by jjeff (Posted Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:41:13 GMT+7)
In my area of the country the body usually fails long before the mechanicals![:(]( "Sad")
One of my previous vehicles, a Geo Metro 5 door that would routinely get +50 MPG hwy and high 40s city! was 10 years old, 80k miles(I didn't drive much) and the engine and 5 speed was like new(I changed oil every 3k). When I was going around a cloverleaf and the whole front of the car fell on the front tire![:shock:]( "Shocked")
Apparently the Metro had a design defect where the area the shock/spring mounted to would rust through and the front of the vehicle would collapse!
Engine and drive train like new, due to the thin metal they used(to keep it under 1700 lbs!) repairing was not an option and I basically had to throw the car away![:(]( "Sad")
After than I only changed oil on my ICE's every 5-6k figuring in the end rust would kill them, not engine failure![:x]( "Mad")
In my area of the country the body usually fails long before the mechanicals
One of my previous vehicles, a Geo Metro 5 door that would routinely get +50 MPG hwy and high 40s city! was 10 years old, 80k miles(I didn't drive much) and the engine and 5 speed was like new(I changed oil every 3k). When I was going around a cloverleaf and the whole front of the car fell on the front tire
Apparently the Metro had a design defect where the area the shock/spring mounted to would rust through and the front of the vehicle would collapse!
Engine and drive train like new, due to the thin metal they used(to keep it under 1700 lbs!) repairing was not an option and I basically had to throw the car away
After than I only changed oil on my ICE's every 5-6k figuring in the end rust would kill them, not engine failure
