Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives
by Waterfall on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:08PM
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Not him but maybe as a uni student he was driving a crappy car that had problems before, more bad things happen to people without reliable hardware.
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives
by throw1234651234 on Monday August 17, 2020 @03:36PM
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I am not indicating fault. I drove a $1500 car for 4-5 years.
Just wondering if the issue could have been prevented. Loose balljoints are notoriously hard to diagnose, since they are supposed to have movement and it's hard to distinguish "play" and "movement".
A ball joint popping out of the steering knuckle is probably one of the most critical failures your car can have. Hard to think of anything worse.
Even if your brakes all locked up at the same time, it would probably be safer, since there is less chance to immediately flip the car.