[theporschephile]

Probably not going home anytime soon. But if I am I'll definitely let you know!

 

[yoon]

rookie mistake, not calling the page

 

[theporschephile]

I'm too mature to call pages...

 

[yoon]

not too mature to drive a fiat.....

 

[yoon]

we have been on this chat thread since january of 2019...

 

[JBamin]

it will be cold again next year before it closes

 

[TheRickster]

We could probably fix that if we wanted.

 

[theporschephile]

Do threads still get closed?

 

[TheRickster]

Pretty sure.

 

[InitialDougie]

Interesting, what issues has she had with it? I haven't really had too many issues with the Abarth (fortunately)

sorry for the late reply.

The two major issues we've had (2013 100k miles) . Every wheel hub had to be replaced. And the shift cable is somehow stretched and needs to be replaced as it will only go into 2nd and 4th gear.

Other smaller things like every bolt is rounded off or stripped on the bottom of the car for the splash guard, it's being held up with zipties....honestly the car compared to my 10 year older and double the miles Acura is in such a shitty state because of quality and materials. We will never buy FCA again.

 

[InitialDougie]

hope to see some folks this weekend, i plan on stopping by to say hello at the camping meet, i will have my kid tho so we're not doing the drive

 

[theporschephile]

sorry for the late reply.

The two major issues we've had (2013 100k miles) . Every wheel hub had to be replaced. And the shift cable is somehow stretched and needs to be replaced as it will only go into 2nd and 4th gear.

Other smaller things like every bolt is rounded off or stripped on the bottom of the car for the splash guard, it's being held up with zipties....honestly the car compared to my 10 year older and double the miles Acura is in such a shitty state because of quality and materials. We will never buy FCA again.

Oh damn! Yeah, that's pretty bad. Wheel bearings are a known weak point, I think I've had to replace both rears if I'm not mistaken (I'm at 78k miles). The rounded off bolts sounds like a shitty service center, which unfortunately is also far too common. Heck, on the Abarths they have a tendency to not make sure the lift is fully seated underneath the car and instead lift them up by the side skirts. That's why almost every Abarth you see will have side skirts that are peeling off.

Can't say I blame you one bit for not wanting to buy FCA products again. Fortunately there's not much they have that would be interesting anyways. Only thing I could think of would be like a Hellcat'ed vehicle, but even those I'd own for like a year then let the next person deal with the terrible build quality, lol.

 

[TheRickster]

But you love FCA Nik lol

 

[theporschephile]

I've had 2 FCA vehicles. Granted, that's more than I've had from any other brand, but far from "love"

 

[theporschephile]

Actually, I forgot I had a second Toyota, so tied for most from 1 brand. But still only 2 total
(1 Honda, 2 Toyotas, 1 Subaru, 1 Fiat, 2 FCA, and a TVR coming soon)

 

[TheRickster]

Woot, won my 2nd event today and won today by a good margin. Top 8 raw time overall as well. Not sure how I got the car to be as quick as I did.

 

[theporschephile]

Holy crap dude, nice job! What class are you running?

 

[TheRickster]

Holy crap dude, nice job! What class are you running?

NXD/TTD In MVSCC NASA classing. I run STX in SCCA.

 

[theporschephile]

wow, 30 days since the last post... Hope everyone's doing well!

 

[TheRickster]

I'm doing great, start my new gig on Monday.