[V8] ...warning....

[Ed Kellock]

So if they are systematically destroying the state's residents' cars, then
they'll be picking up the tab for all required repairs.  Or they damn well
should be.  Class action lawsuit.

Yeah, I know, NFW, NGH.

Ed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Roger Woodbury
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 4:44 PM
> To: 'Ingo Rautenberg'; v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] ...warning....
> 
> 
> Here in Maine is is now very different than in the olden days.
> 
> We have an annual inspection and in order for the car to pass 
> it cannot be leaking anything from anywhere, no rust through 
> on the body, and everything that is supposed to be working 
> when the car left the factory, must be working at time of 
> inspection:  ie:  no lights on the dash.
> 
> However in the past year there is now a new requirement for 
> intact and non corroded brake lines.  What this means is that 
> the car is put on a lift and the brake lines are ALL 
> inspected, and if anything is suspect the car fails and the 
> brake lines must be replaced.
> 
> There is amply good reason for this because for the past few 
> years the Maine DOT has been sanding and salting roads in the 
> winter here using some sort of obnoxious stuff that melts the 
> ice and snow all right, and also destroys the underpinnings 
> of cars, beginning with but not limited to, brakelines.
> 
> I have heard that they are changing the formula for this 
> stuff because so many people have complained...complete brake 
> line replacement every two years is simply not affordable for 
> an awful lot of people here, me included.
> 
> There is also a new brake line material that is being used 
> that is not made of steel as the old ones were. This new 
> tubing is very bendable by hand and will not rust out EVER.  
> More expensive than the old fashioned steel but infinitely better.
> 
> Roger
> 
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