...... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
Heck, these days the way a warranty is phrased, it usually won't cover anything but gross defect, & even then the warranty on a component covers only those parts, not installation. The terms & conditions of bumper to bumper dealer warranties vary widely, & are generally not as comprehensive as they may seem. Any number of common mods, use cases, or practices, even dealer-installed factory options, can void some warranty terms! Then there's the _really_ absurd ones: I've seen more than one type of vehicle (including a car) warranty, that said _you can't get it wet._ ...☂️!?!
There are a couple I have on watch that will probably go up for sale in the next 2-4 years. I know they will be good value buys. One is a ~2010 toyota camry that is gently used and I actually prefer that generation before it had the lcd screen and a few other tech upgrades but it feels like driving a boat which takes some getting used to. Currently driving a 2024 camry and I might consider switching to 2010.
I was going to say something along this line except 'Let me know when it is up for sale' - only kidding cost too much in shipping & the family should keep it.
A friend of mine once told me about his grandpaw who had a wooden toilet seat that had became rotted. After a long time of digging around in the kitchen drawers and ignoring everyone telling him to just buy a new one he found the receipt which showed he had a couple months left on a 20 year warranty! Took them down to the hardware store and came back with a free toilet seat.
tbh, wooden seats are pretty goss. My brother has Burt Reynold's whole toilet from his old house, it's got the old wooden seat on it too... If only it could speak lol
@@chele-chele A new Jersey auto shop owner owns the toilet from a certain German dictator's yacht. Imagine all the short armed, stiff armed morning salutes that thing got!
I love people like this. The fact that she has a thick, neat "photo album"/ring binder in order to keep file of all the important papers and information regarding her car and keeping it maintained, all for free, is impressive. But it's actually how it should be, people, including myself, need to get better at keeping things up to date, having things in order, and caring about the minut details. And car brands and dealership needs better warranties, both in how long they last and how wide the coverage is. Cheers! And good job lady.
100%, well said. I have to get better at that stuff too. I used to be. I've been letting standards slide, I think like the whole country to some extent. We really do need to return to standards.
Don't just do it for car information, do it for large appliances, furniture, etc. Steve Lehto, an attorney on here, has a great video regarding a company that was sued for not honoring their lifetime sock warranty.
It's a Mercury Comet. Under the skin it's the same as 65 Mustang. Because the Mustang is such a popular enthusiast collector car all the mechanical parts are still available therefor all the mechanical bits for this Comet are still available. If this were any other old car the replacement parts makers would have stopped producing parts long ago.
@@hepphepps8356 That's not correct. For a modern vehicle it's split roughly half and half. Half of the environmental damage is done during manufacture, half during the life of the vehicle. That's weighted more toward manufacture for EVs because they're so much more efficient. That isn't a slight against EVs, they just simply pollute less during use.
@@adamb89 and all you do is design software and let everything around you fall apart? people get things done---don't think it's impossible because you couldn't do it.
@@2003AudiS3Maybe if it was at highway speeds. I know the video you’re going to cite with the Chevy Malibu from 2009 and 1959, but at lower speeds, like cruising down a neighborhood street, a modern car would crumple and an old steel body would just get a scratch.
Anyone else, the mechanics would probably deny her entry to the shop. But, she's a spunky ol' girl, and I bet they love it when she brings her car in for service! They probably fight to see who gets to work on her car!
my uncle did the same thing he had a 1976 Chrysler Cordova he lived to be 93 the garage's where he had lifetime warranties could not believe someone would keep a car that long , he left that car to my brother upon his death , kudo's to this woman
I remember watching a show ages ago where a home owner would wash his car at least once & sometimes twice a week. A young boy who lived on the block saw the man always washing his car, He went up to the man & asked him, Why do you wash your car so much Mr. ? The man told him, It's called Pride of Ownership m'boy.
Warren Buffet once said "Imagine your first car. Now imagine that this is going to be your only car. You'd take very good care of that car. Wouldn't you?"
@@BrianHassett-ih3jp my first car was a rolling turd that I really did not want. My second car made it to 20 years until it needed a new head gasket and the boots dried up on the steering rack which let in saltwater. Was not worth it even though I loved that simple car
I'm sure they give the stuff because they don't want the bad publicity of stiffing an old lady. My experience with 'lifetime' warranties has been very different. Some places say no. Some just laugh. One place told me, "Sue us.".
Have you considered that she might just be tougher than you? She seems like the kind of lady who’s sweet as pie until it’s time to negotiate; then she will crush your soul with guilt.
Depends on the car. Many cars will never become classic. Like Ford Tempo, Nissan Sentra/Altima, 99% of current model crossovers, and so on. Like I see how every generation of Porsche 911 will become a classic, but I fail to imagine how Porsche Cayenne becomes a classic. Or Alfa Romeo Stelvio and Tonale. Even with cars like Lamborghini Urus or the Ferrari Whatchammacallit SUV, in 10 years many of them will probably rot at outskirts of Dubai, or will be on their last legs carrying around pimps and drug dealers in ghettos.
@@vadim6385 it doesn't depend on the car actually. classic is a designation given based on age. any car that is at least 25 years old is considered "historical" or classic.
They give you a free muffler on the warranty but they charge you $140 for installation. Then they tell you they have to install a new tailpipe, that's another $150. And that's provided the original company is still in business! Find me a Sears Auto Center.
I swear if the media told the public the sky was yellow everybody would believe it. There's definitely not a shortage of fools in this world. Especially the USA.
Those warranties written way back were different than the ones now. She probably pays nothing or almost nothing. I would love to see a video of her going into these places with these old warranties that are older than the workers in the place.
@@Look_What_You_Did Not true at all. I've seen 25 year old tie rods with zerk fittings still in excellent shape mechanically. Most modern cars need tie rods and ball joints within 5 years because of the sealed design.
@@Look_What_You_Did Yeah tell me about that. My 06 Chevy HHR just had the front wheel bearings replaced at 80,000 miles at a cost of about $700. Pop those red "seals" off of any sealed ball bearing and see just how little bit of grease is actually applied at the factory. Just about enough to keep them from corroding before they're put into use.
Vehicles in the early 90s stop having zerk fittings on the ball joints etc. Big mistake. Around 75,000 to 100,000 mile most cars front ball joints etc fail . No grease fittings to lube. The replacement usually comes with grease Zerks. Before your vehicle has a failure have your mechanic drill holes ,tap them and add a grease fitting. It will be a lot cheaper to do preventive maintenance than wait for parts to fail.
Love that she knows where the zerk fittings are for her suspension/steering! Fact that she knows this really says a lot about how involved she is as an owner
Ford ran a test in 1964 with a V8 , 4 speed comet tor endurance . At a race track they ran one at 100 MPH for 100,000 miles non stop only to change drivers and and fluids 24 hours a day ! One hell of a selling point for Ford .
Test was in 1963, September 21, 1963 to October 30, 1963 to be exact. There were five cars used during this test. Cars were heavily modified from stock. They stopped every 2 hours. Cars were checked and any work done before the next driver took it out again. There is a documentary about it on TH-cam. Those tiny solid lifter 289's would run forever if taken care of.
That's great, but running a car like that does nothing to simulate the many thousands of cold starts it'll experience over the life of its actual use. Thermal cycling can lead to so many issues that a constant temperature will hide.
i wish my ford could do that. i had to have the engine replaced twice, rebuilt the transmission and now the turbo is calling it quits. even if you follow the maintenance schedule to a T it does everything it can to get scrapped.
Honestly, I have to agree. One thing I'm grateful for in modern cars now (2024) is that Vauxhall are bringing out lovely colours for their new cars. Hopefully other car brands take the same approach and leave the days of the same colours (black, blue, red, white) and brighten up the world a bit more!
@@garybrinker4522 That's why I ditched anythibng built after 2005 and bought a 2000 Jeep Cherokee XJ 5 years ago. Cheap and easy to work on and the engine (a Toyota 4.0) and tranny will last a lifetime when taken care of. I do all of my own maintenance and mechanical work, unless it's something out of my wheelhouse, I take it to a shop. Newer cars have sensors that have to be programmed by a dealer or a shop that has the equipment and that costs even more money.
She knows that car. And she takes care of it. What a refreshing sight to see. We need more involved owners! If you take care of your vehicle, it will take care of you.
Yes oh my god, I can only imagine how much BS she's had to wade through when having her car serviced or just trying to exist in general. Being an old person, especially a little old lady... people see them as vulnerable for better or for worse, like... either you have a cool neighbor that mows your lawn when he does his because you're 80, y'know cool shit like that... or you have asshat scammers circling like vultures because you're not quite as sharp as you used be before you were 80. I had to step in and kind of just be a support for my grandparents because when getting work done on their house, they paid good money but were left with shoddy work, and just are the kind of people to forgive and be fine with it. I really love them and wanted to respect their autonomy to live their own lives but its because I love them I just couldn't watch it happen anymore... I try to be respectful about it, I still make sure they're getting what they want- BUT that they're not being manipulated or scammed during the process because this world is not nearly as kind as they are! 😔
You totally can, but youd have to either learn to maintain and repair it yourself or find people who are willing to do it for you. Not gonna be cheap, but it's sure cheaper than buying new vehicles every 5 years or so.
I'm sorry but older cars were not exactly "built to be rebuilt". The truth is that older car engines simply needed to be rebuilt more often. In fact, on average a modern car engine will last two to three times longer than an engine from a car from the 60’s or 70’s before needing a rebuild. And lets face it, by the time a car reaches 300,000 or 400,000 miles most people are not going to want to put money into it to rebuild the engine. So, it's not a matter of cars being built to be disposed of but rather that their engines last so long that by the time the engine goes the cars is not worth putting that kind of money into it.
@@SLOBeachboy modern cars have more moving pieces and many of the vital functions are reliant on relatively complex electronics. both of these are sure equations for a less reliable piece of hardware, and one that's (likely by design) harder to repair. many are also built to average 100k miles before massive repairs, which is a far cry from the 200-300k that cars were generally built for, in prior years. modern cars are only really defensible in the sense of their fuel economy advancements, but even that's not a massive deal anymore given SUV's and "trucks" are the top selling category of new vehicles in the states, and they're completely exempt from any EPA regulations that would encourage better fuel economy.
Newer cars are actually more reliable, but thanks to government mandated emissions technology and what not they take a crap much earlier or are so expensive to rebuild that people just get a new one. Rebuilding an old chevy 350 is definetely easier than the inline 4 in every generic econobox
@@blakeslide6919 way less about emissions and way more about the incentive for a business under our current socio-economic system to make their products harder to repair.
The closest you can find is dealer warranties, which are legit if you keep up all the maintenance as required. I've already had a tire replaced for free, and not some low-end brand either. So long as I keep up on it, the dealer will replace any parts that go bad (minus wear and tear parts, obviously) for free.
My daily driver is a 2001 Volvo s60 T5 that I purchased used in August 2004. Just hit 451000kms(280000 miles). Original engine and transmission. Just kept up with all the maintenance and fluid changes over the years. Most of which I learned to do myself. Any car built between 1996 and 2010 can run a very long time if driven sensibly and regular maintenance is performed. For those in the rust belt(like myself) a little rustproofing can go a long way. The best car is a payed-off car that is taken care of!
The t5's are an awesome and very under rated car, not too many around nowadays , not where I live anyway, was always tempted to get and s40 or s60 t5 as a project car =)...
I have a 1996 Honda Civic Si. @ 487,000 km. I am the original owner. Still original engine, muffler, gas tank etc. I do change oil every 3000-4000 km and rustproofing. And I am still driving to this day!
yup- over 351,000 MILES on my 2003 Volvo S60; original engine and tranny. Doesn't leak oil, transmission shifts smoothly without 'accelerator help'. AC will freeze you out of the car. Only wear and tear items replaced / rebuilt. Timing belt, brake pads & rotors, struts, shocks, etc. JUST did my front CV axles; same axles, just replaced tripod joint, new boots and clamps, fresh grease. I do all my own work- nobody puts a wrench to this car but me.
you can have her, i like to have food on my table at the end of the day. as a mechanic who works on his own cars after work, there's no such thing as free. those trashy reman parts with lifetime warranties cost you in time/labor and ancillary parts and fluids to replace them which is why i use trusted name brand parts. i bet she argues about paying labor to replace the "free parts". any flat rate tech who has an ounce of sense will go on lunch break as soon as this ladys car rolls up.
My dad has a 1997 silverado. His blower motor for the ac lasted 18 years. He got a new one from Autozone with "lifetime warranty." It was made in China, and it went out after 2 years. My dad bought another one, same deal with going out after 2 years. 2 years ago, his blower motor went out after one year and almost caught the truck on fire with me in it. This is why you only buy OEM, not stuff made in China. The guy at the autozone said because it has been replaced so often the warranty was void, and my dad told the guy if they didn't give him motors from China that goes out every 2 years, he wouldn't have to keep coming back to replace it. So my dad got an OEM blower motor, and it has been 2 years since and it has been running fine.
This is why i don't deal with life time or warranty from companys any longer. They're all Bullsh1t. Especially shops like Pepsboy etc, They're the worst.
OEM parts are still manufactured in China in the same exact factory as the aftermarket brands. Just packaged differently with the company who is purchasing them. Happens with all brands and makes.
Probably the cheapest motor they could find to be honest, if they spent the money to get a OEM in chain they would probably get better quality then again it would probably be made by basically slaves.
Fantastic , I got close to that with my 1991 Mercedes W124 300TE-24 estate , which was still going strong at 470,000 miles , when an idiot crashed through my garden wall and smashed my car into the side of my house , as it sat on the drive . Angry doesn't begin to describe my feelings , especially when I discovered the woman had no insurance .
that sucks I had a 90 year old man total my 1971 squareback when it was parked on a wide street. Bout the only car on the side of the road and he hit it like a cruise missle.
Had my Buick parked across the street from my house. Only car parked on that side of the road for 4 houses either way. The idiot driver somehow managed to hit the only car where nobody was parked in the whole area. Somehow managed to hit my car and wouldn't it surprise you that he didn't have insurance. Lost my car that day. Still pisses me off.
my father bought a car in 1955 and after the first muffler went bad, he bought a lifetime warranty. Every 3 years he was back at that shop for a freebie.... and then the pipes started going bad so it wasn't completely free anymore.
yeah - I had a life time muffler warranty as well. turns out the muffler is the cheapest part. and to keep the warranty i had to bring it in for "annual servicing". It was just a scam.
A reputable muffler/exhaust shop will honor this. I have this same year/model car and the shop that did my exhaust offered to replace it, free of charge, one time if I didn't like the sound of it (which would be entirely the fault of the vehicle's owner elsewhere).
@@zchris87v80 this may sound funny but the main reason he stopped going back was because we moved, and the trip now cost him 2 quarts of oil. When the car turned 15 years old, we replaced it due to age / mileage. Too bad, because the car didn't a have a scratch on it. I later found out he'd gotten a quote on a water pump and a carb overhaul, which he didn't feel was worth the expense at the time.
@@rupe53 I've heard burning a quart of oil is fairly typical between oil changes, but I haven't experienced it, maybe because the classics I've owned have been rebuilt with newer parts. The nissan VQs I own, which are all newer, are the ones that actually consume oil.
@@zchris87v80 I'll make it simple... mid 50s Ammericana V-8 with 125,000 miles and probably 6 oil changes it its entire life. It leaked almost as much as it burned due to lack of proper maintenance early on.
I had a lifetime muffler on a Jimmy that every year like clockwork would fall apart from rust. The muffler was free but the pipes and clamps were almost $100 plus my time installing the system every time. After that truck rotted away my next daily a s10 I got a stainless exhaust system and 10 years later still in perfect condition aside from normal surface rust.
I bought a galvanized exhaust for my truck about a year and a half after buying my truck and besides some surface rust it’s also perfectly fine. The factory exhaust is also in good condition still, I’m holding onto it so I have a quick replacement for when my aftermarket exhaust finally lets up the ghost
I bought a JC Penneys lifetime warrantee in 1975. I still own my 1972 Dodge. Firestone now refuses to honor that warrantee. It’s great that lady can still get it done 👍
@@longtoast6788 back then lifetime warranty used to mean for life, today it means as long as the car is on the market. The corps got tricky and changed the legal language of what "lifetime" means.
@Cheesemonk3h 7 hours ago she passed away in 2017, seven years ago. and this video was recorded four years before she died, meaning that this is an eleven year old news story. this isn't news at all!
Yep me too they'll sell lifetime warranty on a brand name for so many years then change the brand name of the parts like it's a different supplier but they come from the Same manufacturer,just a different box & warranty. Been there before!
Last time I got a product for my car with lifetime warranty, my mechanic warned me that it wasn't really "forever", it was for the "predicted lifetime of the product", that's how the manufacturers get you now
Greetings from the UK those grease nipple points have taken me back to being 8. I can remember sitting in the passenger seat of my grandmother's Morris Minor 1000 when the front wheel collapsed due to the trunnion letting go. The original mechanic had retired and she had to take it to a different one who didnt know about the grease points!
This woman is a true testament to the phrase, "A car is a girl's best friend." Something my mother's friend told me when I was an anxious teen learning how to drive.
She is not wrong. In the 80s, my mom came back from an oil change but it was black. I scratched an X on the top of the oil filter and went back. The garage asked "what did you do to dirty the oil?" After we pushed, he changed the "oil and filter". I asked if I would still see that x scratched on the filter. He then changed the filter. I change my own oil or check before I leave a garage. I see underfilled oil, old wiped filters, loose fill caps, and endless upsells.
Many years ago wife 1.0 took her car to have the oil changed, went and looked at the filter when she got home and still had the old mileage I wrote on it when I changed it last. We both went back and still got the run around. They changed the filter after being extremely rude about it. That place went out of business finally.
@@ScroatBagGarage My sister bought my old Passat. I visit a few times a year. I checked a few things including the oil. Nothing on the dipstick. She said "What! I just picked it up from a $250 service with oil change". It was 1.3 litres down. I wonder how starved that turbo was over the years.
@Cheesemonk3h 7 hours ago she passed away in 2017, seven years ago. and this video was recorded four years before she died, meaning that this is an eleven year old news story. this isn't news at all!
Nah. They got Red Lobstered: Most of their money was going to prior investors whose money was already spent, B2B partners with exclusive sweetheart deals, & quite a bit to executive compensation plans (to incentivize cost-cutting & new-investor gathering). PR tries to spin it so customer value seems unsustainable, but in truth, these companies are stripped for equity while leasing to continue operations. Suppliers are switched to benefit new owners, _at the expense of the company itself._ A company with enough assets, can be run on fumes & false promises for years before operations finally unravel completely. Whole industries are run into the ground, by people who take everything they can & move on. Once private equity was dictating operations, that company's goods & services were doomed.
I have been told by welluninformed sources, that the moon doesn't exist, it's a hologram - and the "stars" are the holes poked in the dome, so we can breathe. ;-)
If you are not in the financial market right now, you are making a huge mistake. I understand that it could be due to ignorance, but if you want to make your money work for you...prevent inflation
Nice babbling. This is what "having lived and worked during an era of adequate wage and buying power" looks like. People like YOU vote into the legislature those who want to ensure that working people NEVER have this power again.
@@DiahRhiaJones What exactly triggered you? I gave these nice lady a compliment. “Ppl like you”? You don’t now me from a salt on a cracka, “diarrhea”. 😂
Keep your receipts, and record/log all repair history. Documented proof, carries weight, when dealing with lifetime warranty parts. Some LT warranties, cover labor too, but that's a rare situation.
@@MrSloika digitally recorded in pictures, photocopies, etc. Or, set up a commercial account with auto parts store. But, set it up as "cash only", so no possibility of anything mistakenly charged to that account. All purchases are recorded in THEIR system. I have some parts purchases that are older than some of the employees, at one auto parts store😁 Sometimes, going in to a different store location, of their chain of stores. They try to tell me there is no information found on the account. I calmly and politely give them the number to original store location, that the account was started. It's almost entertaining, to watch their facial expression as they look at all the purchase records load to their computer system😁 The change in attitude and respect,, as pages and pages of parts purchases, going back to before the particular parts person was born...PRICELESS🎯😎☕
This woman is a genius! The quickest way to lose money is to buy a new car. If you can keep an old car running, that’s awesome. The problem is, my last two gas cars become money pits, and that includes my 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid.
I was reading your comment and got to the part about your 05 accord becoming a money pit and was thinking "how can a mid 2000s Honda really go wrong and then I saw hybrid and now I understand. My cousin has a Prius from around that year and it has turned into a paperweight too, darn aging lithium ion packs! Time is starting to really turn an otherwise serviceable car into a lost cause 👎
Now thats a smart woman, that makes sure she gets what she pays for. Not many companies do those lifetime warranties anymore so this will be hard to replicate.
The late Tom Cahill car tester for mechanic illustrated once said "the old cars had more grease fittings than a country barn had nails"! Keep them well lubricated and they'll practically never wear out!
I just pulled up the shop manual. Left Side Control Arms 4 fittings Ball Joints 2 fittings Tie Rods 2 fittings Right Side Control Arms 4 fittings Ball Joints 2 fittings Tie Rods 2 fittings Steering Idler Arm 1 fitting If my math is correct that comes to 17. 🙂
@@NotExpatJoe For the’54 Chevy: Control arms total: 8 Tie rod ends total: 4 Knuckle supports total: 4 King Pins total:4 Center idler arm: 2 Steering Drag Link: 2 Total = 24 Chevy ran that configuration for sure ‘49-‘54, then switched to ball joints and simplified some of the geometry. I had a ‘52 BelAir, a ‘53 4-door, a’53 and ’54 2-door, my buddy had a ‘50 BelAir 2-tone w/Powerglide.
"Lifetime battery warranty" lol probably because way back when cars would basically be discarded every 3 years or so, so they'd need to replace a battery maybe once or twice total and got the customer in shopping at Sears every time they did anyways.
My Mom's neighbor had a HiSense TV die just inside its warranty period. HiSense dutifully sent a replacement board & created a ticket to send a technician to install it when it arrived. When the board arrived, HiSense discovered they had no technicians with a service area within 100 miles of there. They asked if a whole new TV would be OK? I said sure. Then they discovered that whole product category was discontinued already, would a new model that's better in every spec & a bit larger be OK? I said sure. My Mom's neighbor had already bought another TV, so now the new one from HiSense serves me as a monitor with casting features.
Think of All the money she's saved over the years, those Cars were less than 2 grand Brand new & were Serviceable & Reliable & No fear of Electronics going out to leave ya stranded either!
@@Dan0__ yep, & every other word wasn't "Refer to the Servicing Dealer" . Maybe once or twice you'll see those words in the old owners manual ! I miss those days !
@@MrSloika Lol... Oh I know! My daughter had a VW "New Beetle" and it had all kinds of manuals. When I finally found the section for changing the Tail Light bulb, it said to take it to the dealer. Thank goodness there was a TH-camr out there that shared the trick!
Maybe you can. My five year old Tesla has 80,000 miles on it. My total maintenance has been to add washer fluid a few times and tires. The battery degradation has been about 5%. I expect this car to be going for a very long time. I've taken many long road trips with it. I've had around 20 cars in my long life, and the Tesla is the best car I’ve ever had.
"lifetime" guarantee by law (sadly) is the expected lifespan of the product, not the owner. Cars are expected to be fully used up (depreciated) before 200k miles and/or 20 years
I've used the "lifetime guarantee" a few times on the replacement starter and alternator on my 1994 F150. Original parts lasted 25+ years, brand new made in mexico/china junk fails in 6-12 months... Takes a whole 5 minutes to swap either of em in the Oreillys parking lot, but still a gigantic inconvenience. Carry the original receipt in the glovebox, guaranteed theyre not gonna be able to find you in their "system" to do a exchange otherwise.
I had the factory radiator blow outon a trip. The local chain parts store had one of mine in stock. That one failed over ten years later, and my local store honored it. And the water pump that had been replaced as well at another time.
@@stevencovington4715 Seems to be a pretty massive difference between chains. Where I lived previously there was a Napa and a CarQuest that were both decent, you'd see the same handful of knowledgeable older dudes working there everytime you came in over the course of a few years. They typically had different "grades" of parts, you could get the elcheapo taiwan version of whatever, or you could spend a few more bucks and get something made in America (or at least Canada, Japan, Germany, etc etc) Now days I'm stuck with an Orilleys or an AutoZone as the only two local places. Basically the fast food versions of a parts store. Seems like they're more concerned with keeping the store stocked with air fresheners and turtle wax then they are with stocking actual parts.
It's incredibly frustrating how poorly made aftermarket parts are...it should genuinely be illegal in my opinion, I don't care where or who you buy it from, you're not even going to get half of what the OEM gave you. I had to replace the starter on my '99 Maxima 3 times within 4 months after the original finally kicked the bucket after 23 years...and they were all the "premium" lifetime warranty units I may add. Got so tired of the part store junk that I went to a junk yard and pulled an OEM off a wrecked one (verified by Nissan logo sticker ) That was 2 years ago and it's still doing okay.
@@LygerTheCLawshe's not ripping off no one she's being a good Stewart of her money sh🎉going along with guarantees I'll admit for got about them because of time or I got a different car anyway I pray I could be more diligent about those things
@Cheesemonk3h 7 hours ago she passed away in 2017, seven years ago. and this video was recorded four years before she died, meaning that this is an eleven year old news story. this isn't news at all!
Watch our full story with Rachel and her Chariot here: watch.growingbolder.com/watch/eftlCdXp
why would one need to log in? no!
Thanks, luckily I knew how to bypass your nonsense and watch the whole thing.
@@tree3po This is an old viral video that they reuploaded. Rachel passed away a few years ago.
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Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
Ooo, OUCH!!!
It mustve been nice to live in a world where a guarantee was worth something.
It was--- it really was!
Well she ain't getting any thing on the sears warranties
A lot of dealers still do lifetime warranties, fyi. You just need to actually take advantage of them.
I am SHOCKED they still honor them! SHOCKED!
its stuff like this that allowed that generation to let the world go to crap
She's outlived half the companies that warranty her "lifetime warranty" parts.
Sears and JCPenney are still alive fyi
Sears has 11 stores and JCP has several hundred.
@@AFoxGuy I didn't even know JcPenny's had an automotive division haha
@@AFoxGuyJCP went bankrupt
@@neddiego2570and now we know why. 👀
@@neddiego2570 They did, but they were bought by Simon Retail group and still have several hundred stores still open, I have one near me.
I’m convinced that she makes sure she stays healthy to keep these companies honest. 😊
The real story here is that she actually got some companies to honor their warranties.
Without going to the AG's office.
She’s got a “pistol packer” vibe to her so that’s probably how she got them to uphold the warranty 😂
Heck, these days the way a warranty is phrased, it usually won't cover anything but gross defect, & even then the warranty on a component covers only those parts, not installation.
The terms & conditions of bumper to bumper dealer warranties vary widely, & are generally not as comprehensive as they may seem.
Any number of common mods, use cases, or practices, even dealer-installed factory options, can void some warranty terms!
Then there's the _really_ absurd ones: I've seen more than one type of vehicle (including a car) warranty, that said _you can't get it wet._
...☂️!?!
@@prophetzarquon1922 Third party warranties are usually worthless scams. There are some exceptions but very few.
@@prophetzarquon1922lmao, imagine they put a warranty sticker on the bottom of the car that would dissolve from water.
I hope she lives to be 130.
There’s a decent chance if she’s still this mentally sharp at 90
And stays as healthy as she is in this clip
So do I ❤
She died in 2017
@@evanlyons9472 She died in 2017
Bought my current car from an elderly lady. Best buy ever. Barely used, clean and very well maintained.
Actually you WANT it to be well used.
A car that sits doing nothing becomes a rustbucket fast
And also, mileage is proof that it actually drives well.
@@maalikserebryakov Great point :)
There are a couple I have on watch that will probably go up for sale in the next 2-4 years. I know they will be good value buys. One is a ~2010 toyota camry that is gently used and I actually prefer that generation before it had the lcd screen and a few other tech upgrades but it feels like driving a boat which takes some getting used to. Currently driving a 2024 camry and I might consider switching to 2010.
It's sad but some of the best cars you can get are from estate sales
@@maalikserebryakov for real just going to the market is not good for your car. You need the engine running.
Now guys , THIS is the type of owner you want to buy a “ Classic-car” from . God Bless her .
She can keep her classic 4 door sedan...
@@codymoe4986that “sedan” is a mustang in disguise but go ahead with your “too cool” attitude
@@AppalachianMountaineer1863 except that its a Mercury and not a Mustang. Whats with your disguise, you aint cool, bruh.
I was going to say something along this line except 'Let me know when it is up for sale' - only kidding cost too much in shipping & the family should keep it.
@@cat-le1hf has none of the looks, numuts. So its definitely not
A friend of mine once told me about his grandpaw who had a wooden toilet seat that had became rotted. After a long time of digging around in the kitchen drawers and ignoring everyone telling him to just buy a new one he found the receipt which showed he had a couple months left on a 20 year warranty! Took them down to the hardware store and came back with a free toilet seat.
Wow what a deal
tbh, wooden seats are pretty goss. My brother has Burt Reynold's whole toilet from his old house, it's got the old wooden seat on it too... If only it could speak lol
@@chele-cheleGeorge Washington peed here. Right here. On this porous seat.
@@chele-chele A new Jersey auto shop owner owns the toilet from a certain German dictator's yacht. Imagine all the short armed, stiff armed morning salutes that thing got!
Jay Leno joked about that with his Dad.
I love people like this. The fact that she has a thick, neat "photo album"/ring binder in order to keep file of all the important papers and information regarding her car and keeping it maintained, all for free, is impressive. But it's actually how it should be, people, including myself, need to get better at keeping things up to date, having things in order, and caring about the minut details. And car brands and dealership needs better warranties, both in how long they last and how wide the coverage is. Cheers! And good job lady.
100%, well said. I have to get better at that stuff too. I used to be. I've been letting standards slide, I think like the whole country to some extent. We really do need to return to standards.
Don't just do it for car information, do it for large appliances, furniture, etc. Steve Lehto, an attorney on here, has a great video regarding a company that was sued for not honoring their lifetime sock warranty.
Yes! So many people say " I'm so busy" then grab popcorn and sit in front of the TV for 4 hours.
@@Tracker5111 wow youre so much better than them! it couldnt be that they have so much more going on in their lives than you could possibly imagine!
I started doing this recently, keeping an individual 3-ring notebook for each of my vehicles. It’s nice. They’re all lined up on a shelf in my office.
Same car for 500k miles, now that's a green vehicle. This lady needs a tax credit.
It's a Mercury Comet. Under the skin it's the same as 65 Mustang. Because the Mustang is such a popular enthusiast collector car all the mechanical parts are still available therefor all the mechanical bits for this Comet are still available. If this were any other old car the replacement parts makers would have stopped producing parts long ago.
Current administration would slap penalties on her for having a gas guzzler and force her to purchase a 40k electric car.
@@hepphepps8356 That's not correct. For a modern vehicle it's split roughly half and half. Half of the environmental damage is done during manufacture, half during the life of the vehicle. That's weighted more toward manufacture for EVs because they're so much more efficient. That isn't a slight against EVs, they just simply pollute less during use.
@@luddel4747maybe up to 1990-1995, that’s when emissions became low and engines modern enough, it’s greener to drive cars that are 20-30 years now.
@@hepphepps8356well a bunch of bullshit.
It shows you the benefits of being an involved owner
I dunno about that but it sure shows the benefits of having no better uses of your days left than track lifetime warranties in a binder.
@@adamb89
And what are you doing? Curing cancer?
@@seeharvester Software engineer.
@@adamb89 and all you do is design software and let everything around you fall apart? people get things done---don't think it's impossible because you couldn't do it.
@ bobloblaw9679 that response was gay
She is the definition of well educated consumer. Bravo!
I love it. God bless this woman and her sweet Chariot. The fact that she still drives at 90yrs old is amazing!
Yep & Sharp as a Tack !
Biden's not allowed to drive.
What does that tell you?
@@seeharvester That you're a liar.
@@hammersandnails1458his statement is true, so it seems you’re the liar.
@@seeharvester Is Trump still aloud to drive?
Nobody’s tracking granny.
She’s driving a tank when the rest are in crumple zones 😁
@@timan2039the tanks would fair the worst in a crash with a modern car
@@2003AudiS3yea, one of the crash tests I watched to prove that point, actually removed the engine from the older car to make it look like it lost.
Nope. Before all that bs started
@@2003AudiS3Maybe if it was at highway speeds. I know the video you’re going to cite with the Chevy Malibu from 2009 and 1959, but at lower speeds, like cruising down a neighborhood street, a modern car would crumple and an old steel body would just get a scratch.
That lady knows her maintenance, how about a round of applause for her!
Anyone else, the mechanics would probably deny her entry to the shop. But, she's a spunky ol' girl, and I bet they love it when she brings her car in for service! They probably fight to see who gets to work on her car!
She probably has only one guy she will let touch it
Lot easier to work on.
I bet half of them can't find the obd2 port.
@@GoonyMclinux - so are you saying the other half know not to look for the OBD2?
@@stevebabiak6997 I have a scan tool for those old cars, it was like $20.
my uncle did the same thing he had a 1976 Chrysler Cordova he lived to be 93 the garage's where he had lifetime warranties could not believe someone would keep a car that long , he left that car to my brother upon his death , kudo's to this woman
'Cordova': cool name for a villain?
Boy howdy it must be nice to live somewhere where cars dont rust to pieces making that kind of dedication night on impossible.
Its "Cordoba" not "Cordova"
@@spar0035 sorry my bad it was a cordoba
Loved those Cordovas, rectangular opera windows at the back.
Nice to see someone who really appreciates their car. 😎
I remember watching a show ages ago where a home owner would wash his car at least once & sometimes twice a week. A young boy who lived on the block saw the man always washing his car, He went up to the man & asked him, Why do you wash your car so much Mr. ? The man told him, It's called Pride of Ownership m'boy.
This woman is a genius!
No, just a typical woman, always wanting stuff for free.
@@silverdale3207She paid for the warranty. The rest of us loses the paperwork.
Warren Buffet once said "Imagine your first car. Now imagine that this is going to be your only car. You'd take very good care of that car. Wouldn't you?"
@@BrianHassett-ih3jp
If my first car wasn’t a rot box right off the bat, hell yeah I would.
@@BrianHassett-ih3jp my first car was a rolling turd that I really did not want. My second car made it to 20 years until it needed a new head gasket and the boots dried up on the steering rack which let in saltwater. Was not worth it even though I loved that simple car
I'm sure they give the stuff because they don't want the bad publicity of stiffing an old lady. My experience with 'lifetime' warranties has been very different. Some places say no. Some just laugh. One place told me, "Sue us.".
You’d be surprised what happens when you turn the Better Business Bureau loose on them. They’ll see it your way real quick.
I doubt she is anywhere close to being a pushover.
Radio Shack still honors the "lifetime tube" policy.
Sue them. Please.
Have you considered that she might just be tougher than you? She seems like the kind of lady who’s sweet as pie until it’s time to negotiate; then she will crush your soul with guilt.
3 life stages of a car
1st: New car
2nd: old car
3rd: classic car
Respect your elders and their cars.
Depends on the car.
Many cars will never become classic. Like Ford Tempo, Nissan Sentra/Altima, 99% of current model crossovers, and so on.
Like I see how every generation of Porsche 911 will become a classic, but I fail to imagine how Porsche Cayenne becomes a classic. Or Alfa Romeo Stelvio and Tonale.
Even with cars like Lamborghini Urus or the Ferrari Whatchammacallit SUV, in 10 years many of them will probably rot at outskirts of Dubai, or will be on their last legs carrying around pimps and drug dealers in ghettos.
@@vadim6385 it doesn't depend on the car actually. classic is a designation given based on age. any car that is at least 25 years old is considered "historical" or classic.
You forgot the banger stage of the vehicle's life.
Hence why bangernomics was created.😉
@@R.Sole88109 bangernomics 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's indeed weird, because my BMW is 19 years old and in a few year it would be considered an oldtimer.
They give you a free muffler on the warranty but they charge you $140 for installation. Then they tell you they have to install a new tailpipe, that's another $150. And that's provided the original company is still in business! Find me a Sears Auto Center.
This
I swear if the media told the public the sky was yellow everybody would believe it. There's definitely not a shortage of fools in this world. Especially the USA.
Holy crap I think you're right, I couldn't find any on their website. I last used the local one about ten years ago; It's an empty shell today.
Those warranties written way back were different than the ones now. She probably pays nothing or almost nothing. I would love to see a video of her going into these places with these old warranties that are older than the workers in the place.
She said Firestone is who handles the work, I’d assume Firestone bought out Sears auto service and they are upholding the warranty
Good point about the lube points. Younger mechanics are used to the "disposable" parts that don't have zerk fittings.
Sealed components last far far longer...
@@Look_What_You_Did Not true at all. I've seen 25 year old tie rods with zerk fittings still in excellent shape mechanically. Most modern cars need tie rods and ball joints within 5 years because of the sealed design.
@@Look_What_You_Did Yeah tell me about that. My 06 Chevy HHR just had the front wheel bearings replaced at 80,000 miles at a cost of about $700. Pop those red "seals" off of any sealed ball bearing and see just how little bit of grease is actually applied at the factory. Just about enough to keep them from corroding before they're put into use.
Vehicles in the early 90s stop having zerk fittings on the ball joints etc. Big mistake. Around 75,000 to 100,000 mile most cars front ball joints etc fail . No grease fittings to lube. The replacement usually comes with grease Zerks. Before your vehicle has a failure have your mechanic drill holes ,tap them and add a grease fitting. It will be a lot cheaper to do preventive maintenance than wait for parts to fail.
@@Look_What_You_Did there are exceptions. Most % do not .
Love that she knows where the zerk fittings are for her suspension/steering! Fact that she knows this really says a lot about how involved she is as an owner
She’s amazing!
Ford ran a test in 1964 with a V8 , 4 speed comet tor endurance . At a race track they ran one at 100 MPH for 100,000 miles non stop only to change drivers and and fluids 24 hours a day ! One hell of a selling point for Ford .
Test was in 1963, September 21, 1963 to October 30, 1963 to be exact. There were five cars used during this test. Cars were heavily modified from stock. They stopped every 2 hours. Cars were checked and any work done before the next driver took it out again. There is a documentary about it on TH-cam. Those tiny solid lifter 289's would run forever if taken care of.
That's great, but running a car like that does nothing to simulate the many thousands of cold starts it'll experience over the life of its actual use. Thermal cycling can lead to so many issues that a constant temperature will hide.
i wish my ford could do that. i had to have the engine replaced twice, rebuilt the transmission and now the turbo is calling it quits.
even if you follow the maintenance schedule to a T it does everything it can to get scrapped.
@@NotExpatJoe 289 , one of the best engines ever made .
@@darkshadowsx5949 ur modern ford is junk tho,especially turbo vehicles...they are doomed to fail
if my mother had lived this long that would have been her. God Bless her
Cars from back then were beutiful! And didnt all look the same
Yes, correct, thank you!!!!
Honestly, I have to agree. One thing I'm grateful for in modern cars now (2024) is that Vauxhall are bringing out lovely colours for their new cars. Hopefully other car brands take the same approach and leave the days of the same colours (black, blue, red, white) and brighten up the world a bit more!
And easier to work on 😎
@@garybrinker4522 That's why I ditched anythibng built after 2005 and bought a 2000 Jeep Cherokee XJ 5 years ago. Cheap and easy to work on and the engine (a Toyota 4.0) and tranny will last a lifetime when taken care of. I do all of my own maintenance and mechanical work, unless it's something out of my wheelhouse, I take it to a shop. Newer cars have sensors that have to be programmed by a dealer or a shop that has the equipment and that costs even more money.
Blame that in the government’s mileage reduction addiction.
Ain't noone gonna fool that granny, she damn serious about her car. She's a Legend, protect her at all cost!
She knows that car. And she takes care of it. What a refreshing sight to see. We need more involved owners! If you take care of your vehicle, it will take care of you.
This lady knows her car, and she knows how to care for it
Yes oh my god, I can only imagine how much BS she's had to wade through when having her car serviced or just trying to exist in general. Being an old person, especially a little old lady... people see them as vulnerable for better or for worse, like... either you have a cool neighbor that mows your lawn when he does his because you're 80, y'know cool shit like that... or you have asshat scammers circling like vultures because you're not quite as sharp as you used be before you were 80.
I had to step in and kind of just be a support for my grandparents because when getting work done on their house, they paid good money but were left with shoddy work, and just are the kind of people to forgive and be fine with it. I really love them and wanted to respect their autonomy to live their own lives but its because I love them I just couldn't watch it happen anymore... I try to be respectful about it, I still make sure they're getting what they want- BUT that they're not being manipulated or scammed during the process because this world is not nearly as kind as they are! 😔
She knew her car, passed away 7 years ago and the lifetime warranty ended with her.
That diagram for the grease and oil fittings is awesome! Wish more vehicles had these!
That's totally awesome! I wish I could keep my car running forever.
You could, I have a chevy truck with 550K on it. it still runs and drives fine
You totally can, but youd have to either learn to maintain and repair it yourself or find people who are willing to do it for you. Not gonna be cheap, but it's sure cheaper than buying new vehicles every 5 years or so.
@@TRiToN219 Yes, thats a given, I expect every real man to know how to fix his own vehicles.
@@integr8er66 I hope to have mine a long while yet to! Chevy tough
@@integr8er66 You rebuild transmissions?
Good for her.
I like this lady. She knows her stuff. She's not being dishonest at all either. Lifetime warranty means lifetime warranty.
Older cars were built to be rebuild, while newer ones are disposed in a period of time.
I'm sorry but older cars were not exactly "built to be rebuilt". The truth is that older car engines simply needed to be rebuilt more often. In fact, on average a modern car engine will last two to three times longer than an engine from a car from the 60’s or 70’s before needing a rebuild. And lets face it, by the time a car reaches 300,000 or 400,000 miles most people are not going to want to put money into it to rebuild the engine. So, it's not a matter of cars being built to be disposed of but rather that their engines last so long that by the time the engine goes the cars is not worth putting that kind of money into it.
@@SLOBeachboy modern cars have more moving pieces and many of the vital functions are reliant on relatively complex electronics. both of these are sure equations for a less reliable piece of hardware, and one that's (likely by design) harder to repair. many are also built to average 100k miles before massive repairs, which is a far cry from the 200-300k that cars were generally built for, in prior years. modern cars are only really defensible in the sense of their fuel economy advancements, but even that's not a massive deal anymore given SUV's and "trucks" are the top selling category of new vehicles in the states, and they're completely exempt from any EPA regulations that would encourage better fuel economy.
Newer cars are actually more reliable, but thanks to government mandated emissions technology and what not they take a crap much earlier or are so expensive to rebuild that people just get a new one. Rebuilding an old chevy 350 is definetely easier than the inline 4 in every generic econobox
@@blakeslide6919 way less about emissions and way more about the incentive for a business under our current socio-economic system to make their products harder to repair.
@@blakeslide6919 Well, it has way more electrical components than before, and each of these components, will eventually fail.
Wow this lady is so switched on. Holds them to thier word. Go lady go you are gold.
This woman’s a genius. I’m going to start copying her.
That stuff basically doesn’t exist anymore.
The closest you can find is dealer warranties, which are legit if you keep up all the maintenance as required. I've already had a tire replaced for free, and not some low-end brand either. So long as I keep up on it, the dealer will replace any parts that go bad (minus wear and tear parts, obviously) for free.
Same *5 minutes later* damn i need 3 big macs
@@ajspice will they honor the repairs even after 200,000 miles?
@@TFM-p8t I'd rather save up for a second house.
My daily driver is a 2001 Volvo s60 T5 that I purchased used in August 2004. Just hit 451000kms(280000 miles). Original engine and transmission. Just kept up with all the maintenance and fluid changes over the years. Most of which I learned to do myself. Any car built between 1996 and 2010 can run a very long time if driven sensibly and regular maintenance is performed. For those in the rust belt(like myself) a little rustproofing can go a long way. The best car is a payed-off car that is taken care of!
The t5's are an awesome and very under rated car, not too many around nowadays , not where I live anyway, was always tempted to get and s40 or s60 t5 as a project car =)...
I have a 1996 Honda Civic Si. @ 487,000 km. I am the original owner. Still original engine, muffler, gas tank etc. I do change oil every 3000-4000 km and rustproofing. And I am still driving to this day!
yup- over 351,000 MILES on my 2003 Volvo S60; original engine and tranny. Doesn't leak oil, transmission shifts smoothly without 'accelerator help'. AC will freeze you out of the car. Only wear and tear items replaced / rebuilt. Timing belt, brake pads & rotors, struts, shocks, etc. JUST did my front CV axles; same axles, just replaced tripod joint, new boots and clamps, fresh grease. I do all my own work- nobody puts a wrench to this car but me.
@@lynskyrd way to go! Will last forever. Keep a log of all the work you have done for the history of your vehicle.
@@lynskyrdare you mechanic?
A woman that can come in my garage Anytime!..great sense of value!
you can have her, i like to have food on my table at the end of the day. as a mechanic who works on his own cars after work, there's no such thing as free. those trashy reman parts with lifetime warranties cost you in time/labor and ancillary parts and fluids to replace them which is why i use trusted name brand parts. i bet she argues about paying labor to replace the "free parts". any flat rate tech who has an ounce of sense will go on lunch break as soon as this ladys car rolls up.
no woman is going into your backseat anymore for some good times, be real here
My dad has a 1997 silverado. His blower motor for the ac lasted 18 years. He got a new one from Autozone with "lifetime warranty." It was made in China, and it went out after 2 years. My dad bought another one, same deal with going out after 2 years. 2 years ago, his blower motor went out after one year and almost caught the truck on fire with me in it. This is why you only buy OEM, not stuff made in China. The guy at the autozone said because it has been replaced so often the warranty was void, and my dad told the guy if they didn't give him motors from China that goes out every 2 years, he wouldn't have to keep coming back to replace it. So my dad got an OEM blower motor, and it has been 2 years since and it has been running fine.
This is why i don't deal with life time or warranty from companys any longer. They're all Bullsh1t. Especially shops like Pepsboy etc, They're the worst.
OEM parts are still manufactured in China in the same exact factory as the aftermarket brands. Just packaged differently with the company who is purchasing them. Happens with all brands and makes.
@@MrHurricaneFloyd not necessarily. I have purchased plenty of OEM Honda parts made in the USA.
advance auto parts told me a lifetime warranty is now 2 part exchanges.
Probably the cheapest motor they could find to be honest, if they spent the money to get a OEM in chain they would probably get better quality then again it would probably be made by basically slaves.
Fantastic , I got close to that with my 1991 Mercedes W124 300TE-24 estate , which was still going strong at 470,000 miles , when an idiot crashed through my garden wall and smashed my car into the side of my house , as it sat on the drive .
Angry doesn't begin to describe my feelings , especially when I discovered the woman had no insurance .
that sucks I had a 90 year old man total my 1971 squareback when it was parked on a wide street. Bout the only car on the side of the road and he hit it like a cruise missle.
Had my Buick parked across the street from my house. Only car parked on that side of the road for 4 houses either way. The idiot driver somehow managed to hit the only car where nobody was parked in the whole area. Somehow managed to hit my car and wouldn't it surprise you that he didn't have insurance. Lost my car that day. Still pisses me off.
my father bought a car in 1955 and after the first muffler went bad, he bought a lifetime warranty. Every 3 years he was back at that shop for a freebie.... and then the pipes started going bad so it wasn't completely free anymore.
yeah - I had a life time muffler warranty as well. turns out the muffler is the cheapest part. and to keep the warranty i had to bring it in for "annual servicing". It was just a scam.
A reputable muffler/exhaust shop will honor this. I have this same year/model car and the shop that did my exhaust offered to replace it, free of charge, one time if I didn't like the sound of it (which would be entirely the fault of the vehicle's owner elsewhere).
@@zchris87v80 this may sound funny but the main reason he stopped going back was because we moved, and the trip now cost him 2 quarts of oil. When the car turned 15 years old, we replaced it due to age / mileage. Too bad, because the car didn't a have a scratch on it. I later found out he'd gotten a quote on a water pump and a carb overhaul, which he didn't feel was worth the expense at the time.
@@rupe53 I've heard burning a quart of oil is fairly typical between oil changes, but I haven't experienced it, maybe because the classics I've owned have been rebuilt with newer parts. The nissan VQs I own, which are all newer, are the ones that actually consume oil.
@@zchris87v80 I'll make it simple... mid 50s Ammericana V-8 with 125,000 miles and probably 6 oil changes it its entire life. It leaked almost as much as it burned due to lack of proper maintenance early on.
God bless this woman 👏🏽🙏🏽
I had a lifetime muffler on a Jimmy that every year like clockwork would fall apart from rust. The muffler was free but the pipes and clamps were almost $100 plus my time installing the system every time. After that truck rotted away my next daily a s10 I got a stainless exhaust system and 10 years later still in perfect condition aside from normal surface rust.
Smart! I had a Chevy Impala that had rust problems with the exhaust. Wish I’d thought of that stainless steel solution!
An S-15 JIMMY?
@@DANIELFLORES-qd8ly ya s15. Had that thing a long time still ran great when I sold it just rotted door skins flapping in the wind.
I bought a galvanized exhaust for my truck about a year and a half after buying my truck and besides some surface rust it’s also perfectly fine. The factory exhaust is also in good condition still, I’m holding onto it so I have a quick replacement for when my aftermarket exhaust finally lets up the ghost
I bought a JC Penneys lifetime warrantee in 1975. I still own my 1972 Dodge. Firestone now refuses to honor that warrantee. It’s great that lady can still get it done 👍
sue them
@@longtoast6788 That costs more than the battery costs.
she died in 2017 so they may have stopped honoring it after she died.
@@longtoast6788 back then lifetime warranty used to mean for life, today it means as long as the car is on the market. The corps got tricky and changed the legal language of what "lifetime" means.
I hope to be this happy, healthy, and mentally sharp by the time I reach 90 years old
I wonder if Ford is paying her for driving around with that "540K miles" placard in the window?
They should be.
Why, nobody believes there is a similarity between her car and what is in the showroom
@Cheesemonk3h
7 hours ago
she passed away in 2017, seven years ago. and this video was recorded four years before she died, meaning that this is an eleven year old news story. this isn't news at all!
@@JohnSmith-pl2bkAww, that's sad to hear :(
Do you know what happened to the car?
@@ggj1987
When I read through ALL the comments...... one stated that it is now in a Ford dealer's showroom...
@@ggj1987I believe it’s in a Wisconsin museum or car collection. So it is safe and the old car finally can go into retirement it deserves it
There was a time when a lifetime warranty meant something. My experience with lifetime warranties on car parts or service has been different.
Yeah I don’t even bother wasting time with them, there is always some excuse why they can not validate the part.
Yep me too they'll sell lifetime warranty on a brand name for so many years then change the brand name of the parts like it's a different supplier but they come from the Same manufacturer,just a different box & warranty. Been there before!
Yeah, lifetime on parts seems to be 3 to 5 years now
We can likely thank this lady's strategy for resulting in the paradigm shift... hahaha
Last time I got a product for my car with lifetime warranty, my mechanic warned me that it wasn't really "forever", it was for the "predicted lifetime of the product", that's how the manufacturers get you now
500,000 miles???? That's some world record. Maybe she should publish it in the Guiness Book of World Records.
Greetings from the UK those grease nipple points have taken me back to being 8. I can remember sitting in the passenger seat of my grandmother's Morris Minor 1000 when the front wheel collapsed due to the trunnion letting go. The original mechanic had retired and she had to take it to a different one who didnt know about the grease points!
She is impressive! We can learn from her.
My pickup has 300k.
Maybe you can learn something from her...
This woman is a true testament to the phrase, "A car is a girl's best friend." Something my mother's friend told me when I was an anxious teen learning how to drive.
She is not wrong. In the 80s, my mom came back from an oil change but it was black. I scratched an X on the top of the oil filter and went back. The garage asked "what did you do to dirty the oil?" After we pushed, he changed the "oil and filter". I asked if I would still see that x scratched on the filter. He then changed the filter. I change my own oil or check before I leave a garage. I see underfilled oil, old wiped filters, loose fill caps, and endless upsells.
Many years ago wife 1.0 took her car to have the oil changed, went and looked at the filter when she got home and still had the old mileage I wrote on it when I changed it last. We both went back and still got the run around. They changed the filter after being extremely rude about it. That place went out of business finally.
@@ScroatBagGarage My sister bought my old Passat. I visit a few times a year. I checked a few things including the oil. Nothing on the dipstick. She said "What! I just picked it up from a $250 service with oil change". It was 1.3 litres down. I wonder how starved that turbo was over the years.
A guy I knew took his car to Sears for an oil change. He drove out with NO oil. Car froze a few miles later.
I know someone who had exactly the same experience and the dealership lost its licence to trade its brand as a consequence.
Dang, thats crazy. Ive never had any issues with mechanics. Its the one trade ive never been ripped off with. Hvac guys have gotten me twice
We love this lady!!!!! ❤❤❤😊🙏
She died in 2017, this story is from 2010.
Lair!
@@apara2005 I wish, she seemed like a nice person.
who got the car??? Jay Leno?
@@bryanpinto4051not
the racetrack crash video😭😭
did she die a natural death or did the car industy take her out?
Good for her!
Hell yes! Good for her
I recon she came with a lifetime warranty , sharp as a tac , good on her..👍
@Cheesemonk3h
7 hours ago
she passed away in 2017, seven years ago. and this video was recorded four years before she died, meaning that this is an eleven year old news story. this isn't news at all!
Is that a 1964 mercury comet ? !
Im in love 😍
Good eye!
64 & 65 Falcons are very good and still popular 😎
@@garybrinker4522
I had a neighbor with a 64 mercury Montclair with the power rear window.
And it was black ☺️🤤🥰
Mechanics love when customers want to watch them work.
Omg i need to learn her ways , smart lady
Ahhh now I see why Sears went under. 😮
Nah. They got Red Lobstered: Most of their money was going to prior investors whose money was already spent, B2B partners with exclusive sweetheart deals, & quite a bit to executive compensation plans (to incentivize cost-cutting & new-investor gathering).
PR tries to spin it so customer value seems unsustainable, but in truth, these companies are stripped for equity while leasing to continue operations. Suppliers are switched to benefit new owners, _at the expense of the company itself._ A company with enough assets, can be run on fumes & false promises for years before operations finally unravel completely. Whole industries are run into the ground, by people who take everything they can & move on.
Once private equity was dictating operations, that company's goods & services were doomed.
@@prophetzarquon1922 more to do with Amazon and Walmart killing off most retailers
@@prophetzarquon1922 How does that work? I am trying to understand what you wrote.
That's more than a round trip to the moon and back!
I have been told by welluninformed sources, that the moon doesn't exist, it's a hologram - and the "stars" are the holes poked in the dome, so we can breathe. ;-)
How do you figure that?
@@wholeNwonbecause it’s 238,900 miles to the moon.
@@AppalachianMountaineer1863 I know. Perhaps you should reread what you wrote.
Better than any new car warranty!
If you are not in the financial market right now, you are making a huge mistake. I understand that it could be due to ignorance, but if you want to make your money work for you...prevent inflation
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Wow, I absolutely love this lady. She is such a great role model. The organization of her documents and her lubricant diagram were priceless ❤❤❤❤❤
Greatest generation right there!! God bless her!!
What a wonderful story.
Damn I love her, wish she was my grandma
What being stable and absolute in your life decisions looks like.
Nice babbling. This is what "having lived and worked during an era of adequate wage and buying power" looks like.
People like YOU vote into the legislature those who want to ensure that working people NEVER have this power again.
@@DiahRhiaJones What exactly triggered you? I gave these nice lady a compliment.
“Ppl like you”?
You don’t now me from a salt on a cracka, “diarrhea”. 😂
I wonder if she is a retired teacher.
@@HighTopJop Have trouble reading?
@@DiahRhiaJones Have trouble spelling, Diarrhea?
Good 4-her!
Good fore her!
That's one smart lady.
Keep your receipts, and record/log all repair history. Documented proof, carries weight, when dealing with lifetime warranty parts.
Some LT warranties, cover labor too, but that's a rare situation.
Those 60 year old hand written receipts keep well but a lot of these modern receipts seem to fade or turn completely black over time.
@@TheInsaneShecklador Yup, modern receipts are printed with disappearing ink...er, laser thermal paper.
@@MrSloika digitally recorded in pictures, photocopies, etc.
Or, set up a commercial account with auto parts store. But, set it up as "cash only", so no possibility of anything mistakenly charged to that account. All purchases are recorded in THEIR system.
I have some parts purchases that are older than some of the employees, at one auto parts store😁
Sometimes, going in to a different store location, of their chain of stores. They try to tell me there is no information found on the account. I calmly and politely give them the number to original store location, that the account was started.
It's almost entertaining, to watch their facial expression as they look at all the purchase records load to their computer system😁
The change in attitude and respect,, as pages and pages of parts purchases, going back to before the particular parts person was born...PRICELESS🎯😎☕
This woman is a genius! The quickest way to lose money is to buy a new car. If you can keep an old car running, that’s awesome. The problem is, my last two gas cars become money pits, and that includes my 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid.
I was reading your comment and got to the part about your 05 accord becoming a money pit and was thinking "how can a mid 2000s Honda really go wrong and then I saw hybrid and now I understand. My cousin has a Prius from around that year and it has turned into a paperweight too, darn aging lithium ion packs! Time is starting to really turn an otherwise serviceable car into a lost cause 👎
Now thats a smart woman, that makes sure she gets what she pays for. Not many companies do those lifetime warranties anymore so this will be hard to replicate.
The ‘54 Chevy I had back in 1971 had 24 lubrication fittings on the front suspension… that’s right!
Built to last , Not " Lifetime" lubricated or plastic bushings!
The late Tom Cahill car tester for mechanic illustrated once said "the old cars had more grease fittings than a country barn had nails"! Keep them well lubricated and they'll practically never wear out!
I just pulled up the shop manual.
Left Side
Control Arms 4 fittings
Ball Joints 2 fittings
Tie Rods 2 fittings
Right Side
Control Arms 4 fittings
Ball Joints 2 fittings
Tie Rods 2 fittings
Steering Idler Arm 1 fitting
If my math is correct that comes to 17. 🙂
@@NotExpatJoe For the’54 Chevy:
Control arms total: 8
Tie rod ends total: 4
Knuckle supports total: 4
King Pins total:4
Center idler arm: 2
Steering Drag Link: 2
Total = 24
Chevy ran that configuration for sure ‘49-‘54, then switched to ball joints and simplified some of the geometry.
I had a ‘52 BelAir, a ‘53 4-door, a’53 and ’54 2-door, my buddy had a ‘50 BelAir 2-tone w/Powerglide.
"Lifetime battery warranty" lol probably because way back when cars would basically be discarded every 3 years or so, so they'd need to replace a battery maybe once or twice total and got the customer in shopping at Sears every time they did anyways.
That's what the actuaries figured. The car will be scrapped before there is a warranty claim.
Great car great story
You go Girl !!!!
God bless her. She made all the companies warranties accountable, we should all do this.
You know it! Thesr companies plan on our ignorance and laziness!
My Mom's neighbor had a HiSense TV die just inside its warranty period. HiSense dutifully sent a replacement board & created a ticket to send a technician to install it when it arrived.
When the board arrived, HiSense discovered they had no technicians with a service area within 100 miles of there. They asked if a whole new TV would be OK? I said sure.
Then they discovered that whole product category was discontinued already, would a new model that's better in every spec & a bit larger be OK?
I said sure. My Mom's neighbor had already bought another TV, so now the new one from HiSense serves me as a monitor with casting features.
That’s awesome! Great story
Think of All the money she's saved over the years, those Cars were less than 2 grand Brand new & were Serviceable & Reliable & No fear of Electronics going out to leave ya stranded either!
And the Lube Diagram (and every other diagram) was included in the owners manual!
@@Dan0__ yep, & every other word wasn't "Refer to the Servicing Dealer" . Maybe once or twice you'll see those words in the old owners manual ! I miss those days !
@@Dan0__ New car manuals are just full of safety warnings. 'The battery contains acid. Do not drink the battery acid.' Stuff like that.
@@MrSloika
Lol... Oh I know!
My daughter had a VW "New Beetle" and it had all kinds of manuals. When I finally found the section for changing the Tail Light bulb, it said to take it to the dealer.
Thank goodness there was a TH-camr out there that shared the trick!
@@Dan0__ Yep, changing the headlight bulb was Quite a combination of twists & turns on that beetle too !
0:34 “SHE NEVER LEAVES
HER, EVEN FOR A MOMENT”
Very next Sentence
“I STAY BY MY CAR OR I LEAVE” 😂
I think she meant, that she leaves with her car(and returns later.) Odd wording on her part.
I don't know her but I love her. God bless you Rachel!
Step 1: Only buy parts from stores that are guaranteed to never go out of business.
she outlived Sears
love that Saturn Sky casually rollin in the background 😍
I'm grateful for people like her. She reminds me there's still people in the world who know how to do it right.
Ok but that car was built when cars wer built to last unlike the garbage today!!
True said,Sir
Not Plastic and Servers like now
Shes a true inspiration. If only the service industry had maintained the same level of service over the years 😢
Can’t do that with a Tesla!😂
Maybe you can. My five year old Tesla has 80,000 miles on it. My total maintenance has been to add washer fluid a few times and tires. The battery degradation has been about 5%. I expect this car to be going for a very long time. I've taken many long road trips with it. I've had around 20 cars in my long life, and the Tesla is the best car I’ve ever had.
@@thefish5861 I was going to say my dislike for said brand of vehicle…but then I saw the DOG!🐶 ❤️
So the valve seats have lasted, even without leaded gas. Right.
I highly doubt that the head has not been redone with hardened seats on the exhaust side. Guides I bet to.
Probably used a lead additive when she filled up.
"lifetime" guarantee by law (sadly) is the expected lifespan of the product, not the owner. Cars are expected to be fully used up (depreciated) before 200k miles and/or 20 years
But good ones extend the warranty to the new part, which essentially resets it. She hasn't had to purchase new parts in decades I'll bet.
I've used the "lifetime guarantee" a few times on the replacement starter and alternator on my 1994 F150. Original parts lasted 25+ years, brand new made in mexico/china junk fails in 6-12 months... Takes a whole 5 minutes to swap either of em in the Oreillys parking lot, but still a gigantic inconvenience. Carry the original receipt in the glovebox, guaranteed theyre not gonna be able to find you in their "system" to do a exchange otherwise.
I had the factory radiator blow outon a trip. The local chain parts store had one of mine in stock. That one failed over ten years later, and my local store honored it. And the water pump that had been replaced as well at another time.
@@stevencovington4715 Seems to be a pretty massive difference between chains. Where I lived previously there was a Napa and a CarQuest that were both decent, you'd see the same handful of knowledgeable older dudes working there everytime you came in over the course of a few years. They typically had different "grades" of parts, you could get the elcheapo taiwan version of whatever, or you could spend a few more bucks and get something made in America (or at least Canada, Japan, Germany, etc etc)
Now days I'm stuck with an Orilleys or an AutoZone as the only two local places. Basically the fast food versions of a parts store. Seems like they're more concerned with keeping the store stocked with air fresheners and turtle wax then they are with stocking actual parts.
It's incredibly frustrating how poorly made aftermarket parts are...it should genuinely be illegal in my opinion, I don't care where or who you buy it from, you're not even going to get half of what the OEM gave you. I had to replace the starter on my '99 Maxima 3 times within 4 months after the original finally kicked the bucket after 23 years...and they were all the "premium" lifetime warranty units I may add. Got so tired of the part store junk that I went to a junk yard and pulled an OEM off a wrecked one (verified by Nissan logo sticker ) That was 2 years ago and it's still doing okay.
Dude I drive a 1989 f250..original ford parts lasted over 30 years...these replacement parts be lucky to last a year!!
You cheap bastard. Buy from the dealer if you don't want cheap parts.
This is much cooler than I thought it would be... What a lady!
She aint getting ripped off by anyone😂😂😂😂😂
she does the ripping off. mafia grandma probably knows all the laws and has the BBB on speed dial, i bet every shop she goes to hates her guts.
@@LygerTheCLawshe's not ripping off no one she's being a good Stewart of her money sh🎉going along with guarantees I'll admit for got about them because of time or I got a different car anyway I pray I could be more diligent about those things
@Cheesemonk3h
7 hours ago
she passed away in 2017, seven years ago. and this video was recorded four years before she died, meaning that this is an eleven year old news story. this isn't news at all!
Most these auto parts stores are not honoring lifetime warranties.
Greenest thing you can do is to take what you have and make it last. Good on her.