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  Aug. 9, 2009 9:12 p.m. glueguy New Reader

  Buying a battery at Sam's Club for my new-to-me E36 M3 (car not GRM phrase). Takes a #48 complete with trunk vent. In the baggie with the vent adapter is a little yellow card showing the specific vent routing "For Merkur Xr4ti and Scorpio Applications." Guess there are lots of people that need that information.....

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  Aug. 9, 2009 10:11 p.m. friedgreencorrado HalfDork

  glueguy wrote: Buying a battery at Sam's Club for my new-to-me E36 M3 (car not GRM phrase). Takes a #48 complete with trunk vent. In the baggie with the vent adapter is a little yellow card showing the specific vent routing "For Merkur Xr4ti and Scorpio Applications." Guess there are lots of people that need _that_ information.....

  Somewhere, some battery company is afraid of a lawsuit by the last "civillian" owner of a Merkur ..

  How can it be a midlife crisis, when I've driven sportscars my entire life?

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  Aug. 9, 2009 11:16 p.m. Stealthtercel New Reader

  That WAS a new battery you were buying, right...? I mean, manufactured in this century?

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  Aug. 9, 2009 11:43 p.m. 2002maniac Reader

  I noticed the same thing on a Duralast battery for an E30 a few eeks ago.

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  Aug. 9, 2009 11:53 p.m. junkbuggie New Reader

  my girlfirends dad has a xr4ti and refuses to belive that it has the same basic motor as my ranger

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  Aug. 10, 2009 5:29 a.m. carzan Reader

  My father had a Scorpio. The battery was under the hood. I don't recall it having or needing any venting?? Weird.

  "There are so many ways you can ALMOST fix this..." (Ray Magliozzi)

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  Aug. 10, 2009 8:23 a.m. bamalama Reader

  glueguy wrote: Buying a battery at Sam's Club for my new-to-me E36 M3 (car not GRM phrase). Takes a #48 complete with trunk vent. In the baggie with the vent adapter is a little yellow card showing the specific vent routing "For Merkur Xr4ti and Scorpio Applications." Guess there are lots of people that need _that_ information.....

  I bought one at Advance for my XR, and it had the same thing, along with a plastic cover that clipped over the positive terminal.

  If you ever want to make something stop existing, the Milwaukee Sawzall is the tool.

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  Aug. 10, 2009 8:52 a.m. JmfnB SuperDork

  friedgreencorrado wrote:

  glueguy wrote: Buying a battery at Sam's Club for my new-to-me E36 M3 (car not GRM phrase). Takes a #48 complete with trunk vent. In the baggie with the vent adapter is a little yellow card showing the specific vent routing "For Merkur Xr4ti and Scorpio Applications." Guess there are lots of people that need _that_ information.....

  Somewhere, some battery company is afraid of a lawsuit by the last "civillian" owner of a Merkur ..

  I can has ex-are-rattys?

  Internationally known as The Brown Stig

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  Aug. 10, 2009 2:18 p.m. mistanfo Dork

  Hmmm, when I see references like that, I figure that all is well with the world, and that we don't all drive either Miatae, P51's, or E30s.

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  Aug. 10, 2009 3:04 p.m. m4ff3w Dork

  carzan wrote: My father had a Scorpio. The battery was under the hood. I don't recall it having or needing any venting?? Weird.

  As is the battery under the hood of my XRati.

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  Aug. 10, 2009 3:15 p.m. donalson SuperDork

  JmfnB wrote:

  friedgreencorrado wrote:

  glueguy wrote: Buying a battery at Sam's Club for my new-to-me E36 M3 (car not GRM phrase). Takes a #48 complete with trunk vent. In the baggie with the vent adapter is a little yellow card showing the specific vent routing "For Merkur Xr4ti and Scorpio Applications." Guess there are lots of people that need _that_ information.....

  Somewhere, some battery company is afraid of a lawsuit by the last "civillian" owner of a Merkur ..

  I can has ex-are-rattys?

  i'm still kicking myself for letting you sell yours to someone other then me :( lol...

  "The speed we're allowed to drive should be based on our IQ. This way, Stephen Fry would be allowed to travel at 160 while Kerry Katona would be limited to 2mph" ~ jeremy Clarkson

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  Aug. 10, 2009 4:13 p.m. JmfnB SuperDork

  You and me both brother.

  Internationally known as The Brown Stig

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  Aug. 10, 2009 9:10 p.m. belteshazzar Dork

  mistanfo wrote: Hmmm, when I see references like that, I figure that all is well with the world, and that we don't all drive either Miatae, P51's, or E30s.

  the airplane?

  spending money I don't have to buy parts I don't need to impress people I don't know

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  Aug. 10, 2009 11:34 p.m. alex HalfDork

  JmfnB wrote: You and me both brother.

  You guys want to buy it back? Same car, less reverse...

  The only two things in life that make it worth livin' are guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women.

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  Aug. 11, 2009 3:40 a.m. friedgreencorrado HalfDork

  JmfnB wrote:

  friedgreencorrado wrote:

  glueguy wrote: Buying a battery at Sam's Club for my new-to-me E36 M3 (car not GRM phrase). Takes a #48 complete with trunk vent. In the baggie with the vent adapter is a little yellow card showing the specific vent routing "For Merkur Xr4ti and Scorpio Applications." Guess there are lots of people that need _that_ information.....

  Somewhere, some battery company is afraid of a lawsuit by the last "civillian" owner of a Merkur ..

  I can has ex-are-rattys?

  Lemme explain...IMO, there's three kinds of drivers on the street (excluding professional truck drivers).

  1.) "Enthusiasts"..that's us.
  2.) "Civilians"..that's the 90% of folks in the US that consider cars as either appliances or jewelery.
  3.) Cops. And you probably already know what they are...

  You guys are both "Enthusiasts", right? Trading among yourselves doesn't count!

  When I mentioned the "civilians", I was talking about what those people do when their old appliance is replaced with a new one. Somebody's grandpa with a dirty Scorpio under his carport, or an old college drop-out hanging on to his Sierra in the back yard because it's the first car he ever got laid in. We as enthusiasts must harvest them all. Especially with the new car-crusher program in place..

  This is why we raid eBay and Craigslist. It's bad enough when people buy cool cars just to show off to the neighbors...it's even worse when they discard them after neglecting the maintenence just because they want the next "flavor of the month".

  OTOH, it's probably also why so many of us can find great cars so cheap, if we're not afraid of doing the work required to ressurect them.

  Apologies in advance for the philosophical nonsense...I just bought a dead Alfa Romeo, and need to justify it to m'self.

  How can it be a midlife crisis, when I've driven sportscars my entire life?

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  Aug. 11, 2009 7:15 a.m. Raze Reader

  We have an XR4Ti,

  Battery sit above and behind the turbo downpipe on the passenger side, not a very smart choice...

  You should see the parts, I had a window switch out and it said made in EAST Germany I couldn't stop laughing...

  It does indeed share the same basic block with a 2.3 ranger of that vintage, but the internals and head are very very different, so are all the external hose routings and accessories, but yeah, if you are only talking about the block, then sure, that part is the same...

  I think everyone should own an XR4 once in their life, the pain and joys of ownership will leave you in agony and elation at the same time, I love hating that B1T(C...

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  Aug. 12, 2009 3:25 a.m. friedgreencorrado HalfDork

  In reply to Raze:

  ROFL! I'm an old guy, still holding a grudge against Ford for not being brave enough to call it the Sierra over here as well.

  I guess if I'm ever gonna get one, I should get over the fact that I can't have one with a Cossie over here.

  How can it be a midlife crisis, when I've driven sportscars my entire life?

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