Let's talk about cars
Feb 24th 2014, 11:04 pm
#1861
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Re: Let's talk about cars
It is definitely a lot more than an alliance.
If you pull parts off a lot of Nissans you will have Renault parts in your hands.
My brother-in-law has had a Megane he bought new 10 years ago. It was reliable until the usual faults all started happening in rapid succession.
My Sis decided that they needed another Japanese (and definitely not another French) car after they sold their Civic and they bought a Nissan Cashcow.
It took me a while to stop laughing as I explained to them that they'd basically bought a hybrid Japanese/French car.
In the following months fixing inherent faults on it I showed them that each part that had failed had 'Renault' stamped on them.
Didn't take them too long to rid themselves of it and get a nice dieseasal Civic.
If you pull parts off a lot of Nissans you will have Renault parts in your hands.
My brother-in-law has had a Megane he bought new 10 years ago. It was reliable until the usual faults all started happening in rapid succession.
My Sis decided that they needed another Japanese (and definitely not another French) car after they sold their Civic and they bought a Nissan Cashcow.
It took me a while to stop laughing as I explained to them that they'd basically bought a hybrid Japanese/French car.
In the following months fixing inherent faults on it I showed them that each part that had failed had 'Renault' stamped on them.
Didn't take them too long to rid themselves of it and get a nice dieseasal Civic.
Feb 24th 2014, 11:34 pm
#1862
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Location: Rural Virginia
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Re: Let's talk about cars
Up in Maine, it's not farm plates, it's a certain type of commercial plate, mostly for loggers.
Getting it means a different type of emissions inspection done at a truck shop, with a different emissions level, that wouldn't run on a regular car.
The nuts and bolts of how it works, I don't know.
FIL isn't to bothered as he has a works truck and when he has to use his own, gets a company credit card to pay for the petrol as he doesn't have a diesel truck.
Getting it means a different type of emissions inspection done at a truck shop, with a different emissions level, that wouldn't run on a regular car.
The nuts and bolts of how it works, I don't know.
FIL isn't to bothered as he has a works truck and when he has to use his own, gets a company credit card to pay for the petrol as he doesn't have a diesel truck.
Farm Use means no inspections, emissions or CDL needed in theory there is a 25 mile from home limit but nobody really cares about that.
My neighbor had "Farm Use" on his Cadillac.
Feb 25th 2014, 1:20 am
#1865
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Feb 25th 2014, 1:22 am
#1867
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Feb 25th 2014, 1:24 am
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Feb 25th 2014, 1:27 am
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. .... I don't think she was particularly fast either though. 