The most rubberdiculous thing i have ever seen!

[Overdriven]

I know exactly what you mean Josh and completely understand. Buying new bolts and grommets that nobody will ever see. At the same time, he will know though and that does bother some people. I see going that far as a bit of a "waste" too, and not just because of the type of car either.

As for shops or car companies not going that far in a restoration, I take it you haven't spent much time around the "chalk mark" resto crowd. I owe some of my anal tendencies to the time I spent around a couple corvette restorers in my area. Doing what that guy did to the Honda is par for the course to them. Back in the mid 90's one guy spent $25k on just the body and paint work. They actually unbonded all the factory seams in the body shell and started from scratch. Sick stuff. But that was a 990 point (out of 1000) car that won ever single award in the vette world including the Duntov award. Back then everyone thought he guy was crazy, he had $125k in the car, when most big block 66 vettes didn't top $50k at auction. A few years ago he may have been able to get it back though.

Either way, thanks for sharing the thread. Always interesting to see how far some peoe will go with cars.

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by Overdriven

I know exactly what you mean Josh and completely understand. Buying new bolts and grommets that nobody will ever see. At the same time, he will know though and that does bother some people. I see going that far as a bit of a "waste" too, and not just because of the type of car either.

As for shops or car companies not going that far in a restoration, I take it you haven't spent much time around the "chalk mark" resto crowd. I owe some of my anal tendencies to the time I spent around a couple corvette restorers in my area. Doing what that guy did to the Honda is par for the course to them. Back in the mid 90's one guy spent $25k on just the body and paint work. They actually unbonded all the factory seams in the body shell and started from scratch. Sick stuff. But that was a 990 point (out of 1000) car that won ever single award in the vette world including the Duntov award. Back then everyone thought he guy was crazy, he had $125k in the car, when most big block 66 vettes didn't top $50k at auction. A few years ago he may have been able to get it back though.

Either way, thanks for sharing the thread. Always interesting to see how far some peoe will go with cars.

Oh i know exactly what you mean by "chalk mark", and that stuff is kinda cool actually. Its called a "concourse" where they take them back to exact factory condition, even adding flaws to the car like what might have been done at the factory like range peel in the paint, overspray etc. Pretty crazy stuff.

[TexasSP]

Of course Chrysler owns Mitsubishi so that's less surprising and Kia actually has been getting much better over the past year along with Hyundai. However Daewoo's are the biggest piles I have ever seen. Had one as a rental once that was supposed to be their top model, biggest pile of trash ever.

My brother has more issues with his loaded 2010 suburban than anything I have ever seen, everything goes out on it. His one before that would shut down the engine on the freeway going seventy miles an hour whenever it felt like it. Had less than 50k miles on it. I still can't believe he bought another one......

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by TexasSP

I still can't believe he bought another one......

Sounds like you got the brains...

And to add insult to injury I now have to buy a $780 WIRING HARNESS for this G3 to replace 2 connectors... for the windshield washer pump. Almost 800 bucks for 3 dollars worth of plugs and wires... And it will take 5 days to get here. Crap, crap, crap.

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by TexasSP

Of course Chrysler owns Mitsubishi so that's less surprising and Kia actually has been getting much better over the past year along with Hyundai. However Daewoo's are the biggest piles I have ever seen. Had one as a rental once that was supposed to be their top model, biggest pile of trash ever.

My brother has more issues with his loaded 2010 suburban than anything I have ever seen, everything goes out on it. His one before that would shut down the engine on the freeway going seventy miles an hour whenever it felt like it. Had less than 50k miles on it. I still can't believe he bought another one......

I think chrysler also owns kia and hyundai, or maybe Mitsu owns them? Its one way or the other i think. Yeah Daewoos are complete trash, I dont even think they are sold here anymore except for under the GM name. And yeah GM is having issues with their trucks stalling, its because of the stupid fly by wire throttle body......that was the dumbest idea ever! But the LS series engines themselves are the best thing out there right now IMO.

[What's_nitro?]

I guess 17 years ago GM was a better brand? There have been no major problems with my Bonnie, and everything that I've needed to do has been something I'd expect to do on a vehicle this old- (brake lines, alternator, sway bar links, etc.). When the time comes that I need a transaxle rebuild I might consider putting a down payment on a new car instead. I'm at ~216K miles and it shifts like a champ, even with my heavy foot, so I don't anticipate any problems in the near future.