<VV> "sealed" trunks

[mhicks130 at cox.net]

The original post claimed that the problem with rusty trunks was because some "moron GM engineer" decided to put a rubber mat in the trunk.  I'm contending that the decision to put a mat in was not an moronic engineering decision but instead a moronic marketing decision.  What material to make the mat out of may have been a moronic engineering decision - but I bet it was driven by  moronic cost constraint.  But I wasn't there and I've never been a GM engineer so I must defer to your greater knowledge on these things.  On the plus side, the mat is not difficult to remove and the trunk seems to work just fine without it.

mike

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Having formerly been a GM engineer for over 12 years, I can 
counter this a bit.

It's possible that some product planner may have said they 
wanted a "trunk mat" , but I can assure you that it probably 
was an engineering function who specified exactly what kind 
of mat (cheap non-breathable rubber in this case) would be 
used.
 
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Jim Burkhard
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