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From: dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: Struts
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Date: Tue, 21-May-85 14:59:15 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 21 14:59:15 1985
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> > > > Can some of our automotive afficianados educate me as to the wonderful
> > > > things Macphersons do for me so that when I have to go chip in my
> > > > $140 I can at least pretend to be happy about it?  Since my car is
> > > > new I hope this will be some time to come.
> 
> I have Macphersons on an 81' Skylark and after 79k miles, including
> about 15k of towing a sailboat, they're still O.K.

True, but realize that degradation in struts is often of the gradual
loss of performance kind and the affect on handling is not necessarily
realised until you buy new ones and feel what a difference they make.
I bought a sporty car because I wanted it to handle well ('84 Daytona Turbo)
and I'm not going to be willing to put up with much significant degradation,
I would rather replace the strut.  Most guides I have seen rate them to
be good for ~40,000 m.  I'm certainly not going to wait for catastrophic
failure modes.

David Albrecht
General Electric