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- From: leffler@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Bob Leffler)
- Subject: Re: Undercoating and Paint Protection?
- Message-ID: <leffler.715208738@vela>
- Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
- References: <BtLwpx.F3M@news.udel.edu> <1992Aug27.091700.9077@mr.med.ge.com> <1292@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 21:05:38 GMT
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- lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow) writes:
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- >In article <1992Aug27.091700.9077@mr.med.ge.com> hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987) writes:
- >>Thuy-An Hartman (thuyan@brahms.udel.edu) wrote:
- >>:
- >>Only if you don't want your car to rust out in a year or two.
- >>It protects the bottom of your car from getting chipped by rocks, etc. and
- >>also helps to deaden road noise. If you're planning on keeping the car,
- >>by all means get it. I'm amazed that it's an option, rather than a factory-
- >>done thing, in fact.
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- >It probably does have factory undercoating and the sales-sleaze is trying
- >to sell dealer undercoating on top of it. I've been told factory
- >undercoating is perfectly reliable these days and it's a waste of money
- >to go for aftermarket undercoating.
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- Considering that GM now offers a 6 year rust warranty, I would assume
- that anything that the dealer wants to sell you is not really needed.
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