Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

dochira wrote:At the service dept right now waiting for the work on the door attuater (sp??) is completed.

Actuator??


Your power lock(s) on the fritz?

bmwracer wrote:
Actuator??

Your power lock(s) on the fritz?

That's the spelling. Yup, I have doors that think they're closed even when ajar.

dochira wrote:That's the spelling. Yup, I have doors that think they're closed even when ajar.

My driver's side one conked out a couple of year's ago: I couldn't lock the door from the inside... :headscratch:


Cost me $35 total. The cheapest repair in recorded automobile history.

bmwracer wrote:
My driver's side one conked out a couple of year's ago: I couldn't lock the door from the inside... :headscratch:

Yikes, that's....odd.... :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Cost me $35 total. The cheapest repair in recorded automobile history.

Seriously, I think having them change an oil filter would cost more.

dochira wrote:Seriously, I think having them change an oil filter would cost more.

Footnote: that work was done by my mechanic, not by the dealer. :thumbsup:

Beemer,
Yo, how's your Wild Ride lately, I've not looked at this thread for a while about getting your car fixed.
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:Beemer,
Yo, how's your Wild Ride lately, I've not looked at this thread for a while about getting your car fixed.
-PCM

The car's fixed.

And so am I, so to speak. :sweat: :puppydog: :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Actuator??


Your power lock(s) on the fritz?

I had the actuator go on my keyless entry a couple months back. It spazzed out. A few times the lock didn't go up all the way, so my key wouldn't work (didn't line up) and the door wouldn't open. It was very inexpensive to fix, around $30. I don't have power locks though, just keyless on the driver door.

KouSeiya315 wrote:I had the actuator go on my keyless entry a couple months back. It spazzed out. A few times the lock didn't go up all the way, so my key wouldn't work (didn't line up) and the door wouldn't open. It was very inexpensive to fix, around $30. I don't have power locks though, just keyless on the driver door.

That's sorta odd for you car to have keyless entry, yet have no power/central locking system... :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
That's sorta odd for you car to have keyless entry, yet have no power/central locking system... :headscratch:

I had it installed later. My car came w/ no alarm system. I had the option to add keyless for the driver door, so I did. To add other doors was $75 each additional door, so I opted against it. To add power locks period (w/ switches and all), would have been MUCH more and not worth it.

KouSeiya315 wrote:I had it installed later. My car came w/ no alarm system. I had the option to add keyless for the driver door, so I did. To add other doors was $75 each additional door, so I opted against it. To add power locks period (w/ switches and all), would have been MUCH more and not worth it.

So desu.

Since it's part of the alarm system, it all makes sense now... Of course, I woulda thought that all cars nowadays would have central locking standard... :sweat:

anyone here ever had a moto guzzi?
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i like the v11 le mans. i've got to the age where i'm thinking i should get something less frantic as opposed to another japanese ballistic missile. :headscratch:

i've only seen 2 of those around here. nice bikes.

r.i.p. richard burns.
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a great rally driver. he was the same age as me. life is so cruel!

Whoa. What's up with all these people dying in 2005?

So many....

ahochaude wrote:Whoa. What's up with all these people dying in 2005?

So many....

richard had a brain tumour. apparently he blacked out while driving one day and that's how it was discovered.
it makes me angry that good honest people die like this when murderers, rapists and general scum of the earth walk the streets! :shakehead:

don't know which to buy next.
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kenjilina wrote:don't know which to buy next.

Neither.


McLaren F1. :thumbsup:

Gordon Murray knows cars. :mrgreen:

from the Mainichi Daily News


Nissan develops car paint job that automatically fixes scratches

In these undated photos released by the Nissan Motors Co., scratches seen on the hood of a Scratch Guard Coat-painted Nissan car, top, disappear after a week, bottom. Nissan developed the scratch-proof paint job which repairs its own minor scratches and scrapes. The Japanese automaker says it is a world first, the coating contains elastic resin, similar to a rubbery surface, and can bounce back to repair itself of slight scratches caused by car-washing, off-road driving and fingernails. (AP)Nissan's new car paint repairs its own scratches and scrapes.

Minor scruffs disappear like magic in about a week if your car has Scratch Guard Coat, a clear paint that the Japanese automaker developed with Nippon Paint Co., company spokesman Kiyoshi Ariga said Monday.

The coating, which Tokyo-based Nissan Motor Co. says is the first of its kind in the world, contains elastic resin, similar to a rubbery surface, and can repair itself of slight scratches caused by car-washing, off-road driving and fingernails.

Car-washing machines account for most car surface scratches, according to Nissan, which showed before and after photos of a car with scratches on the hood and one with no scratches a week later. The coat lasts about three years, Nissan said.

The scratch-proof paint job will be offered only in some Japan models of the X-Trail sport-utility vehicle, planned for sale soon, and overseas plans are still undecided, Ariga said. It may be offered in other models, but no decision has been made, he said.

In terms of costs, Nissan would only say Scratch Guard Coat costs "a few tens of thousands of yen" extra. (AP)

bmwracer wrote:
Neither.


McLaren F1. :thumbsup:

Gordon Murray knows cars. :mrgreen:

i couldn't be arsed clambering to the middle seat everytime! :hehe: