Supposedly down to 'user error' i.e. not using the specified anti-freeze.
I've posted this before, but it's a page from a warranty I got on a Ford Granada in the early 80s (see point I.
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Supposedly down to 'user error' i.e. not using the specified anti-freeze.
I've posted this before, but it's a page from a warranty I got on a Ford Granada in the early 80s (see point I.
)
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Only problem with the water pump was that it was mounted too high, lose an inch or three of water from the rad and you are pumping fresh air so I would have to say shame about the idiot driver for not noticing and stopping to investigate.
Heads only tended to warp if the driver was stupid as above.
Antifreeze stopped the corrosion of the head studs to the heads so the heads would lift off easy as pie. Again down to the stupid driver to get this bit right too.
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Supposedly down to 'user error' i.e. not using the specified anti-freeze.
I've posted this before, but it's a page from a warranty I got on a Ford Granada in the early 80s (see point I.
With that list, I can't imagine much being covered..
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It covered the cylinder heads being taken off my Granada and skimmed after one of the gaskets went
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Looks like a RR body on a Toyota Landcruiser, if MOCAS was still with us he'd probably know the bloke in Aus who did it!
Anyway here are the finest looking utes in existance...
New Mercedes ute headed for Australia - 9news.com.au
grober
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It's a Nissan Navara in Drag- literally!
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Yes, looks very Korean.
I think it's about time Daimler got themselves a decent European Designer - after all it is a European company and people are buying it to have a Euro...
kid-jensen
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The 80's BMW 3 Series was involved in more single-car accidents than any other (by a long way).
The highly unstable rear suspension was aledgedly the reason, used to go into oscillation under a none-too-rare combination of bumps.
Strangely not too many owners came back to complain at BMW, keeping thier claim of being "the Ultimate Driving Machine" intact.
Another fun-fact, they used to say that with a straight face.
The highly unstable rear suspension was aledgedly the reason, used to go into oscillation under a none-too-rare combination of bumps.
Strangely not too many owners came back to complain at BMW, keeping thier claim of being "the Ultimate Driving Machine" intact.
Another fun-fact, they used to say that with a straight face.
dan-mb
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The Mercedes M120 engine V12 fitted to many MB in the 90's 600 V12 (SL600 S600) was also used in Zonda's. The Pagani Zonda has used 3 different capacity, Mercedes-AMG tuned, versions of the M120 engine starting with the untuned 6.0 L for the original Zonda C12 to a 7.0 L version for the C12 S and Zonda GR, then to the 7.3 L for the Zonda C12s 7.3, Zonda F, Zonda Cinque and the Zonda Tricolore, and back to the 6.0 L for the Zonda R and the Zonda Revolucion!
