My 1992 Subaru Legacy Turbo wagon (what else) has just clocked 250,000 km.
Sticks to the road well, but loves gas and eats a lot of small parts. Broken
cooling water crossover pipe (needed to remove exhaust to get at it), broken
central locking(fixed with parts from wrecker). Failed air mass sensor
(wrecker). Jamming ABS solenoid(a belt with a hammer fixes it for about 6
months). Failed keyless entry(who cares). Mechanics love Subarus,but never
own them.
No Al, I will not be persuaded to buy your altima, as I have my eyes on a
4wd nissan stagea 2.5. As the motor looks the same, I reckon I can fit the
hair drier off a GTS25T. Woohoo. Because we have so many secondhand jap
imports here, older cars are almost throwaway items.
The best way to overcome the yellow light syndrome is to cut the yellow
light wiring. Unless you have the model that brings up an orange light to
tell you the yellow light isnt working.
Cheers
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Al [mailto:alwynk@shaw.ca]
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 7:12 AM
To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [PipingDesign] New Current Interesting Link - Drawing on Ex
my good car (rarely drive it..94 nissan altima) has retractable aerial.... i dont like all these gimmicks, i want a car that the CV boot joints dont perpetually fail, that everything doesnt break at once at 100k. I bought it (used) cause it got the highest "reliability?" rating.
Yellow light came on.... some damn sensor i dont need $299 parts $95 labour
$35 shop supplies.
(plug and play parts)
Aerial not extend/retracting price to fix. $413. It took me <3 minutes and
about 4c in "3 in 1" sewing machine oil. Worked fine again now... for over
4months.
Remote lock doesnt work $199 for new keylock button. I just do it the good
old way.
I was told its an "old car" even at 33k.
I know what steve will say. They have jap NIssan taxis at 10x that mileage
not considered "Old".
i know steve's image would go up about six notches if he had this car.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Waugh [mailto:mike@waudesign.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 12:41 PM
To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [PipingDesign] New Current Interesting Link - Drawing on Ex
Importance: High
Al, this on the side. The problem with Macs...
They are not coffee proof. My oldest is in university in Chicago. She just happened to spill coffee on her $2000 Mac laptop. Dead. Now they want $1200 to clean up the coffee spill and fix it. That goes without saying, no determination was made as to components that were damaged. At this juncture, the cure may be a hair dryer, or hope it dries out and comes back alive.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Al [mailto:alwynk@shaw.ca]
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 2:13 PM
To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
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chris
sounds really interesting.. love to read it
can you find the reference
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Wright [mailto:chrisw@skypoint.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 11:57 AM
To: Pipingdesign
Subject: RE: [PipingDesign] New Current Interesting Link - Drawing on Ex
>The part I liked was his comment on taxation without >representation, the reason for our forefathers fighting for independence. Read _Founding Brothers_ by someone named Ellis. It'll give you a better handle on what people really fought for after the gunplay was over. The stories we get in school are stupid and boring by comparison with what actually happened between people like Hamilton, Jefferson and Adams. Makes you respect them even more and makes you realize how close run things really were.
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen. ___________________________| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864)http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw
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