How I avoided a horrific crash on the road

[Mr Evilwrench]

Got a 03 Exposition (or whatever they call that bleeding thing) but I got it cheap so it's disposable. If the wheels fold up while I'm driving it, I feel pretty safe inside that beast. It has developed some tumors on the body, though, so I wouldn't be surprised to find something like that under it. Maybe oughtta look.

 

[9mmfan]

For a similar reason is why I got rid of my last car, a 2000 Contour. Suspension was rusting away from the body.

 

[88GT]

Well, to be fair, the rust is not in the area that experiences most of the compression and tension but the web in between and probably not experience imminent failure. Replacement is necessary when you see that much rust though.

I don't think you fully comprehend the extent of the rust/degradation. "Where" becomes rather insignificant when the metal no longer exists in it's original form and the thickness has been reduced by 75% or more across the entire component. The piece I showed could probably have been broken in half by hand.

 

[Bunnykid68]

I don't think you fully comprehend the extent of the rust/degradation. "Where" becomes rather insignificant when the metal no longer exists in it's original form and the thickness has been reduced by 75% or more across the entire component. The piece I showed could probably have been broken in half by hand.

Maybe, but you are probably abnormally strong

 

[88GT]

Maybe, but you are probably abnormally strong

I probably couldn't have done it. And it might need a leverage point, but it was definitely toast.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Aww, come on, we all know you're superhuman.

 

[Zephri]

Reminds me of my first car it was a 94 Nissan Altima, it was a good car for how beat up it was by the previous owner (who gave it to me for free =D). I gave it to my old roommate after a while who drove it until the rear subframe rusted out, which didn't take long since it was already super rusty underneath. You could actually move the rear drivers side wheel while parked a good three to four inches front to back by hand. He stopped driving it and sold it to a junker after we found that out.

 

[Oresti]

That right there is exactly why Indiana needs to bring back yearly vehicle inspections.

 

[Dead Duck]

That right there is exactly why Indiana needs to bring back yearly vehicle inspections.

Bite Your Tongue.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

That right there is exactly why Indiana needs to bring back yearly vehicle inspections.

You and I - we're not ever going to be friends. Not that you (or I) care, but just to inform you.

 

[chezuki]

That right there is exactly why Indiana needs to bring back yearly vehicle inspections.

Um... no.

 

[Bunnykid68]

That right there is exactly why Indiana needs to bring back yearly vehicle inspections.

NO, they need to go in the opposite direction actually. DO away with registration and licensing

 

[Zephri]

That right there is exactly why Indiana needs to bring back yearly vehicle inspections.

Why, because we found a problem and scrapped the car because of it?

Oh yeah and uh, no.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I remember going for the inspection. I remember the stickers. I remember well not ever having to do it myself. Have things gotten worse? No. Would an inspection have caught this problem? I seriously doubt it. They looked at your turn signals, windshield wipers and emissions, not whether your car was about to explode. Inspection was just another rent-seeking activity that sounded good on principle, but without actual merit in reality. Sociopaths.

 

[88GT]

That right there is exactly why Indiana needs to bring back yearly vehicle inspections.

I can't think of a response that doesn't violate TOS. Suffice it to say that is one of the dumbest things I've read.

 

[Brandon]

That right there is exactly why Indiana needs to bring back yearly vehicle inspections.

 

[loudpedal]

I think that Mr. 88GT deserves a trip to the gun store as repayment for all of his hard work to keep.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Just for the sake of conversation and for equal time: If you're driving an '03 Silverado/Sierra, you might want to crawl under and take a look at your brake lines. A friend of mine at work had his rupture the other day. Apparently, they had rusted through. He and I bought almost identical trucks at almost the same time and we've had almost the same issues at almost the same time--I'm trying to work up the nerve to crawl under mine to see if I'm facing the same issue.

 

[remauto1187]

Just for the sake of conversation and for equal time: If you're driving an '03 Silverado/Sierra, you might want to crawl under and take a look at your brake lines. A friend of mine at work had his rupture the other day. Apparently, they had rusted through. He and I bought almost identical trucks at almost the same time and we've had almost the same issues at almost the same time--I'm trying to work up the nerve to crawl under mine to see if I'm facing the same issue.

All a matter of where the vehicle originally came from if bought used. My 03 Tahoe doesnt have the problem, neither does my 99 Sierra.

 

[halfmileharry]

That right there is exactly why Indiana needs to bring back yearly vehicle inspections.

I pray you're out of purple ink. IF not I'd consider changing my diet and omit ethylene glycol from your consumption.