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From: fred on 15 Feb 2010 17:19 Clive <Clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:NEEoGfHUGXeLFwXT(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk: > In message <hlaeuf$646$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, Steve W. > <csr684(a)NOTyahoo.com> writes >>You must live in an area that usually doesn't get snow/salt on the >>roads. In this area if you buy a 5 year old vehicle and keep it 5 years, >>you WILL be replacing wheel cylinders, calipers, and lines. Salt just >>LOVES to eat them up. > Agree, here in the UK where roads are gritted when the temperature falls > below 3 degrees, an average cars life span is something like 9.6 years, > it is then uneconomic to repair because of corrosion to the body caused > by road salt. That's what undercoating is for. You have the car sprayed with "tar" every few years.
From: Scott Dorsey on 15 Feb 2010 19:28 In article <Xns9D20950EF2649fred(a)127.0.0.1>, fred <fred(a)bedrock.rock> wrote: >Clive <Clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote in >news:NEEoGfHUGXeLFwXT(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk: > >> In message <hlaeuf$646$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, Steve W. >> <csr684(a)NOTyahoo.com> writes >>>You must live in an area that usually doesn't get snow/salt on the >>>roads. In this area if you buy a 5 year old vehicle and keep it 5 years, >>>you WILL be replacing wheel cylinders, calipers, and lines. Salt just >>>LOVES to eat them up. >> Agree, here in the UK where roads are gritted when the temperature falls >> below 3 degrees, an average cars life span is something like 9.6 years, >> it is then uneconomic to repair because of corrosion to the body caused >> by road salt. > >That's what undercoating is for. You have the car sprayed with "tar" every few >years. Proper British cars don't need this because normal oil seepage coats the underside and protects it. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: Clive on 15 Feb 2010 20:41 In message <hlcor1$b3p$1(a)panix2.panix.com>, Scott Dorsey <kludge(a)panix.com> writes >Proper British cars don't need this because normal oil seepage coats the >underside and protects it. True, original English cars did, But now the major manufacturers are Nissan, Toyota, Tata (Jaguar, Land Rover), BMW (mini) and Ford. Oil leakage has become a thing of the past. -- Clive
From: cuhulin on 15 Feb 2010 21:29 One of my Popular Science, or Popular Mechanics magazines, back in the 1950s, a guy bought a new 1950 Ford car.He bought a gallon or two of roofing tar and he painted the underside of his car with that roofing tar.He also removed the inside door panels and he painted roofing tar in there too.He said it helps prevent rust and his car ran quieter too.Sounds like a good idea to me. cuhulin
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 16 Feb 2010 00:24
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:05:34 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote: > On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:15:06 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >>On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:22:12 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:49:59 -0700, "M.M." <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >>> >>>>My daughter's BF wants to change the brake fluid in his Corolla. It's a >>>>fairly late model...2005 or 2006, maybe 2007...so I assume it has ABS. >>>>Is there anything special about it on those cars? Can it be done >>>>without a scan tool? >>> >>> >>> Dang, I thought you were going to ask about all the blood stains on the >>> pavement from drivers killed by driving those things. >> >>It's amazing how you can still post after one left your brain splattered >>all over the street... >> >>But when one actually reads your posts, it's not such a mystery after >>all... >> >> > Your pain over the Toyota failures is noted. Oooooh! I'm shattered! |