They're cheap and don't corrodePush pins are another overused item on modern vehicles. What happened to good ol' fashioned threaded bolts?
They're cheap and don't corrodePush pins are another overused item on modern vehicles. What happened to good ol' fashioned threaded bolts?
It makes sense to reduce or eliminate single use plastics that do not get recycled...Yes it is. And it is so laughable that all we here about is plastic straws as the bad to the bone item. I say get rid of the mass plastic on cars and things like chainsaws, power tools, all used to be strictly all metal items, even most toys were in the day.
Then they need to make good useful plastic items so they will last way longer like tarps.
They're cheap and don't corrode
It's a good way to capture carbon, long life plastic.It makes sense to reduce or eliminate single use plastics that do not get recycled...
Cars last a long time and they are almost all recycled. Apparently almost 500,000,000 plastic straws are used daily in the USA. Even if that number is inflated 50%, and I don't think it is... That's a lot of waste.
I love push pins. They shear instead of destroying stuff.Push pins are another overused item on modern vehicles. What happened to good ol' fashioned threaded bolts?
Tire alligators and 40 lb racoons say otherwise from my experience. But generally i like them. Especially for the upper part of the bumper. Ford makes small #4 sheet metal screws with a big flat washer head and a 5.5mm hex. Great with a backing quick nut. That's what I use on the bottoms of the bumpers or something that need more securing.I love push pins. They shear instead of destroying stuff.
I use a plastic straw that lasts for months. Yes for fast food etc. I can understand not using it there, but don't make it so I can't buy a package of them when I need it.It makes sense to reduce or eliminate single use plastics that do not get recycled...
Cars last a long time and they are almost all recycled. Apparently almost 500,000,000 plastic straws are used daily in the USA. Even if that number is inflated 50%, and I don't think it is... That's a lot of waste.
When? On the Euro vehicles?Ford used those Norma style clamps on their intake runner connector hoses.
On the Taurus SHO engines so I guess it was really Yamaha who speced them as they were the ones who made the engines.When? On the Euro vehicles?
Doesn't VolkswabNew vehicles seem to be produced with more and more plastics. The entire front end, rear end, under the hood, the bottom side, interiors, are just plastered with plastics. Vehicles have become mostly "throwaways". I changed the oil in my daughter's VW Tiguan a couple of weeks ago, and I noticed that the oil pan and drain plug are plastic. Really? This is going a bit overboard with the use of plastics. I wouldn't mind it so much if prices didn't keep going up, but that's certainly not the case. Where does this plasticizing end?
Funny all of my AMERICAN cars have metal oil pans.New vehicles seem to be produced with more and more plastics. The entire front end, rear end, under the hood, the bottom side, interiors, are just plastered with plastics. Vehicles have become mostly "throwaways". I changed the oil in my daughter's VW Tiguan a couple of weeks ago, and I noticed that the oil pan and drain plug are plastic. Really? This is going a bit overboard with the use of plastics. I wouldn't mind it so much if prices didn't keep going up, but that's certainly not the case. Where does this plasticizing end?
They're cheap and don't corrod
Great as long as you don't have to drive over frozen snow plow mounds...
Yes. They have proven to themselves , there is a large segment of the auto buying public who will pay any (even outrageous) price just as quick as they can slap on the window sticker.I agree about plastics being a cost cutting solution, but auto makers must be pocketing those savings, because they sure aren't passing them along to consumers...prices just keep going up...