I'm #2 !!! Most stolen car

Now that's the mentality the new car dealers depend on...

JT

 

It's amazing on how far we've "come."

Just about anywhere on the east or west coast(s), they'd be pro, er
persecuting you for protecting your life, never mind your stuff.

Here in Texas, well it just ain't a healthy thing to trespass uninvited
especially at night. Very slim chance that you'd prosecuted here. Just a
couple of weeks ago, a neighbor (of an apparant burglary victim) called
911 that his neighbor's house was being broken into and that he was
about to go and shoot the perps. He shot 'em both dead and no charges
are pending...

JT

 

Even when one does not drive a great deal, the longer you keep your
vehicle the farther ahead of the curve you are. Most manufacturers don't
even expect the average car to last ten years. You can figure on a 10%
attrition rate yearly and by the time ten years comes along, way less
than 50% of that year's model have bit the dust.

The sheeple, most of whom subscribe to "Keepin' up with the Smiths,"
play an important role in the economy. Oddballs such as you and me/Elle
etc. reap the benefits of other people's investments, er, spending.

Maybe you should spring for a rattle can paint job on the old gal's 300K
anniversary...

<G>

JT

 

Tegger wrote:
This was true even in the now Communist republic of Kanada,

then get the **** out. No one is forcing you to stay here.

 

It's interesting that Honda will continue to make and stock parts as
long as there is demand. My local parts guy tells me he still orders
parts for Acuras from the '80s.

A few parts for my car are now discontinued, but most everything I'd
normally need to replace is still in stock.

I just like the old girl. I like knowing the car's history, and planning
new projects for her. In the spring it's timing belt time again. :^)

Plus, to me anyway, there's a certain coolness that derives from /not/
following the herd.

And cover up all that original paint? No way José.

I did just spend $500 having the hood professionally repainted last
year. I need to have it done every five years or so on account of stone
chips.

 

True, but /leaving's/ not the problem. Getting /into/ the US is the
problem.

 

Can I just do that? My 91's roof does lack something in shinyness and,
well, consistency. I thought about having a paint job done but it's
expensive and if I were going to spend that amount ($700 or so I
think) I'd rather look into having the shocks done. But spray paint,
that I can handle.

Now that I think about it, there is some sort of paint sprayer in the
garage. I'll have to open the box and see what it is.

 

I was going to post that inability to get parts might be the
death knell for my 91 Civic. The fact that slhondaparts.com
stopped selling parts for cars 1991 and earlier is a bad
sign.

Plus again all that fun. I apply the principles to stock
investing as well. Old companies purchased at a value;
nothing flashy just reliable and with high mileage from
dividends.

.... a certain security, a certain je-ne-se-quoi, because the
herd seems increasingly broke. We're ahead of the game.
We're survivors for the long run.


Plea: Guilty (well for a bit of touchup especially around
those rear tire wells).

 

Incapable of intelligent discourse, eh?

JT

 

Yes, Honda almost appears alone in that regard. I can still order most
parts for the Gen 2 Civics although much better bargains can be had on
eBay for closeouts etc.

Knowing what you have is half the battle. The other half is not having a
burning desire to keep up with style.

 

Heh... Fly down to messyco and sneak across from that end. If you have
a valuable "skill," you'll have it made!

(Lawn care experience helps...)

Oh, don't bother learning engrish... That'll hold you back..

JT

 

Just go down to Harbor Freight for the gun/compressor and eBay for cheap
single stage paint.

JT

 

They just won't carry them, that's all. Honda corporate still has most of
them somewhere. I suspect there's only so much work San Leandro is willing
to perform and still do business on the Internet.

Many parts for my car must now be shipped in from the various central
warehouses, usually the Vancouver one in British Columbia and the Montreal
one in Quebec. One part I ordered once had to be shipped directly from
Japan. In addition, Honda Canada will sometimes purchase parts from
American Honda, piggybacking on AH's greater stockpiles.

As long as demand exists, Honda will continue to commission a production
run until the newest car it's for is 20 years old, or even older. Sometimes
they will save up backorders until they figure they've got enough demand to
justify a new run, meaning it may take months for your brand-new part to
arrive.

Mechanical parts normally remain in good supply for a very long time. Honda
will help things along with "rationalization", where they will retool one
part so it fits more models than it originally was meant to fit, extending
parts availability. Distributor rotors and brake pads are good examples of
this phenomenon.

The kind of parts that are outright discontinued and no longer in stock are
usually the sort nobody ever replaces, like the heater intake cover inside
the cowl, and many trim and interior pieces. Body parts are also often
discontinued because there's usually a goodly stock of used parts in
wrecking yards, so nobody buys new ones.

 

O habilidades de cosechar lechuga...

No hablo Ingles, hombre.

Ahora debo comprar un lowrider. Doink!

 

Similarly, Majestic Honda in Rhode Island U.S. has long
cautioned customers that occasionally it will have to have a
part shipped from some central warehouse before shipping to
the customer. So I tend to believe you're right.

Indeed, the local U-Pull-It in my former neck of the woods
has been a blast. I haven't had to rely on it for critical
repairs so far, but maybe this is because I have stayed on
top of things, for the most part. I do get to do a little
"investigatory work" there, when I am not sure how to get
something off my own car. IOW, the stripped down cars are a
great education. (I am one fun date?)

 

@corp.supernews.com:

I have a fantastic U-Pull type yard only a few miles from me. Lots of older
Integras, Accords and Civics in various states of disassembly. And like you
say, a great education in how stuff goes on and comes off.

And some of those crashed cars...Really sobering. The worst are those with
blood on the seats and no more driver's footwell left...

The only problem for me is that most of my parts are in better shape than
the ones on the wrecks, so I usually end up buying new anyway...

When the snow melts and the mud dries up, I should take some pics of this
place.

 

but when the interior and trim(plastics) begins degrading,and the car has a
million rattles and squeaks,then it's nice to get a new car.
you folks up North don't have the intense sun degradation we have in the
southern US.
OTOH,you have salted roads in the winter....
(although living near the seacoast also corrodes autos.)

 

I can't imagine that long a line for Canadians to become legit US citizens
or get green cards.
Seems like a lot of Canuck actors & actresses manage it.

 

there's always Earl Schieib(sp?) and similar places.

 

Cold weather does have its advantages. Interior is perfect outside of
sun fading and localized salt deposits in the carpets.

My own ears are very poor and unreliable. One of them does not work, the
other has a hearing aid stuck in it. For these reasons I cannot tell
what rattles/squeaks my car has or where they come from if present.

My wife, whose hearing is thankfully impeccable, tells me my car has no
rattles or squeaks of any kind, which I find kind of astonishing. There
is plenty of mechanical noise, but no rattles or squeaks. Well, there is
just one sort of a sizzle noise that occasionally comes from the
driver's seat belt upper mount, but that goes away if you put the belt
on or push on the rear quarter trim with your hand.

New car:
Air bags galore
Side air bag OPDS
OBD-II
Intrusive EVAP system
P0420
Two oxygen sensors
Everything electronic
Even more plastic than I've got.

Old car:
You need to ask?

No thanks. I'll just live with the old-car foibles. Yes, old cars can be
annoying, but new cars contain a fright factor I don't care to get
involved with just now.

Treat the old girl like the old girl she is and you'll be fine. I can't
afford to peel rubber at every stoplight like I used to any more, but
then again I'm not 29 years old any more either...

Salted roads are worse than a crumbly, sagging headliner and cracked
dash. Believe me.

I have a pic somewhere I took two summers ago of a chain link fence at
Redondo Beach. The side facing the ocean is corroded to holes. The other
side still has the zinc coating on it. Amazing.