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  Re: Re: Chrysler Town and Country
  By: Kurt Weiske to Ken Nischan on Thu May 16 2024 07:20 am

  > Those new Chrysler Pacifica hybrid vans are amazing inside. I drove in
 > one a while ago and loved it. Amazing amounts of room, great tech, too.

Yea, I saw them in my car shopping.  They look very nice.  Alas, out of my
price range heh.  I'm in more of the mid 2010s T&C price range (like $13k or
so).
 
 > That car always got smoked at stop lights, and my friend couldn't figure
 > out what the problem was. He changed mechanics, and got a tune-up. The
 > new mechanic showed him the problem - he removed 6 NGK spark plugs which
 > looked to be worn normally, and the original AC Delco plugs from the
 > back two cylinders which his old mechanic had never changed! They were
 > burnt to a crisp.

Wow, that's pretty scummy of the original mechanic.  I'd be livid.  

 > I just bought a BMW i3, since it's got a little gas engine to charge the
 > battery it needs an oil change every year, plugs every two years. Repair
 > prices, though - I thought I might have to replace the socket where the
 > electric plug goes in and it's a $3500 job!

Those are pretty cool.  Yea, that's pretty salty.  Makes one glad for
warranties, hehe.  Dealer pricing can be pretty nuts.  The windshield cracked
on my 7, the dealer estimate was around four thousand.  I ended up getting one
from Satelite, even had the special coating, for around $1000.  I left a car
wash once and found the kid who released the brake must be Superman because he
pulled the release so hard it broke.  I just sighed and told him not to worry
about it.  Kid looked so relieved, he said he thought I'd yell and carry on
lol.  I guess karma paid me back, because when I went to buy a new release
lever it was only $35.  I was like wait...  are you perhaps missing a zero??
I've never had such a cheap part quote from BMW, lol

 > ... How did you find this place?

What, FidoNet?  I just started poking around the messaging section of a BBS I
use :)
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