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50 Worst Cars of All Time
405 messages, Last post on Apr 05, 2010 at 1:57 PM
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What is this discussion about? Automotive News, Classic Cars, Coupe, Convertible, Truck, Sedan, Wagon
#402 of 405 Re: well.... [Mr_Shiftright] by euphonium
Apr 05, 2010 (10:36 am)
Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Apr 04, 2010 10:51 pm)
we know so little of the faults of the wealthy persons' cars made back then. Their myth might be way better than their reality. The Packards, Cads, Roadmasters, Lincolns were built of higher quality. Even into the 90's Lincoln's Wixom plant issued 33 Town Cars an hour while the Mark VIII's were given more detailed attention at the rate of 11 an hour.
In the last 15 years our Town Car has surpassed our T Bird in quality and lower frequency of repairs. Both have the same 4.6L V8 and other similar components, but the Linc is a better vehicle.
- Mr_Shiftright (Apr 05, 2010 1:04 pm)
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#403 of 405 Re: well.... [euphonium] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Apr 05, 2010 (1:04 pm)
Replying to: euphonium (Apr 05, 2010 10:36 am)
they certainly had been built of better materials but it's hard to say if they ran any better or longer than a Model A Ford. Many luxury cars of the 30s were quite fussy automobiles in their own fashion. A few had serious weaknesses. Coach-built (hand built) bodies were generally rattle-traps once they got loosened up on the road.
- fintail (Apr 05, 2010 1:10 pm)
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#404 of 405 Re: well.... [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail
Apr 05, 2010 (1:10 pm)
Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Apr 05, 2010 1:04 pm)
Kind of like today...even a pink of perfection Lexus is going to age more poorly than a Camry just because of complexity.
- Mr_Shiftright (Apr 05, 2010 1:57 pm)
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#405 of 405 Re: well.... [fintail] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Apr 05, 2010 (1:57 pm)
Replying to: fintail (Apr 05, 2010 1:10 pm)
Dealer technicians are often just one page ahead of us in the workshop manual. It's getting hard to keep up. Wasn't there some kind of singularity theory which suggested that as technology speeds up and up, that one day we'll buy a computer at Best Buy, or a music player, or a video device, and by the time we get it home, they'll have a new model on the shelves with a completely new storage system and it won't read any of our data on our "new" one?
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