The 'Anything Car Related' discussion

[bleaf27]

So we have a thread for favorite cars on here but I realized there is no thread to talk about our existing cars , car reviews , any advice regarding buying a new car or just general chatter about cars.

So I'll start off , I drive quite a lot for work so I am still using my old car for work , I have a 2003 Acura TL - good mileage on it. Biggest Issue's with these cars are the tranny's . Big recall was done by Acura however these tranny's eventually give out so anyone looking to buy a used Acura - Make sure you get the tranny checked well - any jerk , hesistancy in shifting is a red flag. Also minor issues with electric heating and blower motor fan is common. However a reliable and a powerful car.

I am looking to get a new car for family/weekends cruising - I'v been wanting one so Saw a beautiful 2011 5 series 535 , great condition around 26K - Any views / suggestions / driving concerns on those ?

 

[Nostalgic]

Anyways, we've had enough levity for now. I have a serious question, one which the North America-based PPers can probably answer best.

I had an issue for which I saw a mechanic. No comment on what that issue was, since it isn't relevant. Anyhow, he told me to tighten the nuts. "All it takes is a wrench and some elbow grease," he said.

I went and bought a wrench, but when I asked for a can of elbow grease, the manager at the auto parts shop laughed at me. He then proceeded to summon all his employees, and they all laughed at me. En masse. Ba jamaat.

To this day, I fail to see what the joke was. More importantly, I still don't have any elbow grease. Please advise me on where I could find a can. Or a jar. Or a tube. I don't care what the receptacle is, I need elbow grease to finally tighten those nuts.

 

[s28]

You'll also need a left handed spanner

 

[bleaf27]

Anyways, we've had enough levity for now. I have a serious question, one which the North America-based PPers can probably answer best.

I had an issue for which I saw a mechanic. No comment on what that issue was, since it isn't relevant. Anyhow, he told me to tighten the nuts. "All it takes is a wrench and some elbow grease," he said.

I went and bought a wrench, but when I asked for a can of elbow grease, the manager at the auto parts shop laughed at me. He then proceeded to summon all his employees, and they all laughed at me. En masse. Ba jamaat.

To this day, I fail to see what the joke was. More importantly, I still don't have any elbow grease. Please advise me on where I could find a can. Or a jar. Or a tube. I don't care what the receptacle is, I need elbow grease to finally tighten those nuts.

Not sure if you are being serious but elbow grease is a slang for just using some physical work to get the job done. Maybe that's what they meant ...you need an elbow wrench and some elbow grease ..... I can't think why otherwise would you need any sort of grease to tighten something ?

 

[bleaf27]

For the guy who had posted before regarding issues with lock on his door not opening with the remote

this might help -similar issues with Kia and VW
http://www.talklocal.com/blog/2012/11/s/auto-repair/child-lock-stuck-on-car-door/

 

[Muhammad10]

Sorry, but we don't allow links to any other forums.

 

[kingusama92]

Anyways, we've had enough levity for now. I have a serious question, one which the North America-based PPers can probably answer best.

I had an issue for which I saw a mechanic. No comment on what that issue was, since it isn't relevant. Anyhow, he told me to tighten the nuts. "All it takes is a wrench and some elbow grease," he said.

I went and bought a wrench, but when I asked for a can of elbow grease, the manager at the auto parts shop laughed at me. He then proceeded to summon all his employees, and they all laughed at me. En masse. Ba jamaat.

To this day, I fail to see what the joke was. More importantly, I still don't have any elbow grease. Please advise me on where I could find a can. Or a jar. Or a tube. I don't care what the receptacle is, I need elbow grease to finally tighten those nuts.

 

[bones]

Catalytic Converters, in the news for a while now but yesterday I saw some guys trying to cut it from one of my neighbour's car, a Toyota Prius. Fortunately I saw and knew what was going on and got the number plate and saw what the guy looked like. They ran off of course and I wasn't going to get into a confrontation stupidly. So I knocked the owners door and he didn't have a clue that anything was happening. Gave him the reg and tried to calm him down and tell him he can spend a bit to make it way more difficult for anyone to take it off.

If you have a car where the catalytic converter is easily accessible please be weary, maybe even consider investing in some mechanism to deter them. It literally takes them between 45 and 60 seconds to cut it and run off. It will cost you the moon to get it repaired and probably take 2-3 months given how frequently it's happening.

Here's some additional info.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56502390

 

[Mamoon]

[MENTION=22846]Nostalgic[/MENTION]

I hope you finally got your hands on the elbow grease you were looking for.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Anyways, we've had enough levity for now. I have a serious question, one which the North America-based PPers can probably answer best.

I had an issue for which I saw a mechanic. No comment on what that issue was, since it isn't relevant. Anyhow, he told me to tighten the nuts. "All it takes is a wrench and some elbow grease," he said.

I went and bought a wrench, but when I asked for a can of elbow grease, the manager at the auto parts shop laughed at me. He then proceeded to summon all his employees, and they all laughed at me. En masse. Ba jamaat.

To this day, I fail to see what the joke was. More importantly, I still don't have any elbow grease. Please advise me on where I could find a can. Or a jar. Or a tube. I don't care what the receptacle is, I need elbow grease to finally tighten those nuts.

: good joke tbf