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| station240:
Good riddance to bad rubbish! The single biggest problem with GMH is the GM part. For instance they banned Holden from exporting cars into the US market, as it would interfere with their own GM factories. I know someone who many years ago bought a new Holden, made in Australia, got the dealer to do all the servicing. Dealer never, ever changed the oil, still had the thin oil that is supposed to be replaced after a few hundred km. Car had done 5000km by the time the owner finally decided to change the oil himself. Fuel tank had a few plastic parts, replacing one broken part would cause something else to break. The entire tank, internal pipes, pump, sender unit etc, all plastic crap. He ended up replacing everything. Heard the engine died 6 months later, something hard to fix. Too much plastic crap in modern cars, plastic clips, plastic hoses, plastic engine parts, plastic fuel system. Odd obsession with using as much plastic as possible, anyone would think they were being paid by the oil companies... Yeah they are. |
| Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: station240 on February 22, 2020, 04:08:55 pm ---Good riddance to bad rubbish! The single biggest problem with GMH is the GM part. For instance they banned Holden from exporting cars into the US market, as it would interfere with their own GM factories. I know someone who many years ago bought a new Holden, made in Australia, got the dealer to do all the servicing. Dealer never, ever changed the oil, still had the thin oil that is supposed to be replaced after a few hundred km. Car had done 5000km by the time the owner finally decided to change the oil himself. Fuel tank had a few plastic parts, replacing one broken part would cause something else to break. The entire tank, internal pipes, pump, sender unit etc, all plastic crap. He ended up replacing everything. Heard the engine died 6 months later, something hard to fix. Too much plastic crap in modern cars, plastic clips, plastic hoses, plastic engine parts, plastic fuel system. Odd obsession with using as much plastic as possible, anyone would think they were being paid by the oil companies... Yeah they are. --- End quote --- Yep. Black texta line drawn on sump plug and on oil filter. Take photo with camera. Lift bonnet after service and check again before driving car away. Of course here you don't have to use the dealer to fulfill the warranty obligations. |
| tautech:
--- Quote from: station240 on February 22, 2020, 04:08:55 pm ---Good riddance to bad rubbish! The single biggest problem with GMH is the GM part. For instance they banned Holden from exporting cars into the US market, as it would interfere with their own GM factories. I know someone who many years ago bought a new Holden, made in Australia, got the dealer to do all the servicing. Dealer never, ever changed the oil, still had the thin oil that is supposed to be replaced after a few hundred km. Car had done 5000km by the time the owner finally decided to change the oil himself. --- End quote --- IIRC 5k was when my new VX 11 had it's first change. --- Quote ---Fuel tank had a few plastic parts, replacing one broken part would cause something else to break. The entire tank, internal pipes, pump, sender unit etc, all plastic crap. --- End quote --- Never had any issues with my fuel system at all and tank is all plastic. |
| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: station240 on February 22, 2020, 04:08:55 pm ---Good riddance to bad rubbish! The single biggest problem with GMH is the GM part. For instance they banned Holden from exporting cars into the US market, as it would interfere with their own GM factories. I know someone who many years ago bought a new Holden, made in Australia, got the dealer to do all the servicing. Dealer never, ever changed the oil, still had the thin oil that is supposed to be replaced after a few hundred km. --- End quote --- That practice has been extinct for over 50 years! My EH Holden was delivered in December 1963 with the same grade of oil that was used throughout its life. --- Quote --- Car had done 5000km by the time the owner finally decided to change the oil himself. Fuel tank had a few plastic parts, replacing one broken part would cause something else to break. The entire tank, internal pipes, pump, sender unit etc, all plastic crap. He ended up replacing everything. Heard the engine died 6 months later, something hard to fix. Too much plastic crap in modern cars, plastic clips, plastic hoses, plastic engine parts, plastic fuel system. Odd obsession with using as much plastic as possible, anyone would think they were being paid by the oil companies... Yeah they are. --- End quote --- I will go along with the bit about plastic, but Holden are hardly the worst offender. Hyundai Accents have much of the body work made of plastic & clipped together in a similar manner to that of TV remote controls. Plastic doesn't stay "springy" for very long, so if you "breathe on them", they become unclipped. Not covered by the warranty, either. OK, maybe this construction allows the plastic bits to come apart, dissipating energy in a crash, but the same thing could be achieved by using shatterable plastic pins which wouldn't fail in everyday service. |
| Halcyon:
--- Quote from: station240 on February 22, 2020, 04:08:55 pm ---Too much plastic crap in modern cars, plastic clips, plastic hoses, plastic engine parts, plastic fuel system. Odd obsession with using as much plastic as possible, anyone would think they were being paid by the oil companies... Yeah they are. --- End quote --- Absolutely. Look at Subaru, sure their mechanics might be reliable (ish) but their interiors are plasticy and horrible, the doors are thin as hell and they just feel tinny. Absolute garbage (and not that cheap either). |
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