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What happens to your warranty in Australia if someone does basic service work themselves?
All you have is receipts from parts stores for oil filters etc.
Does this get you immediately thrown under the bus?
- Super Sammy
I'm not sure whether this information will be of any value but I thought I would send it anyway.
The gentleman from Albury recently with the Subaru CVT issue, should be having his vehicle serviced at Rex McCartney Motors in Wodonga. He's a Subaru specialist but not as expensive as the dealer Baker Motors.
I've been taking my Outback to him (Rex McCartney Motors) for years. Last year he replaced the timing belt for 700 smackers, which was about 400 bucks cheaper than anyone else.
Anyway his number is (02) 6056 1197 if you wanted to pass it on to your viewer.
- Nigel
Can someone explain why you would spend a significant extra for this vehicle?
Six liters per 100 kilometers against a petrol only eight liters per 100 kilometers and the petrol engine is running most of the time.
It's just a petrol electric locomotive compared to a diesel electric locomotive.
That Nissan with its locomotive style drivetrain must have some significant losses over a conventional transmission.
One wonders if the variable compression ratio engine mated to a decent dual-clutch setup would surpass their complex system in fuel efficiency. As you say all that weight and complexity has to compromise fuel efficiency.
Seems like a large load of marketing wank.
-Fred Nurks
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