Going cross country...
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Soltesjoey350
21 years young, 1972 Honda CB350.
Vwvortex is a wealth of knowledge for turbos etc..
Well, those days are behind / ahead of me. For the moment I need a nice reliable car with a little more room than my MINI Clubman (which is apparently near death if you listen to MINI).
I figure in 8 years, my daughter will be 20 and I can revert to a less sensible car to roam the roads with.
Sadly the Clubman, which we like and can squeeze into (trips to the lake are the big issue with coolers etc and the odd friend tagging along) is in the shop. Was misfiring, and MINI did a compression and leak down test. 160 in #1, 180 in #2,3,4. Really not a big drop. Leak down test didn't tell much of a story. 5% loss in Cylinder #1 and no real signs of where it was going.
Their recommendation (and only course of action they were interested in) was a REPLACEMENT ENGINE. I should say, this is a 6 year old car with about 90,000 miles on it.
How much is a replacement engine you might ask? $11,992.00 - that's how much (installed). How much would the car be worth with said engine installed? Perhaps $10,000.
So.... yeah.
Car is now at a proper mechanic's shop who actually would consider something as radical as pulling the cylinder head to see what problems might actually be lurking. And actually be willing to explore the cause of a misfire across all 4 cylinders - not just focus on slightly low compression on 1 of them.
But bottom line, regardless what happens next with the Clubman, we want a slightly larger car for the trips to the lake. This is our only car.
Looking at the Subaru Crosstrek as well. I do live in Canada, and the AWD wouldn't be a bad thing from time to time. The Mitsubishi Outlander Sport (RVR in Canada) looks OK on paper and pics, and the 10 year warranty can't be beat, but I'm not convinced we'd enjoy the car.
Toyota's RAV4, the Honda CRV, Nissan Rogue are all about the same and cost a bit more than the Subaru up here.
For around Toronto, a subcompact can't be beat - Honda Fit would be a great car for in town, if you can get past the looks. But we'd be struggling with it for lake trips.
Will go check out the 2015 Golf (I saw one on the road and it looked bloody nice).
I figure in 8 years, my daughter will be 20 and I can revert to a less sensible car to roam the roads with.
Sadly the Clubman, which we like and can squeeze into (trips to the lake are the big issue with coolers etc and the odd friend tagging along) is in the shop. Was misfiring, and MINI did a compression and leak down test. 160 in #1, 180 in #2,3,4. Really not a big drop. Leak down test didn't tell much of a story. 5% loss in Cylinder #1 and no real signs of where it was going.
Their recommendation (and only course of action they were interested in) was a REPLACEMENT ENGINE. I should say, this is a 6 year old car with about 90,000 miles on it.
How much is a replacement engine you might ask? $11,992.00 - that's how much (installed). How much would the car be worth with said engine installed? Perhaps $10,000.
So.... yeah.
Car is now at a proper mechanic's shop who actually would consider something as radical as pulling the cylinder head to see what problems might actually be lurking. And actually be willing to explore the cause of a misfire across all 4 cylinders - not just focus on slightly low compression on 1 of them.
But bottom line, regardless what happens next with the Clubman, we want a slightly larger car for the trips to the lake. This is our only car.
Looking at the Subaru Crosstrek as well. I do live in Canada, and the AWD wouldn't be a bad thing from time to time. The Mitsubishi Outlander Sport (RVR in Canada) looks OK on paper and pics, and the 10 year warranty can't be beat, but I'm not convinced we'd enjoy the car.
Toyota's RAV4, the Honda CRV, Nissan Rogue are all about the same and cost a bit more than the Subaru up here.
For around Toronto, a subcompact can't be beat - Honda Fit would be a great car for in town, if you can get past the looks. But we'd be struggling with it for lake trips.
Will go check out the 2015 Golf (I saw one on the road and it looked bloody nice).
