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[Bitter]

21 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

After all day of trying to figure out how to disassemble the fuse box of which I have 0 instructions for(FSM does not cover it at all). I gave up. I Fixed the fan on the Touareg. Not proud of what I did to do it. 
 

but it’s nothing that isn’t un-doable. 

 

sorry next owner in advance. 
 

if it weren’t for the person who didn’t seal that fuse box gosh darn it would be fine 

 

no pictures. Sorry. Too embarrassed. Maybe after i get rid of it 

It can't be any worse than this absolute 3rd trimester abortion of an oil weepage seal I did on my Celica, so post up bitch.

[vetali]

And to make you feel even better. Remember a few years back I posted about that Pilot that someone did a reseal on, hydrolocked the rear bolt holes and cracked the block? Service advisor ended up buying it from the customer, JB welded the shit outta it, had me put it together and flipped it when used car prices were insane. Things still driving around.

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, Bitter said:

It can't be any worse than this absolute 3rd trimester abortion of an oil weepage seal I did on my Celica, so post up bitch. -snip-

 

1 hour ago, vetali said:

And to make you feel even better. Remember a few years back I posted about that Pilot that someone did a reseal on, hydrolocked the rear bolt holes and cracked the block? Service advisor ended up buying it from the customer, JB welded the shit outta it, had me put it together and flipped it when used car prices were insane. Things still driving around.

Fine. you guys win. 
 

 

[Bitter]

That doesn't look very weather proof, but with some tape and proper splice work it'll be fine for as long as you'll be keeping that car.

[vetali]

47 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Fine. you guys win. 
 

Eh not that bad on a personal rig other than potential rub spots on metal

 

send it

[bcredeur97]

56 minutes ago, Bitter said:

That doesn't look very weather proof, but with some tape and proper splice work it'll be fine for as long as you'll be keeping that car.

 

25 minutes ago, vetali said:

Eh not that bad on a personal rig other than potential rub spots on metal

 

send it

That was while I was working on it. I ended up actually utilizing the heat shrink on the connectors and lots of zip ties to make it disappear 

[Peter_The_Ent]

I thought of this the other day. How funny would it be for a fast car to have a custom license plate "TURTLE" and a slow car "CHETAH".

[AlwaysFSX]

On 1/15/2023 at 5:04 PM, bcredeur97 said:

After all day of trying to figure out how to disassemble the fuse box of which I have 0 instructions for(FSM does not cover it at all). I gave up. I Fixed the fan on the Touareg. Not proud of what I did to do it. 
 

but it’s nothing that isn’t un-doable. 

 

sorry next owner in advance. 
 

if it weren’t for the person who didn’t seal that fuse box gosh darn it would be fine 

 

no pictures. Sorry. Too embarrassed. Maybe after i get rid of it 

Everything is un-doable with something sharp.

On 1/15/2023 at 9:05 PM, bcredeur97 said:

That was while I was working on it. I ended up actually utilizing the heat shrink on the connectors and lots of zip ties to make it disappear

That's not bad at all, I've done worse lol

[VirusDumb]

The Honda Z1 900 isn't real it won't hurt you

 

The Honda Z1 900:

[bcredeur97]

@vetali@Bitter so yesterday afternoon check engine light

 

— pressure sensor for the adblue system. “Electrical malfunction” which I learned from the fan issue seems to mean “hey I can’t talk to this” 

 

looked it up in FSM and sure enough, fusebox

 

this morning I got the “600 miles left till engine doesn’t start warning” 

 

looked up dieselgate warranty. 4K miles and a till august left 

 

hehehehe 

 

warranty work on a 135,000 mile car (ends @ 138,000)

[Bitter]

16 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

@vetali@Bitter so yesterday afternoon check engine light

 

— pressure sensor for the adblue system. “Electrical malfunction” which I learned from the fan issue seems to mean “hey I can’t talk to this” 

 

looked it up in FSM and sure enough, fusebox

 

this morning I got the “600 miles left till engine doesn’t start warning” 

 

looked up dieselgate warranty. 4K miles and a till august left 

 

hehehehe 

 

warranty work on a 135,000 mile car (ends @ 138,000)

That thing just needs the fuse box replaced, you're going to be chasing gremlins forever if you don't. Warranty might not even cover it, they might do the pre-warranty required diagnosis and find the fuse box as the problem and DENIED.

[vetali]

10 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

@vetali@Bitter so yesterday afternoon check engine light

 

— pressure sensor for the adblue system. “Electrical malfunction” which I learned from the fan issue seems to mean “hey I can’t talk to this” 

 

looked it up in FSM and sure enough, fusebox

 

this morning I got the “600 miles left till engine doesn’t start warning” 

 

looked up dieselgate warranty. 4K miles and a till august left 

 

hehehehe 

 

warranty work on a 135,000 mile car (ends @ 138,000)

They're gonna deny it. Any way out of a diesel gate related warranty claim they'll take it.

[aDoomGuy]

So the Mercedes dealership found an error code P0207 "injector cylinder 7" which indicate a problem with the injector on cylinder 7 on my 4-cylinder Mercedes.

 

She thinks she's a big girl now.

[JoaoPRSousa]

1 hour ago, aDoomGuy said:

So the Mercedes dealership found an error code P0207 "injector cylinder 7" which indicate a problem with the injector on cylinder 7 on my 4-cylinder Mercedes.

 

She thinks she's a big girl now.

 

V8 remap

[bcredeur97]

7 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

V8 remap

You wouldn’t download a V8

[chaozbandit]

The season is back on siuuuuuuu
 

 

[Guest]

So I'm doing more research and as with all things, brands are a good compass to quality but any specific model can vary drastically. 

 

I'm currently shopping for my first bike and I'm looking at getting a Kawasaki KLX 230SM dual sport motorcycle. 

It's about 5,200~. There's not much information on YouTube that I can find being long term trust, but a few small channels saying it's bad...

I'm basically just looking for reliability.

 

The market for the Suzuki drz 400 dual sport bikes is 2~3k more expensive. 

I know the saying buy once cry once... But, is the 2~3k bringing that drastic of a quality difference? 

 

I like the ergonomics of dual sport bikes over touring, standard, and race bikes. 

I'm curious if anyone can give input on shopping for reliable low cost dual sport ergonomic bikes for driving around town. 

[Levent]

1 hour ago, fpo said:

So I'm doing more research and as with all things, brands are a good compass to quality but any specific model can vary drastically. 

 

I'm currently shopping for my first bike and I'm looking at getting a Kawasaki KLX 230SM dual sport motorcycle. 

It's about 5,200~. There's not much information on YouTube that I can find being long term trust, but a few small channels saying it's bad...

I'm basically just looking for reliability.

 

The market for the Suzuki drz 400 dual sport bikes is 2~3k more expensive. 

I know the saying buy once cry once... But, is the 2~3k bringing that drastic of a quality difference? 

 

I like the ergonomics of dual sport bikes over touring, standard, and race bikes. 

I'm curious if anyone can give input on shopping for reliable low cost dual sport ergonomic bikes for driving around town. 

CRF250L? I am also looking at getting a CRF250 Rally. From my own research these bikes are rock solid for around the town and basic to mediocre off-road use.

 

Though I'll say my butt did not enjoy brief 10 minute ride around the block when I first rode a 250L. Seat cushion leaves a lot to be desired.

[12345678]

not an enthusiast

but the only car that I ever liked I found out that it's like a limited edition so too expensive

[12345678]

although I don't really like the car industry since they are an oligopoly, joining the market is really diffucult because of regulations that are usually about safety and other bullshits, but in reality it protects the current industries, also known as regulatory capture

the same could be said for other industries... as with tech

 

[PandaCopyRight]

13 hours ago, fpo said:

So I'm doing more research and as with all things, brands are a good compass to quality but any specific model can vary drastically. 

 

I'm currently shopping for my first bike and I'm looking at getting a Kawasaki KLX 230SM dual sport motorcycle. 

It's about 5,200~. There's not much information on YouTube that I can find being long term trust, but a few small channels saying it's bad...

I'm basically just looking for reliability.

 

The market for the Suzuki drz 400 dual sport bikes is 2~3k more expensive. 

I know the saying buy once cry once... But, is the 2~3k bringing that drastic of a quality difference? 

 

I like the ergonomics of dual sport bikes over touring, standard, and race bikes. 

I'm curious if anyone can give input on shopping for reliable low cost dual sport ergonomic bikes for driving around town. 

With Dual sports be careful .. they tend to be dirt bikes with license plates .. so not exactly comfortable for the most part
All dual sports will be with more or less the same ergonomics, not everyone is ok with riding them around town and none of them would be perfect *out of the box*
the DRZ400 is nowhere near as good as people make it sound like it is and they should have updated it quite long ago, not worth the money imo

230-300 to 400-450 is technically a completely different class of bikes in the dualsport world hence the price difference... nothing to do with quality
KLX230 might be too new for there to be enough information around
But get like a Honda CRF300 if you want a dual sport, they seem to be rock solid as its the same CRF250 ... just updated.

[Guest]

9 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

With Dual sports be careful .. they tend to be dirt bikes with license plates .. so not exactly comfortable for the most part
All dual sports will be with more or less the same ergonomics, not everyone is ok with riding them around town and none of them would be perfect *out of the box*
the DRZ400 is nowhere near as good as people make it sound like it is and they should have updated it quite long ago, not worth the money imo

230-300 to 400-450 is technically a completely different class of bikes in the dualsport world hence the price difference... nothing to do with quality
KLX230 might be too new for there to be enough information around
But get like a Honda CRF300 if you want a dual sport, they seem to be rock solid as its the same CRF250 ... just updated.

Just based on price, ... I was doing research and the Honda Grom seems to be like the #1 most popular bike hands down for its low cost, reliability, and low difficulty. 

 

Might not be the most ergonomic but, I hear it has the biggest after market support, so it should be easy to adjust the ergonomics. 

[Bitter]

Grom is more of a scooter lol

[vetali]

Pics are really blown out due to screenshotting... but damn they nailed the Type R this time. Still not a fan of the side skirt design though. Feels reminiscent of the FK8. Drives great. Butt dyno says its kinda a dog in the lower RPMs like a typical older Honda. Didn't rev it out though.

[PandaCopyRight]

On 1/23/2023 at 3:23 AM, fpo said:

Just based on price, ... I was doing research and the Honda Grom seems to be like the #1 most popular bike hands down for its low cost, reliability, and low difficulty. 

 

Might not be the most ergonomic but, I hear it has the biggest after market support, so it should be easy to adjust the ergonomics. 

Grom is not exactly a bike to use for commuting as it has both the downsides of small bikes and downsides of small scooters.
Nor does it benefit fuel economy with the 125cc engine as the early models (until recently) have only a 4 speed gearbox
its only popular because its cheap and easy to do stupid shit on without getting in trouble for speeding. Its kinda like the BMX bike of the motorcycle world.
it is not a bad bike for what it is, but you'd never want to commute on it as its a lot smaller than a regular bike or even scooters.

No amount of aftermarket parts will fix the ergonomic issue of it being a very tiny bike and you might not physically fit on it.
Sure if you are small enough you might be comfortable on it, but thats not often the case.

Also just remembered that for rough estimate of the seating position and ergonomics you can use this website, doesnt have all the bikes in the world .. but for a rough estimate picking a similar bike usually works.
https://cycle-ergo.com/