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The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So far there's subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Hey that sounds like building a PC only with rust as a bonus challenge!

Rust, grime, heavy shit, bending over/crawling under, and weather, yeah. It's much more physically challenging than building a PC (and a little more technically complicated too, since you have to worry about torque specs and such).

I'm not trying to discourage anybody from doing it, just saying not to underestimate it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As someone who is seemingly constantly working on computers and has done a ton of engine building and other deep car stuff, in addition to the garage mentioned previously, I'd recommend buying a buildable engine core for your subaru, getting that built (either do it yourself - recommended, or by a machine shop - will probably work well, but will cost a lot of $$) and having it ready to install rather than trying to pull the existing engine out and rebuilding it - especially if the current engine still runs.

Unless your plan is to make a hobby of having exploded cars in the yard, this'll go a long way towards putting an end in sight for an engine rebuilding venture.

Also fuck all car subscriptions - that's some gross profiteering right there...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd recommend buying a buildable engine core for your subaru, getting that built (either do it yourself - recommended, or by a machine shop - will probably work well, but will cost a lot of $$) and having it ready to install rather than trying to pull the existing engine out and rebuilding it - especially if the current engine still runs.

How do you feel about those 60k miles used engines from Japan?

(My engine appears to have that "spun bearing caused by cornering-induced oil starvation" problem that's apparently common to EJ205s.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Meant to mention those and forgot! As long as it's got some kind of decent guarantee that's a great way to go. Should be plenty of them out there, as I'd imagine most of those vehicles end up getting totaled in accidents of varying severities rather than dying from engine problems. I do believe the Japanese engines are available as a result of their having stricter emissions requirements, BTW..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I do believe the Japanese engines are available as a result of their having stricter emissions requirements, BTW…

I was under the impression that it was because of expensive inspection requirements based on mileage (or maybe age, sources I found are unclear) that cause a lot of cars to get parted out at 100,000 km regardless of their actual condition.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Could be - tbh it's been a minute since I looked into those. Either way, a low mileage pull is an excellent option and will last the life of the car if well maintained..