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Old 05-23-2015, 02:35 AM
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Always focused on being the peoples car, looks good, cheap to fix, easy to repair. Until you come to the US and pay import taxes on parts and "european skilled mechanic" labor at which point you are driving the ford of europe with the maintenance costs of a bmw.
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Should be a STICKY somewhere around here.

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Old 05-23-2015, 04:21 AM
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Wow - talk about coming late to the party!

Well done John it happens to the best of us!



I did notice this little comment which made me smile =>


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Slightly off topic, but any reason you didn't just get a Buick with a 3800?
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Old 05-25-2015, 03:44 AM
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I had a 02 5.5 1.8t, was a great car. Drove it till 120k, took the front off & changed timing belt & pump at 90k. Wife wants another one, I thought she would eventually come around to accepting the hand pump I installed in the Benz for shifting & shutting the car off, maybe a little more time.

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