Car Gear

GRS asked:


Okay I have a 1991 Chevy Beretta, it is a good running car, you can barely hear the motor running. I have spent at least 1700 worth of work on it, but it has 173,000 miles on it I was wondering how long is a car good for before it breaks down completely. Someone told me a car is good forever as long as you take care of it and keep it running good. Is this true? not to mention people who drive older cars like cars made in the 60s and 70s, they have to have lots of mileage right? but they are still running so how long for a 91 chevy beretta???????

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br57964 asked:


I am planning to open a franchise business that specializes in specific types of automobile repair. There are a number of territories in the U.S. still available. What specific areas of the country or cities might ifind the highest percentage of older cars still on the road (assuming that these would be the cars requiring the most frequent repair services)?

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David H asked:


I asked this question earlier w/o details.
I am referring to older cars (mine is and 87 Honda CRX Si) which have the annoying trait of running your battery down because you turned on your lights while driving to work in the dark and then when you get to work it’s daylight and you forgot your lights were on. Then when you get in your car to go home 8 hours later, your car won’t start because the battery is dead.
This design as a safety feature doesn’t make sense for lights which stay on indefinitely.
If anybody knows if there is a delay time which can be set on an ‘87 Honda CRX, please let me know.
Thanks.

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Tourang B asked:


Instead of all the expenses going to cops trying to check speed limits, traffic tickets, court costs for speeding, speed related traffic accidents, and billions of dollars spent on this cat and mouse game, why not pass laws forbidding the auto industry to build cars that exceed certain speed limits? This is very possible What’s your take on this?
I know that some will say this is the way to generate revenue for the city but imagine the revenue saved by fewer cops who only have to chase after criminals rather than waiting an intersection to see who goes at what speed.
As far as speed limit goes, I was thinking of a small receiver device that is installed in every car that regulates the speed limit. The police would mount a small transmitter device in each street in order to communicate with your car and tell it what the speed limit for that street is and your care speed limit is then set for that street. You cannot go any faster than that in that particular street.
By the way, many people talk about lack of acceleration and it’s dangers. But speed and acceleration are two different animals. Everything is relative. If you want to accelerate to pass a car, you can still do that at below the speed limit speeds. Remember that the car you are trying to pass is not going 110 miles per hour anymore.
Someone said that it’s not possible to have laws that force older cars to have this device. But howcome older cars are forced to go through the emissions test and install catalytic converters? So it is legally possible to have these devices installed on every car out there.
Also remember that catalytic converters are already reducing the speed and acceleration of the cars. Your cars could go alot faster if it wasn’t for that device. So what’s the difference here?

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gemhak asked:


I have a 3 year old car which has a typical modern paintwork finish.

Unlike my previous (older) cars that I could simply remove superficial scratches and blemishes using cutting compound or even just polish, this does not work now.

As I understand it, most modern paintwork has multiple layers of a clear’varnish’ product.

Any suggestions of what I can do short of taking my car to a professional auto paint shop?