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redpoint5 · 01-20-2026, 06:17 PM

Now y'all got me curious about the engineering reason for it.

Considering motor mounts are always going bad, I wonder why they don't just engineer them better? I'd be willing to pay a dollar more for a vehicle with bombproof motor mounts.

01-20-2026, 06:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
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