Is this the place?
Yes it is. Technician Sherwood Cooke and his team are top technicians, however some on here will try to discredit them because they are on tik tok.
Other than the DeLorean and the Cybertruck what other vehicles are made of stainless steel?
It was galvanized steel that let auto bodies live longer.
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No it doesnāt. Theyāre GLAD heās on the forum.
Just a bit eh? 
Itās been a few weeks and lots of water under the bridge, but just to clarify, the radio show that used to run in Minneapolis, and the program in Sioux Falls, and the one out of Georgia or Carolina, tended to provide good solid repair and diagnostic information. I found the boys in Boston did a lot of joking and slap stick but less information. But thatās my free opinion. Everyone has one.
I agee Bing, Cartalk was mainly a comedy show with some car advice. The guys liked to clown around and it was a very entertaining show for many and I did learn things from the show.
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The statement I was commenting on was about galvanized BOLTS - NOT cars. Home Depot has been carrying galvanized bolts for DECADES. Stainless - maybe 15-20 years.
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Thatās only part of the reason. My alma mater (Syracuse University) - Also the area I grew up in was asked to do a study by the Big-3 on car rust since Syracuse is the snowiest in the US and in the heart of the rust belt. Auto manufacturers started using thinner steel to safe on weight to meet Cafeā numbers and when they did vehicles started rusting out faster. SUās study showed that the BIGGEST factor is SHELVES. These are parts in the body where water/dirt/salt can pool. Eliminating these in the manufacturing save vehicles from rusting. After car assembly - Zinc Oxide dipping the body was the second-best solution. Third was factory applied rust prohibitor (Aftermarket can be just as good if done correctly). Even with all these advancements drive in central NY or upper Michigan and youāll still find vehicles that rust out, although no where nearly as often or as soon.
This pic was taken just North of Syracuse, in Oswego County, on February 3, 1966. It shows the highway superintendent with his 1965 Buick.
Must have been about 1978 coming through vesta, Mn after a storm. The road was open but they only had one lane open and snow six or eight feet high. Two year old in the car, rwd, radials, but made it through. I still think about how stupid that was but visiting in laws was a must.
You made me recall a time in the 60s we were coming back from visiting relatives in the LaCrosse area during a huge snowstorm. My job was to swim through the drifts on the side of the road to knock snow off the road signs so we could be sure we were on the right roads home. My dad was ticked off because he kept pestering my mom that we had to leave. Then she slept most of the way home while the rest of us white knuckled itā¦
Probably in the Tug Hill region. Syracuse is the snowiest CITY, but little towns north of Syracuse which are right in the middle of the lake effect area are much worse. The Tug Hill plateau which is north and a little east of Syracuse is the snowiest region east of the Rockies. Itās a plateau with height as 2,000 feet directly west of Lake Ontario (the source of the lake effect snow). Air systems mainly move from west to east. As the air moves across Lake Ontario it picks up moisture and then when it hits the plateau elevations it dumps in as snow. Some towns in that region AVERAGE over 250" of snow. There are towns that have had OVER 500" in a year.
Thatās also known as āThe north countryā. My Dad grew up there, in a town called Croghan. Near New Breman. The largest town up there is Lowville. By the way the spelling is āLake Ontarioā. no āeā.
I fixed itā¦Spell checker did me wrong again.
I dated a girl in college who lived up there. Drove up to visit here a few times in the summer. IMPOSSIBLE to visit her in during the winter. Could never predict the lake effect snow and how many days Iād be stuck up there.
Still no āeā,ā¦ Sorry, couldnāt pass it upā¦ 
Much respectā¦ 
Spellcheck misspelled the word, no doubt. I always edit my posts to make sure that Spellcheck didnāt change my words in error. I also need to check for spelling errors it misses. great application.
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Yeah, I am defiantly the last one on here that should point out a spelling oopsā¦ lol
I have misspelt words so bad that when I went back to correct my terrible spelling that I couldnāt even figure it out and have to rewrite the sentenceā¦
I end up googling my misspelt words cause spell check has no clue what I am trying to spell sometimes, but google does a better job at itā¦
Before I click āsendā on a text or email or post I read it through. I know most people donāt do that, and then blame it on āspellcheckā. These young kids are so fast on the phone keyboard I donāt see how it is legible when theyāre done, but it usually is!
