There are some who think that 100k miles is just run-in. This theory
comes in the general doctrine of "Bangernomics". The basic tenet of
Bangernomics is that it is way cheaper to buy a well looked-after,
secondhand car and drive it until it suffers a critical failure than
it is to change a new car every 2 or 3 years.
It is also much better for the environment -- unless it is one of
those pretty ugly looking Dodge Ram thingies which are starting to
fill up our roads (and believe me, just one of them fills up the
roads around here ;-)).
Chris
~~ >-)-
C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
+44 (0)7092 251126
www.threeshoes.co.uk
homepage.mac.com/zuiko
On 10 Dec 2005, at 04:08, Mike Darling wrote:
> Sigh. I'm just waiting for my '96 Golf to die. At well over 100k
> miles and
> with the new exhaust and clutch (previous owner was apparently NOT
> good with
> a stick) that I had to put in it, it'll have to last to at least
> 150k before
> I even think of dumping it. Only repair that I've run into that I
> haven't
> accepted as normal wear is my wonky instrument cluster - speedo
> goes out
> every so often and I have to whack the dash to bring it back. But
> who needs
> that anyway?
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