Car rant

[Hoopington]

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

I'll never buy another vehicle built by ze Germans. Just need to fucking rant.

My engine was jumping out of my engine compartment, so, way too late, I decided to change my motor mounts. I am a very mechanically savvy guy, and though I'd never done this before, I knew I could. I went to my trusted mechanic, and he told me $600 to have him do it. Not a chance. I bought the mounts for $100, and went to it. Yesterday.

I finished changing my motor mounts today. I had to stop yesterday because I got too frustrated. I was trying to do it "by the book" and put my Audi A6 into "service position," which means literally removing the front end---bumper, radiator, fans, all of it---so I can access the engine compartment. Everything is packed in so tight with no regard to the bits you'd need to replace most often, so this is really the only way to get to the motor mounts. Problem is that there is no room to reach the fucking bolts needed to put the fucking car into service position...

But the internet knows secrets. Oh, does it know secrets. There are whole forums filled with Audi owners that share these secrets, some of which I am now a member. One tool, (this one) and what was the most frustrating job ever, well, remained frustrating as hell, but less destruction was necessary. So my hands are torn and bruised, but I finished the job. And it's a good thing I did.

This is what it looks like when you have factory motor mounts on a 15 year old vehicle.

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This thing is what holds the engine to the chassis, and dampens vibrations and torque twist.

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Hang on....are you actually complaining about a 15 year old car having a mechanical problem?

Or was it a typo and you meant 15 months?