Perhaps we have had a rash of bad luck with small cars. I've always performed routine maintance, oil changes etc. We just do a lot of city driving, traffic jams, idling in traffic etc. I never feel good about a car after a major problem, last thing I want is my wife stuck in the desert 120 degree ( thats Fahrenheit) here in Phoenix with three little ones in the car. So out they go.
Honda problems were, transmission at 64k, second was failed oil pump and crank damage third was toasted head due to failed (replaced by Honda) timing belt. Poop happens, a small engines just have tighter (?) tolerances and are less forgiving.
Lets see Iszuz trooper lasted longest at 80k then traded in only alternator failure. Plymouth voyager tanny at 79k, then again at 140k. VW GTI (I was hard on this one only lost the speedo cable) 75k traded in on Nissan 4x4 which dropped its tranny at 8k ( they were able to keep only the case) Dodge Ram dropped valve at 80k ( my bad running Nitrous) Dodge 2500 tranny at 45 miles got a free 100k warranty on that:-) I could go on but I think the majority of stories were people got gazzilions of miles from their little car is due to luck and freeway miles.
Umm, oh sorry we Neanderthals here in the states still use that ^$#& british system of measurement, those would be mileage figures not kilometers.
We had to fight tooth and nail to get them to replace a transmission with a known manufacture design defect at 64k! I will say that once the articles from the internet and their own %#@^ service bulletin was place under their noses it went from a $2500 plus labor repair to free with an extended warranty.
We buy Hondas because they hold up well in city driving which will kill cars.
Now I expect 350,000 miles from my F350 diesel and after that will repair/replace the engine if needed and not have to toos it out for scrapping
Were do you get your 200k figure? I've always found the smaller cars/motors have a hard time surviving the average Joe. The Honda's we have owned in the past only survived 75k, 120k and 90k with religious 3k oil/filter changes. Add the sophisticated hybrid option with its limited life batteries and the extra electronics and I can't believe they will suddenly push 200k. Just to many expensive things to go wrong.
Remember from a manufacturing stand point it is not much more expensive to built an Excursion then a Fusion ( environmental engineering class CSUN. )
What do you mean honest comparison? If the Hummer last three times longer then a Prius then it would take three Prius to equal one Hummer. Thats means the Prius has three times the construction cost, three times the impact on the environment, three times as many in the dump, etc or am I reading that wrong? FYI a Hummer or other large engine diesel is far more likely to be repaired and maintained beyond its 'useful' life, its just easier IMHO.
Ya I do appreciate all the effort put into the open sources apps I use. I even send the authors $$ when I can. So MS if you want to know why I use Linux its because its a FANTASTIC OS and its FREE!
But I suppose there is the argument that it is a source of critical emergency information. Not to mention the mass uprising that would occur among those that can't afford cable/satellite, I really they got to get their Sally/Opra(?)/Judge Judy!
I think thats "May you live in interesting times."
In a speech in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 7, 1966, Robert F. Kennedy said, "There is a Chinese curse which says, "May he live in interesting times." Like it or not, we live in interesting times..." Journalists picked up the phrase and it has become a commonplace.
However, the popularity of this "Chinese curse" puzzles Chinese scholars, who have only heard it from Americans. If it is of Chinese origin, it has somehow escaped the literature, although it may be a paraphrase of a liberal translation from a Chinese source, and therefore unrecognizable when translated back to Chinese. It might be related to the Chinese proverb, "It's better to be a dog in a peaceful time than be a man in a chaotic period."
Stephen DeLong, who has been researching this quotation for several years and details his quest on his own website, has traced the quotation back to a 1950 science fiction story: "U-Turn" by Duncan H. Munro, a pseudonym for Eric Frank Russell.
Wish I could mod you up. I remember reading a story in Wired(?) about a world renowned scientist that stated oil was being created by microbes continuously. Of course this revelation ruined his credibility, guess we all just need to drink the Koolade.
I got nicked by the trash company for disposing of dead fluorescent tubes in the trash. Problem is I still have the dead tubes. Seems a "responsible" brown shirt err neighbor saw me bring in 4 new tubes and assumed I tossed the old ones. Did not matter to the trash company they still fined me. So like a good little drone I took my tubes to be recycled only to find out it cost as much as the %$#%^ tubes new! So screw it they sitting in my garage, the new home owner will have to deal with it.
I actually saw this at Humboldt State University yesterday. Except the clowns didn't have the connection to the internet set up nor were they able to do much with a firewalled MacBook Pro. Scanning the area for WiFi I found "Free Public Wifi".
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Just my GTO.
:-) I could go on but I think the majority of stories were people got gazzilions of miles from their little car is due to luck and freeway miles.
Perhaps we have had a rash of bad luck with small cars. I've always performed routine maintance, oil changes etc. We just do a lot of city driving, traffic jams, idling in traffic etc. I never feel good about a car after a major problem, last thing I want is my wife stuck in the desert 120 degree ( thats Fahrenheit) here in Phoenix with three little ones in the car. So out they go.
Honda problems were, transmission at 64k, second was failed oil pump and crank damage third was toasted head due to failed (replaced by Honda) timing belt. Poop happens, a small engines just have tighter (?) tolerances and are less forgiving.
Lets see Iszuz trooper lasted longest at 80k then traded in only alternator failure. Plymouth voyager tanny at 79k, then again at 140k. VW GTI (I was hard on this one only lost the speedo cable) 75k traded in on Nissan 4x4 which dropped its tranny at 8k ( they were able to keep only the case) Dodge Ram dropped valve at 80k ( my bad running Nitrous) Dodge 2500 tranny at 45 miles got a free 100k warranty on that
Umm, oh sorry we Neanderthals here in the states still use that ^$#& british system of measurement, those would be mileage figures not kilometers.
We had to fight tooth and nail to get them to replace a transmission with a known manufacture design defect at 64k! I will say that once the articles from the internet and their own %#@^ service bulletin was place under their noses it went from a $2500 plus labor repair to free with an extended warranty.
We buy Hondas because they hold up well in city driving which will kill cars.
Now I expect 350,000 miles from my F350 diesel and after that will repair/replace the engine if needed and not have to toos it out for scrapping
Were do you get your 200k figure? I've always found the smaller cars/motors have a hard time surviving the average Joe. The Honda's we have owned in the past only survived 75k, 120k and 90k with religious 3k oil/filter changes. Add the sophisticated hybrid option with its limited life batteries and the extra electronics and I can't believe they will suddenly push 200k. Just to many expensive things to go wrong.
Remember from a manufacturing stand point it is not much more expensive to built an Excursion then a Fusion ( environmental engineering class CSUN. )
What do you mean honest comparison? If the Hummer last three times longer then a Prius then it would take three Prius to equal one Hummer. Thats means the Prius has three times the construction cost, three times the impact on the environment, three times as many in the dump, etc or am I reading that wrong? FYI a Hummer or other large engine diesel is far more likely to be repaired and maintained beyond its 'useful' life, its just easier IMHO.
Ya I do appreciate all the effort put into the open sources apps I use. I even send the authors $$ when I can. So MS if you want to know why I use Linux its because its a FANTASTIC OS and its FREE!
Amen to that brother. It would be like the current boobs in office rebuilding the American Constitution!
But I suppose there is the argument that it is a source of critical emergency information. Not to mention the mass uprising that would occur among those that can't afford cable/satellite, I really they got to get their Sally/Opra(?)/Judge Judy!
I think thats "May you live in interesting times."
In a speech in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 7, 1966, Robert F. Kennedy said, "There is a Chinese curse which says, "May he live in interesting times." Like it or not, we live in interesting times..." Journalists picked up the phrase and it has become a commonplace.
However, the popularity of this "Chinese curse" puzzles Chinese scholars, who have only heard it from Americans. If it is of Chinese origin, it has somehow escaped the literature, although it may be a paraphrase of a liberal translation from a Chinese source, and therefore unrecognizable when translated back to Chinese. It might be related to the Chinese proverb, "It's better to be a dog in a peaceful time than be a man in a chaotic period."
Stephen DeLong, who has been researching this quotation for several years and details his quest on his own website, has traced the quotation back to a 1950 science fiction story: "U-Turn" by Duncan H. Munro, a pseudonym for Eric Frank Russell.
After reading JRHelgeson, ignore what I said :-)
and contact a few of the clients.
what you pay for. Well unless the unions get in the act then you get over paid shit. OOPS did I say that out load?
My mother-in-law did punchcards, wonderful women she help me see the light and bought me a Mac. :-) Don't know why I added that.
One word - Lawyers
I here the best way to kill a spouse is to run em over while drunk.
Six Packs is that? My thumbs hurt! 10,922 !!! Egads Bill what happened to no one needing more then 640k ?!?
Guess I pissed off the KoolAid drinkers.
Thirty years ago they were calling for an Ice Age.
Oh, I agree. Sometimes discovery requires a bit of panic and clean cheap power from fusion/hydrogen will be great.
Wish I could mod you up. I remember reading a story in Wired(?) about a world renowned scientist that stated oil was being created by microbes continuously. Of course this revelation ruined his credibility, guess we all just need to drink the Koolade.
I got nicked by the trash company for disposing of dead fluorescent tubes in the trash. Problem is I still have the dead tubes. Seems a "responsible" brown shirt err neighbor saw me bring in 4 new tubes and assumed I tossed the old ones. Did not matter to the trash company they still fined me. So like a good little drone I took my tubes to be recycled only to find out it cost as much as the %$#%^ tubes new! So screw it they sitting in my garage, the new home owner will have to deal with it.
He'll be dead before he hits British shores.
I actually saw this at Humboldt State University yesterday. Except the clowns didn't have the connection to the internet set up nor were they able to do much with a firewalled MacBook Pro. Scanning the area for WiFi I found "Free Public Wifi".
some video I post on Youtube and carries it on thier site I lose my rights to it?
oops, crash sevem million years bad luck !?!
as long as its our government certified thoughts!