Just watching and listening to a Ford Focus (year unknown to me, lets say 2002 - 2005 at a rough guess) with the biggest big end knock I've heard for a L-O-N-G time. And being grateful that my own cars will never make this noise.
The back story:
Went to Woollies for the usual fridge fillers, and while walking back to my car I herd something
YOU never want to hear.
A Sudanese young lady, maybe 25 or so, reversing out of a car park and the thing was just knocking like, Hey lady, ya not gunna make it home kinda knock. I nearly stopped her to at least check the oil for her.
Nah, decided against it. I'm sick of helping people that can't help themselves. You have ears, right? Does this sound normal? Maybe where you came from it does, but over here in the land of sweeping plains, it WRONG.
Just goes to show how over engineered our fords are.
Well done.
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Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "In an emergency, notify:"
I put "Doctor".
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Current ride:
2007 TRD Aurion 3500s 129,000 Kays and climbing. all the while reliably