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Regular Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Swinging Pig
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For me its the sun visor clips on the BA. Its so difficult to get the sun visor out in a hurry.
Who ever designed that needs their head read!! ![]()
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Wait? What?
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Tassie
Posts: 1,017
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 8,893
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Hmmmm.
My tiny petrol tank.. Can only squeeze in 36L if it is bone dry. And that still gets me 470km... would have loved to have at least a 45L tank... I do around 600km a week, and hate having to fill up 3 times a fortnight. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,395
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When filling the petrol tank in the XY gets about 3/4 full then it spills out all over the side of the car. For both the XY and XB lack of aircon + power steer. Thats about it. Oh and how bloody hot the seats get in the sun.
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Audi S3
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sydney.
Posts: 8,307
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all the paint chips and panel damage its picked up at uni over the years. and just random crap inside that rattles.
OH and its too slow ![]()
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Parts bin special
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Narre Warren, Vic
Posts: 8,275
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The squeaks, the rattles, the oil leaks, the lifter noise, the wear and tear on the paint... but in all fairness it's nearly 19 years old so what can you expect?
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What's green is gold
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Shepparton
Posts: 3,079
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Going slow when im filling it up, gets a bit tedious when it clicks on and off a million times...
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Now Fordless
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Fremantle, WA
Posts: 3,611
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The embarassing loud solenoid in the carbon cannister. Too lazy to fix it.
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Constant annoyance
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Japan
Posts: 567
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ridiculous axle tramp, so bad it broke my carby in half :(
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: North Brisbane
Posts: 8,529
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The original interior colour (but have almost changed it now).
The weird noise that happens when driving slow (been told it 'could' be so many different things it is starting to scare me lol). The rattles from inside when sitting at lights and squeaks whilst driving around town. The lovely shopping car park dents. The dents caused by neighbourhood brats playing with rocks and balls in the street. The paint on the rear (looking very ordinary). The dents in the bonnet that apparently won't be easy to fix or possibly not be fixed at all. The fact I am only getting around 350klms per tank now compared to around 500klms was getting a year ago. The list goes on and on but they are the main irritations at the moment ![]()
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doof doof doof doof
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SE Melbourne
Posts: 611
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the fact that i have just been spouting off about how everything works perfectly in my 22 year old xf
and then the heater fan stops. ![]() murphy's law ![]() |
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You dig, we stick!
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 7,461
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Moonshot gearing... First gear reaches 105km/h. Great when you want to floor it from 50, but ridiculous on take off.
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PX3 WildTrak & RTV
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Central Coast Sydney
Posts: 1,931
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The timing on the intermittent wipers on my RTV. Was used to variable..without it, seems too long between wipes! Small I know.
Oh and the fact the CD player plays up when its ben in the sun all day..PIA when driving in the outback... On glass antenna - hopeless RF capability made worse with canopy...
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Regular Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: QLD Townsville
Posts: 389
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1: all the paint chips at the front of my car from the previous owner but hopefully i,ll fix that with a with a fairlane front end for my wagon
2: bloody smartlock on warm days 3: would love a pasenger side power window
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,320
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The fact that I don't drive it enough since I got my bike.....
Seriously though - I hated the handbrake and brake shudder but that was fixed when I upgraded my brakes. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: QLD - Townsville
Posts: 1,772
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the sunvisors dont reach all the way to the end of the windscreen so you have to move your head towards the middle of the car
the auto box never going into 4th when cruising along - and when using SSS "slow sucky shifting" I always forget to change gears and end up driving around in 1st the lack of power, i want to turn the world the other way every time i take off surely thats not a big ask :P otherwise i love it to bits - you have to when it can out drink you and the car's drink costs less
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Dawn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 987
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diff clunk in the BA, back seat and the uneven boot. So many car audio places have whinged about BA's
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Sales Representative
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Young
Posts: 5,314
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Read my build up sheets... is says everything :P
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XB in progress
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 296
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I hate my boot in the BA, it is an odd shape and makes it look bigger than it actually is.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cattai, Sydney
Posts: 7,701
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My handbrake
the scratches and carpark dings. the fact that my sexy colour shows up dirt and swirls so well my seat padding is dying, barely any support anymore(should get an XR interior if i can afford it next pay) the weird slappy sound my exhaust is making at over 3000rpm since i had the centre muffler removed - unless it changes with carbon build up ill be putting resonators in there very soon
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Narangba,Brisbane
Posts: 642
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hmm only thing i dont like my about car is that previous owner must have traveled on the highway ALOT as i have heaps of stone chips
black + stone chips= bad plus your usual carpark dents :( but everything else is perfect ![]()
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Meep Meep
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Southside
Posts: 1,513
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Another one for on glass antenna.
But another one is how the console bin lid doesen't quite align when opening and shutting.
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Tribal Elder
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Yarrambat
Posts: 2,278
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Crappy silver door trims on xr6t that keep falling off, brake shudder, tyre noise.
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I can count to potato!
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: 127.0.0.1
Posts: 1,374
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The little thing I hate about my car is it doesn't have a big 290 Boss engine :(
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Awesome
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In my own little world..Everyone here knows me :)
Posts: 9,401
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All the flames/decals on the coupe. Time for it to grow up and become an adult
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Bseries Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sydney
Posts: 3,928
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complete lack of cupholder!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Banned
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 111
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I hate how long it takes to fill the tank on my AUIII XR8, anyone else have this problem??
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Narangba,Brisbane
Posts: 642
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only prob i get with filling up is if u get a dodgy one and it clicks off 100000000 times...
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XY Driv3r
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3,004
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Lack of power
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