Date:         Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:50:07 +0200
Reply-To:     Janne Ruohomäki <janne.ruohomaki@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Janne Ruohomäki <janne.ruohomaki@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Exhaust System Options
Comments: To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:
> "And with stainless, You dont need to think about this issue ever again."
> Be careful with that one ... stainless rusts, just not as fast. Ask me how I
> know. ;-)
> I like it. It's more durable by a long shot than mild steel, even aluminized
> (which is great stuff).
> bob

Well how do You know ? I have only been around cars for 10 years and
have not yet seen one truly corroded stainless.

This is something where most of the cars are so heavily under
engineered that it sometimes makes me irritated beyond imagination. It
is the most obvious part of the vehicle to corrode and You can do very
little to prevent it. I would not even think about putting in
something else than good grade stainless. It is way too much hard and
unneeded work to do something about it and thus easily goes unfixed
until inspection. By then its already catastrophic. Don't get me
wrong, I like welding and soldering vehicles and stuff, but rotten
exhausts ? No thanks. And I don't want to pay someone to do it either.
Oh.. but ceramic coatings, please.