just hanging down under the dash begging to be short circuited by anything that conducts electricity? Thanks for the great power supplies but INSULATE THAT STUFF!
I'll end my rant here before I go off on a 30 minute tear about the superiority of Cadillac's push-buton start vs BMW/MB/whatever....