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| Nov 12, 2018 10:27PM | maj4479 |
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I am going to VENT. This topic is going to be on a few tangents.
Update on 2012 Ford Focus. Last I was ranting about some sort of emissions control valve that I had to pay for and a catalytic converter covered under warranty "just." Well after we had put another 23k miles on it less than a year later, according to a $120 dealer test both parts failed again. What really enraged me is that warranty was for 12k or a year and they wanted $2800 to fix it. (I'll get to the ludicrous part of that soon.) In between that fuel pump, battery, and radiator all at once. The fuel pump was probably my fault for being a cheapskate and running it nearly dry almost every fill-up. But, why the hell should you have to drop the tank? (If we didn't have a child I would have cut the floor.) The battery is understandable as normal. The radiator, however, was due to a manufacturing defect I am suspecting. As of this moment, the car has been sitting in our backyard for about 7 months with a transmission failure. (If you don't know this is a known problem with this particular car.) 106,540 miles. What makes me even more livid is the fact that if I actually paid to fix that emissions valve and cc it would have been for naught. Not because the vehicle doesn't work very well now, but because those error codes are no longer there. I start it once a week, but it just sits there staring at me as the worst decision in my life.
We hit the trifecta with this car too. Wells Fargo is the finance company that we got stuck with. If you didn't hear about how they screw people it's better you didn't.
The third part of the trifecta just mind-boggling, but relieving. Our automotive insurance went down by quite a bit with a BRAND NEW Subaru Impreza and having to keep the POS fully insured.
Now I have "blogged" all of that, it does actually make me feel a little better.
Report on 2018 Subaru Impreza. Nearly 14k in about 7 months have been trouble free.
I will also say that I am a blessed man. An awesome wife and a wonderful little dude.
Update on 2012 Ford Focus. Last I was ranting about some sort of emissions control valve that I had to pay for and a catalytic converter covered under warranty "just." Well after we had put another 23k miles on it less than a year later, according to a $120 dealer test both parts failed again. What really enraged me is that warranty was for 12k or a year and they wanted $2800 to fix it. (I'll get to the ludicrous part of that soon.) In between that fuel pump, battery, and radiator all at once. The fuel pump was probably my fault for being a cheapskate and running it nearly dry almost every fill-up. But, why the hell should you have to drop the tank? (If we didn't have a child I would have cut the floor.) The battery is understandable as normal. The radiator, however, was due to a manufacturing defect I am suspecting. As of this moment, the car has been sitting in our backyard for about 7 months with a transmission failure. (If you don't know this is a known problem with this particular car.) 106,540 miles. What makes me even more livid is the fact that if I actually paid to fix that emissions valve and cc it would have been for naught. Not because the vehicle doesn't work very well now, but because those error codes are no longer there. I start it once a week, but it just sits there staring at me as the worst decision in my life.
We hit the trifecta with this car too. Wells Fargo is the finance company that we got stuck with. If you didn't hear about how they screw people it's better you didn't.
The third part of the trifecta just mind-boggling, but relieving. Our automotive insurance went down by quite a bit with a BRAND NEW Subaru Impreza and having to keep the POS fully insured.
Now I have "blogged" all of that, it does actually make me feel a little better.
Report on 2018 Subaru Impreza. Nearly 14k in about 7 months have been trouble free.
I will also say that I am a blessed man. An awesome wife and a wonderful little dude.
