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| Thread ID: 95061 | 2008-11-23 03:00:00 | New car's what's what. | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 722162 | 2008-11-23 03:00:00 | Having been with Ford and Japanese cars ... It is an Audi V6 2.4. I popped up the hood and a bit of googling, I found the coolant, brake, windscreen and hydraulics. It doesn't appear to have a radiator cap - where does the water go? Is this premixed in the coolant reservior? The coolant labelled as G12. The other thing is that I pulled the dipstick out and it looked more like a Japanese's auto gear's dipstick, or is that the engine dipstick or ... then where's the other, I thought there was supposed to have 1 for the engine for another for the transmission. :waughh: Last question is that can all cars be jump started or is this maybe not for the newer electronic ignition systems? Thanks :D |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 722163 | 2008-11-23 03:48:00 | Sounds like you are trying to steal it? Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 722164 | 2008-11-23 05:34:00 | Not a good idea to jump start cars with electronic ignition. Could damage the computer. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 722165 | 2008-11-23 05:58:00 | Thanks I heard that from somone .. just to confirm ... But .. it is registered, first car, see what the insurance is gonna be, hope not to use it too much, still take the bus to work and in the w'end long trips to city etc. A bit more googling, the G12 is maybe G12+ now G12 is discontinued. A pre mixture is my thought now .. it does not have a radiator cap. Still not sure about the dipstick but I may have another look, they say the gears may be at the rear of the engine. It shouldn't be under a cover .. these EU cars have covers over everything, the JP cars just had the battery plocked there and some screws to hold in place at a metal bracket ... I had to remove the plastic sliding cover to get access to the battery or notice where it was.... I also may take to our garager .. that we use, tried the library, they do not carry books for this model. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 722166 | 2008-11-23 06:05:00 | I did see a BMW M3 at the auction that is v v nice but outside my price :D In black, 2dr, 6 manual gearbox, the seating arrangement at the drivers was just pure luxury. One thing I notice was at being in the suburbs of a main city, the 1.3L Mazda Familia compact 4dr sedan (smaller than std sedans), was v nice for city driving and 1.3L was enof and easier to drive and park. Some quirks of this one is that the indicators are on the left side so I cannot drive with one arm, I'm not left handed. Left side the lights and indicators as 2 separate switches than a together in the JP ones. The right side is the wipers. On the auto gear stick, the words are on the left side, so when you look at it, the stick gets in the way of the view. Althou I can look at the dashboard. That little 1.3L Mazda had indicators at both sides of the stick, a window and letters on the right side for NZ but on the left side you could see it was a blank window and woulc be easily switched around if this was tended to be a left handed driving version. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 722167 | 2008-11-23 07:21:00 | Check out the maintenance costs before you part with your hard-earned - from what I have heard from friends with European vehicles, they are not as cheap as Jap cars to service or repair when something goes wrong (as it invariably will)... In fact they can be damn expensive!! | johcar (6283) | ||
| 722168 | 2008-11-23 08:16:00 | Yep you can get some wicked bills with European cars and they arent as reliable as you think. Parts for most Jap cars are cheap because there are heaps on the road and at the wreckers. Driving an European car might be making some sort of statement for vain people but they sure pay for the privilige. Another frustrating thing with Pomgolian cars is the indicator and light stalk being reversed on the steering column. Have you ever driven a Ford Transit van? drives you nuts as you put the headlights on to indicate. As far as jump starting goes its no problem if you do it properly A lot of people seem to think you have to start the jumper car but you dont always have to and if you dont you wont get a voltage spike. If you do start the jumper car let it run for at least 5 minutes to get the voltage up a bit before you start the jumpee car. When jumpee car starts dont disconnect anything for 5 minutes or so until the voltage is stablised at 14 volts then the regulator will reduce the current to an amp or so. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 722169 | 2008-11-23 08:49:00 | Alas, the worst Japanese car will be more reliable than the best European car. Still, if having an Audi is what turns you on, you are going to tolerate the failures without really noticing. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 722170 | 2008-11-23 09:13:00 | Check out the maintenance costs before you part with your hard-earned - from what I have heard from friends with European vehicles, they are not as cheap as Jap cars to service or repair when something goes wrong (as it invariably will)... In fact they can be damn expensive!! To right. Very expensive to repair, and electrics often go wrong after about 5 years. They are not built to last. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 722171 | 2008-11-24 22:34:00 | To right. Very expensive to repair, and electrics often go wrong after about 5 years. They are not built to last. If you can afford to buy a good European car, BMW, Merc, Audi, etc then why would you keep it for five years? If you had the money you would replace it after three or four years, surely? Would you really want you friends to see that you could only afford an old car? :horrified Surely not.:yuck: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
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