br0dy519 wrote: ↑01 Apr 2025, 12:54This sort of thing would normally be considered illegal.. right?

On most planets, yes......

In the donor I bought for drivetrain and interior transplantation there was a hole in the condenser. Didn't have to evacuate anything, nothing left. Zero pressure. Just vacuum and fill. Need to evacuate as open to atmosphere means moisture and contaminants got in there which will kill a compressor....

The first gen Allroad? They were NOTORIOUS for lack of reliability, one of the worst. As well as the Toureg. The current gen Allroad seems to have overcome that reputation, totally new car, based on the A4 platform?...yes, A4. Both Allroads are great looking, and I lusted after them, but the more I ...

Pinged him on email. He was always a fantastic contributor here.

He’s fine. Busy stages of life.

Both spam posts deleted, users/IPs reported to Stop Forum Spam, users nuked. SOP in other words. Both were Amsterdam IPs, like 95% of the bots I've dealt with have originated from for the last ~4 months. I've never seen a concentration like this.

Unfortunately the wagon is a dead/dying body type. Love living in a world where every single mfg has the exact same SUV.. boring. I looked at the Audi Allroad a couple months back but the carbon buildup requiring walnut blasting scared me away. Was on a kid's soccer game yesterday, looked around an...

BlackBart wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 10:54 3.7, check.

Only 3 years here, 3.7 Canadian years

I haven't heard about much problems with S60s of those years. I personally have 2 4cyl T6 xc60s in the family with around 60-70k. Haven't had much of issues with them. Regular maintenance thus far(and it is awd, supercharger, type r platinum versions). It is no Lexus in reliability, but if the car h...

Sidetracking… is spring replacement on a NA 2.4 S60 a PITA? The rear shocks were a breeze and fall out through the bottom with little to no issue. I saw something about using the factory jack to assist- is this an XC only thing ? Need an internal spring compressor. I used this one, and it wanted to...