Cheap cars (was: 1%...)

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Mon Jul 30 21:34:52 2001

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:25 AM
Subject: RE: Cheap cars (was: 1%...)


> The Vega was a misguided experiment in building a car that was
intended to
> last exactly as long as people "normally" kept them
<snip>
> It lasted 50K +/- 5K miles beautifully. Then it wore through the
coating
> of the cylinder walls, and in the space of another few feet of
driving,
> the pistons ate the aluminum block.

Boggle!

I never bought a car with less than several hundred thousand MILES on it
in my life..
My Volvo has around 400,000km on the clock, but the odometer quit before
I got it.
The Renault has around 750,000km second time around.

Cheers

Geoff in Oz
Received on Mon Jul 30 2001 - 21:34:52 BST