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I'd imagine Cadillac reckons that new Cadillac buyers don't work on their own cars, or keep them for 100,000 miles.

But if they do, the Stealerships can just rack up the shop hours charged.

They couldn't care less about used car buyers.
 

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I'd imagine Cadillac reckons that new Cadillac buyers don't work on their own cars, or keep them for 100,000 miles.

But if they do, the Stealerships can just rack up the shop hours charged.

They couldn't care less about used car buyers.


Yeah, thats REALLY what it is. I agree 100%.

Most of those luxury class cars arent really designed with the mechanic in mind.

Im gonna search the intetwebz and find the acura brand i changed a starter on one time... i haz to knowz!
 

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Herez itz iz.
The acura RSX. Starter under de intake!


Hated that ******* thing. Even hated it more when my buddy passed out drunk in my yard while i was replacing it for him.

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I've come to believe that engineers putting designs on paper operate in a 2 dimensional world while the people working on the said product are 3 dimension. By the way @Vbb199, the northstar engine starter is beneath the intake manifold as well
 

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The acura RSX. Starter under de intake!


Hated that ******* thing. Even hated it more when my buddy passed out drunk in my yard while i was replacing it for him.

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Ahh, memories. I dont have any like that, you can have them and ill admire from a distance :)
 

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Ahh, memories. I dont have any like that, you can have them and ill admire from a distance :)


Well i mean, he also had a blow n go in his car too.
 

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Well i mean, he also had a blow n go in his car too.
I was present in a car for one of those. It was definitely a lot stranger for ME than them. Didnt even think twice. It was kinda a sad 4 minutes for all parties involved, but hilarious to me.
 

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Hated that ******* thing. Even hated it more when my buddy passed out drunk in my yard while i was replacing it for him.

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Thats a hot little ride! A 2 liter?
Yeah 2.0 - 200hp bad little sumbitch I bet it flies! too bad no K20 block though. :(
 
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Thats a hot little ride! A 2 liter?
Yeah 2.0 - 200hp bad little sumbitch I bet it flies too bad no K20 block though. :(


Yeah he constantly beat on that ******* thing
 

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Hated that ******* thing. Even hated it more when my buddy passed out drunk in my yard while i was replacing it for him.

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Around here, friends like that usually wake up with a sore ass the next day.
 

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Don't play dumb. It's not always a hillbilly thang. Lol


I mean, i personally havent ever butt ****** another man while he was drunk and passed out (or sober), but ive heard of such strange things towards SC swamp territory and some of the NC mountain ppl
 

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I mean, i personally havent ever butt ****** another man while he was drunk and passed out (or sober), but ive heard of such strange things towards SC swamp territory and some of the NC mountain ppl

Lol. I just wanted to see where you'd go with that. This is Mexican country. With beer goes tacos and with tacos comes "real" salsa, hence the sore ass reference.
 

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