Hyundai vs. 13 year older Subaru

[evolutionmovement]

My ex's Elantra just had the control arm go on her. Rotted through. Luckily, she was in town traffic and didn't get hurt or damage anything else. Apparently, this is a recall with fatalities behind it. The front control arms on my wagon had barely any surface rust on them, and only when abraded by gravel roads and such. Of course, now I have the aluminum arms, but it goes to show the difference between quality and we-don't-give-a-fuck engineering. OK, so I didn't have much to say other than a brief rant, but I saw this thing—almost paper thin metal. I'm surprised it had held up to that point. It was like an old soup can had been holding the bottom of the wheel on.

[Deride]

FYI Subaru has a large recall for steel control arms on 02+ imprezas in the rust belt states. At least they did a safety recall instead of saying "f-em" though.

[asotwavb]

I fix those things all day, shitty pizza...

Right on though with the engineering part! My subaru's are tanks! Even my doors close easier and "cleaner" thank any of my buddy's cars!

[Apex3]

Thank god this wasn't a kill story like I was expecting, lol.

I like this car, but some of the things Subaru does is just Luckily it's mostly in the placement of things and not so much in the longevity.