desertdude

I've never bought a new car too and just like Barry don't plan on buying one either, and luckily for me all the cars I like have horrible resale value and I get them for a bargain. I think the only cars if I could afford them and I would buy new would be high end luxury vehicles like a Rolls or exotic or super cars like Lambos or Ferraris. And get rid of them as soon as the warranty runs out. Although I despise super and now hyper cars with a passion.

One of the reasons I don't like jeeps and sold mine only after 3-4 months of owing it. Every time I took it to the dunes the gauge would go up exactly as described above and since there were a ton of jeepers around, they said this is totally normal and all their vehicles behaved in the same manner. I just couldn't get used to it and never really enjoyed it as one eye was on the dunes and one eye on the temp gauge. Hence as soon as I got a good offer I sold it without even thinking twice.

About time, I've always wondered how the much broader, 3 lane Shj Airport road which runs parallel to Maliha is 100, while Maliha much more congested and narrower road is 120kph. Much more dangerous specially during the time when heavy vehicles are allowed, basically one entire lane is occupied by almost still standing trucks.

Well you haven't been fined yet, just making a mountain out of a mole hill now. It could have flashed another car close to you or even in the opposite direction on the other side. As of now this is a non issue. Has happened many times to me, I could have sworn the radar flashed me and I never get a fine for it.

If I knew anything about investments. I'd be a rich man today!

A very happy and prosperous 2017 to everyone here on Carnity. Cheers

What car? What engine? What kind of trouble? P.S : I have two cars one is 19yrs old and the other 14 both with 200k Plus on them on original motors and both pull like stabbed rats

There should be some kind of class action suit taken out against the makers of these transmission who sell this fantasy of sealed for life boxes, if science has advanced so much why don't they make seal for life engines, save everybody a great deal of money and time including the dealers of having to do oil changes every so many kms ! Anyways, I would also say get a complete oil filter and flush, not change, there is a difference, and make 100000% sure you use the correct oil and not just any ol' transmission fluid.

Barry asked a very important question which wasn't answered, that does the engine rev up before the delay and then the transmission kicks in or there is a delay in the engine itself from the time the gas pedal is pushed to the engine actually getting up and going.

OBD readers are like a GP doctor which can just diagnose basic sicknesses or at best lead you in the right direction, You'll need to visit a specialist to get to the heart of a sickness, I.e diagnostic tool specific to your make and model. P.S I know my analogy sucks!

Resurrecting a dead topic, here is video I came across, its a flat tappet cam Vs roller bearing cams and mentions ZDDP ( Zinc ) oil if you want to run a flat tappet cam, also useful for people who have no idea what flat or roller cams are.

That was pretty much everyone's opinion who had looked into this issue, that there was an issue with one or more valves.

This was the logical step to take but for me, All the Audi Q series and the BMW X series all look the same, including this new one. Although I'm sure its going to be a fine ride if they concentrate less on the sportiness and more on the luxury bit, That's why Rolls Royce and the Range Rover have a lock on this segment, their attention is more towards luxury than towards sportiness or you could say just the right amount of sport spirit mixed after all the Rover Supercharged is no joke and the turbo charged Rolls in a straight line drag can give a lot cars a run for their money, Their are dime a dozen sports SUVs but only one proper Luxury SUV which is also a full fledged 4X4 off roader. So depends if BMW just comes out with another bigger more sporty version of the X5 or they plan to make the X7 a proper luxury SUV,

All's well that ends well, at least now you know the issue and first step to solving a problem is knowing you have a problem and what it is.

P.S :The Y61 Patrol 2dr variant used a 4.5 I6 carb engine well into the 2000s

No I'm not that's why I exactly said, I'm not sure in my post.

And hence it is a very black and white issue with no grey areas at all.

let me guess it has one of those shitty new Nissan CVT transmissions

I can definitely live without an electric car, I dunno why manufacturers are trying to push electric cars down peoples throat, when clearly that is not the way to the future. It has failed miserably in daily practical life. And the myth they are green is also almost of not already busted

I think a 04 is a carburetor fuel system, not sure though, sounds like that needs a tuning, of the usually spark plugs and wires is also the obvious thing to look at

Same on the RR

I hardly get tailgated or flashed, I guess one of the advantages of driving a vehicle with some "street cred" and image. But when I do, I just flip on my rear fog lamps or sometimes I indicate right and the do the most slowest lane change im the history of the world, which annoys them even more! LOL In most cases I just ignore the fool. Then then undertake me, and when some one slows down next to me, as if looking for trouble, one " you wanna get some of this" look is enough for them buzz past me

There is no gray area, you cannot use the hard shoulder to drive on in any occasion, just like you cannot jump the red light in any circumstance. It's a very black and white matter.

Well just for bragging rights : I got to hang out with Jacky Icxs and entrusted with the keys to the actual Rothmans Porsche 953 (also knows as the 911 4x4) for three days which won the Paris to Dakar rally in 1984, when we were doing the launch of the Cayenne back in the day. At the end of the day when everyone left I would sit in and pretend to be rallying, I didn't dare to take it for a small drive in the dunes, even though it was left parked on top of one in Aweer overnight. This actual car

Everything made by Porsche looks like the 911