Better made autos

[Walter]

My dad bought a new"74 Ford pick-up and had to trash it one year later because it rusted out completely. Rust is not nearly as much a problem as it was 40 years ago.

Today I'm replacing the clutch in my wife's '05 Corolla after 300K. My mechanic was surprised cuz he said he usually gets them coming in for a replacement at 150k Cars are getting better all the time.

 

[Goober]

My dad bought a new"74 Ford pick-up and had to trash it one year later because it rusted out completely. Rust is not nearly as much a problem as it was 40 years ago.

Today I'm replacing the clutch in my wife's '05 Corolla after 300K. My mechanic was surprised cuz he said he usually gets them coming in for a replacement at 150k Cars are getting better all the time.

Sold my 99 corolla in Jun 13. 160 k- still running like a top.
A car that any backyard mechanic can work on.
We don't put a lot of miles on our vehicles.

 

[lone wolf]

Sent my '95 Tercel to the boneyard last June - a half million K and still running great, straight and true ... but with severe corrosion issues

 

[Walter]

Don't see many people on the side of the road fixing flats any more.

 

[petros]

Don't see many people on the side of the road fixing flats any more.

Better tires and pressure sensors. The sensors are sensitive. I parked next to a vehicle and his low tire set off my warning light.

Kiss rust good by on F-150s. They've gone aluminum.

 

[Ludlow]

I drive a hoopdee. Always have driven junkers as I had no money for anything else but junkers.
I remember as a teen I would cruise central avenue hoping to make an impression on some nice girl but as I was driving a 67 rambler with a bashed in front fender I had no luck with the goils. They don't like guys who drive junkers..

 

[lone wolf]

Don't see many people on the side of the road fixing flats any more.

Now-a-days they just change the whole wheel assembly

 

[Nuggler]

Fuel injection vs. carb, and electronic ignition vs. points........- all a big step in the right direction.

 

[darkbeaver]

I bought a 2000 honda civic two weeks ago for $200 the engine purrs the transmission is excellent. I'm using the engine and wireing harness for a tracked vehicle project, that 1.6 litre engine occupies two square feet between twenty inch wide tracks on eight cavalier spare wheels which spin on torsion bars the 100hp will drive two hydraulic pumps for the track motors. It's much cheaper and more fun to build with rejected autos then expensive components. A comparable vehicle would run about forty thousand I think I can do it for about five thousand, not counting the labour. I was thinking skid steer but ZTR is better I think.

 

[Cannuck]

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