EngTech Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I had a Volvo Dealer say He Honestly blieves , that they want the Cars Not to Last as Long !You Spend more Money and take out more Loans , and Pay more Taxes , and Stand in Line like the Sheep !So don't Lay Down on the Job , and take in the Gas Tank !I'll be Importing a C30 from England, Diesel most likely ! :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC850T Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Of course they don't want their cars to last as long, they want you to buy another in a few years. Ever compare the quality of a TV 10 years ago to today?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappo Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I'll be Importing a C30 from England, Diesel most likely ! I highly doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfish Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Yeah but Americans typically keep cars 2 years. Diesel is a great long term investment but if you only keep your vehicle 2 years its pointless.There seems to have been a misunderstanding because I was in agreeance with you earlier and now once again. I will add though that it is still a right in America for an individual to make a wrong choice. We need to be careful and watchful of people, politicians or special interest groups who are all to eager to remove our freedom of choice via their "nanny state" ideals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EngTech Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Of course they don't want their cars to last as long, they want you to buy another in a few years. Ever compare the quality of a TV 10 years ago to today??This Is Really Funny You Mention the TV comparsion , as I just had a Run in with a TV repair Crew sort of Speak , The Short Version , I have Been Using Extended Warranty's on Applinances , that I didn't have Time for and or didn't what to Fix Myself , as Far as, TV's go I haven't Fixed On since I had to go to a Harware Store and Buy a Tube for $2.50 and Plug It in the Back of the My Dads Set ! Anyway I had this extended Warranty and 10 days after I bought It Bam , Light Out NoBoob Tube , We had an Ice Storm , and Power surges. I called It In and a Three Days Later the Warranty Repair Guy , calls me on the Phone and ask a Few ?s Like waht's wrong and When did this happen etc. - Bam He says this Must have Been Pre-exiting and I will Need to Charge You to come Out , and then the Warranty will Kick In - Hello KIck In , I just Paid Like $385.00 for a Three Yr. Plan .Then This Air Head says So Will I Get Paid When I get There , Paid When You Get Here , I already Paid and You haven't been Here Yet , so How Can You say It was Pre-existing , On an On , I called their Boss and the Under writers and Everybody , What a Pain in the jerk Three Hrs. and No where I took the Time Off , to let them in the House - I Swear I was going to take the Bastards to Court !So, This Big Wig Mrg. calls Me the next day and apploizes and all that BS , and says He won't be able to Honor Our agreement , says once before We had a Service Call on a Product that had a warranty on It , Well Isn't That the Idea Buddy !So I Get a Full Refund and Two Weeks go by , I deside to say what the Hell I'll Pull this Baby apart and see what makes it Tick ! 5 yr. Old JVC 32" Table Top , as the Best Quote I got was $115.00 plus Parts just to solder them in !I did some research and I found a Blog Just Like a Volvo Blog TV repair Guys talking about repairing TV Sets !My Model was on the site , I read about Issues with the set and It sounded , like what My set did, so I went to Radio Shake got $1.69 Cent CapacitorHeated up the Old one removed It and Solder in the New One , something I have never done before. IT WAS EASY A FARMER WITH FAT FINGERS COULD HAVE DONE IT - COST ME $ 6.95 Total as I needed Silver Solder .018 wire - It Works Great , They even inform readers where to find the bad parts !Savings $379.00 and I had My Credit Card Company Debit it out of their Bank On Top Of the Refund Just to put them thou some HELL , TWICE ! EngTech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC850T Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 This Is Really Funny You Mention the TV comparsion , as I just had a Run in with a TV repair Crew sort of Speak , The Short Version , I have Been Using Extended Warranty's on Applinances , that I didn't have Time for and or didn't what to Fix Myself , as Far as, TV's go I haven't Fixed On since I had to go to a Harware Store and Buy a Tube for $2.50 and Plug It in the Back of the My Dads Set ! Anyway I had this extended Warranty and 10 days after I bought It Bam , Light Out NoBoob Tube , We had an Ice Storm , and Power surges. I called It In and a Three Days Later the Warranty Repair Guy , calls me on the Phone and ask a Few ?s Like waht's wrong and When did this happen etc. - Bam He says this Must have Been Pre-exiting and I will Need to Charge You to come Out , and then the Warranty will Kick In - Hello KIck In , I just Paid Like $385.00 for a Three Yr. Plan .Then This Air Head says So Will I Get Paid When I get There , Paid When You Get Here , I already Paid and You haven't been Here Yet , so How Can You say It was Pre-existing , On an On , I called their Boss and the Under writers and Everybody , What a Pain in the jerk Three Hrs. and No where I took the Time Off , to let them in the House - I Swear I was going to take the Bastards to Court !So, This Big Wig Mrg. calls Me the next day and apploizes and all that BS , and says He won't be able to Honor Our agreement , says once before We had a Service Call on a Product that had a warranty on It , Well Isn't That the Idea Buddy !So I Get a Full Refund and Two Weeks go by , I deside to say what the Hell I'll Pull this Baby apart and see what makes it Tick ! 5 yr. Old JVC 32" Table Top , as the Best Quote I got was $115.00 plus Parts just to solder them in !I did some research and I found a Blog Just Like a Volvo Blog TV repair Guys talking about repairing TV Sets !My Model was on the site , I read about Issues with the set and It sounded , like what My set did, so I went to Radio Shake got $1.69 Cent CapacitorHeated up the Old one removed It and Solder in the New One , something I have never done before. IT WAS EASY A FARMER WITH FAT FINGERS COULD HAVE DONE IT - COST ME $ 6.95 Total as I needed Silver Solder .018 wire - It Works Great , They even inform readers where to find the bad parts !Savings $379.00 and I had My Credit Card Company Debit it out of their Bank On Top Of the Refund Just to put them thou some HELL , TWICE ! EngTechShut the fuck up about diesel cars already and start typing in black font. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishey Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 USA Drivers pay a lot more Per Gal Tax in Gas then Diesel Fuel That's Why , We Don't Have the 42 Mpg Diesels Cars Yet !We need to Point These Items Out because most , just don't take the Time to Realize and Pay attention entil , It Cost All Of Us $1600.oo DollarsMore a Yr. !! OOOooopppp's It's Costing Us That Now ! ! Oh Yeah , ask Your Self Why did It Take , so Long to get Convertors and Clean Diesel , when they had the Technology in 1994 ?We are Currently Drilling Wells 6 Miles Deep below the Ocean in the Gulf , but can't come up with Clean Diesel ? Did You also Know the the Particles from DirtyDiesel have actually Killed , indivials driving down the road that had their mouth wide open an deeply inhaled them , Oh Ya that is why We have all these Air Fresh FiltersPoping Up on Auto's everywhere , Not Beacuse We don't like the smell of that Skunk that got Hit Last Week !NOW ASK YOUR SELF HOW FAST DID WE GOT RID OF CFC's WHEN THE OZONE GOT A BIG WHOLE IN IT ???So Your Thinking about the Four Yrs, that went into Engineering a Oil Rig the Two Yrs. to Deploy It and the 18 Months to see Any Benefit from It - In We don't Have to Buy as Much Foreign Oil - Well THINK ABOUT THE 7.5 YRS. / You Should of Had been saying Clean Diesel and the $ 12000.00 saving in 7.5 yrs. !ps: the Little Green Guy is Smoking a Cool Joint !First, we have 42mpg+ diesel its called the TDISecond, I love your liberal theory about gas tax causing car companies to only build gas cars since the government wants more taxes. Except that there are import cars and from what I understand they don't have the same government or the same tax regulations.Third, the reason we don't see clean air diesel is simple, it hasn't been required and to add the equipment to do it isn't as cheap as a gas car.Fourth, we wouldn't need oil rigs if we didn't have drilling restrictionsFifth, do you even know who it the biggest importer of oil is to the USA?Six, I bet you can't stand to see oil companies turn a profit and you agree with Hillary that those profits should be taken and used towards alternative fuels? am I right?-Your PalFishey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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