New truck shopping

ahh southerners they just don't understand... with the salt and brine they put on the roads up here much over 12 years old is rusted thru and won't pass safety inspections..

I believe there is a lawsuit going because all passenger vehicles have a 5 year rust warranty.. with new brine they are 4 yo cars failing inspection here friend of family is DOT inspection guy they were talking about it.. a lady was killed last year when her break lines rusted thru .. mechanic went to jail for 5 years for manslaughter.. so they are big on it.... that's why aluminum body is intriguing.. very few 15 yo vehicles on road up here... maybe I should go south to get a truck...

 

What is this phenomenon 'rust' that y'all keep referring to? I am not familiar with this strange term .

Seriously, look at the market down here in the South. 15-20 year old trucks in great shape are the norm down here. It may be super worth it to buy from someone/a dealer down here, and pay the dollar per mile to ship it home; or fly down on a cheap fare and take a road trip back up. If you ever find one that looks good online and it's near me, reach out and I'll see about running over to lay eyes on it for ya.

 

I would.

Why is a brake line rusting through a mechanics fault. He can't see inside the brake?

I have a 27 year old truck on the road a 37 year old truck on the road, a 16 year old daily driver and another DD that's 13 year old, it's the "new" one.

We don't inspect anything other than commercial trucks in this state

 

I don't understand why more don't do this. I hear them complain about 8 year old rusty trucks rhat are $20k all the time. Why not buy a $350 plane ticket fly down one way buy a good solid used truck and drive back home.

 

I'm pretty good at doing brake lines on that era of GM. Thankfully GM makes a kit for them. I did one before they had the kit and was real fun to make the lines on.

 

Awhile back the atomotive mfg switched from a stainless line to a cheaper grade or coated steel lines - they are not lasting. I have a pin hole somewhere in my 06 F250 so far I can't find it- so I have to bleed the brakes about once a month or run new lines, which with moving and all that entails I haven't had time to do. There is a possibility that the master is leaking as well. Have to pull it to see if there is break fluid in the booster.
Not all southern units are good deal. Those floods from the last few tears brought a lot of crud up here as no rust southern units, nor do you want to get into southern coastal units, the vapor from the ocean does a real number that you can't see unless you use one of those inspection scopes inside the panels and such. About the same effect as what happens here.

 

I am thinking about it I haven't bought yet because of pricing.. but if I go south bringing cash..

our inspection is a yearly safety inspection car passed.. guy was state licensed .. certified mechanic.. 4 weeks later grandmother died.. family sued mechanic won money... DA put him in jail... poor family on both sides

 

I'm from the cost, now it's true they are worse than inland, also flooding at high tide that you drive through. But it's. Nothing comparable. I say that, growing up on the coast, just a mile from the salt marsh or less until I was like 19.

And it stops a few miles inland. Like 80% of the state here is not coastal. And don't buy those "flood" cars. Just buy from a normal person if your worried about that, not near a flood area and as long as their name is on te title and has been I would no worry. I buy used cars and don't worry about flood cars???

 

Did the same to my 2005 this past January. Never again. Whoever thought putting the ABS pump where they did should be forced to do that job every day for the rest of their life.

 

I've never had a new car or truck either.

That's one reason I want to, but that and the used truck market is stupid now.

 

Same here about inspections. The only one we have on everyday cars is emissions inspection.


Regarding the brake lines, shock mounts etc on the GM's, due to the huge amount of issues and recalls, any mechanic looking at the affected parts and not thoroughly checking and making sure they are good, can be held liable.

 

I'm surprised that jeep was no bueno.

Those things were/ are solid. Especially the 4.0 either the auto or stick, all of the transfer cases were good too. The worst was the front and rear axles, but those were easily swapped with really robust stuff. The electrical system, usually an issue on Chrysler vehicles, want really an issue because they were so bare bones.

 

No emissions here. I think in GA the only emessions is in the ATL metro area

 

Those jeeps were solid and ran long if maintained. The internals fell apart though. Solid esp if it had the straight 6

 

Milwaukee metro area for us too. We're one of the 4 counties( I think it's 4) outside of Milwaukee cty that has emissions test garbage. That reminds me... My light is on on the Audi, like all Audi's out of warranty. And my test is due in September. No pass, no registration.

Or I could register it up north, which I'll probably do. It's easy to do really, if you have a residence outside of emissions area like we do. With a new vehicle before the end of the year, it makes sense. I'll re run the code and see, then base it off that.

 

I live in SC we ditched the in spect ions I think it was in the late 80s or early 90s. I remember it from when I was a kid. I just saying ATL has it. I saw signs at shops all over for testing when I went there for work a few years ago for the first time .