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12-30-2021, 08:21 PM #2201
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12-30-2021, 08:40 PM #2202Registered User
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@basinbeater - I test drove a couple of SRX AWD with the 3.6 over the last few days and really like the handling and overall feel but the pedal placement is weird. On two of them the brake pedal was so high I kept hooking my shoe under it and I have small feet. You really have to lift your foot high and backward towards you and it's very awkward. I don't know if the pedal height is adjustable and neither did the salespeople. The engine winds up nicely, the car gets out of its own way really well and the torque delivery seemed pretty linear but like most luxo rigs now the throttle mapping sucks. I really wanted to find a CTS AWD Wagon to drive but they're rare and disappear off dealer lots quickly.
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12-30-2021, 09:06 PM #2203
I had a 69 in high school - but not in the back of the car.
Easy to work on. The heat exchangers can leak exhaust when they get too rusty. And the heat isn't great from them either. The combustion heater (if installed) is better. The defrost is is weak (I literally always had a windshield rag in the car). The clutch cable can/will break, but it's easy to shift without the clutch. The compression is low enough that you can get it moving with the starter in 1st.
Once I had that car sorted, it was generally reliable.
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12-30-2021, 09:14 PM #2204Registered User
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12-31-2021, 07:43 AM #2205
I was driving and my friend was in the back with a HS exchange student from France (sorry I can't recall her name) I just remember her screaming something in French and seeing smoke. I pulled over and we pulled the whole smoking bench seat out of the car and onto some guy's lawn. Eventually it went out.
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12-31-2021, 08:09 AM #2206
Thanks for the insight. They seem like a lot of fun. Unfortunately seems the car's listing has disappeared overnight. I'm guessing it sold already but guy probably forgot to delete the post until I messaged him. Oh well. The search for beater #2 continues...
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12-31-2021, 08:27 AM #2207
If somebody was looking for a towie truck project this could work
https://rockies.craigslist.org/cto/d...426885972.html
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12-31-2021, 10:12 AM #2208Registered User
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https://photos.app.goo.gl/EDj6kCSznoMKUrke8
Solved the car for the wife problem but it's looking like I need one now too. How's that for shitty timing
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12-31-2021, 10:24 AM #2209
Oh sunnuva! I feel your pain. That's why we've been down to 1 elderly car for months now. Stay strong, brother. We'll find something... eventually...
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12-31-2021, 01:18 PM #2210
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12-31-2021, 03:28 PM #2211
I have a sneaking suspicion that the repairs needed on his Rover just got REALLY expensive.
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12-31-2021, 05:25 PM #2212Registered User
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There's a coolant hose with 4 ends that runs under the supercharger. It's too big a job to do in the driveway in January and shops want what it would cost to get another car to replace it. It doesn't make sense to dig that far into the top of the motor and not change a bunch of stuff that should be done at 100k (it has 150) so this could easily run $4-5k. I'm trying to decide if I should get a beater and leave it until the spring, get a parts truck and suck it up and do it myself in January (and hate the decision for years to come) or pay someone to do a huge, expensive job on a project truck that became my daily that still needs more work. I'm leaning towards a beater Honda or something and a parts truck. Another option is to get a cheap high mileage XC60 for a daily so that after I get mine running again I have a parts car when the one we just got for my wife needs something. Yup, I'm all over the map
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12-31-2021, 05:30 PM #2213
Frustrating position to be in. Since you seem to like your Rover, if I were you, I'd go with your option of putting it off til spring so you can DIY it all, and getting a cheap but running beater to get you by til then. Good thing about a beater is that you can usually get 100% of your money back and then some when you're done with it. YMMV of course.
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12-31-2021, 05:39 PM #2214
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12-31-2021, 05:45 PM #2215
Sounds like renting a garage for a month would be logical. Things less brittle above 50f or so.
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12-31-2021, 05:50 PM #2216
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12-31-2021, 06:05 PM #2217
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12-31-2021, 06:34 PM #2218
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01-01-2022, 02:21 AM #2219Registered User
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Haha Bars Leak keeps entering my thoughts... Ooh I love brittle plastic bits and zip ties A garage that doesn't get used in the winter is a tough thing to come by. I had a funny thought related to that, if I rent a place to run my biz out of I could rent one of the old service stations that closed and have my own shop.
@liv2ski UT doesn't work too well when you live in NYLast edited by gravitylover; 01-01-2022 at 06:53 AM.
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01-01-2022, 09:44 AM #2220
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01-01-2022, 09:56 AM #2221
He's not in Utah, either.
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01-01-2022, 11:20 AM #2222Registered User
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I think hes upstate?
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01-01-2022, 11:25 AM #2223
Looking forward to GL's Rover TR in the wrenching thread when he gets to it. It's bout to get real.
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01-01-2022, 12:22 PM #2224
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01-01-2022, 02:01 PM #2225
What's Basinbeaters day rate?
Might be worth a trip to UT.
Edit- not to disparage any of the other wrenches here, just wanted to make a UT joke.Last edited by Rideski; 01-01-2022 at 03:50 PM.
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