David,
Thanks for the heads up. This is something that I never really gave a
thought to, but now that you have mentioned it, this could have serious
consequences for our smaller vehicles. You would think they would issue the
problematic vehicles a secondary measure to prevent this problem. I will
check my Caravan lowering cable tomorrow.
Thanks, Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: David Deutsch <mgman@optonline.net>
To: mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 7:35 PM
Subject: falling spares
> There is a bumper sticker that reads something like ' the parts falling
> off this car are made with the finest British Craftsmanship' that I have
> found amusing. There is something happening on a regular basis these
> days that is not amusing however and it's going to increase dramaticly
> as time goes on. I'm talking about spares, as in spare tires, dropping
> out from under mini vans and SUVs. I believe it was Chrysler who began
> placing the spares under the rear of their mini vans back in the early
> / mid-80's. Now almost ever mini van and SUV uses this method of
> storage. A spooled cable raises and lowers the spare. The problem is the
> cables are wearing and breaking.
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