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I am in between BMWs at the moment. Until recently I drove a fully loaded F30 335i as my daily but currently my daily goes under the name "the car of shame".
Now the daily is a 2002 Seat Ibiza 1.2 with 64hp. We bought it for my wife when she was in between BMWs. We just kept it after she got her new car because it costs next to nothing to have it. Now it became my turn to be in between BMWs so of course I would take what we aready had to drive. We are the 8th or 9th owner of the car. It has driven 285000km/178125mi and has several defects. Long light is having its own random generator so that is never used. The driver side seat cannot fold, the gear box has five gears. The third gear is there somewhere but really difficult to find together with the fifth gear. It had a stereo USB/MP3 radio but only one speaker in the whole car is working. The tailgate can’t be opened. It has scratches all over the right side and there is rust all over the place and of course the engine light is on all the time. At one point we thought the light had given up or burnt out but it returned. The good thing is that the car drives stable. The brakes work well and the clutch is still working well. So I really, really look forward for getting my new BMW X1 in April.
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My "daily driver" for work is a 2001 Ford Focus ZX3 hatchback. NO clearcoat (and barely any paint) on any horizontal surface, with a lot of rust on the bottom of the back hatch as a bonus. The remaining clearcoat is slowly oxidizing and flaking off-- the car looks like it has mange. The only way to tell what the true color of the car used to be is to look at the bumpers or where the remains of what used to be a clear bra (that's fossilized onto the hood) was. The Bad: Driver's window doesn't work and is speed-taped into position. Turn signals only work manually. Radio is intermittent (some days it works, other days-- not so much). Hatch won't stay latched which either a) drains the battery or b) triggers a door light at highway speeds. Hatch struts are completely blown so there's a good chance of decapitation if you open the hatch and forget about that little tidbit. It has an intermittent electrical gremlin that triggers the Electric "idiot light" randomly. I pretty much troubleshot and replaced everything in the electrical system except the ECU and finally gave up-- it runs, so I just ignore the light. The blower fan sounds like a family of talkative squirrels moved in (which isn't beyond the realm of possiblity), which means for heat/cold, you have two settings: Off or Full Blast-- anything between is Fingernails On A Chalkboard. The rear wiper is completely erratic-- you have to coax it to take a swipe at the rain on the back hatch. The suspension has a LOT of creaks and noises in it from the front strut perches; I changed them twice, the noise came back and I gave up because Ford's build quality is right up there with Yugo's. I'd turn up the radio to help ignore the din, but that's a hit or miss proposition. And finally-- the wiring that was installed by the Ford employee's in Mexico? Terrifying. Just..... terrifying. I've had to splice/patch/replace a good chunk of it just to keep from going up in flames like a buddhist monk. I literally fear plugging an amp meter into the circuit box as I'm afraid of what I'll read. The Good: It's a manual transmission and has stiffer roll bars than stock-- it's actually sort of a hoot to drive. It has new light housings since the old ones were so hazy that on/off was more or less the same thing, I finally broke down and bought some cheap Chinese knock-off housings and they work great. And? NOBODY in their right mind is going to break in to it or steal it from the Employee Lot, so I don't need to worry about security when I'm on a trip. Part of the deal with my wife for me getting a new M2C was that the Focus had to Go Far Away. In its defense, it lived out in Cali for 15 years in the blasting sun with minimal care and feeding-- I would use it a few days a month when I commuted out to play with the AF Reserve, so for how often it got abused and neglected, it did a good job for longer than I would have expected. Now, I just need to figure out how to get rid of it. My buddy is seriously considering giving it to his girlfriend's two kids-- they're recently of driving age, and he figures the humiliation of driving this around would do them a world of good. It's not like they can hurt it, and it might teach them that "No you do NOT get a nice, new car for free, just because you want one." I'm all for it. R. |
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But the E90 was up for its 5,000-mile tire rotation and winter pressure adjustment. That accomplished, I dropped it off the lift and took it out to warm up the N52 and scrape the rust off the rotors. After 13 and a half years and a bazillion miles, I still really just love driving that car.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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Actually? Yes, I have. I'm old enough to have actually seen them at a dealership in the late 80's/early 90's.
The Focus might not be quite that bad, but having it sandwiched between owning an Acura and a Honda? It was a bit disappointing in build quality/materials/fit and finish. Not Ford's finest product. I blame a lot of it on building them in Mexico. (You listening there, BMW?) R. |
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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I also fault Ford for going "cheap" on materials- substandard wiring bundles, "fuzz on the floor" carpet, flimsy plastic, et. al. Again, this is a 2001 car. R.
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Due to reducing my motor stable into 2 vehicles, I am left with my 2018 Chevy crewcab as my daily driver. It's not the most efficient or environmentally friendly means of transportion. But what the heck, the world is going to end soon anyway.
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Been looking into this lately. Call me crazy, but I've tossed the idea of selling my E36 M3 for either a 2018 BMW i3s or F56 MINI JCW. Not in a rush or anything, and patiently waiting for prices to drop even more.
The reason is because I really don't have anything fuel efficient, and these 2 replacements would be different than the other cars I have. Having said that, I've backed off many times and have just kept the E36. How are you liking the i3?
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