Thadeus III

UAW: It Should Be Giving Up More

Oh and I remember my 1990 Nissan truck that left me stranded along the road side. It turns out in those years the throttle body was prone to carbon build up in the main jet. I had to get a tow and take the thing apart to clean out the carbon from exhaust the geniuses fed back into the throttle body for emmisions control ( via the PCV valve). And then there's the 1988 Sentra that had so many coolant leaks the head gasket went. Another Nissan my daughter had blew out the oil seals, another very common thing for Nissans. And the Subaru I had? Well, a rear brake job was $800. Unless you bought your own parts, then it was about $400 in 1992. And let's not forget the fabulouso early 2000's Toyota 3.0L V6 with engine failures ( Camrys and Sienna mini vans that we had ) because of too small oil returns in the cylinder heads. Toyota engineers did that. And Toyota tried to talk their way out and initially denied any responsibility. And then there was rear brake problems ( squealing and premature wear). There is more. I could go on.

Madison Ave hype and "trendy" attitudes? Yes. . . I do believe so.