It’s Tuesday, that means funny car sticker photos

frasertag said :

@M0les

Hi

I am the owner of the Jeep of regret.

I have owned the Jeep for 2 and a half years now, since new.

I have clocked up 60,000km on the car, I live out of town and wanted to provide my family with safe reliable transport to commute into town with. The Jeep retired my 280,000 km Subaru Forester, which never had major problems.

So whats my beef you ask?

first 1200km of owning the car I had the rear main engine seal replaced
second service rear main seal replaced again (perhaps workshops fault because it was not fixed correctly the first time)

That was however a minor issue.

The major issue is that it has suffered 5 clutch related failures which has rendered the car immobilised. One time this happened while my 4 year old daughter was a passenger I had just stopped at a stop sign, proceeded to cross a busy intersection (up hill) I went to shift from first into second and the hydraulic clutch master cylinder failed I was stuck in neutral in the intersection.

A combination of master cylinder and slave cylinder’s failing have been the fault.

The dealership also leaves a lot to be desired, they damaged a drive shaft seal once after replacing the gearbox (slave sits behind the clutch), and then returned the car to me and when I contacted them they denied being the fault (initially). On another occasion instead of having the car towed they got a mechanic out to drive it from Greenway to Phillip without a clutch.

To top it off the rear shocks started leaking oil and had to be replaced.

I know a few people with the same car and have no issues, the sticker attracts lots of stories about Jeep’s some good and some bad, the dealership stories are always atrocious.

So thats my beef.

I wonder what the dealership people say when you drop the car in for a(nother) servicing job? Have they made any comments about the sticker?

I know a few people who own Jeeps. Most wouldn’t buy another.

arescarti42 said :

Nice guess, but it’s older than that, plus I’d be thanking Harrison Ford, not William Shatner, in that case.

I’m no Trekkie but I do know the difference, haha. I was just making an attempt to give your car a modicum of credibility. 😛

@M0les

Hi

I am the owner of the Jeep of regret.

I have owned the Jeep for 2 and a half years now, since new.

I have clocked up 60,000km on the car, I live out of town and wanted to provide my family with safe reliable transport to commute into town with. The Jeep retired my 280,000 km Subaru Forester, which never had major problems.

So whats my beef you ask?

first 1200km of owning the car I had the rear main engine seal replaced
second service rear main seal replaced again (perhaps workshops fault because it was not fixed correctly the first time)

That was however a minor issue.

The major issue is that it has suffered 5 clutch related failures which has rendered the car immobilised. One time this happened while my 4 year old daughter was a passenger I had just stopped at a stop sign, proceeded to cross a busy intersection (up hill) I went to shift from first into second and the hydraulic clutch master cylinder failed I was stuck in neutral in the intersection.

A combination of master cylinder and slave cylinder’s failing have been the fault.

The dealership also leaves a lot to be desired, they damaged a drive shaft seal once after replacing the gearbox (slave sits behind the clutch), and then returned the car to me and when I contacted them they denied being the fault (initially). On another occasion instead of having the car towed they got a mechanic out to drive it from Greenway to Phillip without a clutch.

To top it off the rear shocks started leaking oil and had to be replaced.

I know a few people with the same car and have no issues, the sticker attracts lots of stories about Jeep’s some good and some bad, the dealership stories are always atrocious.

So thats my beef.

Holden Caulfield said :

Primal said :

arescarti42 said :

I’d like to thank God, Nicole, Satan, and William Shatner.

I knew JJ Abrams took some liberties with the reboot, but surely replacing a Constitution-class starship with a Falcon station wagon was a bit much?

I’m not up to speed on my Falcon model history, but I think there’s a chance that one could have been a millennium Falcon (ie. built in 2000).

It’s an EF – ’94/’95.

while buying emergency baking supplies”

This sounds like Nicole is fabricating an alibi!

To boldly park where no man has parked before?

johnboy said :

well, it’s not a parking post!

Close enough as far as I’m concerned.

Primal said :

arescarti42 said :

I’d like to thank God, Nicole, Satan, and William Shatner.

I knew JJ Abrams took some liberties with the reboot, but surely replacing a Constitution-class starship with a Falcon station wagon was a bit much?

Perhaps, although I like to think the Falcon wagon captures all the massive, bulbous-y plastic-ness of the NCC-1701.

Holden Caulfield said :

I’m not up to speed on my Falcon model history, but I think there’s a chance that one could have been a millennium Falcon (ie. built in 2000).

Nice guess, but it’s older than that, plus I’d be thanking Harrison Ford, not William Shatner, in that case.

Primal said :

arescarti42 said :

I’d like to thank God, Nicole, Satan, and William Shatner.

I knew JJ Abrams took some liberties with the reboot, but surely replacing a Constitution-class starship with a Falcon station wagon was a bit much?

I’m not up to speed on my Falcon model history, but I think there’s a chance that one could have been a millennium Falcon (ie. built in 2000).

arescarti42 said :

I’d like to thank God, Nicole, Satan, and William Shatner.

I knew JJ Abrams took some liberties with the reboot, but surely replacing a Constitution-class starship with a Falcon station wagon was a bit much?