peterfrom sydney. Member since .
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Volkswagen Caddy 2K.I
the good, the bad, the downright fuglyI bought mine new in 2008 and have a love/hate relationship with it. Great to drive,easy to park and manoeuvre, great fuel economy, adequate sound system, ( better than in my mate's merc ) keyless doo…rs, power windows and steering, good air con although noisy on full blast, and good payload capacity compared to other vans this size, which is why it's the best in it's class but that's where the love affair ends.
The worst thing that happens is the front passenger and driver's side windows will randomly open. It is infrequent and occurs every six months or so. Doesn't appear to be any rhyme nor reason, it's completely random. One thing I've experienced is they do have a problem if the driver's side window switches get wet and due to no rain guard, this will happen. The circuit board corrodes and will cause the windows to operate erratically. Unfortunately replacing the switch assembly only gave some short term relief. The problem still exists.
The second major problem is when trying to accelerate from a standing start. I have never driven anything else in 40 yrs of driving that stalls like this does. I've even started to rev it before attempting to cross a major hwy from a side street to ensure it doesn't stall mid crossing. This has been a problem from the get go so not caused by clogged injectors or filters.
I've had the same issue as some others have had with the back brake light lens above the back doors, breaking of it's own accord. This seems to be a common problem and gets a mention at "caddy2k.com", a UK site, that has an Australian owner's thread.
The front brake pads lasted 120,000klms before being replaced. Great I thought, I'll buy the same type again. That was until I found they were such a hard compound brake pad, they wore out the disks. No machining could be done ,so they had to be replaced as well.OUCH.
Lastly, a couple of other minor issues not really worth the time to go into, I don't think it's possible these days to buy anything especially a vehicle that won't give you a problem at some point and something becoming more and more common are recalls. So probably no worse than anything else out there but not the reliable, problem free brand I was hoping for.
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Tanaka TBC-230
reliableI've had this brush cutter for approx 18? years. I bought a Masport lawnmower and Tanaka brush cutter and blower at the same time to do commercial and domestic work. The masport is a fantastic mower b…ut recently after breaking down for the third time, had it's Briggs and Stratton Quantum IC engine replaced. The chassis is alloy and can't rust so was kept.
The Tanaka equiptment has NEVER been maintained and apart from the switches packing it in, they have run faithfully over a very long period of time. I wouldn't hesitate to buy the brand again, and the reason I purchased that brand in the first place was recommendations from other people as well as being the weapon of choice by the local council at the time.
reliability and functionality
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