"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
02/08/2018 at 08:19 • Filed to: Chevrolet equinox | 3 | 16 |
This Chevy is what - 8 years old tops? I get that it’s a rental-spec Equinox probably purchased for basic transportation, but it’s really rough and I haven’t seen others of this vintage this bad. Rear wiper blade was dangling on the back when he passed after this red light.
Vimto
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02/08/2018 at 08:32 | 0 |
That looks like it was repaired and resprayed (albeit not very well) but yes it is sad to see cars only a few years old in dire need of some TLC
Maxima Speed
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02/08/2018 at 08:32 | 3 |
With Chevy, you soon realize how futile any repairs are so you just drive it until it does and leave it on the side of the road.
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
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02/08/2018 at 08:38 | 1 |
- Looks like it’s seen a lot of loose surfaces.
- If I had an Equinox of that generation I’d be actively trying to kill it too.
Wacko
> Maxima Speed
02/08/2018 at 08:39 | 9 |
confused with Ford?
Found On Road Dead
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
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02/08/2018 at 08:57 | 1 |
My boss has a slightly older Equinox and it’s a total POS. Rust coming through on every panel, in some really odd places too, he keeps having door handles and interior peices breaks, and had at least 3 major repairs in the last year. I think it’s an 07 with like 120,000 miles. He’s car shopping right now and there isn’t a single Chevy on the list
fintail
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02/08/2018 at 09:13 | 2 |
Weren’t most of them just a step above this when new? The prior generation seems to have nearly vanished from the roads already.
Someone in my workplace has one of these, it sounds like a Model A. This is built down to a cost/lowest common denominator motoring.
E90M3
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02/08/2018 at 09:24 | 2 |
Good to see GM quality hasn’t improved much since the two early 2000s GMs my parents had. I think on reason I have no desire to own any GM is because of how shitty those cars were.
duurtlang
> Vimto
02/08/2018 at 09:41 | 1 |
Exactly. My (18 year old) car has a milder version of the same problem. On the front of the hood, where it was poorly resprayed about 3 years ago. It’s much worse now than then 11 moths ago on the ‘ring:
E92M3
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02/08/2018 at 09:52 | 1 |
Hood was probably resprayed at some point. That made it more prone to rock chips, and then he probably used one of those high pressure wand car washes (or worse a pressure washer).
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> Vimto
02/08/2018 at 18:01 | 0 |
Didn’t think of that. Could be a crappy respray. The general bad condition of the rest of the car (admittedly not in the photo - if I have time I’ll see if I can find it on my dashcam) made it seem like just neglect.
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> E90M3
02/08/2018 at 18:04 | 1 |
Fair enough. I’ve seen similarly rough new-ish Nissans as well.
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> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/08/2018 at 18:05 | 1 |
Someone on here - I forget who sorry - posted that their Equinox has developed a random rust spot in the middle of one of the front door panels.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
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02/08/2018 at 18:06 | 0 |
Sounds about right
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> Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
02/08/2018 at 18:07 | 1 |
Possibly. Around here there are a lot of dirt roads and gravel driveways. Of course you don’t need a crossover to navigate them, but plenty of people buy one anyway just because the last 100 feet to their house is unpaved.
cluelessk
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02/09/2018 at 16:28 | 2 |
They’re built really bad and the paint sucks. I work in a body shop and have an Equinox sitting in my stall at work right now.
But I’m assuming that it’s a bad respray of some type. You rarely see OEM paint failure like that anymore.
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> cluelessk
02/09/2018 at 17:35 | 0 |
I remember OEM paint on lower-spec Neons failing like this all the time in the 90's. So I at first I just figured this might be a throwback to that, but yeah bad respray seems more likely.