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EVs still have major quality problems, and it’s mostly about the software (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, my 2004 not-quite beater truck came to its end that way. The frame rusted out where the leaf spring shackle attached, and there's no real way to fix that. Surprised I was able to drive it as long as I did with it like that (it was my daily driver at the time lol).

For my OG beater truck, I got a lot of its body parts from a local salvage yard. Some of the parts I got were rusted in the same spots as mine, just less so (e.g. the quarter panels on S10s were notorious for rusting out).

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The frame rusted out where the leaf spring shackle attached, and there’s no real way to fix that.

There is always a solution that involves welding, but unless someone is able to do it themselves odds are it would be far more expensive than finding another used vehicle in better shape.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, I took it to a few local places, and none of them would do anything like that. I lived in the boonies at the time and didn't want to tow it all around everywhere. I'd already driven it like that for 4-5 weeks, and the left spring was pressing against the underside of the bed. One good pothole and it would have likely punched through lol. Figured I'd pressed my luck long enough. I had a welder and could have probably fixed it up good enough for farm use, but no way would it have passed inspection.

Just parted it out since everything else was in great shape (especially the transmission that had been rebuilt not 4 months prior 😢)

Ended up just buying the hybrid I drive now since its main use was for my 110 mile daily commute.