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John Byrne

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Posted: 13 February 2018 at 1:24pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

I work at home. In this house, going from the bedroom to the kitchen to the Studio is the farthest I've ever had to go to work, since I turned pro. Driving, I average about 2,000 miles a year.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 13 February 2018 at 1:28pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Of course, I fully expect to get t-boned driving home from the garage.
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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 13 February 2018 at 2:59pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

BTW JB, how has the Jag been holding up? Have you ever had any of the electrical issues that they seem to be known for?*

*To the extent that it was an important plot point in an episode of MAD MEN.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 13 February 2018 at 3:10pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

It's been a long time since Jags had electrical issues. I had plenty of problems with my 1966 MkX, but the 1997 XJ6 is basically a Ford in drag.
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Brian Miller
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Posted: 15 February 2018 at 10:25pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply

... I average about 2,000 miles a year.

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Good lord!  I average 1200 a month!
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John Byrne

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Posted: 16 February 2018 at 8:53am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Brought the Cruiser home yesterday. Strange experience to drive it onto the street from the repair shop. For a moment I thought there was something WRONG with it -- then I realized I was not hearing and feeling all the little bumps and squeaks I'd gotten used to!!

Like having a new car!

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Andrew Bitner
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Posted: 16 February 2018 at 1:41pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply

JB, how is the PT Cruiser? Sounds like it's generally a pretty good car.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 16 February 2018 at 1:44pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply

I love my Cruiser. Mind you, the fact that it looks like a 1940s Car of the Future won me over at first glance.

It's not a powerful car, like my Jag, but it has been very dependable.

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Andrew Bitner
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Posted: 16 February 2018 at 1:46pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

Have to say, the style of the thing is amazing. It does look like a car that would've been seen in JUSTICE SOCIETY back when, for sure.

Thanks!
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Shane Matlock
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Posted: 17 February 2018 at 3:28am | IP Logged | 10 post reply

A good friend of mine had a PT Cruiser. He'd wanted one since they were first released and he loved the look of them. Unfortunately, the one he got ended up being a huge lemon and he didn't keep it long.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 17 February 2018 at 7:48am | IP Logged | 11 post reply

It happens. In the early Seventies my Dad bought an Audi, by any reckoning a good car. But this one turned out to have everything wrong that could be wrong. Dad finally got rid of it when the engine block cracked.
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Shane Matlock
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Posted: 20 February 2018 at 2:36am | IP Logged | 12 post reply

I had a Mitsubishi Eclipse I bought brand new that was the same way and one of the many BMW's (a 535i I think that cost nearly as much as my 3 bedroom home) that my parents have owned was a lemon as well, so it can happen with just about any brand no matter how well regarded or engineered or expensive. That said, every Honda I or my parents have owned (about 10 or so over the years) has been completely trouble free. But I'm sure there are Honda lemons out there as well, but I've been lucky enough not to get one yet. Good resale value too.

My step-dad had an Audi as well back in the 80's, the much maligned Audio 5000, which was reported by 60 Minutes as a whole line of "lemons" with a serious acceleration and braking issue. Though Audi cars are generally well engineered as are most German cars (though in my experience not as trouble free as the Japanese ones like Honda and Toyota despite being much more expensive). That Audi 5000 random acceleration issue really hurt consumer confidence in Audi for years.

It was later confirmed that the 60 minutes piece on the Audio 500 acceleration issue was based  on erroneous details and the real problem was human error because the pedals in the Audi confused American drivers because they were closer together and they were simply hitting the gas instead of the brakes. Oops. 60 Minutes never retracted their piece, which they'd even gone so far as to fabricate their own results to prove. Audi's sales collapsed and they almost quit selling cars in America. It took 15 years for Audi to recover their previous sales in the US and the the 5000 was renamed to the 100. 


Edited by Shane Matlock on 20 February 2018 at 7:03am
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