I imagine the flood of lawsuits would be the biggest deterrent, with the negative press a close second.
On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 19:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually, i'm a bit suss on these new cars. > How's this for a conspiracy theory: > > Take for instance a brand new commodore. The car is programmed to tell > you when to take it in for a service, and a little spanner comes up on > the dashboard until it gets to the mechanic and is zapped with the > gizmo to say "Yes it's been serviced" > What's to stop the car manufacturers from programming the car to run > like crap when it's in need of service, and once the gizmo is plugged > in, the car goes back to running perfectly. They simply change the > oil, filters, etc.. Give you teh car back, and you go "wow, it's > running heaps better, that was worth the $450 I just paid" > > Makes you wonder doesn't it?!?!???? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 5:10 PM > Subject: Re: off topic bad probs > > I know what's wrong with it. > > Take a good hard look at the badge on the front of the car. :) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kla > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 4:35 PM > Subject: Re: off topic bad probs > > nah, its a pretty basic setup. > start it in any position heh. > > yeh the mechanic has tried everything. but i thought > one of you guys might have had the same prob. > he was saying its basically a camira setup engine.. > and it doesnt have a proper AFM, it does it some other > way. > > im not sure if it has an electrical distrubuter, but > its probably safe to say it does lol. > > the weird thing was, i asked him if it was runing on > two cylinders cause thats what it felt like, and he > said it was, but it was never the same two, it was > kind of alternating. which is just weird. > > the new comp didnt fix the problem. so i dont know > what else it could be. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: mark krawczuk > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 1:17 PM > Subject: Re: off topic bad probs > > hi, do u know if there is a switch on the > clutch pedal ?i know some cars have this so u > cann only start when its in neut or foor on > clutch... > mark k > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kla > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 9:33 AM > Subject: off topic bad probs > > my day driver, a little crappy daewoo > hatch (got it dirt cheap so im not > complaining) has been in the shop > because the engine was playing up. > the shop its in is pretty much the > best mechanic in town im told. but no > one can figure out whats wrong > symtoms are, stalling. if im > driving along on the high way, and i > put the clutch it, once the revs drop > (cause the clutch is in its basically > idling) it wil stall, you let the > pedal out and it will roll start > itself., idleing in general at > traffic lights etc, it will stall. > > then recently its started bunny > hopping. and it feels like its runing > on two cylinders. in between each > surge, the stall light will come on, > if i let it sit there in neutral it > will keep doing it, and if i put soem > gas on it, it will do the same but the > surgesget faster. > > does anyone have any idea whats > wrong? the mechanic replaced the > comp, fuel filter... etc etc i think > he's done everything, but no one knows > whats wrong. any ideas? > > its that first model they sold in > australia, the 1.5i. same as the > opel kadet. > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this > email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
