I actually enjoyed the "grace" you turned your pseudo-knowledge into a
"splitting hair" case. I bet you can turn a tune-up job into a engine
swap with the same ability. Do you work for AAMCO?
I know too well your weekend warrior type. Doing most of my side repairs
outside, not in garage, there are way too many passer-by over anxious to
show off their mechanical wisdom and waste my time with their ignorance.
To you, the difference between hot and cold (you don't warm up your
meal, you put it in the fridge before you eat it), water and sand (water
contains sand and sand contains water, isn't it?) it's a splitting hair
matter.

TeGGeR wrote:
> Becker <becker@hotmail.com> spake unto the assembled masses in
> news:UVLyb.88658$oN2.36769@edtnps84:
>
>
>>
>>TeGGeR wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The boots crack due to a combination of cold
>>
>>cold is adverse only if is beyond freezing point, warmth is actually
>>more damaging to rubber.
>


I changed more boots in LA than when I was living in NY.


> Winter cold hardens the rubber and makes it less able to flex, hence the
> cracking. Of course, winter cold in California as not the same thing as
> winter cold in Barrow, Alaska.


Which you were actually talking about, isn't it?

If the
>>
>>>boots were on the REAR driveshafts of a front-steering car, they will
>>>last almost indefinitely in any environment.
>>
>>Really, that's a whopper! Do you have any arguments to support that?
>
>
>
> Check any Toyota MR2. Up to and including the first 1985s.


And 18 years is "almost" an eternity. Than at 50 you'll consider
yourself practically immortal!
LOL, ROTFLMAO!


We
> recently sold our old '86 with 140,000 mi. It had the original CV joint
> boots. No cracking of any kind was present in any of the bellows.


Wow, I imagine how thrilled the buyer was that you inspected the boots
before selling the car!


> Splitting hairs here.
> Shall we split more hairs?