Topic: What you Buy or DIY show off thread

[tpl]

The annoying thing is that it seems impossible to buy 'HiFi' appliances. That is, ones built to last 10-20 years without failure.     I guess that appliances like that are not profitable to make and the public would find them too expensive to buy.

Depends what you consider expensive I guess.  My $600 Maytag dishwasher cleans just as good as my neighbours $2000 Bosch.  And the control panel on his went after 3 years.  His may be a bit quieter, and it looks a little nicer (with hidden controls).  But I use the delay, and run it at 2 am anyway...

Not so much the cost and I agree that Bosch is overpriced ( we just were in dishwasher buying mode) but being able to but a standard size dishwasher, fridge, washing machine that has been purposefully built to last 20+ years. No plastic clips to hold stuff together but nuts and bolts, braided hoses with serious leak proof connectors, all the fasteners to be standard sizes etc. etc.   These things do exist but the kitchen appliances are often sized for restos and hotels  rather than a normal house kitchen and the washers more suited to a hotel.

[Ex-airbalancer]

Stone slinger $350,000



Mark

[HeliDriver]

The annoying thing is that it seems impossible to buy 'HiFi' appliances. That is, ones built to last 10-20 years without failure.     I guess that appliances like that are not profitable to make and the public would find them too expensive to buy.

Depends what you consider expensive I guess.  My $600 Maytag dishwasher cleans just as good as my neighbours $2000 Bosch.  And the control panel on his went after 3 years.  His may be a bit quieter, and it looks a little nicer (with hidden controls).  But I use the delay, and run it at 2 am anyway...

Not so much the cost and I agree that Bosch is overpriced ( we just were in dishwasher buying mode) but being able to but a standard size dishwasher, fridge, washing machine that has been purposefully built to last 20+ years. No plastic clips to hold stuff together but nuts and bolts, braided hoses with serious leak proof connectors, all the fasteners to be standard sizes etc. etc.   These things do exist but the kitchen appliances are often sized for restos and hotels  rather than a normal house kitchen and the washers more suited to a hotel.

I was poking around the Miele website the other day and see they now make a "professional for the home" dishwasher. For $6k, I would hope it's built to a high standard.

Have you ever looked at the Euro fridges like Miele or Liebherr? I don't know about the hidden mechanical bits, but the stuff you can see is of exceptional quality. Just the door hinges are an engineering work of art.

Edit: Dishwasher is here: https://www.miele.ca/en/Product/Details/739 . I see they give it an estimated life expectancy of 12,000 cycles, which would be almost 33 years if you use it once a day. 

[aquadorhj]

brother lost key to his honda civic.

not the entire key, just the metal part.

apparently, the metal part has the immobilizer chip embedded, and it seems it happens more often than i thought. 
the key coming apart and people losing the metal part of the key.

anyway, went to dealer to have a new key cut.  $70.

then had to call mobile locksmith to reprogram the immobilizer to the new key. $150.   

the dealer wanted to have the car towed to the dealership to reprogram and said it couldn't be done today anyway.

damn it's expensive.

[Solstice2006]

The annoying thing is that it seems impossible to buy 'HiFi' appliances. That is, ones built to last 10-20 years without failure.     I guess that appliances like that are not profitable to make and the public would find them too expensive to buy.

Depends what you consider expensive I guess.  My $600 Maytag dishwasher cleans just as good as my neighbours $2000 Bosch.  And the control panel on his went after 3 years.  His may be a bit quieter, and it looks a little nicer (with hidden controls).  But I use the delay, and run it at 2 am anyway...

Not so much the cost and I agree that Bosch is overpriced ( we just were in dishwasher buying mode) but being able to but a standard size dishwasher, fridge, washing machine that has been purposefully built to last 20+ years. No plastic clips to hold stuff together but nuts and bolts, braided hoses with serious leak proof connectors, all the fasteners to be standard sizes etc. etc.   These things do exist but the kitchen appliances are often sized for restos and hotels  rather than a normal house kitchen and the washers more suited to a hotel.

I was poking around the Miele website the other day and see they now make a "professional for the home" dishwasher. For $6k, I would hope it's built to a high standard.

Have you ever looked at the Euro fridges like Miele or Liebherr? I don't know about the hidden mechanical bits, but the stuff you can see is of exceptional quality. Just the door hinges are an engineering work of art.

Edit: Dishwasher is here: https://www.miele.ca/en/Product/Details/739 . I see they give it an estimated life expectancy of 12,000 cycles, which would be almost 33 years if you use it once a day. 

Parts might be hard to come by...

[ArticSteve]

Toys to play with this weekend


Mark

Building a garage?

[aquadorhj]

replaced the calipers yesterday.

it was little more damaged than i remember seeing when i replaced the rotors and pad last year.



Oh well.

installed, bled.  took about 2.5 hours.

[Firm]

Are those front or rear?

[aquadorhj]

Are those front or rear?

fronts.

[Firm]

I am surprised at how small they are, and only single piston. I guess the good thing is that'll help to keep replacement costs down.

[aquadorhj]

I am surprised at how small they are, and only single piston. I guess the good thing is that'll help to keep replacement costs down.

haha, the dealer wanted $500 for one caliper.

a single piston, cast iron caliper.     probably because there's an "M" cast into it.


EDIT*: believe or not, vaunted E46 CSL  also only had single piston calipers.....

[aquadorhj]

test drove after caliper change.   steering shake still present.

either the discs are warped, (still spins.  catching at some spots, but it did that when discs were new too.... )
or wheel weights have fallen off.  i don't see any signs of fallen wheel weights though...


Fack.  back to the shop it goes.

[Firm]

That's depressing. Stuff like that drives me nuts. Hopefully it turns out to be something simple.

Did you take a close look at the tires? Maybe you've got a belt that's seperated and buldging or something?

Or, if you have another set of wheels (winter?) throw those on and try it, least that way you'll be able to rule out the wheels completely.

[Arthur Dent]

Did you change the caliper to fix the shake or did it arise as a result of the caliper change?

[Scaerio]

Stone slinger $350,000



Mark

You bought that?!?!

[Fobroader]

Stone slinger $350,000



Mark

You bought that?!?!

He owns that in the same way NOTO owns his parents Lexus.....sorry man....low hanging fruit and such.....

[Ex-airbalancer]

Stone slinger $350,000



Mark

You bought that?!?!

I wish I had that kind of cash, the stoneslinger was used to get the material in the backyard

[Ex-airbalancer]

Stone slinger $350,000



Mark

You bought that?!?!

He owns that in the same way NOTO owns his parents Lexus.....sorry man....low hanging fruit and such.....

I understand you have trouble reading  and in post 3639 I stated that I did not fill it the pool myself, and I wrote that they  used the stone slinger put the material in the backyard so I just posted a picture of $350,000 truck

[Railton]

This place cracks me up.
Carry on Gentlemen.
Railton

[EV Dan]

About 10 years ago my wife and I did a bunch of hardscaping in our back yard ( shed , patio, pergola, etc.) all by ourselves. Finally today we put in some proper steps leading to the patio. This also meant pulling up and re levelling all the patio stones under and around the steps (and waging war on the ants).

All those squats and deadlifts sure helped...

Before and after.

Looks great! Is that a vinyl garden door? Just curious how reliable they are...