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Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech
The stig is an ecomodder? maybe. Clarkson certainly isn't though.
I wonder how much the average weight of an American wieghs in when discussing the need for American cars to have more power  |
Clarkson for PM
We had a couple of American friends, sisters, on holiday with us in Spain a couple of years ago. We rented a villa and the entrance was on the side of a hill with an electric gate. Sounds we are kind of like Dr Evil, I wish... It meant the entrance was a kind of stop - wait for gate and then a hill start (1 in 5) to get through the gate. Anyway after a week of hill starts to get through the gate with the sisters in the hire car, Opel Zafira diesel, it started a knock when we set off or braked.
Why? Broken engine mounting.
Wonder why. Hmmm.
Being of the 'chunky' persuasion myself I have some sympathy for them, and of course the car was more or less brand new so it may have had some other issue which caused the problem.
Of course in response I do like cold beer (sometimes) and my teeth are clean.