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Started Jul 9, 2001 | Discussions thread
RDSago Junior Member • Posts: 48
My Car and the Dimage 7...My Mind's Made Up

I don't know about you guys, but I LOVE my car, a 2001 Formula 75th Anniversary Edition....

I will also love my new camera, the DIAMGE 7, estimated ship date is 07/16, and will be picked up at the store on 07/20, it arrives on the 07/19.

Nothing said in these reviews will change my mind.

Wayne wrote:
I did as Chris suggested at looked at my car with a critical eye.
1. The interior is 80% plastic! Not counting the glass and the
leather seats it's actually 100% plastic and other
petroleum-derived products - YUCCCH! I hate the cheap plasticy
radio knobs, and the steering wheel cover as well (won't even talk
about the gear shift knob).
2. The gas filler door is not in the right location! It's on the
left side. This means that I am unable to use 1/2 of the pump
locations when I want to refill. Why isn't it behind the license
plate in the back? Or better-yet why aren't there two, with one on
either side?
3. Gas mileage sucks! I get about 20 miles to the gallon. The
internal combustion engine has been around for over 100 years, why
aren't we getting 100 miles to the gallon?
4. The balance is all wrong, it's front heavy! It's a front wheel
drive and over 55% of it's weight is carried by the front tires.
This makes it necessary to rotate them if I want even wear. I hate
this!!! I once had a car that was balanced 50/50, why can't they
all be this way?
5. The battery sucks! I left the lights on for an hour the other
night by accident, now the car won't start! Why don't they put
bigger batteries in these things?
6. It gets too hot! In the summer I have to turn on the
airconditioning because the glass doesn't effectively block the
I.R. radiation from the sun, and the motor's heat comes through the
firewall! It's like an oven! Why can't they fix this?
7. It's a fire hazard! I parked on some dry grass the other day and
the grass stared to burn under the car - something to do with a
catalytic something or other.
8. The brakes don't last long enough! I hardly ever use the brakes
and I need new pads already.
9. I can't read the radio display while I'm driving! The numbers
are so tiny, and the radio is all the way at the bottom of the
dashboard. And every time I bend down to check what station I'm on
other drivers blow their horns at me! Why don't they fix this!
10. The tires suck! I got a flat last week. The station grease
monkey fixed it but it still leaks! He said that it's too near the
sidewall and has to be replaced! Why don't they make tires that
don't go flat?
11. The headlights suck!!! I can't see the road while I'm driving
at night. The other night I was driving down the road and almost
hit a deer! Why can't they make lights that light up the road at 80
miles an hour but don't blind drivers?
12. The sunvisors suck!!! no matter how you adjust them they still
leave a gap next to the mirror or the door pillar that lets the sun
shine directly into your face! Why can't they fix this? And they
don't go down far enough for short people - sounds like
descrimination to me!
13. The seatbelts suck!!! They rub across my neck, and they lockup
every time I stop and prevent me from reaching the radio knobs! Why
can't they fix this?
14. The fuel gauge sucks!!! After I fill the tank it indicates full
for the first 70 miles - doesn't move a mm. Then after it reaches
the 1/4 full mark it's on 'Empty" within 20 miles! Why can't they
fix this?

Now I am thoroughly disgusted with my POS car - thanks a lot Chris!

H. Chris Spreckley wrote:

Hey you lot.

Stop and think. Given all the faults of the D7 would you buy a car
with as many faults as the Dimage 7?

I'd be very supprosed if you would. So why a camera? [?]

Chris

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