To: Red Steel
My youth is filled with tormented memories of rust-buckets and bondo. As a result, I've always thought aluminum should be used more for body material, and have owned a couple of aluminum-bodied vehicles.
however, it can't be cheap. Well, it might be cheaper than going out of business because your cars can't meet ridiculous EPA mileage regulations, but it can't be cheaper than sheet metal and plastic.
To: the invisib1e hand
"going out of business because your cars can't meet ridiculous EPA mileage regulations"Isn't that President Barack 'The Saboteur' 0bama's mission here?
To: the invisib1e hand
Road salt will eat away aluminum much faster than steel. If you're from the upper midwest, you would understand. I have a 2001 F-150 that has literally been eaten away by exposure to salt from salting roads during the winter. The recycled steel ford uses seems to be especially susceptible to this.
6 posted on
08/02/2012 5:34:03 PM PDT by
factoryrat
(We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
To: the invisib1e hand
My car has a lot of suspension pieces made out of aluminum, and I’ve heard they bend if you just look at them the wrong way. I’ve had a $1000 ding from a shopping cart. Anything that you save in gasoline is going to be MORE than made up for by insurance premiums.
7 posted on
08/02/2012 5:34:22 PM PDT by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: the invisib1e hand
I had a Series III Land Rover back in the 70s. Aluminum is great but it dents easily and when it does get dented, it stretches and you can’t just pop the dent out. With the Rover I really didn’t care as it got pretty tough use in the woods.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson