What makes German auto engineering different than Asian or American engineering
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My jeep technically has everything, EVERYTHING working.....not necessarily perfectly but no warning lights, all instruments work, all speakers work, all switches etc, you get the idea....it will get one more fix session since 350k miles is my limit how long I will keep it since I have already given it three sessions 50k apart. I have other cars now since the Jeep was my starter beater alongside my first car so it was kept around even as I moved on to much better daily drivers since it was so useful at towing/hauling/beating the hell out of it off-road. My wife loves the car and is part of the reason it's still around, she is really emotionally attached to it regardless of how annoying it is to live with sometimes.
It's replacement will likely be a Maverick since I can't help but liking it despite my hatred for ford since it is just a fantastic blend of factors in a cheap car I will not have to be careful with.
It's replacement will likely be a Maverick since I can't help but liking it despite my hatred for ford since it is just a fantastic blend of factors in a cheap car I will not have to be careful with.
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This is correct, the tach works still and I agree. Granted I wouldn't drive this truck cross country. GM was weak in that era with the gauge clusters (and CD players..and..etc lol), pretty badly. It is simple as cake to gauge speed with no speedo around town, on the highway not so much. Speedo apps work though which I would use on interstates, lmao. (I take "rigging" to the next level I feel like.)
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I used to be EXACTLY the same but I've changed a bit over the years. I get it though. I don't want broken stuff either, but I don't care on a beater that old and junked. I finally bit the dust and fixed the door lock on my LS a couple years ago. I had had enough of that. I have headlights I need installed also but I just haven't gotten around to it yet, I already have the replacements.
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I used to be EXACTLY the same but I've changed a bit over the years. I get it though. I don't want broken stuff either, but I don't care on a beater that old and junked. I finally bit the dust and fixed the door lock on my LS a couple years ago. I had had enough of that. I have headlights I need installed also but I just haven't gotten around to it yet, I already have the replacements.
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Of course!!! My first car was a 1993 Taurus SHO automatic. A neighbor had one that was in just amazing shape and felt good so I figured it was a decent car. Learned my lesson the hard way there, I have NO IDEA what I was thinking. That car was MADDENING. Literally in the shop every other week. Next car was a Maxima, it was absolutely STUNNING the difference in quality (duh).
