More and more I find that "things" don't last as long as they should. Things were built better in times not long passed. Examples are interior door handles and kitchen taps. Our original doors were changed after about 20 years usage. In that time only a couple of door handles needed replacing. The replacement doors are in place around 10 years yet most of the door handles needed to be replaced. The lever falls off when you open the door.... The same with kitchen taps, the inserts fail after little more than a year service. And they don't fit exactly either and always need some filing or sandpaper use to get them to work properly. But my main point is that they appear to be designed to work for a certain length of time (which is getting shorter every year). Anyone care to comment......
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Tell me about it. I own a Ford Transit.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
With cars there's a *lot* of EU bullshit laws regarding what cars *must* have fitted.
Example, tyre pressure monitoring. Completely unnecessary, you can see a flat/low pressure tyre, yet the EU has passed a law which states that all new cars (since January last year) must have sensors to detect tyre pressure.
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They really do have to be quite - ie dangerously - flat for it to be obvious at a glance, one of my tyres has a slow leak which I pump up every week, and although the pressure drop is up to 20% in that time it's very hard to tell just by looking at it. Most people don't even look, let alone check them.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
More that they're stupidly expensive to repair, and are being written off for thing which could/would have been replaced 20+ years ago.
I regularly (3-4 times per week) see cars written off from needing more parts value than the car is worth fixed. usually the cars are less than 10 years old.
@ICBM the point I was trying to make is, cars don't need that system to be safe. The driver needs to be responsible and check the tyres.
Oh, and I have a tyre which loses pressure, but isn't a puncture. It only happens when the air temp drops to freezing....
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
What if you get a puncture on the motorway in the middle of a journey? Would be nice to see a tyre has lost 5psi, rather than feel there is an issue when it is half deflated and you are going 70mph. I think it sounds like a useful system.