XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics, alt.politics.usa   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: DB@cocks.net   
      
   On 8/5/2025 3:48 PM, pothead wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-05, Dark Brandon  wrote:   
   >> On 8/4/2025 9:06 PM, c186282 wrote:   
   >>> (I do remember some scandal with Jaguars ... they   
   >>>     coated aluminum bores with Nikasil, but they did   
   >>>     not do it right and total extreme engine failure   
   >>>     was common. Next year it was coated STEEL cylinder   
   >>>     sleeves instead, much better)   
   >>   
   >> That sounds like the Chevy Vega.  Unless the driver religiously changed   
   >> the oil and oil filter on schedule, carbon in the cylinders would strip   
   >> away the plated alloy in the cylinders (in lieu of rings and cylinder   
   >> sleeves) with the engine ruined at 28,000 miles.  The Durabuilt engine   
   >> with an iron block and sleeves and rings replaced the aluminum block   
   >> engine, but it was too late to save the brand.   
   >>   
   >> The reverse from normal hinged hood, which opened from the windshield,   
   >> acted as a guillotine in front end crashes and beheaded the front seat   
   >> passengers.   
   >>   
   >> IIRC, the Mazda Wankel rotary engine had similar flaws and had a life   
   >> span of under 30,000 miles while getting terrible gas mileage.  With the   
   >> Arab oil embargo happening, with long gas lines, the gas guzzling Mazda   
   >> rotary engines were the wrong engine for the time.   
   >>   
   >> I recall at the time there were stories that the Vega, Pinto and Gremlin   
   >> were supposed to have rotary engines, but the sudden surge in gasoline   
   >> prices due to the embargo resulted in substitution of the awful Vega and   
   >> Pinto piston engines and the in-line 6 in the Gremlin. Detroit handed   
   >> the small car market to Japan on a silver platter. VW tried to maintain   
   >> its market share with the awful 411. The joke was that it needed 4 more   
   >> cylinders and was 11 years too late.   
   >>   
   >> Then there was the Yugo and the Renault Alliance, LOL.   
   >>   
   > The Renault Alliance was Motortrend's "Car of the year" in 1983.   
   > It was once of the worst cars ever made.   
   >   
   > A friend of mine who had just gotten married came home with a Chevy Vega   
   > to surprise his new wife.   
   > She cried.   
   > The car was a disaster and always broken down.   
   > He eventually sold it and purchased, get ready for it, a Pinto.   
   > He sold that car quickly and purchased, get ready again, an AMC Pacer.   
   >   
   > As crazy as it sounds, he was still married after these choices and the last   
   > car I recall him purchasing was a 78 (?) Camaro base model with, get ready   
   for it, a 6 cylinder motor.   
   >   
   > I lost track of him but I'll bet he is driving some off brand EV these days   
   or some ICE   
   > car with a CV transmission.   
   >   
   > I often wonder if his wife finally left him?   
   >   
   >   
      
   You could write a SITCOM based on the story you tell about this friend   
   of yours and his poor choice of cars to own or gift to his wife.   
      
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