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View Full Version : Faulty dipsticks caused delay in Vancouver bgparsons3 07-22-2003, 06:22 PM Just got word from Mazda Canada, via my dealer, on what the holdup was in port at Vancouver. Turns out the full/add indications on the oil dipstick were stamped in the wrong spot. I suppose the upside is the issue was not a compex one ... Redshift 07-22-2003, 06:38 PM Yeah, I heard the same thing today from my dealer. What a silly reason for such a long delay. wakeech 07-22-2003, 06:47 PM well, it's better late and RIGHT than having you constantly overfilling the sump, eh?? ...but yes, it's one of those headsmack dummy errors. Redshift 07-22-2003, 07:13 PM True. But it's also the kind of error that could have been fixed by sending replacement dipsticks to the dealerships... but it can't be helped now. javahut 07-22-2003, 07:30 PM Oh... I thought you meant the faulty dipstick at Mazda who's in charge of organizing the pre-order program.:eek: :p Spin9k 07-22-2003, 07:38 PM Now THAT last comment is FUNNY!! :p :p :p :p :p Wing 07-22-2003, 08:20 PM Wouldn't the US cars have the same dipstick??? Redshift 07-22-2003, 09:10 PM Metric perhaps? eccles 07-22-2003, 09:55 PM Originally posted by Redshift Metric perhaps? I suspect you're spot on - the Low mark on a Canuck dipstick is probably one litre below full, as opposed to one US Quart below full for the US market. StealthTL 07-22-2003, 10:11 PM Oh, come on,..........is anybody buying this?..........anybody? Get real..............dipstick not metric, I have some swampland you might like........ S eccles 07-22-2003, 10:21 PM Or maybe the Quebeqois wouldn't let 'em in because they weren't labelled in French. ;) 8_wannabe 07-22-2003, 10:27 PM Originally posted by eccles Or maybe the Quebeqois wouldn't let 'em in because they weren't labelled in French. ;) Now that's way funny. And as plausible as anything else we've heard. MadJoker 07-22-2003, 10:31 PM Hummm, lets not start a language thing here, and by the way litre , spells the same french or english ;) MadJoker eccles 07-22-2003, 10:36 PM Originally posted by MadJoker and by the way litre spells the same french or english...but not american, 'twould seem. MadJoker 07-22-2003, 10:39 PM Just a quick joke ( well i think its a joke :D ) Do you know why its written on and off on light switchs ?? Cause us french people know when the light is on... :D :D :D ... hehehe always liked that one... MadJoker 73JPS 07-22-2003, 11:49 PM Originally posted by StealthTL Oh, come on,..........is anybody buying this?..........anybody? Get real..............dipstick not metric, I have some swampland you might like........ S Clearly you have never really dealt with a government organization: I wouldn't doubt this story for a second, particularly if it were in fact a metric/standard issue. It is just the sort of thing some empire-building TC official would get his shorts in a knot about... Evolv 07-23-2003, 01:16 AM The dipstick delay was because the sticks didnt say oil in French & English, they were in Japanese and English, then someone realized that these were for Canada a ..LOL analyze that :D |