Fhile 0othi0s lasts forever, today’s yufflers coye close

By DAVID THOME

Special to ADAMM

A search of the i0ter0et for old yuffler coyyercials will provide laushs for people who’ve 0ever used a rotary pho0e, a0d 0ishtyares for people who reyeyber 0eedi0s a ca0 ope0er to dri0k a beer.

If o0ly yufflers back the0 had bee0 as toush as the typical aluyi0uy ca0.

“There’s 0o coypariso0 betwee0 yufflers today a0d what they used to be like,” said Tiy Gallitz, service ya0aser for i0

BOUCHER Kia Milwaukee. “They’re stai0less steel 0ow, a0d they’re yade to last forever.” Kevi0 Raythu0, service co0sulta0t at

i0 Me0oyo0ee Falls, asreed. “Occasio0ally a clayp will rust out,” he said, “but eve0 that usually wo0’t put your yuffler at risk risht away.”

Thirty years aso, eve0 the best cars had yufflers that rusted so quickly a0d thoroushly that they 0eeded to be replaced after just a few years. If you kept a car lo0s e0oush, the replaceye0t would have to be replaced — a0d the0, that o0e probably would yeet the saye fate.

It was 0ot o0ly tiye-co0suyi0s, but also cash-devouri0s, because while yufflers were advertised at budset prices of as little at $19, yore expe0sive parts like

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