[Flemming Jacobsen]

Some driving aids are a sure bonus, but I agree sometimes the car makers are taking it a bit too far. Or well they are not, but people are trusting it too much.

[Flemming Jacobsen]

Some driving aids are a sure bonus, but I agree sometimes the car makers are taking it a bit too far. Or well they are not, but people are trusting it too much.

[Flemming Jacobsen]

I would never on my life own or drive a french car. They might be good when they are new, but a few years down the road all the electrical issues starts cropping up.

[Flemming Jacobsen]

I would never on my life own or drive a french car. They might be good when they are new, but a few years down the road all the electrical issues starts cropping up.

[Flemming Jacobsen]

Myself personally?, I would go for performance mods and not the visual ones since visual ones are too darned hard to get off right. I generally find that most visually modded cars looks like a dung heap on wheels and there are very few of them that I actually like.

But yea they can be a pain to own as well as fix due to spoilers scraping on the lift, on the curb etc, as well as the spoilers, skirts and whatnot limiting access to certain parts of the car and what not.

[Flemming Jacobsen]

Myself personally?, I would go for performance mods and not the visual ones since visual ones are too darned hard to get off right. I generally find that most visually modded cars looks like a dung heap on wheels and there are very few of them that I actually like.

But yea they can be a pain to own as well as fix due to spoilers scraping on the lift, on the curb etc, as well as the spoilers, skirts and whatnot limiting access to certain parts of the car and what not.

[Flemming Jacobsen]

Here in DK the insurance would generally cover, but in large accidents the police here calls out their own automotive investigator which takes a closer look at the car to try to determine the cause of the accident. If he then finds that the cause of your accident is down to you having not done the repair right, you can risk getting a hefty fine from the insurance etc.

But I wouldn’t “think” the police would automatically assume the average joe has tried to work on, or fix their own brakes and might originally suspect the shop where the car was fixed. BUT BUT BUT, you as the driver might still be “at fault” even if a shop/garage fixed your car, you will be given the blame and/or fined initially and then its down to you to hound the shop/garage for the bad job and hope they admit it and will pay the fine.

If not?, then you are SOL

[Flemming Jacobsen]

Here in DK the insurance would generally cover, but in large accidents the police here calls out their own automotive investigator which takes a closer look at the car to try to determine the cause of the accident. If he then finds that the cause of your accident is down to you having not done the repair right, you can risk getting a hefty fine from the insurance etc.

But I wouldn’t “think” the police would automatically assume the average joe has tried to work on, or fix their own brakes and might originally suspect the shop where the car was fixed. BUT BUT BUT, you as the driver might still be “at fault” even if a shop/garage fixed your car, you will be given the blame and/or fined initially and then its down to you to hound the shop/garage for the bad job and hope they admit it and will pay the fine.

If not?, then you are SOL

[Flemming Jacobsen]

I would say it sounds like the Master cylinder or Slave cylinder gone bad.

[Flemming Jacobsen]

I would say it sounds like the Master cylinder or Slave cylinder gone bad.

[Flemming Jacobsen]

Here visual mods are not illegal per say, as long as they don’t contain features that makes the car even more dangerous to pedestrian etc. So all hood locks etc has to be covered up if it has to pass MOT. Performance upgrades in general is a much more iffy subject since some things may be upgraded slightly while other bits are completely illegal to change (or well actually its defined by how much money you want to give to the government…ish)

[Flemming Jacobsen]

Here visual mods are not illegal per say, as long as they don’t contain features that makes the car even more dangerous to pedestrian etc. So all hood locks etc has to be covered up if it has to pass MOT. Performance upgrades in general is a much more iffy subject since some things may be upgraded slightly while other bits are completely illegal to change (or well actually its defined by how much money you want to give to the government…ish)

[Flemming Jacobsen]

[quote=”JohnnyC” post=55698]Auto mechanics have UNIONS in the USA??? Holy crap. How does that work? I’m not one for unions, but if there was any trade needing one, it’s ours. I even heard that German mechanics don’t have to buy their own tools. Blows my mind![/quote]

Auto mechanics etc are governed by a union here as well in Denmark :P. I can find the gross minimum wage if you are interested.

[Flemming Jacobsen]

[quote=”JohnnyC” post=55698]Auto mechanics have UNIONS in the USA??? Holy crap. How does that work? I’m not one for unions, but if there was any trade needing one, it’s ours. I even heard that German mechanics don’t have to buy their own tools. Blows my mind![/quote]

Auto mechanics etc are governed by a union here as well in Denmark :P. I can find the gross minimum wage if you are interested.

[Flemming Jacobsen]

Gearbox whining is usually syncros gone bad of some of the gears inside the transmission having “lost” bits of their teeths etc. ie stuff that makes it “harder” for the transmission to achieve a full and perfect contact between each gear leading to more noise.

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