This is an important message to anyone posting a BMW with a 6 cylinder engine. No BMW has ever come equipped with a V6 engine. Ever. They are "inline," "straight," or even "I," but not, with any stretch of the imagination, a "V." Posting that your 328is has a V6 just implies that you have never even bothered to open the hood nor are familiar with basic automotive information. BMW does make several actual "V" engines, but these are in the form of V8's, V10's, and even V12's, plus, historically, the odd boxer (not a V) but never, fellow Craigslisters, a V6.
Amen, to that! Every time I see a BMW listed as a V6, I want to reach through the interwebz, bitch slap the poster and say "hand over the keys dipshit!"
That's pretty nicely done. I don't think we should be terribly hard on the people though, since there are a lot of people that aren't car people. I'd actually be glad that some of these people don't open the hood. They let someone who is hopefully qualified handle it.
Being an old RX-7 guy, my favorites were the 4- and 6-cylinder RX-7s.
One was on a lot here in Lincoln with "4-Cyl! Great mileage!" emblazoned on the windsheild. Clearly they had not only never looked under the hood, but they had never actually driven the car for the few miles required to understand what the gas mileage was like. I don't think I ever got above 15mpg in the city with mine.
He forgot to mention the v16 "goldfish." Otherwise, well done.
As Chris suggested, there are plenty of people out there that own and properly maintain their cars without have a clue how they work beyond gas=go and brake=stop. Hopefully those people excel in other walks of life.
A used car dealer has no excuse for such ignorance.
cvillebimmer wrote:He forgot to mention the v16 "goldfish." Otherwise, well done.
As Chris suggested, there are plenty of people out there that own and properly maintain their cars without have a clue how they work beyond gas=go and brake=stop. Hopefully those people excel in other walks of life.
A used car dealer has no excuse for such ignorance.
Most of the V6 references I have seen on CL are from little shithole buy here - pay here used car lots. Gives me a lot of confidence in their '100 point inspection' when they don't even know what engine is under the hood. The few V6 references from private parties I've seen mostly seem to come from the English as a second language crowd. I suppose those could be chalked up to language issues rather than mechanical ignorance.
wkohler wrote:That's pretty nicely done. I don't think we should be terribly hard on the people though, since there are a lot of people that aren't car people. I'd actually be glad that some of these people don't open the hood. They let someone who is hopefully qualified handle it.
Private parties I can understand, especially many women. Even a lot of guys these days don't know the difference. But car lots should damn well know better, it's their business.
I do always want to call them up and ask what kind of engine was transplanted though.
My dad had issues with his E39 yesterday - the cat was kaput - and took it into the nearest Kwik-fit, who relieved him of three times what they should have for the job. Plenty of numbnuts like him around - 'er, my car's broken, fix it please - here's my chequebook!'
snakebrain wrote:My dad had issues with his E39 yesterday - the cat was kaput - and took it into the nearest Kwik-fit, who relieved him of three times what they should have for the job. Plenty of numbnuts like him around - 'er, my car's broken, fix it please - here's my chequebook!'
Even if you know what you're doing, there's a time and a place. That's what scares me about vacation in the E39. If something happens, it's going to be big bucks. At home I could find a way or figure it out, on the road... With the E28 the worst that happened was a new clutch slave for about a yard and a quarter that I had to put in. A tranny problem in the wife's 528it could be 30X that on the road.
snakebrain wrote:My dad had issues with his E39 yesterday - the cat was kaput - and took it into the nearest Kwik-fit, who relieved him of three times what they should have for the job. Plenty of numbnuts like him around - 'er, my car's broken, fix it please - here's my chequebook!'
Even if you know what you're doing, there's a time and a place. That's what scares me about vacation in the E39. If something happens, it's going to be big bucks. At home I could find a way or figure it out, on the road... With the E28 the worst that happened was a new clutch slave for about a yard and a quarter that I had to put in. A tranny problem in the wife's 528it could be 30X that on the road.
Hmmmm, maybe I should rent a car for vacation.
I know, but it drives me mad. He's like that all the time - his mechanic hits him for 5 or 6 hundred (that's $900!) every time he's through the door and I'm sure he's milking it because he knows my dad will pay without so much as a murmur. And he's crap too!
But agreed - stranded far from tools and parts in a complicated car is not a good place to find yourself..
lol I've been in this position a few times. I try to write a polite correction and a nice comment about the car in question. I often get thanks and a corrected ad, but not always.
lol I've been in this position a few times. I try to write a polite correction and a nice comment about the car in question. I often get thanks and a corrected ad, but not always.
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I used to do that as well. Then someone with rabies posted something on CL. I decided not to be so helpful.
I love it
I don't think I ever got above 15mpg in the city with mine.
