Why does an old car break down more in an accident than a modern one?
- September 1, 2022
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The price tags in car dealerships have long skyrocketed as citizens rushed to the secondary market. After all, there you can choose a car that suits the price.
The price tags in car dealerships have long skyrocketed as citizens rushed to the secondary market. After all, there you can choose a car that suits the price. However, few people know that the old “iron horse” will bring many unpleasant surprises in the event of an accident. And repair costs more than a new car. The AvtoVzglyad portal will tell you about the nuances of buying a used car, which are hidden and not obvious.
Unfortunately, accidents happen to every car enthusiast. Especially in the metropolis. Either you came to someone’s bumper, or you ‘flew’ into you. Let’s skip the formalities involved in registering an accident. We are interested in the “iron” side of the problem, which is how to restore the car.
It seems that a new car is more expensive to repair. After all, this will have to be done at a dealer with branded spare parts, and the body repair services here are much higher than those of unofficial ones. In fact, everything is not so simple.
A used car can be much more expensive to repair. The fact is that even if he never got into a variation in his “life”, no one canceled the metal fatigue factor. Add to this the possible corrosion of hidden cavities and welds. This shows that even in the event of a minor accident, the damage will be much greater. A “fresh” car will take a beating, while an old one will have a strong body.
As a result, the doors, the trunk can jam, or worse, the geometry is broken. Such repairs will entail significant financial costs. And if rust still hinders the matter, you should additionally cleanse, straighten and straighten the body from it. It may also be necessary to replace the door, which was crushed by deformation of the body …
Further. On many “beushki” you often find the so-called front strut strut. This solution came from sports, where it is used to improve handling. A fashionable piece of iron really makes the body stiffer and the car steers more precisely with it. But if you hit the left wheel, for example, the right spring just tears. That is, the repair cost is multiplied by two. Such solutions are extremely rare in new machines, as they must be certified. This means that the owner only pays for the repair of the port side on impact.
And the weakening of the power elements leads to the damage of the cooling and air conditioning radiators, the destruction of the intercooler. The power design of the new machines minimizes this risk.
Finally, in the event of an accident on the “beushka”, those nodes that should not suffer at all also suffer. An old car, for example, cannot stand the exhaust system. The bellows will crack, the fasteners affected by rust will fall off. That is, the pipe will lie on the asphalt. A new car will in principle not have this, because the fasteners are in order.
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Unfortunately, accidents happen to every car enthusiast. Especially in the metropolis. Either you came to someone’s bumper, or you ‘flew’ into you. Let’s skip the formalities involved in registering an accident. We are interested in the “iron” side of the problem, which is how to restore the car.
It seems that a new car is more expensive to repair. After all, this will have to be done at a dealer with branded spare parts, and the body repair services here are much higher than those of unofficial ones. In fact, everything is not so simple.
A used car can be much more expensive to repair. The fact is that even if he never got into a variation in his “life”, no one canceled the metal fatigue factor. Add to this the possible corrosion of hidden cavities and welds. This shows that even in the event of a minor accident, the damage will be much greater. A “fresh” car will take a beating, while an old one will have a strong body.
As a result, the doors, the trunk can jam, or worse, the geometry is broken. Such repairs will entail significant financial costs. And if rust still hinders the matter, you should additionally cleanse, straighten and straighten the body from it. It may also be necessary to replace the door, which was crushed by deformation of the body …
Further. On many “beushki” you often find the so-called front strut strut. This solution came from sports, where it is used to improve handling. A fashionable piece of iron really makes the body stiffer and the car steers more precisely with it. But if you hit the left wheel, for example, the right spring just tears. That is, the repair cost is multiplied by two. Such solutions are extremely rare in new machines, as they must be certified. This means that the owner only pays for the repair of the port side on impact.
And the weakening of the power elements leads to the damage of the cooling and air conditioning radiators, the destruction of the intercooler. The power design of the new machines minimizes this risk.
Finally, in the event of an accident on the “beushka”, those nodes that should not suffer at all also suffer. An old car, for example, cannot stand the exhaust system. The bellows will crack, the fasteners affected by rust will fall off. That is, the pipe will lie on the asphalt. A new car will in principle not have this, because the fasteners are in order.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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