Dart77
Donating Member
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2011
- Messages
- 135
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- Location
- Perth
- Members Ride
- VK wagon, S1 VE wagon SSV8
Thank you - appreciate your posts. Glad you are like-minded about the non-userfriendly transmissions. But apparently they've been around for almost 20 years now. The only reasons I can think that they went that way is 1. The beancounters saw the $20 saving from not putting in a dipstick as a good thing and bugger anything else... 2. Car manufacturers see the majority of buyers of their cars as useless dummies with no interest or skill in working on their own car... 3. They somehow wanted to give the automotive repair sector a lot more work (remember the immobilizer phase-in? Lots of companies made lots of money from that)... Gripe over.
Anyway, very first thing is take it to the diff- trans place I use and get them to assess and service the trans (and diff as well). It's right on a busstop, easy for me, so they can have it for a few days if they want.
Another good thing about this car is that the seller has been using the same mechanic since he bought it, for the last 15 years, who he is now mates with. And who knows that car intimately as well. I said I will continue using him, even though not quite local.
Appreciate all the advice and posts - it really helped round out my thoughts on the car.
