Why it is worth adopting the habit of Soviet drivers to put rubber in the gas tank
- August 25, 2023
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Prices for new cars and a monstrous shortage of really cheap cars on the market lead the car owner to the inevitable thought of the need to repair
Prices for new cars and a monstrous shortage of really cheap cars on the market lead the car owner to the inevitable thought of the need to repair existing transport, maintain it regularly and try to treat it with care, if not economically . And this can be learned from the older generations, who knew a lot about accuracy in handling equipment. About one of the lifehacks of the times of the USSR, which has not lost its relevance even today – in the material of the AvtoVzglyad portal.
Now going to a car dealership for a car is a seven-digit number in the indestructible Russian currency. Even LADA Granta together with Niva – up to a million, and together with retrofitting, insurance, tires and dealer greed – for a “unit”. The belief in buying a worthy copy in the secondary market crumbles due to communication with resellers: the price for a decent car that will last a year or two without major investments starts just at one and a half million rubles.
Do you want something decent? Prepare two “lyamas” and find out where “for cheap” nuts and bolts will last, shake the suspension and shaman units and assemblies with little blood. What it really is: The best and surest way to stay behind the wheel today is to clean up your car and then service it carefully and thoughtfully. The one that already exists.
First of all, it would be nice to wash the dirt lumps under the hood, look under the bottom, look around and listen. A good knock, as they say, will show itself. However, the most expensive and valuable thing that any car has is not the engine and gearbox, but the body. As a rule, most of the difficulties and problems lie in the intestines. A simple example is the gas tank hatch. When was he last examined? Carefully researched in a way.
Gasoline, however expensive and high octane it may be, is also a solvent in combination. Weak, but still. At any gas station, “deft” craftsmen manage not only to pour over the wing, but also to fill the entire filling area with fuel, which quickly leads to sad consequences. Even self-fuelling sometimes can not save from the “last straw”, which, of course, there is nothing to erase. Fuel dissolves the paint, “bugs” and other rust appear. So it was, is and will be – nothing can be done about it.
In the distant past, when buying a car was a great event for life, and every spare part purchased was a holiday, Soviet drivers quite skillfully learned to cope with the problem described above. It’s no secret that preventive maintenance is the easiest and cheapest. Without waiting for the first drops of gasoline, the Soviet driver installed a piece of soft but thick rubber on the neck, which covered both the neck platform, the neck itself and the wing from spilled fuel. Further, the gum was simply “refueled” in the cavity of the fuel neck and covered with a lid. When it wore out, it was replaced with a similar one obtained through barter or service options. Without the use of money in any form. Free, angry, efficient. How we love.
In recent decades, the ability to maintain a car has declined and become confused, the “drive and throw away” habit has affected many domestic motorists, and cheap loans have accustomed them to a vehicle “beyond their means”, excuse me. for the tautology. It’s time to retrain – only the one who walks can master the road.
Photo: AvtoVzglyad.
Now going to a car dealership for a car is a seven-digit number in the indestructible Russian currency. Even LADA Granta together with Niva – up to a million, and together with retrofitting, insurance, tires and dealer greed – for a “unit”. The belief in buying a worthy copy in the secondary market crumbles due to communication with resellers: the price for a decent car that will last a year or two without major investments starts just at one and a half million rubles.
Do you want something decent? Prepare two “lyamas” and find out where “for cheap” nuts and bolts will last, shake the suspension and shaman units and assemblies with little blood. What it really is: The best and surest way to stay behind the wheel today is to clean up your car and then service it carefully and thoughtfully. The one that already exists.
First of all, it would be nice to wash the dirt lumps under the hood, look under the bottom, look around and listen. A good knock, as they say, will show itself. However, the most expensive and valuable thing that any car has is not the engine and gearbox, but the body. As a rule, most of the difficulties and problems lie in the intestines. A simple example is the gas tank hatch. When was he last examined? Carefully researched in a way.
Gasoline, however expensive and high octane it may be, is also a solvent in combination. Weak, but still. At any gas station, “deft” craftsmen manage not only to pour over the wing, but also to fill the entire filling area with fuel, which quickly leads to sad consequences. Even self-fuelling sometimes can not save from the “last straw”, which, of course, there is nothing to erase. Fuel dissolves the paint, “bugs” and other rust appear. So it was, is and will be – nothing can be done about it.
In the distant past, when buying a car was a great event for life, and every spare part purchased was a holiday, Soviet drivers quite skillfully learned to cope with the problem described above. It’s no secret that preventive maintenance is the easiest and cheapest. Without waiting for the first drops of gasoline, the Soviet driver installed a piece of soft but thick rubber on the neck, which covered both the neck platform, the neck itself and the wing from spilled fuel. Further, the gum was simply “refueled” in the cavity of the fuel neck and covered with a lid. When it wore out, it was replaced with a similar one obtained through barter or service options. Without the use of money in any form. Free, angry, efficient. How we love.
In recent decades, the ability to maintain a car has declined and become confused, the “drive and throw away” habit has affected many domestic motorists, and cheap loans have accustomed them to a vehicle “beyond their means”, excuse me. for the tautology. It’s time to retrain – only the one who walks can master the road.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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