Thread Number: 82026
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
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Post# 1060452   2/13/2020 at 10:44 (1,388 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver)   |   | |
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Post# 1060461 , Reply# 1   2/13/2020 at 12:28 (1,388 days old) by Tomturbomatic ![]() |
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I'm happy for you in that you got the machine that you wanted. We will see how things go after you have had some time to play with it. Nothing compares with having a dream come true. |
Post# 1060467 , Reply# 2   2/13/2020 at 13:25 (1,388 days old) by RP2813 ![]() |
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![]() My Thermador was beautiful on the outside and I loved how the the sound of the door latch was reminiscent of a '60s luxury car. If only it drove like one too. In that regard, it was more along the lines of a Pinto or Vega with a shot muffler.
These are still fun machines, though. Daily drivers, not so much IMO.
I'm looking forward to pictures.
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Post# 1060470 , Reply# 3   2/13/2020 at 14:29 (1,388 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Hi Ralph.
Reading the opening statement, I immediately thought of You and Nate with the "Thundering Thermador". www.automaticwasher.org/c... |
Post# 1060502 , Reply# 4   2/13/2020 at 21:16 (1,387 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver)   |   | |
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Post# 1060506 , Reply# 5   2/13/2020 at 23:13 (1,387 days old) by DADoES ![]() |
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Post# 1060510 , Reply# 6   2/14/2020 at 05:11 (1,387 days old) by appnut ![]() |
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Post# 1060516 , Reply# 7   2/14/2020 at 07:05 (1,387 days old) by chachp ![]() |
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I know these machines have a terrible reputation but I'd still have one just to play with. I've always thought the curled tines on the racks were cool. Our next door neighbor had this model and she hated it. From what I recall she kept it for a few years and replaced it. I remember her telling my Mom it spent more time not running that it did running.
I used to baby sit for them and play with it as best I could without getting ratted out by the kids for spending all my time in the kitchen playing with the dishwasher. LOL.
I hope you have some fun with it, better yet I hope you get it running and can use it to actually do some dishes. |
Post# 1060526 , Reply# 8   2/14/2020 at 10:12 (1,387 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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they got so hot, that condensation made the load wet again following drying if installed on an outside wall. I saw those in every expensive custom home that had Thermador ovens back in the 1980's. |
Post# 1060590 , Reply# 9   2/14/2020 at 23:37 (1,386 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver)   |   | |
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The ‘Sani’ button is my favorite!
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Post# 1060594 , Reply# 10   2/15/2020 at 01:26 (1,386 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver)   |   | |
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Post# 1060596 , Reply# 11   2/15/2020 at 02:43 (1,386 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 1060631 , Reply# 13   2/15/2020 at 11:36 (1,386 days old) by RP2813 ![]() |
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![]() It was mentioned in the archived thread Eddie linked to above that the Thundering Thermador was the best at drying of any dishwasher I had ever used.
That highly crammed and piggy-backed load pictured in the thread came out sparkling, but that turned out to be the exception rather than the rule. I still blame Dave's bipolar sister for misuse while I was gone for a long weekend. After that, glassware and utensils came out streaked and spotty, and I was re-washing things by hand. I gave up on it after finding a low-use ISE Classic Supreme version of a 22 series KitchenAid.
If only the Thermador washed as well as it dried, and soundproofing wasn't an exercise in futility. |
Post# 1060634 , Reply# 14   2/15/2020 at 11:58 (1,386 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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"Do any of you remember the joke about the Yuppie kitchens of the 1980s having a commercial range, $1500 worth of Calphalon hanging over it and all of it unused because all meals were eaten out? "
Yes. In the 80s, a friend's parents built a beautiful home at the Boca Delray Golf Course. She showed me the kitchen. State of the art Thermador for the time period. She told me they only used the top rack of the dishwasher for cocktail glasses. Opened up the SubZero and it was filled with take out boxes. She never turned on the Wall Oven for 2 years. It is still happening today I'm sure with $100,000 + kitchens. What a waste. |
Post# 1060635 , Reply# 15   2/15/2020 at 12:16 (1,386 days old) by appnut ![]() |
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Post# 1060639 , Reply# 16   2/15/2020 at 12:34 (1,386 days old) by RP2813 ![]() |
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![]() Bob, I think Mark was in the market for a 4600 model last time he showed up on the board here. Either that or whatever the TOL steam model was.
Eddie and Tom, I'm dealing with one of those trophy kitchens right now. Gaggenau Garbage for stove top and range, both oddball sizes that aren't easily replaced. No real cook in his or her right mind would ever have opted for such junk.
I won't complain about this sort of wastefully conspicuous consumption on a local level, though. I've found a couple of Miele dishwashers for cheap as a result of someone with far too much money ripping out a perfectly good modern kitchen to realize their own misguided concept instead. One would think the ReStores in this area to be bursting at the seams with Gagge-no-bueno crap as well, but I can't recall ever seeing any. |
Post# 1061267 , Reply# 17   2/22/2020 at 10:37 (1,379 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver)   |   | |
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Post# 1061271 , Reply# 18   2/22/2020 at 11:38 (1,379 days old) by Whatsername (Denver, CO)   |   | |
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