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Posted on 06/26/2025 1:55:40 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
A simple flat tire on an Audi should be a 10-minute fix. But thanks to today's hyper-connected vehicle systems, a TikTok video showed how it turned into a half-hour ordeal involving fault scans, resets, and drive cycles—all because of a nail.
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Tech is supposed to give me some added benefit.
But the only added benefit I see is blinkly lights.
These cars are getting stupid. There are often less reliable than their preceding models, harder to work on...
Are you too dim to understand that that defeats the purpose of working on a car yourself?
Know-it-all-putzes never cease to amaze me.
“My 1960 Chevy Biscayne had so much room, I could put a person under the hood, shut the hood and drive it.”
You could almost fit a double mattress in the trunk. Or at least three bails of hay...
Taught my wife how to plug tires (even sidewalls). I use the drill method and I keep a drill and plugs and an air compressor in both our trucks.
LOL. Ya, it one of my many character flaws. ;~)
My wife bought a new 72 Dodge Demon 225 six, Holly one barrel when she was 17.
Drove it daily for 35 years to work, sold it to a collector with 179k on the engine. She’s now still driving her second car (bought new) a 2007 Sonata with 110K on it.
We believe in buying a good car, taking care of it, and driving it as long as it can be driven.
My daughter bought a used 2006 Sonata in 2008. She is still driving it daily to work. She dislikes over featured cars so I said make it last because that’s all you can get now.
I’m still driving my 2004 Sonata bought new.
Nice. I live in eastern Washington and never had that problem until I took a job over in western Washington with all of the rain and going back and forth over the pass. It would dry up when I got back home and parked in the sun
When I was a youth back in the 60s, my first car was a ‘65 Olds 442. Great car but it took a lot of work to keep it on the road. Got to be a fair shade tree mechanic even though I didn’t want to be. So back then I thought the ideal car would be one that would run for ten years or 100,000 miles before I had to look under the hood. I knew it was just a daydream. Currently I have a 2018 Camry that is closing in on 100,000 miles, and with routine 5000 mile free dealer maintenance plan, I have never had to “look under the hood.” Neither have the dealer mechanics had to fix anything. So there are alternatives.
Did Adam Wade buy the car? He’s the Jay Leno of the Midwest, but his collection is mostly American Land Yachts.
—”Bought an 2015 Acura instead.”
IMO, you dodged a bullet on that move.
A friend bought a 4-door Audi that was faster than stink!
You could hit a hundred MPH and not know it!
He collected some expensive tickets, as an elected public official, most of the local coppers cut him some slack. And he’s smart enough not to try name-dropping on the rest.
While still under warranty, the alternator died!
$1,700 PLUS!!! That was it, time for a new Ford Expedition that parks itself.
I asked about the self-parking, and he pointed to his handicap tags and said. Never needed it or used it!
But the olds had a 4sp hydramatic!!
For all those years you were riding with smiles 😂
I’m hoping when the world goes Mad Max that the electronics will be omitted from the upgrades.
Just need the armor plates.
Fun rig that pulls the car trailer nice...
“When I was growing up, 100,000 was unusual.”
And about 20 tuneups. It has been over 25 years since I had a care tuned up.
—”My idea of driving is a 1968 VW bug 4 on the floor “
I drove air cooled VWs in my student years and more, even had THE THING.
Found a deal on a very nice ‘64 with a blown motor for our daughter’s first car. A dead VW on the side of the road is about as cheap as you will find.
Our daughter did most of the work as I guided her from underneath the car. She drove it until a couple of years after she was married.
I WANT FULL SELF-DRIVING!
I want to just say “go to #1 son’s house, and let me know ten minutes before arrival”, about 100 miles and all expressway.
Is that asking too much?
Yes, I’m a senior septuagenarian, and my RT can be closely measured on a good kitchen clock.
Well, almost. You have to remove the plastic intake manifold on top of the engine. Not fun, but not exactly taking the engine apart. A one hour job. Maybe a little longer the first time you do it.
—”Eventually plugged the tire myself. End of problem.”
Just how it should be/ maybe reset the code? Disconnect the battery for a few minutes if no reader is handy.
But the olds had a 4sp hydramatic!!
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I remember those - brother had one.
Yeah I’m dating myself....
Yup, pretty cut and dried. And if what's causing the leak (nail, screw, etc.) is still in place and keeping the leak small, the tire can even be patched without taking it off the car and without letting the air out.
But take it to a shop, and they have to remove the wheel, remove the tire, inspect it inside & out, and maybe they'll fix it or maybe they won't risk it. Liability issues - suddenly it's "you need a new tire". I can imagine they might even refuse to put the tire & wheel back on the car so they don't put themselves in legal jeopardy for an accident that can be even fractionally blamed on a worn tire.
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