Getting fed up...

[CRUZE 418]

Here's something to think about, the Chinisium parts, the Chinese get paid the same to make a good part or a bad part. They don't care. Only time it gets changed is when the American counter part or contractor gets tired of the part being wrong and forces a change. The Chinese do not get paid more to call something out that is wrong, it's just a job, they are all equal. Oh, except for the elite communist party. I don't see things getting better anytime soon. Don't we all just love to be Gaslighted!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

[BillGrissom]

I hate to resurrect an old thread, but Rock Auto stung me again. I don't know why I keep buying their garbage. But never again. The story is: I went to Autozone and they only sold Duralast brand front struts. I didn't want Duralast, based on past bad experiences, so I went on Rock Auto and bought KYB struts. When they box arrived at my house I noticed a sticker over a sticker on the box. So I peeled the top sticker off and saw that the label said Duralast...... Since time was marching on, with my car in pieces, I paid the mechanic to install the Duralast struts. After they were installed, the ride was so bad that i lost a hubcap and broke a headlight pounding over regular road bumps. So now I have to pay double to buy correct struts and installation. In addition to paying the ticket that the police gave me for the busted headlight.

So, was the box from Rockauto branded "KYB"? If so, they shipped the part you ordered. Duralast is just a brand, not a manufacturer like KYB, other than their rebuilt parts, so Duralast parts might be sourced from various manufacturers. Just like Sears old Kenmore brand, which could be an appliance made by GE, Maytag, or Westinghouse. Another example is ~3 battery manufacturers for ~100 brand names. One youtube recently showed an AC compressor (motorized) removed from a Tesla Model 3 with a FoMoCo label. Unlikely the Tesla factory would ship them thus, so perhaps an owner, mechanic, or source like Rockauto found the Ford part identical at a lower price. Kudos to Rockauto for such cleverness. I once found a new brake booster for my 1965 Chrysler on Rock for $80, when rebuilding mine cost >$350. Came in an old dusty box. Tom Taylor is good at finding stuff.

Don't know your vehicle, but take a ride in a Prius or Tesla Model 3 to experience "stiff ride". They probably design that to spec higher range, and ditto for the low-profile tires. Our Prius specs 42 psig tire pressure, as I recall. You want comfort, drive a 1960's full-size sedan with fat pimp-wall tires, but don't take turns too tight, and plan the path of the boat in advance.

 

[fueliedart]

They tried and succeeded a lot with cash for clunkers. Remember that? I remember Hot Rod magazine did a story about a first generation Camaro they tried to save at one yard. It was a running, driving car. Since the car had already been sold to the yard, by law there was nothing anyone could do and it was crushed. I remember all the youtube videos of cars that ran and drove the yards were putting that concoction in the engines so they'd blow. These were running and driving cars that could have been donated to less fortunate people. Yeah, the government really looks out for the little guy alright.

I would walk through our Pick N Pull and look at all the shiny paint jobs of the newly arrived cash for clunkers and think about what a waste of resources. When you left the yard you would look at all the clunkers in the parking lot that all those cars were going to donate parts to, to keep them on the road. Yeah the Government doing what it does best. Waste resources!!!!

 

[BillGrissom]

I would walk through our Pick N Pull and look at all the shiny paint jobs of the newly arrived cash for clunkers and think about what a waste of resources. When you left the yard you would look at all the clunkers in the parking lot that all those cars were going to donate parts to, to keep them on the road. Yeah the Government doing what it does best. Waste resources!!!!

Recalls a science fiction story of a future where a suitor is poor because his family has "so much stuff". Turns out they only way economists figured to keep everyone employed and factories running was to churn out products which were dumped gratis on people. Rich people could avoid that and live a less cluttered life. A bit true with the free government checks during Covid, from Obama, Trump, and Biden. Cash For Clunkers was similar, to stimulate new car sales. I too saw some nice vehicles at PicNPull, but you were allowed to pick parts. I don't know about the whole engine.