ChickPea <E-0C001302-2590-E@cleopatra.co.uk> wrote: I wonder how long it is since Chris owned a car. The cars of the 60s and 70s *were* pretty well dead after 75K miles. Now that's a respectable mileage for a 5-year-old car, and certainly nothing to fret over if it's a half-decent make. The second car I ever owned was a 1973 Buick LeSabre. When I bought it in 1991, it already...
On Jan 29, 4:04 pm, Brooks Moses <bmoses-nos...@cits1.stanford.edu> wrote: ChickPea wrote: I wonder how long it is since Chris owned a car. The cars of the 60s and 70s *were* pretty well dead after 75K miles. Now that's a respectable mileage for a 5-year-old car, and certainly nothing to fret over if it's a half-decent make. Depends on the car, and the ...
ChickPea wrote... I wonder how long it is since Chris owned a car. The cars of the 60s and 70s *were* pretty well dead after 75K miles. Now that's a respectable mileage for a 5-year-old car, and certainly nothing to fret over if it's a half-decent make. Not all of 'em. Galloping Gertie (my 1976 Toyota Corolla) is still rock- solid reliable, after gawd-knows-how-many kms on ...
ChickPea wrote: I wonder how long it is since Chris owned a car. The cars of the 60s and 70s *were* pretty well dead after 75K miles. Now that's a respectable mileage for a 5-year-old car, and certainly nothing to fret over if it's a half-decent make. Depends on the car, and the maintainer, though. :) The '65 Mustang that originally belonged to my father was driven pretty ...
On Jan 29, 1:08 pm, Dan Abel <d...@sonic.net> wrote: In article <1n1sr21426btgc0o5alg48iq199f8qa...@4ax.com>, The Lorax <s...@kiva.nest> wrote: was new. My Toyota truck has 121k on it and I consider it just starting to get broken in. I know I can take it to 300k without more than routine maintenance. It is a great and persistent myth that at 100,000 miles ...
In article <1n1sr21426btgc0o5alg48iq199f8qapd3@4ax.com>, The Lorax <sseg@kiva.nest> wrote: was new. My Toyota truck has 121k on it and I consider it just starting to get broken in. I know I can take it to 300k without more than routine maintenance. It is a great and persistent myth that at 100,000 miles a car is mostly done for, because in the past with domestic cars ...
On Jan 29, 10:25 am, 866013149 <866013...@hippogryph.com> wrote: Chris Malcolm <c...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> writes: In short, cars ruin the health of their drivers, the health of cities, and the health of the planet. That was enough to get me to follow my grandfather's advice not to ruin my health by doing my local everyday travelling while sitting on my bum. ...
On Jan 29, 8:03 am, ChickPea <E-0C001302-259...@cleopatra.co.uk> wrote: My Subaru has about 150K on the clock, and is over 15 years old. Next insurance renewal, I qualify for "classic" car cover! Yay, Subaru. I haven't bought any other make in the past 20 years. And I've never, even once, put in my key and had it not start. (My US-car- buying parents can't say anything ...
Chris Malcolm <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> writes: In short, cars ruin the health of their drivers, the health of cities, and the health of the planet. That was enough to get me to follow my grandfather's advice not to ruin my health by doing my local everyday travelling while sitting on my bum. Unfortunately, they've become essential to the economies of many places. The wave of economic...
In article <st2sr2p80lko0cvkmtd2kr1mgkmjvame4g@4ax.com>, ChickPea <E-0C001302-2590-E@cleopatra.co.uk> wrote: Heh. You can pick up some bargains that way. And it's eco-friendly to do so: of a vehicle's lifetime environmental footprint, a huge proportion of it is used up in manufacture. It's actually *bad* eco-sense to trade in a 3-year-old car to get one that gives you an extra 5...
