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| Red Squirrel:
98 Buick Lesabre. Best pic I could find that's already uploaded, I'm sure I have more somewhere else. It's a grandpa car but it was a good deal and got me where I had to go. Later upgraded to a 94 Alero when it died: (basically too rusted to be worth repairing anything) And recently that car died too so I upgraded to a 2009 F150: I can't justify the cost of buying new, so I tend to buy in the 10 year old range. Even this truck was kind of hard to swallow, it was around 14k. But I do plan to buy some off grid property at some point so it's much easier to go check out these properties with a truck. I brought that poor Alero in places I really shouldn't. |
| james_s:
It's crazy to hear of such new cars rusting to pieces, my 29 year old daily driver is still rust free. I wonder if people will ever realize that road salt absolutely destroys cars. I think dumping salt all over the roads is pure madness, driving in snow is no problem but I won't drive on salt. It doesn't snow often here but I remember one time we got 14" and I was driving around in an old RWD Volvo with studded tires and chains, had no trouble getting anywhere I had enough ground clearance. It's especially crazy out here because whenever it does snow people start screaming for them to salt it, as if taking years off the life of your car is cheaper than just skipping work for a few days. I think most people are just clueless. I hear "Oh new cars don't rust" Oh yeah they do, there's just so much plastic you don't see the rust until the car falls apart under you. I worked on one years ago where the subframe rusted out to the point that the whole steering rack broke free, miraculously it held on until the car was in a parking lot. |
| CatalinaWOW:
1963 Pontiac Star Chief. Learned many, many things in that car, and fortunate to have survived a lot of them. 389 V8 with 2 barrel carburetor. First thing I did after buying it was to see how fast it would go. About 85 mph (135 k/h). Seemed to run a little rough. An engine rebuild revealed one pushrod through a rocker arm and several other pushrods bent or broken. Five operable cylinders and all my ignorant youth could detect was "a little rough". After an engine rebuild ala GlennSprigg took it out for another speed trial. Somewhere north of 130 mph (210 k/h). Where a road emergency up ahead demonstrated to me that kinetic energy is a square law with speed. Many other adventures that only a stupid teenager would get into and a lucky one survive. |
| Red Squirrel:
--- Quote from: james_s on November 19, 2019, 03:32:23 am ---It's crazy to hear of such new cars rusting to pieces, my 29 year old daily driver is still rust free. I wonder if people will ever realize that road salt absolutely destroys cars. I think dumping salt all over the roads is pure madness, driving in snow is no problem but I won't drive on salt. It doesn't snow often here but I remember one time we got 14" and I was driving around in an old RWD Volvo with studded tires and chains, had no trouble getting anywhere I had enough ground clearance. It's especially crazy out here because whenever it does snow people start screaming for them to salt it, as if taking years off the life of your car is cheaper than just skipping work for a few days. I think most people are just clueless. I hear "Oh new cars don't rust" Oh yeah they do, there's just so much plastic you don't see the rust until the car falls apart under you. I worked on one years ago where the subframe rusted out to the point that the whole steering rack broke free, miraculously it held on until the car was in a parking lot. --- End quote --- Yeah I hate that they use so much salt. With climate change I find it's even worse because we get multiple freeze/unfreeze cycles throughout the year now and with the salt it just turns into a mushy mess. It's just nasty and sticks to everything. I prefer when there is a nice solid smooth snow pack on the road, it's better to drive on and less hard on the car and just overall cleaner. |
| I wanted a rude username:
Is it weird to have never owned a car? Been enjoying Melbourne's temperate weather, living the motorbike life ... |
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