The "What Do you drive?" thread....

[mr_rye89]

Up to 5 cars now:

2010 Subaru Forester XT (EJ257/4EAT)
1990 Dodge W250 (318/NP435)
1985 Peugeot 505 (XN6/BA7/5)
2001 Mazda Miata 5mt base
1959 Ford Custom 300 (223/3 speed manual)

The Subaru I got in March to replace the ailing Miata, it's also a much more comfortable DD. And the Ford was free so I couldn't resist. It's pretty rusty (for a New Mexico car) first gear doesn't work, and the interior is shot, but the engine runs well and it drives ok.....manual drum brakes are manual drum brakes so don't skip leg day!

The Miata and Peugeot are for sale because I don't need 5 cars!

[MadMan]

Originally Posted by mr_rye89

manual drum brakes are manual drum brakes so don't skip leg day!

Manual drum brakes on a 2010 car? Maybe your booster is busted.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by MadMan

Manual drum brakes on a 2010 car? Maybe your booster is busted.

Reread the paragraph he's talking about the 59 Ford...

[svhs]

[mr_rye89]

Picked up an 05 Audi A4 Quattro wagon last week. 2.0/fsi/turbo. Something is goofy with the ABS/speedo/tach and the xenon headlights are about to expire but otherwise it’s sound

[MadMan]

Originally Posted by mr_rye89

Picked up an 05 Audi A4 Quattro wagon last week. 2.0/fsi/turbo. Something is goofy with the ABS/speedo/tach and the xenon headlights are about to expire but otherwise it’s sound

Change your oil every 3000 miles, no excuses. Just did timing chains, cylinder head, valves, and rod bearings on one of those. Guy owns an oil change shop, still too stingy to change the oil, it was like black mud. 60k miles. When I called for parts, the parts guy had a list ready to go - a good indicator that a lot of those motors fail in that way. Incidentally, it was a 40 hour job, something like $7000. And not something to entrust to any old joe schmoe.

Actually, your motor might be a bit different. But still. Come to think of it, I had a Passat with that motor that we did chains on, as well. Yes it has two chains and a belt.

Also, direct injection, so you'll need to clean the valves every, oh I don't know, maybe 10k miles. Buy a can of Seafoam, the aerosol kind for cleaning intake valves, and use that.

[mr_rye89]

Originally Posted by MadMan

Change your oil every 3000 miles, no excuses. Just did timing chains, cylinder head, valves, and rod bearings on one of those. Guy owns an oil change shop, still too stingy to change the oil, it was like black mud. 60k miles. When I called for parts, the parts guy had a list ready to go - a good indicator that a lot of those motors fail in that way. Incidentally, it was a 40 hour job, something like $7000. And not something to entrust to any old joe schmoe.

Actually, your motor might be a bit different. But still. Come to think of it, I had a Passat with that motor that we did chains on, as well. Yes it has two chains and a belt.

Also, direct injection, so you'll need to clean the valves every, oh I don't know, maybe 10k miles. Buy a can of Seafoam, the aerosol kind for cleaning intake valves, and use that.

Yeah I'm pretty strict about 3k oil changes, for my forester they (Subaru) originally recommended 5k oil changes and it caused lots of dead turbos and spun bearings.....there's also a little screen in the oil feed for the turbo that likes to disintegrate and kill the turbo. The engine in the Audi has a belt for the cams/water pump and a little chain for the balance shaft/oil pump I think. This one I bought came with a shop manual lol. And I'll look into the valve cleaning, its probably due......