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Re: Hydraulic Lifters

Friends of ours bought a Caddy coupe from a dealer; on the way up to Maine,
the engine caught on fire.

Dealer refused to own up to it(or even tow it home.)  Months later they
found out there was a huge recall by GM on that engine and it was a
known(and extremely dangerous) problem.

Why you don't buy American cars!  European/Japanese cars have their
problems, but they're not usually this dangerous:
-Ford: ignition switch caused instant fires in car starting in dashboard;
very random(ie, car's sitting in driveway, next thing there's smoke+fire.)
-Caddy: above mentioned engine fires
-Side mounted gas tanks (remember that whole bit? :)
-The Ford Pinto.  'Nuff said.
-Dodge caravans: rear hatch popping off during normal driving and in
accidents, in addition to flawed rear seat design

Those are the ones that come immediately to mind.  I can't think of a
single euro/japanese car having anything close to that...


Brett

>Next to my 87 Coupe GT (obligatory Audi Content) sits my wife's 85 Cadillac
>Fleetwood with the dreaded 4100 engine. If I have to pull the cam I will

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