GM Quad4 (2.3L DOHC I4) :How durable is it?

dsi1 > wrote:
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>The good news is that kind of thing won't happen when we're all driving/rid=
>ing electric cars because there's no head. If the motor fails, you just bol=
>t on another one and rebuild the old one. Life will be good again.

Having all-electric vehicles makes for much simpler drive trains and a lot
less to go wrong. A simpler mechanism is easier to repair as well.

But, once GM gets their hands on the design, all bets are off. I am sure
the same people that designed Oldsmobile diesel engines that exploded at
30,000 miles and Chevy ECUs that crashed when nearby truckers keyed up their
CB radio will figure out some way to make electric vehicles that fail
prematurely and are difficult to repair.
--scott

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