Skip to main content

Reply to "Ferrero 2 spoke steering wheels"

Stainless is best in the cosmetic grades that shows no oxidation. The magnetic ones seem to show some if a heavy grit is used to "polish" them, i.e., "brushed stainless".

Technically they shouldn't oxidize and perhaps what is seen is transference of the polishing material to the stainless? I'm not sure.



The worst alloy here cosmetically that I have seen is the 409 on the exhaust systems which develops a very brown oxidized surface layer.

The bolts are terrible in that the cut threads chafe and will jamb the connection and strip out the threads when you try to unfasten them.

Not all of them, just enough to ruin your day. They really are the opposite of "air craft" alloys that are designed to bend rather then fracture.



Don't even go there with schools like MIT. You will start up the entire "conspiracy of the academics" discussion which gets ugly really fast.

ALL of those elite schools have a "legacy list" on the order of 1/3 of the applicants (think Kennedy and Harvard) AND as made apparent in some of the recent "news" they are very "bribable" on admissions for various reasons.

That leaves the vast majority of applicants with literally 1600 SAT's and 104+ high school averages vying for the available admission spots.

It's a pretty ugly scenario and not going to get better anytime soon. Too much BIG money involved. Just as bad as "Big Pharma".

Last edited by panteradoug
×
×
×
×