Possibly. But if you truly intend to keep driving this thing, if you
*don't* do that, you are ensuring that someday you will have to purchase a replacement.
Pretty much almost immediately on leaving the showroom.
So you gonna tell us why it took so long? Otherwise we have no choice but to ASSume.
No, I momentarily ignored the fact that you're a f****it. But you just reminded everyone. And like JB, you clearly have all the class of a cracked toilet seat.
Maybe I don't want to have to do it at the side of the road with a pair of water pump pliers and a Klein 10-in-1. Maybe I do plan on keeping my vehicle indefinitely, or passing it on to someone in usable safe condition when I'm done with it. Maybe I like planning ahead. Maybe I'd like to be able to take my vehicle to a shop for repair and not get whacked with the "rustbucket" surcharge.
Just because someone looks at things differently doesn't necessarily mean that you have to be a douche. It does, however, apparently mean that you, personally, *do* have to be a douche.
The worst part is that this has been known for years, but it's still done. Earliest example I've seen is the sail panels on a Porsche 914 but I can't say that that is the very earliest... but anyway this was used as early as the late 60's so by the mid-70s this was a known issue :(
No doubt about it. Body work is very expensive and has to be done RIGHT for things to look right. Mechanical stuff has to be done right of course but you generally don't need to be an "artist" to do the mechanicals, just have a good shop manual and some time.
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