-=> Quoting Phil Payne <=-
PP> The design, IMO, has no inherent weakness as long as all the moving
PP> bits are lubricated occasionally.
This sounds like sly wordplay, Phil. (You should consider
public office ;) The design may be fine, but the
implementation and manufacture isn't. Parts that
will be under stress should never be made out of
cheap pot metal, period. IF this part were made
from stamped steel, or better yet, machined, we'd
all be commenting on the longevity of the door
handle design.
Lubricating "occasionally" does prolong the life of
the handle, but, most people don't lube their door
handles at all, let alone once a month, as it's never
been necessary on "any other car I've owned". The
Germans can make a good door handle when they want
to, a friends 1954 Mercyless Benz 300 still has
the original door handles, operating flawlessly,
last time he lubed them most of us weren't even a
gleam in our fathers eye.
BCNU,
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