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      8. Had a Bad Day? Post Your Story Here

        in General Discussion

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        Was driving the Charger doing about 65 when.. The steering literally exploded. Scared the living day lights out of me! What happened was the rack and pinion seized and the power steering exploded.. at the same time. I pulled over immeditly and called mom. $1200 fix for the rack. If the Part number isn't the same on the power steering then no warrenty. One expensive ride to ladyfriends house..

         

        Damn dude, hope you were okay after. I mean you got away with the least, at 65 ish much worse things can happen to your car... like front tire burst or something :/

        • Greetings From The Emerald Isle

          in Introduce Yourself!

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          @Exile: Cheers buddy. I can't seem to find the Edit Signature in my CP. :(

           

          P

           

          Yes you need 10-15 posts before you get one I forgot. Then when you do have that post count you go to the top then Quicklinks and "Edit Signature". Its the fastest way to get there.

           

          Good Luck ;)

          • 2006 Nissan J31 Cefiro

            in Showroom

            Posted

            I don't see why you'd want a BMW 3-series if you could have one of these. It wouldn't sell well here because people want to pay too much money for something with a BMW badge on it. Perhaps with Saab gone Nissan will capitalise on the lack of left-field choices

             

            Let me explain why. And no not 3 series, a bit older but a better 5 series instead.

             

            My dad has an old BMW 530 diesel that was bought 2006. The original owner had it came out the factory on September 2001 or 2002 I cannot be sure exactly. The car has almost every single option checked on the "Optional Equipment" list. It was bought back then for £59,995 and has as I said all extras. Full 16:9 TV + Europe Sat Nav + 4 heating seats, 2 massage seats at the front and so on... So pretty much full luxury. And now your probably thinking yeah okay good stuff and all but too much money just because its a BMW.

             

            Well no that is where you are wrong. My dad bought it for £7,999 from the seller directly. He was going to put the car for sale on Barons but they would of first paid him less and second put the pricetag over 15k for sure.

             

            Now mileage was about 40k as far as I remember, so this is a bigggg bargain! For what you get, and BMW at that level is pure quality of build, luxury and power. Specs for the car are still unknown (not entirely correct) as BMW say it has 190bhp (on a standard 530d) but ours was tested a few months ago at 241bhp. Car hasn't been modified or anything and has full BMW service history.

             

            So yes my story may sound like a bargain but if you look right (especially the E39 series 2000-2002 range) you can find such a good buy.

             

            Now on topic, nice Nissan but sadly I haven't seen any of these around here.

             

            Good buy never the less ;)

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