It’s Amazing How Quickly Some People Let Their Cars Go To Crap

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass) 02/08/2018 at 08:19 • Filed to: Chevrolet equinox

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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 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 02/08/2018 at 08:32

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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 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 02/08/2018 at 08:32

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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 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 02/08/2018 at 08:38

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- 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

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confused with Ford?

Found On Road Dead

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 02/08/2018 at 08:57

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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 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 02/08/2018 at 09:13

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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 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 02/08/2018 at 09:24

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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

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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 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 02/08/2018 at 09:52

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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).

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Vimto 02/08/2018 at 18:01

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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.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > E90M3 02/08/2018 at 18:04

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Fair enough. I’ve seen similarly rough new-ish Nissans as well.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 02/08/2018 at 18:05

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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 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 02/08/2018 at 18:06

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Sounds about right

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 02/08/2018 at 18:07

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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 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 02/09/2018 at 16:28

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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.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > cluelessk 02/09/2018 at 17:35

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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.