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| Thread ID: 144753 | 2017-09-28 08:00:00 | How about $440.00 for a spare key? | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 1439941 | 2017-09-29 03:17:00 | Are all Euro cars still expensive to repair, if you avoid using auth service centres ? And is a old BMW any more expensive to keep alive & on the road than an equivalent old Jap car ? ignoring the corolla's & 323 & hilux's that just wont die :-) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1439942 | 2017-09-29 03:26:00 | ...and the Hi Ace, Camry, Echo, Starlet and so on ad infinitum...... Then we have Nissan, Honda, Suzuki, Mitsi.. Where do we stop? Jap/Korean cars are in general, bulletproof nowadays. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1439943 | 2017-09-29 07:16:00 | I have had a couple of Jap cars go wrong and cost a fortune to fix, I don't think the mainstream Euro cars are any more expensive since just about all Holdens these days and most Fords are just re-badged Euro cars | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1439944 | 2017-09-29 08:08:00 | There are always exceptions. The Mitsubishi 6cyl engine of the late 80's/early 90's had a penchant for disintegrating and let's not forget the infamous Toyota Surf!!!. But anything from 2000 or so onwards is pretty darned good. Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1439945 | 2017-09-29 08:37:00 | ... but MGs are now Chinese, so the reliability should have made a great leap forward there ... | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1439946 | 2017-09-29 08:43:00 | A friend had to get a key & transponder for a Nissan Pulsar, cost $1300! There is a way round it. The key has a chip which is read by the transponder when in the start position. You can remove the chip and tape it to the switch (you will have to experiment to get the correct position), then you can use any key cut to suit the lock. There is a risk, you could damage the chip, or lose it, and be left with no starting key. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1439947 | 2017-09-29 08:44:00 | I have had a couple of Jap cars go wrong and cost a fortune to fix, I don't think the mainstream Euro cars are any more expensive since just about all Holdens these days and most Fords are just re-badged Euro carswouldnt touch an Ford, they are scum. Deny problems. Lot of the Holden’s are rebadged daewoos, lets not go there. Toyota, Mazda and Hyundai/Kia are my pick of the best | plod (107) | ||
| 1439948 | 2017-09-29 08:58:00 | wouldnt touch an Ford, they are scum. Deny problems. Lot of the Holden’s are rebadged daewoos, lets not go there. Toyota, Mazda and Hyundai/Kia are my pick of the best AFAIK Ford owned 33% of Mazda and they share design commonalities such as common platforms. The 33% is a throwback to when Japan required majority shareholding by Japanese interests in the auto industry - indeed most joint USA / Japanese ventures are similarly structured. I think Ford US holding is now about 15% I'm not sure. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1439949 | 2017-09-29 09:41:00 | AFAIK Ford owned 33% of Mazda and they share design commonalities such as common platforms. The 33% is a throwback to when Japan required majority shareholding by Japanese interests in the auto industry - indeed most joint USA / Japanese ventures are similarly structured. I think Ford US holding is now about 15% I'm not sure.Pretty sure they no longer share platforms, otherwise we would be hearing about Mazda shitboxes opposed to ford ones. Mazda’s don’t have a habit of catching fire lately either | plod (107) | ||
| 1439950 | 2017-09-29 09:52:00 | I would just get a conventional key as a spare so that you can get by and only buy the $440 one if you lose your existing one. Get all the specs for the programmed key you need in case it happens, but you will never ever lose it because your brain knows it will hurt you with $440 |
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