There allways seems to be more green ones than red ones in the local dealers workshop, an observation confirmed by one of the mechanics.Buy a Fendt if you want reliability.
There allways seems to be more green ones than red ones in the local dealers workshop, an observation confirmed by one of the mechanics.
At a guess I’d say it’s likely the green ones click up more hours per year than a lot of the red ones they sell but numbers sold would be considerably less.
I like to see a dealers workshop busy
how else are their mechanics meant to gain any experience in new models ?
Emission control crap in general. Nobody really wants this stuff on vehicles but we all appreciate clean air.Ad Blue has a lot to answer for.
Anything over 50,000 miles and four years of age needed to be at a bargain-basement price.Next door neighbour made his living welding cars. He told me 20myears ago it was a dieing trade. Only classic stuff left to weld. Modern vehicle bodies are so much better.
A mechanic told me similar. Overhauling engines etc was a thing of the past. Cars are good for a lot of miles nowadays.
In the 70s you would be thought of as a nutter to buy anything with 100k miles on it. Would just be a money pit.
NoDoesn't matter what colour/ make it is every tractor/ machine etc will break down sooner or later unless you keep it in the shed 24/7 365 days of the year and never use it..
The point of the OP is that there is getting far too many sensors etc on all makes of machinery and they are making all makes less reliable the more and more sensors etc are added to machines.
how many hours on that one ?Some of us can only imagine what it must be like having problems with new gear
It’s been 12 years since I’ve had anything new, you sad prîcks
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I can’t even afford new tyres . . .
How is that holding air?Some of us can only imagine what it must be like having problems with new gear
It’s been 12 years since I’ve had anything new, you sad prîcks
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I can’t even afford new tyres . . .
My wife had a Meriva 1.2 Diesel turbo,only a year old when she bought it,7000 miles on.The engine blew up twice.The second time,that was it.Down the road and exchanged back to a Zafira. I thought at the time they were trying to get too much power out of a too little engine. And the doors.......in theory a protective shield for the kids when getting in and out.In practise,a complete pain in the arse,especially when youngest daughter didnt close the back door fast enough and wife drove off down narrow alley.Next door neighbour made his living welding cars. He told me 20myears ago it was a dieing trade. Only classic stuff left to weld. Modern vehicle bodies are so much better.
A mechanic told me similar. Overhauling engines etc was a thing of the past. Cars are good for a lot of miles nowadays.
In the 70s you would be thought of as a nutter to buy anything with 100k miles on it. Would just be a money pit.
Suicide doors really should have a failsafe mode where the car cannot be driven unless doors are closed properly. My Honda CRV doesn't have such door but it does put the transmission in Park when any door is opened. So did the Volvo.My wife had a Meriva 1.2 Diesel turbo,only a year old when she bought it,7000 miles on.The engine blew up twice.The second time,that was it.Down the road and exchanged back to a Zafira. I thought at the time they were trying to get too much power out of a too little engine. And the doors.......in theory a protective shield for the kids when getting in and out.In practise,a complete pain in the arse,especially when youngest daughter didnt close the back door fast enough and wife drove off down narrow alley.
And 29mpgBuy a Fendt if you want reliability.