New one every year? Is this the 50s or what? Better reliability, more space, better refinement... the typical expensive car stuff.
The most space can be found in the used car dealership's sub $1000 lot. And reliability is for poor people, rich folks have enough money to have their cars repaired every month- at least that's what manufacturers think.
Everyone who has a train horn on their car should have their license revoked. I don’t want hearing damage just because some dudebro thinks it’s cool. To be fair, a lot of cars are on a 1 year lease.
Atleast it's better than using a gunshot sound for your car horn. I mean, who wants to have a car horn that can possibly get the police involved? Also, checking some of the reviews below in this website, there are buyers that do hold responsibilities with these horns: https://trainhorns.us/articles/hornblasters-conductors-special-540-review/ The first and third review are the best examples... let me just quote their sentences... "Just remember to honk responsibly, these things are LOUD!" - Review 1 "You really gotta be careful when you blast it – you could give someone a heart attack!" - Review 3
Well, airhorns aren't as bad as train horns, but that doesn't mean that's any better than the standard horns that already come with the car. From about 2 feet they could produce 129 decibels (already a bad sign in terms of decibels), though there are a couple more that are even louder than 129 decibels. So in other words, it's likely better just using the regular horn already built-in the car.
These horns caught my attention and I've got some questions about them. 1.) How difficult is it to install a train horn on a unibody passenger sedan? Or is it even possible? 2.) What's the best place for it (I'd prefer them concealed and minimal damage to the body during installation)? 3.) Are they legal on EU public roads?
1. It's possible, as seen in this link: http://wjbq.com/bonny-eagle-student-blows-train-horn-on-his-car-as-senior-prank-video/ 2. Likely the grille, or maybe somewhere around the interior (depends on which kit and what the instructions say). 3. Not too exact, but it probably can be (unless the police pulls you over).
At parents house. Their Hyundai I40 has ran into some problems though. The crankshaft pulley has been bent and the serpentine belt needed replacing. Apparently they had too push it into the mechanics garage since the belt fell off when it arrived. Its almost at 60k miles, so for the belt to need replacing sounds about right to me, dad disagrees though Not sure how often pulleys get bent though. Certainly looked pretty wobbly when we opened the bonnet at home.
Pulley should be one of those items where 500000 miles later its still fine. Serpentine at 60000? Its done alright
Yeah, the pulley is a bit of a weird issue I guess, but it seems to be not uncommon. The belt though, at 60k miles, imo its within the reasonable to expect failure/problems range. Still, it is over £300 for Hyundai to repair it which is what he is rather unhappy with. Since its just a pulley and belt that need replacing.
£80 to just look at the car (even if you already know what the problem is). Since they use official OEM parts, so the parts cost more than on ebay etc. Basically double the price. He also took the car to a Kia dealership (since Hyundai and Kia share engines), they said they don't charge the £80 fee, but they had a 2 week waiting list. I should add, when I say "over £300", the last figure I heard was £380. But the car went in for repair while I was getting the train back to my place, so don't know more specifics than that.
Actually the pulley is around £80 (some brands of replacement pulleys are over £100 though), I have seen many places selling the belt for £20 too. Then add the £80 look at car fee plus whatever they claim labour costs are. And Hyundai aren't going to be listing the parts at the "discounted" rates, they will likely be going off the full RRP. I guess my point is, the whole thing could have been way way cheaper. But because official Hyundai garage work, the price is super inflated. Changing a pulley is probably a fairly easy task (my guess is 1 bolt and swap the part, but I could be totally wrong on that), and the belt even easier. Pulley for reference: https://www.euspares.co.uk/parts/ina/7624271
To all fellow Americans on this forum, happy 4th of July from Alaska. Please be advised that it is a crime to talk about, drive, or purchase a JDM vehicle or anything related to JDM culture for the next 24 hours, adjusted for time zones of course.
Looks like us Europeans will have to make up for it then... I Got to say, I do have a bit of a soft spot for AZ1's They are a fantastic balance between aggressive design and cute design. They look full of character.
