indeed, the two interesting things are not the make and model, but the fact that modified cars and DIY mechanics are both things which "rumblings" are heard about.
Imagine a car with banded steels, stretched tyres and cut springs and what have you is in an accident where a kid dies. In a world where worn pedal rubbers are a sign of a lethal death trap you imagine the field day the poorly car-educated press could have with that...
I can imagine a thread on here where someone would justify running mis-matched calipers because it was the lastest fashion from Japan or Germany and "after all the pressure equalizes out in the fluid so braking would still be stable" - etc.
The press love to get on a charge with a "someone think of the children" rant without thinking stuff through. Years ago a few of the papers got together to try and either force retrofitting of seat belts in all older cars without rear belts or better yet to ban cars with no rear seat belts all together. The reason? 6 kids had died when a Mk1 Scirrocco had been in a crash and the 6 kids, all on the back seat without belts, had died. 2 other kids in the back got minor injuries. So hang on, she had (at least) 8 kids in the back of a Scirroco? And the papers are all "ban these evil death traps" not "string up anyone dumb enough to cram 8 kids in the back of a small car"...
On the production line stuff - I can believe stuff like one disc, one drum get put together at first assembly but I bet they never left the line. Someone would spot it and there would be a rectification.
The headlines I have seen on this have all played on the fact the car was modified, not his driving or maintenance. The title of this post is the exact title Yahoo used for it.
Imagine a car with banded steels, stretched tyres and cut springs and what have you is in an accident where a kid dies. In a world where worn pedal rubbers are a sign of a lethal death trap you imagine the field day the poorly car-educated press could have with that...
I can imagine a thread on here where someone would justify running mis-matched calipers because it was the lastest fashion from Japan or Germany and "after all the pressure equalizes out in the fluid so braking would still be stable" - etc.
The press love to get on a charge with a "someone think of the children" rant without thinking stuff through. Years ago a few of the papers got together to try and either force retrofitting of seat belts in all older cars without rear belts or better yet to ban cars with no rear seat belts all together. The reason? 6 kids had died when a Mk1 Scirrocco had been in a crash and the 6 kids, all on the back seat without belts, had died. 2 other kids in the back got minor injuries. So hang on, she had (at least) 8 kids in the back of a Scirroco? And the papers are all "ban these evil death traps" not "string up anyone dumb enough to cram 8 kids in the back of a small car"...
On the production line stuff - I can believe stuff like one disc, one drum get put together at first assembly but I bet they never left the line. Someone would spot it and there would be a rectification.
The headlines I have seen on this have all played on the fact the car was modified, not his driving or maintenance. The title of this post is the exact title Yahoo used for it.
