Posted by J. Clarke on August 24, 2009, 9:51 am
CS wrote:
>> My downstairs neighbor has a minivan about 10 years old she just
>> bought ... it appears to me that the point where the shock absorber
>> attaches to the body is just about rusted through.
>>
>> Here are the photos I took tonight:
>>
>> http://www.dtashley.com/vanpicstemp20090823/
>>
>> A couple of questions:
>>
>> a)This is a structural thing, right? If the shock pokes through, the
>> wheel collapses upward?
>>
>> b)Are there any repair techniques? I wouldn't be sure how to
>> approach it because it seems to be unibody kind of layered sheet
>> metal stuff.
> Cash for clunkers!
> Seriously, she got screwed. The cost to fix that thing is going to be
> nasty.
> Tell her to sell it, quit buying crapass American cars, and look for
> something Asian.
You mean like the crapass Toyota I had where "replace engine" was scheduled
maintenance?
Posted by Jeff Mayner on August 24, 2009, 11:20 am
> CS wrote:
>>> My downstairs neighbor has a minivan about 10 years old she just
>>> bought ... it appears to me that the point where the shock absorber
>>> attaches to the body is just about rusted through.
>>>
>>> Here are the photos I took tonight:
>>>
>>> http://www.dtashley.com/vanpicstemp20090823/
>>>
>>> A couple of questions:
>>>
>>> a)This is a structural thing, right? If the shock pokes through, the
>>> wheel collapses upward?
>>>
>>> b)Are there any repair techniques? I wouldn't be sure how to
>>> approach it because it seems to be unibody kind of layered sheet
>>> metal stuff.
>>
>> Cash for clunkers!
>>
>> Seriously, she got screwed. The cost to fix that thing is going to be
>> nasty.
>>
>> Tell her to sell it, quit buying crapass American cars, and look for
>> something Asian.
> You mean like the crapass Toyota I had where "replace engine" was
> scheduled
> maintenance?
Was that one of those "Lay down" engines?
Posted by CS on August 24, 2009, 9:25 pm
> CS wrote:
>>> My downstairs neighbor has a minivan about 10 years old she just
>>> bought ... it appears to me that the point where the shock absorber
>>> attaches to the body is just about rusted through.
>>>
>>> Here are the photos I took tonight:
>>>
>>> http://www.dtashley.com/vanpicstemp20090823/
>>>
>>> A couple of questions:
>>>
>>> a)This is a structural thing, right? If the shock pokes through, the
>>> wheel collapses upward?
>>>
>>> b)Are there any repair techniques? I wouldn't be sure how to
>>> approach it because it seems to be unibody kind of layered sheet
>>> metal stuff.
>>
>> Cash for clunkers!
>>
>> Seriously, she got screwed. The cost to fix that thing is going to be
>> nasty.
>>
>> Tell her to sell it, quit buying crapass American cars, and look for
>> something Asian.
> You mean like the crapass Toyota I had where "replace engine" was
> scheduled
> maintenance?
Which Toyota?
CS
Posted by Stupendous Man on August 24, 2009, 11:30 pm
>>>
>>> Tell her to sell it, quit buying crapass American cars, and look for
>>> something Asian.
>>
>> You mean like the crapass Toyota I had where "replace engine" was
>> scheduled
>> maintenance?
> Which Toyota?
Toyota just issued a recall on around 700,000 car5s they built in China.
mostly Camrys
Posted by Beav on August 30, 2009, 7:27 am
>>>>
>>>> Tell her to sell it, quit buying crapass American cars, and look for
>>>> something Asian.
>>>
>>> You mean like the crapass Toyota I had where "replace engine" was
>>> scheduled
>>> maintenance?
>>
>> Which Toyota?
>>
> Toyota just issued a recall on around 700,000 car5s they built in China.
> mostly Camrys
Has there ever been a car manufacturer who *hasn't* issued a recall for
something in its life?
It's a shame (for those who died and those who were left fatherless,
brotherless, sisterless, blah,blah) that Ford didn't issue a recall for the
Pinto, but maybe that would've been seen as saying there was something not
quite right about it.
Recalls are an everyday occurrence.
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>> bought ... it appears to me that the point where the shock absorber
>> attaches to the body is just about rusted through.
>>
>> Here are the photos I took tonight:
>>
>> http://www.dtashley.com/vanpicstemp20090823/
>>
>> A couple of questions:
>>
>> a)This is a structural thing, right? If the shock pokes through, the
>> wheel collapses upward?
>>
>> b)Are there any repair techniques? I wouldn't be sure how to
>> approach it because it seems to be unibody kind of layered sheet
>> metal stuff.
> Cash for clunkers!
> Seriously, she got screwed. The cost to fix that thing is going to be
> nasty.
> Tell her to sell it, quit buying crapass American cars, and look for
> something Asian.