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kenmoreguy89

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Well....
You'll remember how wrong it went the Castor thing....
It started bad since the start...
But today...well today, retrurning to normal daily routine and so doing the usual weekly scan of ads after a week spent throughout the Piemonte with my family from Maine...
Unbelievably....the dishwasher of my dreams pops up...
And, guess what? NEW!!
I immediately grabbed the phone and called, a nice old lady answered..
She sounded immediately kind and polite, and available, I asked for the availability of a courrier pick up, she said she had to talk to her son and husband...
The son just called me now, and we agreed to a possible pick up with a courrier...he said they could pack it up and grab a pallet somewhere and agreed to ship...though they sounded reluctant to do it at first...and I probably sounded too harsh requesting it due to excitement...but someway he said OK.
I am hopeful they don't change their minds....that's why I need all the positive vibes to make this come true...it has the potential to end me with this beauty under my stainless kitchen in an heartbeat, and it will look great also in my future 60s style kitchen...
Unlike another washer....a dishwasher, a real one.. was really, really needed and hoped for in this house!
Finally!
YAY!
http://www.subito.it/elettrodomestici/lavastoviglie-vintage-treviso-105394294.htm

And this one use real water and really moves it!
Noisy? Maybe a little bit...but my house always has music playing so that's no problem..and water moving is music to my hears also....

The later model:

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GOOD LUCK!!!

and positive vibes headed your way.

i know how nervous you can get when you are excited over something. and all the doubts start popping into your head!!
that is exactly how i was with the 806 & 808 pair that i just got.

take a deep breathe and think positive thoughts. if the son agreed to a courier pick up & agreed to ship this, than it sounds like it's all go!!!

but i will definitely keep my fingers crossed for you!!

buona fortuna il mio amico!!!

;o)
 
Thank you Christina & all.
Yes Christina, when I called, the lady immediately sounded to be nice and available folks, unlike the people of the castor ...
And I had a good feeling about since the start, the son already emailed me the bank info for a money transfer and money are already on their way...
Maybe it's too early to cry "victory" but the matter is at a good point.....
They sounded like simple and kind people, the kind I like...the son said in the email that they're going to build a pallet on their own since his dad is a wood carpenter now retired....and he'll be happy to do that to keep himself busy... Aww
So, it should succeed as hoped.

Louis, ah yes...I remember you said that before....
Well.... I'll see that once it's here, my neighbors are noisy people and they couldn't and wouldn't be bothered by, they just couldn't hear it over their shouts LOL and they just have to dare come over and say something...I never did that in all these years because of their fights, TV or when the one above me starts singing sicilian songs like a mujahedeen, drunk on the balcony in summer mornings and afternoons....LOL
I don't think it may possibly be that noisy also.... I mean...my kitchen doesn't come in contact with any walls toward other apts, like indeed does my bedroom and hall, and the floors unlike the walls are very thick in this condo, so it shouldn't be a problem.
Then I am about moving in a 3 months.....so neighbors won't be a problem anyway...

I am so happy to have this dishwasher.....finally!
Looking forward to junk off the bosch! Dump it's the place it belongs![this post was last edited: 11/10/2014-16:44]
 
What you mean for "what vintage?" or was it supposed to have a ! at the end?

Whirlpool branded indesits in Canada?
I'd have never guessed....

I knew Ignis had involvement with Whirlpool, and also with the Philips that IIRC was Dutch (we can see that even in South America, more precisely in Venezuela whirlpool made machines were branded Philips over there see ex: http://listado.mercadolibre.com.ve/lavadora-philips ), over here, Ignis made whirlpool, better say whirlpool bought ignis after a partnership that lasted about a decade and you started having Ignis aka philips made machines branded whirlpool inititally...then evolved on their own under Whirlpool management....

Speaking of Ignis Diomede addressed me to an aquintance of him that had a original Ignis dishwasher to sell, but price was too high and machine too far...I was about getting though..
Original Ignis were good dishwasher also, but I just have this thing for the Indesit and I like them more and I think they're better in many ways....

Many of the older (late 70s and 80s) Ignis were made in Germany and had the typical shapes of the Philips machines....
Like this;


To me the acquistion of Ignis from Whirlpool signed the decay of the Ignis quality people knew.....
You just cannot compare the original Ignis to the machies made after whirlpool aquistion...not sure what happened, but whirlpool here became great thanks to Ignis and philips...don't know how to consider whirlpool here, if as an evolution of Ignis and philips or else...all I can see is what were Ignis machines before and what they became after...
I am not a fan of Whirlpool Europe anyway... they make decent machines for the current average european standards ( standards which have never been mine)... but not anything special... and of course nothing like the US counterparts for sure, night and day difference......
Speaking of washers...for example...
The lastets acceptable quality machine that came both as Ignis and as Whirlpools that I have seen, was the toploader with the glass top ( but still ignis/philips in it's nature)....after that...forget about whirlpool and Ignis....

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Indesit LS-12 and Ignis dishwashers

Brings back memories. My grandmother had the Indesit LS12 and my aunt had the Ignis dishwasher in Italy. I loved using them when I would go and visit.
 
yes i do see you,

doing a silly dance & shaken' your booty too!!!
and i'm doing the silly dance right along with you, on this side of the computer;
it's on it's way,
it's on it's way,
it's on it's way.....
WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

hm hm hm.....

;o)
 
And here it is!!!!
Really, I didn't think possible that for me a "washer guy" a dishwasher could mean so much, the exicetement and happines I felt about it and that I'm still feeling it's to high heaven now....
Really, it's so beautiful, and seller was right! New! Still new holy cow! Not a sign of ever being used, just installed...
Story is particular, this family had it installed in the apt in their multi family house they were meant to go soon back in the 70s, but plans changed and they ended moving abroad, this dishwasher remained at the house where the granmother still lived, though she never used that kitchen, nor the dishwasher.....it sat 40 years unused, under this kitchen counter....till now that they came back, and decided to renovate/use the room..

I installed it this evening, though I had a little problem...they did cut the fill hose, so I had to replace it with one of the new ones I had, the dishwasher had the inlet inside the cabinet and wasn't meant to use one of those modern ones with the elbow, but a straight one... so I had to detach the one I had still connected to faucet from my previous DW ( hose that's still in good conditions) and use another straight one I luckily had, too bad that while detaching the old one, I probably pinched a little bit the metal hose where the dishwasher attachement is attached, second metal "net" hose which it's connected to the sink faucet, so now it leaks a few drops under the sink.....I think I need to install a tap near the dishwasher since I see I do have a faucet outlet on the wall next to dishwasher spot.. (I wonder why they didn'ìt put it there but connected it to the faucet of the sink), will do that this weekend anyway.....
I'm testing the machine now, WOW!!!!!!!! Just as I thought! This one really moves the water AS IT SHOULD!!! I think I did put too much powder for the empty cycle as it started leaking 2 small streams of suds on the front corners, so had to drain it and fill again with a smaller amount.
And I thought it was more noisy than what it really is.....
So happy!!! I will scan the booklet when I've more time....it's in Italian, english, deutsch and français.
Happy!!! Really happy!!!
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very nice...

kenmoreguy89!!!

i am like you, more into washers, but this dishwasher here looks GREAT!!!
i'm so glad that it finally arrived and that you got it hooked up and got a chance to try it out!!!

i guess you have a little work to do over the weekend, huh???
GOOD LUCK!!!
& i'll keep my fingers crossed that it's an easy job for you!!!

thanks for the pictures. it looks in super condition!!!

;o)
 
Congratulations! That machine is magnificent looking! It's indeed a similar machine as I was talking about, only this one has the stainless steel front panel, we had the white one. I hope you get many years of service from this machine.

In the seventies the Indesit sold for ƒ699.- (Dutch guilders) (€315.-). Other machines were sold at a much higher price. It was a rather popular machine at that time. But it came with a price, it used more water and electricity than other machines.
 
Congratulations!   It looks to be in amazing shape - I am sure you'll enjoy using it every time you wash dishes!

 

I get the need to do a 'happy dance' too... LOL 
 
" it used more water and electricity than other machines

Maybe it's too soon to speak, but from what I am seeing, the result of what it uses are dishes the cleanest ever...AMAZING!
Loaded today for first actual wash!
This one removes burnt ragù (yes I burnt it making the ragù sauce for lasagne) and the lasagnes baking dish, all this on the short light cycle! Not even the normal or the strongest (BIO)...
I know and I feel like I shouldn't be surprised but I am! WOW!

I could never experience such a thing from whatever machine, even our 80s Rex! That machine could just handle these soils with the strongest cycle.....and anyway not always 100%/totally.

I think that what you spend for the alleged "more" it uses it is likely given all in the superb results!
I'm in love with it!
 

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