A Tale of 3 Broken Cars from the South of Italy
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- All my cars broke at the same time. Always have multiple old cars in order to have one that is always running. But in this case 3 was almost not enough.
My 2008 Lexus LS600h was involved in an accident while being test-driven by the mechanic after its service.
My 1964 Cadillac Coupe DeVille keeps losing coolant despite me having just spent over 8.000 $ to fix various leaks. It doesn't help that the temperature gauge is broken...
And of course, while my other cars were not really driveable, my 1989 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am developed a very loud rumbling with bad vibrations somewhere on the front-end. It just turned out to be a wheel bearing, but even basic parts like that are not always easy to come by quickly in Switzerland.
But now things are mostly fixed. The Lexus received a new bumper and paint in the front (for about 8.000-10.000 $), the Pontiac has a new wheel bearing and the Cadillac seems not to leak as much coolant (🤞).
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Chapters:
00:00 Into
03:35 The tale of the crashed Lexus
05:52 The tale of the leaking Cadillac
07:44 The tale of the rumbling Pontiac
09:24 Wrap-up - Авто та транспорт
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Of course they all break at the same time! Is this a cosmic message that 3 cars are not enough?
told you to get a Monteverdi too, runs like a swiss -watch- car, if you can find one. 😏
that LS is a good replacement for the Phaeton but you've got a knack for finding cars with interesting problems as it makes for interesting videos. 😗👌
As my dad used to say .. women and cars boy, they'll both break your heart... Another great video Mario.
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Mario, I always love your stories and happy Holidays!
Nice to see the LS survived. Hope to see more LS video
cheers!
What a pity about the Lexus, the color difference between fenders and doors is quite noticeable. Take care
Thanks for being alive still. I enjoy your miss adventures. I am looking for a firebird or Camaro now. My LS front end restoration was done in the USA on a trip down there . We came in contact with a fully built house wall laying in the road that someone had randomly left on I75 in Florida. It's great again.
_Our house, in the middle of our street..._ 🎵
Old Cadillac and a 80s Trans Am. You like living on the edge! Lexus is the counter balance of your automotive universe.
The joys of owning an older car! Enjoy your holiday, that scenery is beautiful.
Beautiful view of a beautiful contry, happy holidays Mario and good luck getting home.
Beautiful backdrop👌🇮🇹
Oh no! Not the Lexus! Test drives and mechanics..
Hi Mario my friend, see that your Lexus problem is fixed,it looks fantastic:) Enjoy your holidays:)
She looks nice :) less of a beater now.
Car looks great! Isn't it lucky you got a "free" partial paint job/correction? There's a saying that goes something like "no harm comes without some good in the end".
I had a similar issue with a deer on my old midsize pickup. They were $200 away from totalling it (in USA) in 2016. Instead here we have the option of getting a check for the damage and repair on our own time/option of shops. I bought a rust free bed and new bumper and painted it all myself in the factory color, and pocketed about $2000 after all the supplies and parts were purchased. Took me about 20-25 hours of intermittent labor on weekends to get it done myself but I'm happy. Old parts were faded and rusty anyway so I see it as a win-win. That was 100,000 miles ago now! Love keeping old cars alive, I feel that is also more environmentally friendly than buying new cars every few years.
Keep the LS600h going! I still have never seen one in public, and months ago I searched the 48 contiguous states and there were only 2 for sale! Rare bird.
It is not just you, the color matching between the fenders and the doors is not great 🤐
It _is_ more evident on video. But then again, driver quality car. I'm already happy it wasn't totalled.
I hope that you got an extensive apologie from the garage shop owner ... Crashing customers cars is an absolute no-go!
Nice graffiti on the tunnel entrance 5:02
How much is the new front emblem and where to buy it?
After 3 broken cars, you will eventually go broke 😂. Love south Italy....which region are you visiting?
Basilicata - the one nobody knows (except Francis Ford Coppola as his grandpa was from there).
Ciao Mario, are you from southern Italy originally? Me, i am from the center Lazio region.
I was born in Switzerland. My parents are from the Basilicata, but I have come down here all my life on summer holidays.
Have you ever had the valley plate leak or injector problems?
Not yet🤞🏻 Then again, the car only has 258'000 km.
I saw the color difference straight away unfortunately
Maybe it is time for some EV swapped car for a 4th broken car which breaks in totally special ways ;)
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Nice lexus.sell it to me😊
Does this video now qualify you for tax break on the holiday? 😅
However It is not a Exotic car or a High End but rather than Low End Consumer for daily driving. lexus (''LUXUS'' in german ) simulated this idea for major mass marketing to make HEFTY PROFITS in automotive industry 🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤑