Braindamaged demanding King Barky fix his car

[Kimberly]

Dude, where's my car parts?

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 01:46 PM

Star Member DainBramaged (38,928 posts)

Right now, seven years after a car model is ended, the manufacturers can stop providing parts
 
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Key parts like engine, body and brake computers, done, NA, start searching Ebay and the junkyards, and reprogramming, not a chance. If you own a mid-90's Corvette and the ABS or suspension computer goes, you're shit out of luck.


Computers control EVERY part of our cars today since 2007, EVERY part. There are your engine and driveline computers, but body computers, radio/alarm computers, computers for the AC, emissions, navigation, I can keep going. And there's NOTHING we can do to stop our cars from being overrun with computers.


Try putting headers on a modern car, the exhaust goes lean and you NEED to reprogram your computers. God forbid you touch anything under the hood OR THE ATTENDANT DOESN'T TIGHTEN THE GAS CAP (or you don't) and the check engine light comes on.

Washington NEEDS to look into forcing ALL auto manufacturers that sell cars in the USA to extend the parts longevity for the current models, or 10 years from now (current average age of a vehicle in America is 11+ years) you are going to need a new car every ten years, period, or a newer used car.


Think about that.

PS

been in the industry since 1966. Back then the aftermarket took care of parts after discontinuance, but they can't today. The CAPA standard will not help you when a computer or critical sensor goes south a decade from now.

http://www.capacertified.org/

Response to DainBramaged (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 01:48 PM

Star Member Warren Stupidity (33,334 posts)

1. why can't after market manufacturers pick up the slack?
 
seems like an opportunity. What is the barrier to entry preventing third parties from making replacement parts?

Response to dballance (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 02:36 PM

Star Member bluestate10 (9,122 posts)

15. God, just design and build another computer. The brakes won't know the ****ing

difference. Why do people have to make simple problems seem like they are impossible to solve? Aftermarket parts builders build a wide array of parts. If one part does not sell often, people wanting it simply pay more. A guy holding onto a old corvette should know and accept this fact. Why do people insist on making decisions, then demand that the rest of the world make it easy for them?

Can we apply that last sentence to the entire democrat party?

Then ol' DB gets snippy with the trogs who don't properly appreciate his wisdom:

Response to DainBramaged (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 02:13 PM

Star Member bunnies (11,285 posts)

4. My car is 22 years old.
 
Never had a problem finding parts.

Response to bunnies (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 02:20 PM

Star Member DainBramaged (38,928 posts)

7. If you didn't notice, it's not about "your car"
 
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but that doesn't meant it matters to you.....when you car dies and it's time for another, the next one may not make 22 years.


(bad keyboard, sorry)

Response to DainBramaged (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 02:16 PM

Star Member Go Vols (1,481 posts)

5. I have a 1949 Ford truck
 
that I had to put a master cylinder on last year,I went to the parts store and they had it there the next day.I did have to go to more than one parts store to find it though.

Response to Go Vols (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 02:26 PM

Star Member DainBramaged (38,928 posts)

12. It's not about 1949 trucks
 
or do I not write in English?

Lots of car talk at the link for those of you who understand that stuff (not me)!


 

[Chris_]

Um... unless your "headers" are EPA-approved and have the appropriate connections for an oxygen sensor, you're not supposed to be putting them on your car. 

You can thank the Federales for that one, amigo.  It only gets worse from there.

[Chris_]

If you own a mid-90's Corvette and haven't heard of Original Parts Group, Year One, Jegs, Summit, or any number of aftermarket suppliers, you don't deserve to own a mid-90's Corvette.

[diesel driver]

That's the perfect reason for me to hold on to my '78 Malibu.   

Few (working) emission parts, fewer still computers (none), and I can fix just about anything on it with a roll of duct tape and some baling wire.

[Carl]

Dain does realize all the stuff he is bitching about are the real life consequences of leftist notions doesn`t he?

[franksolich]

Dain does realize all the stuff he is bitching about are the real life consequences of leftist notions doesn`t he?

Oh, he's just whining because he'd rather be in that business rather than taking telephone calls at an inbound telemarketing place.

One wonders if he's resolved his problems with the IRS yet. 

[AprilRazz]

I think the primitive just wants to brag about the fact that he owns a corvette. IE "Pulling a Pammy"

[DumbAss Tanker]

Um... unless your "headers" are EPA-approved and have the appropriate connections for an oxygen sensor, you're not supposed to be putting them on your car. 

You can thank the Federales for that one, amigo.  It only gets worse from there.

In fact almost everything the poor stupid DUmmie is bitching about is directly attributable to either EPA emission standards or other Federal agency regulations on safety and mileage.  He has only himself and his fellow nanny-staters to blame, which of course is a concept as far over his head as a cirrus cloud.   

[USA4ME]

I think the primitive just wants to brag about the fact that he owns a corvette. IE "Pulling a Pammy"

Normally, but this isn't his car. He's apparently helping someone else do repairs, which also speaks to just how stupid the other person is to let this DB idiot touch his car.

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[Zathras]

I just had my 1999 Volvo serviced, replacing the inner tie rods. The first day they got the wrong parts for my car even though they gave the correct VIN to their parts supplier. The next day the manager used a supplier he knew personally, got the right parts and got my car back on the road. Maybe the DUmbass should just get a newer vehicle and stop bitching.

[JohnnyReb]

I just had my 1999 Volvo serviced, replacing the inner tie rods. The first day they got the wrong parts for my car even though they gave the correct VIN to their parts supplier. The next day the manager used a supplier he knew personally, got the right parts and got my car back on the road. Maybe the DUmbass should just get a newer vehicle and stop bitching.

That would make Obama very happy...DUmmie would be deeper in debt thereby nearer being dependent on big government and GM would probably be better off for it. Spread that wealth around DUmmies. Didn't know he was talking about YOUR wealth, now did you.

[Chris_]

I just had my 1999 Volvo serviced, replacing the inner tie rods. The first day they got the wrong parts for my car even though they gave the correct VIN to their parts supplier. The next day the manager used a supplier he knew personally, got the right parts and got my car back on the road. Maybe the DUmbass should just get a newer vehicle and stop bitching.

Where's the fun in that?!  Half the joy of owning an old car is tracking down useable parts for it.

[franksolich]

Why is the brain-damaged primitive posting on Skins's island when he's on the clock at work?

DainBramaged (38,928 posts)    Fri Aug 9, 2013, 02:51 PM

64. Personally, critical components should be produced by their suppliers (who make the components) for at least 7 years after the models are discontinued. Unlike electronic, wher replacement parts for your TV or audio system are a dead issue, a vehicle with critical computers/sensors needs an extended parts lifecycle.
 

On edit (the joys of work) the manufacturers are required to keep parts they've manufactured for seven after discontinuance, but on the 1st day of the eighth year they can scrap them or wholesale the lot, which happens all the time. But they've depreciated them long before.

[GOBUCKS]

but that doesn't meant it matters to you.....when you car dies and it's time for another, the next one may not make 22 years.

The early nineties were the golden age of the auto industry.

[marv]

I had no problem finding parts and owner's manuals for my cars going back to my '48 Oldsmobile sedan. I found several Corvette parts and ECM suppliers covering all Corvette years since '53, courtesy of GOOGLE.

Dip-shit Brainless is a) too lazy to look, b) doesn't know how to look, or c) just wants to brag.

BTW, I have a short in the dome/cargo lamp circuit in my 24 year old Bronco that drains the battery, so I downloaded the '89 Bronco electrical and vacuum maintenance manual to give to Les Jacobs Ford over in Cassville (in case they don't have one) when I take it in for maintenance...
...in September after the BaconFest

[Aristotelian]

Dip-shit Brainless is a) too lazy to look, b) doesn't know how to look, or c) just wants to brag.

All three are plausible explanations - in fact I'm inclined to say that all three are true.