George Macdonald <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> spake unto the
masses in news:kjd110l4e15f4f9pvc2bmgdvbvi5fb9jrn@4ax.com:

> On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:48:42 GMT, "Suzanne" <suzanne@brime.com> wrote:
>
>>I have a 1993 Honda Accord, are there shocks OR struts on the car?
>>Thanks
>
> Though even some service managers will call them struts, they're not.
> There are so many cars now which use the execrable MacPherson strut


"Execrable" it may be, but have you ever driven a new Toyota Corolla? I HAD
to check underneath twice to make certain they were actually struts, the
cars handling being so good I was sure they were not.


> that anything with a concentric spring/shock is called a strut.
> Strictly speaking a "strut" is a combination damper (shock absorber)
> and structural part of the suspension... which is not the case in the
> '93 Accord's double wishbone suspension.


Does not the Accord have Macpherson struts in the rear?


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