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Old 01-12-2008, 11:55 PM   #39 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
LOL on that image!

Quick Quiz: How many of you have cars with headlight levelers? LOL

The wheel bearing thing surprises me though- could Tata engineers be that clueless? I doubt it, so I am doubting the assertion that those bearings are only trustworthy to 44 mph. That seems to be an unusual oversight and even if it was true, it should be something fairly easy to correct.
Wheel bearings are pretty freaking cheap as is... And by design are simple... AND - anyone that owns a car will, at some point, over load their car... Bearings aren't exactly what you want to fail...

For the levelers... IIRC it's a standard feature on on my car in Europe...
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