<VV> "sealed" trunks and troublesome Matts - I mean Mats <grin>

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/3/2006 7:18:14 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
mhicks130 at cox.net writes:

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 a 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.   mike



And on the plus side, vendors have offered a replacement mat for years  that 
looks like the original mat design from the top, but is really an open cell  
cloth material underneath, perfect for letting the water that has  
surreptitiously entered evaporate away!  - Seth