Engine blown
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Originally Posted by DarkSigma,May 10 2007, 03:54 PM
I just deleted my long retort, Bye guys, I hope for the best
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so you guys are saying you never have fun in your car? You pull up like 10 or so quotes of him doing stuff in his car, but I'm pretty sure all those instances you mentioned don't add up to 40k miles.....
the car is unmodified and its meant to be driven hard, and yall are giving him shit, some of you guys are pathetic
now if he had been turbo or running nitrous, blew the engine, removed the mods, and took it to the dealer thats one thing. But this? Those of you talking about contacting the dealerships clearly have too much time on their hands.
the car is unmodified and its meant to be driven hard, and yall are giving him shit, some of you guys are pathetic
now if he had been turbo or running nitrous, blew the engine, removed the mods, and took it to the dealer thats one thing. But this? Those of you talking about contacting the dealerships clearly have too much time on their hands.
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Word. I hate long, self agrandizing sigs. They're so grade school.
BTW, I've raped my car for 73,000 miles. I've done about 300+ clutch dumps at 6k and above with r-comp auto-x tires. I've busted axles, motor mounts and torn the upper control arms off the frame. She still runs like a champ. Maybe there is something to letting the car warm up. Oh, I've got 88,000 miles on the car and I'm on the original clutch.
So yeah, I dunno why this dudes car blew up but I wouldn't exactly blame it on hard useage. Maybe retarded usage.... I just think it's odd that the guy is all like, "I was just driving along and..." when he clearly wasn't. That's the funny part.
BTW, I've raped my car for 73,000 miles. I've done about 300+ clutch dumps at 6k and above with r-comp auto-x tires. I've busted axles, motor mounts and torn the upper control arms off the frame. She still runs like a champ. Maybe there is something to letting the car warm up. Oh, I've got 88,000 miles on the car and I'm on the original clutch.
So yeah, I dunno why this dudes car blew up but I wouldn't exactly blame it on hard useage. Maybe retarded usage.... I just think it's odd that the guy is all like, "I was just driving along and..." when he clearly wasn't. That's the funny part.
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Originally Posted by glagola1,May 11 2007, 07:48 AM
Word. I hate long, self agrandizing sigs. They're so grade school.
Like anyone cares that someone is the proud owner of a $100 test pipe....
We should form a group that attaches a list of the contents of the glove box to the bottom of our sigs....
Major mods or FI/not I understand listing in order to give perspective on commentary, but not "blue hoses" or "Spoon Oil Cap."
Current Glovebox Mods: Treo 650, three Starbucks napkins, Orbit "Wintermint" (2 packs), and $2.76 in change, yo!!!
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Originally Posted by GTI 20v,May 10 2007, 11:13 AM
There IS a telling of how much abuse the car took between 27k and the present, and it appears to be a lot. I am sure this played no small part in the current state of the engine. 
I'm sure what has been posted on the internet is just a small fraction of the probable daily hell this poor car was subjected to. If anyone needs evidence of "abuse", here it is:
Are you really surprised your engine blew up? What do you expect to happen when you beat the crap out of your car 100% of the time?
I'm sure what has been posted on the internet is just a small fraction of the probable daily hell this poor car was subjected to. If anyone needs evidence of "abuse", here it is:
Are you really surprised your engine blew up? What do you expect to happen when you beat the crap out of your car 100% of the time?
Regardless, good luck on your repair.
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I still think you guys are acting like a bunch of e-thugs. Did you call him out? Yes. Deservedly so? Perhaps. But a lot of you are acting like a pack of e-jackals.
Does the guy abuse his car on a regular basis? Maybe, I don't know. I did go back and read a lot of his posts and he seems to have edited quite a few of them yesterday. Most of what was quoted came from one thread a few days ago.
Does the guy abuse his car on a regular basis? Maybe, I don't know. I did go back and read a lot of his posts and he seems to have edited quite a few of them yesterday. Most of what was quoted came from one thread a few days ago.
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Originally Posted by deathsled,May 10 2007, 07:45 PM
so you guys are saying you never have fun in your car? You pull up like 10 or so quotes of him doing stuff in his car, but I'm pretty sure all those instances you mentioned don't add up to 40k miles.....
the car is unmodified and its meant to be driven hard, and yall are giving him shit, some of you guys are pathetic
now if he had been turbo or running nitrous, blew the engine, removed the mods, and took it to the dealer thats one thing. But this? Those of you talking about contacting the dealerships clearly have too much time on their hands.
the car is unmodified and its meant to be driven hard, and yall are giving him shit, some of you guys are pathetic
now if he had been turbo or running nitrous, blew the engine, removed the mods, and took it to the dealer thats one thing. But this? Those of you talking about contacting the dealerships clearly have too much time on their hands.
