ezone

You're scared? I'm a biker, I try to remember that this is probably all around me.


There are people willing to cheat every program, and every program has corruption.



Yes.
Even better: Professionals (doctors, police, etc.) have their own versions of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, because they can't let us plebs see that professionals have ordinary people problems too.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

most people have no business owning a car. if all you know is where the gas goes, you shouldnt be driving. cars are too dangerous and complicated to just get in and cross your fingers.

KurtzN1

Ouch, that looks like it can fly and chop some things off!

420Coupe

Amazing how people just have utter disregard for their cars. I do not understand how they cannot maintain something they've invested thousands of dollars into and RELY on to transport them from A to B. They should require maintenance to be taught before you're aloud to licensed to drive, this blatant disregard just endagers everyone else on the road and contributes to the fact that automobile accidents are the leading cause of death in the United States.

kbook

it looks scary as hell. I've never seen anything like those before.

ezone

I used to see it a lot with Daewoo "customers". Think of the target market those cars were marketed to, the low rent crowd.

The car should just take care of itself as long as payments are getting paid.

More than once I heard a statement like "I'm makin all dem car payments, I cain't afford none o dat ****!"
Brakes, tires, wipers, oil changes, whatever...
God forbid anyone buying a timing belt, and those blew up before the 60k recommended service mileage!!! Trashed all 16 valves all over the place in a hurry.





Is anyone here old enough to remember Daewoo badged cars?

420Coupe

haha we talking about the lanos ? i think that was the only semi half *** decent car they made the rest of them were designed to fall apart at 70k miles or 2 years which ever came first

ezone

Lonzo's, Lasagna, New-beer-ya. LOL

ALL drove fine for the first year.
Then they started going to hell as a whole (there were a few people that were actually taking care of their cars though).
I mean just flat unbelievable crap would be bad at ridiculous mileages.
(Factory FLOOD cars, anyone? Yes, a storage lot at the port in the PNW was flooded and it was full of new cars. Refurbished at the port and still sold as new. Wiring problems from hell.)
Ate suspension parts faster than Mopars do.
We didn't have much of a parts inventory, but we sure kept close to 100 fuel injectors on the shelf at all times.
Sad, pathetic little cars overall....and that was before the bankruptcy and the total lack of support from Daewoo/GM.

420Coupe

they're still dragging out law suits over Daewoo hopefully the people get a nice settlement when they finally close... 25 years later

ezone

Lawsuit win: $10 per person, but ONLY if they can prove they still own the car.



EDIT: $10 might be kind of high.....

420Coupe

Rotfl thats only 10$ if they submit the car the own back to Daewoo cause no one else will pay anything for those POS cars LMAO

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

i still see a few of those driving around. not sure how, but i guess its like a classic to them or maybe a mechanic owns it and doesnt mind replacing parts for fun.

tohokujin

Japan has the same thing but it's every two years and very two years I'd have to strip my car back to stock to run it through the inspection and then spend the next month putting it all back together and dialing it back in. It sucked ***** and I hope North America never gets government run auto insurance safety inspections.

People who let their cars get this bad should not be allowed to drive or own a vehicle of any sort. This is reckless endangerment of her life and any of us she might slam into because her brake rotors turned inside out.

rjones7755

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...nal&listType=1

Behold, the most expensive Daewoo (with pics) in the United States.

Civicnoobie

Couple days ago i heard couple neighbours behind me drive past me and hearing some serious grinding going on as they were braking.

This was the first thing that came to my mind haha. Why do people not fix their brakes until they completely fail? So many people take their brakes for granted and cheap out on it. Its a huge safety risk for others on the road and people shouldnt be allowed on the road with incompetant brakes.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

most people who own a car are stupid and dont care about anything. same reason i see people drive with bald tires every day.

94civicd16z6

so true; it's just a point a to point b thing.

i worked in a shop for 3 years, and with all the brakes i have done and seen, i saw a rotor just like this 1 time. many other cars were grinding for while before they changed the pads and rotors, but i only 1 that was ground through the outer layer to the fan like middle. the chick that owned the car this rotor was on had the loudest stereo beating non stop everywhere she drove.. she wondered why she didn't hear anything?

Running Riot

so many stereotypes with this post I don't know where to begin.

First and most relevant question, why does she need a car in the kitchen?

Dobber1

Random thoughts from this thread....

I'll bet she's "ahead" financially.

She must not be hot, or she'd be getting serviced more regularly.

Yes, Toyota "did" make the best truck.

A new cabin filter is like getting a new blower motor.

2siick

This, doesn't shock me at all. I work in the service department of a Toyota and GM dealership, and you guys wouldn't believe some of the absolute trash we have come through there. There are cars that shouldn't even be running that they drive miles to have an oil change done once every two years. It's scary.