Getting screwed by the dealer

[welshpete]

Will hang fire to see what "free upgrade" i am getting now that i have told them i am not having that one back.....

New surf shopping this weekend!

Pete

[welshpete]

UPDATE!!!

In a bid to recover the situation, the dealer has offered me a replacement: A 1994 3.0 SSR X; Black, lower mileage.

So once i get that and make sure it doesn't blow up, i will let you all know!

Worst thing is that for the time being, I have to drive a Nissan Terrano....it's awful.

Pete

[Tallyman]

A 3.0L should not suffer from the same overheating / head problems as a 2.4L although they will overheat if towing in warm/hot conditions due to the ATF oil cooler in the bottom of the radiator blocking off the water outlet pipe quite considerably.

If you are thinking about towing with the 3.0L, suggest you fit an auxiliary ATF oil cooler of at least 13 rows before the original cooler. That way the ATF fluid will get cooled before it gets to the main cooler and should help in keeping excess heat out of the main rad as well.

[turbotommy]

A 3.0L should not suffer from the same overheating / head problems as a 2.4L although they will overheat if towing in warm/hot conditions due to the ATF oil cooler in the bottom of the radiator blocking off the water outlet pipe quite considerably.

If you are thinking about towing with the 3.0L, suggest you fit an auxiliary ATF oil cooler of at least 13 rows before the original cooler. That way the ATF fluid will get cooled before it gets to the main cooler and should help in keeping excess heat out of the main rad as well.

Erm, surely a 3.0L manual won't have an ATF oil cooler, thus is less likely to overheat ?

I have a manual, and it has not overheated yet, though i don't do any towing. I do recall getting stuck in a 5 hour jam on the M5 last year (with family and tons of stuff), when the temp hit 37C (close to 100F), and didn't overheat then. Quite a good test...

[Simon.O.]

I do recall getting stuck in a 5 hour jam on the M5 last year (with family and tons of stuff), when the temp hit 37C (close to 100F), and didn't overheat then. Quite a good test...

Quite a good test of what?
Your sanity???
I would lose the plot stuck in traffic for 5 hours
actually I get a bit antsy after 5 minutes

[s2-wolf]

Hope this one is better than the 2.4
At least you have upgraded to the right colour, BLACK - a shame it's not black and silver though!!!

[Duncan]

You're all wrong! Red is the fastest,just ask Ferrari!

[kitesurf_phil]

You're all wrong! Red is the fastest,just ask Ferrari!

have you noticed how us guys and gals with the red Surf keep quiet. We know the red ones are the fastest, so we don't ned to show off............just whizz past the poseurs!!!!!!!!

[Greebo]

have you noticed how us guys and gals with the red Surf keep quiet. We know the red ones are the fastest, so we don't ned to show off............just whizz past the poseurs!!!!!!!!

Well said!

[Sewerat]

Mmmmm, now where do those two tyres go ???

Sewerat Bob

[Vagrant No2]

You're all wrong! Red is the fastest,just ask Ferrari!

Ferrari's original colour was yellow not red . People wanted the red more and so everyone assumed that was the colour for a Ferrari .
I agree that red is best , me Lotus is red .

Rick

[welshpete]

Hi folks,

Well i finally got it all sorted (well it will be when the guy shows up to fit the towbar).

I picked up the 3.0 on tuesday; the old one first broke down on 22nd June.....nice turnaround time eh?

Still, I got an upgrade on the car i guess....

All's well that ends well. The acid test will come next week....Exeter to Inverness!

Pete

[marky]

Hi folks,

Well i finally got it all sorted (well it will be when the guy shows up to fit the towbar).

I picked up the 3.0 on tuesday; the old one first broke down on 22nd June.....nice turnaround time eh?

Still, I got an upgrade on the car i guess....

All's well that ends well. The acid test will come next week....Exeter to Inverness!

Pete

Thats one grueller of a trip

[welshpete]

Tell me about it! Got two days to get there though - so a stop somewhere around carlisle is likely.

Pete