Except the momentum of the bus wouldn’t have pushed the frame and engine to the side, which is the majority of the damage except for the very easily smashed up fiberglass hood - only the car from the side could really provide that type of energy and it really wouldn’t take all that much given the frame is designed for…

People who can’t even install a shift knob properly are shiftless, IMO.

It wasn’t 100% dead, but it was to the point it needed significant help. It ran, but was rough in every aspect. Minimal maintenance, mostly. I think it had ~250k on it when she finally gave up on it.

I have a friend who used to rack up miles like mad on her long hilly and stop sign/red light/traffic riddled commute. She also was the type with little budget and history of doing next to no maintenance. In PA salt country.

Reliability? Maybe. But VW’s reliability has been significantly better each gen since the mk4.

Skidloaders and similar equipment have had airless tires for a long time. Traditionally you would simply fill them with foam.

I would hope that the manufacturer would test to verify their own quality. That being said, if you are building critical components it probably makes sense to verify at least some of it, then to just blindly assume you got exactly what you ordered.

Yeah, I realize that. For example, I am always ordering hardware and trusting that the bolts I get will live up to their spec.

Ebrake? Especially of the non-electronic hand operated variety?

Recycled rebar is too rich for the specification. TV trays and GM truck bumpers will have to do. 

I am a bit surprised they didn’t test while building these, instead of relying on the supplier to do so.

I’d rather the bridge operator be paying attention and stop the bridge before it got that high. And if they aren’t, I would prefer to stay away from getting stuck and crushed in that gap or fall through it to the water below. Given the bridge design, it would only take a few inches of lift to high side that car and…

Is it though?

Or not roll over it, get caught in it and get crushed, assuming the operator was still oblivious to the situation.

In fairness, just because it’s widespread doesn’t mean it’s not short sighted.

I just completely refinished a GMT900 frame. The wax had dried out and flaked off about 50% of it and was in relative states of goo otherwise.

Oh, no worries.  It’s a GM, the paint will fall off the frames leading to rust soon enough.

You did see the giant open hinge area, right?   

I dunno, my friend had a fox body Mustang with underdrive pullies - those windows could be adjusted in microns.

In fairness, those miles don’t tell the full story of stalling it 5000 times when attempting to pull from the garage.