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To: NY.SS-Bar9

Rusting after 7 years? I drive a 15-year-old Taurus without a trace of rust, even where the paint has been scraped away. An how does an A/C rot away? At the very least, you need to get your local government to quit using salt on the highways; it does next to nothing for the snow, and eats through cars. Even still, with the freakish bad luck you describe, I think you need a witch doctor, not a mechanic. Eating a tranny at 75K and pissing oil at 45K is just bizarre. (I’ll presume you know how to drive and maintain a car, but the only time I’ve ever heard of a tranny going that young in the last 30 years was someone who didn’t know how to use a stick shift on a Geo.)

As for the Civic, I can’t tell if you’re praising your Japanese nameplate, or cursing your American-made car. 278,000 miles is pretty good for an alternator., and if you’re really putting 50,000 miles every two years, I can’t be shocked that brakes and shocks need to be replaced; that’s not poor workmanship, it’s inevitable wear and tear.


16 posted on 12/08/2012 12:33:03 AM PST by dangus
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To: dangus
Rusting after 7 years? .... Even still, with the freakish bad luck you describe,

A/C Rot

I think you need a witch doctor, not a mechanic. Eating a tranny at 75K (Common for the 4 spped A/T - the differential pins would come loose)

and pissing oil at 45K is just bizarre.

2.4L Chrysler head

25 posted on 12/08/2012 5:33:18 AM PST by NY.SS-Bar9 (Mitt has dogs for pets - Obama had them for lunch)
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