Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 2009 11:40:24 -0400
Reply-To:     Karl <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
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From:         Karl <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
Subject:      Re: vanagon difficulty
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Hear hear! Mr moderator! Is THIS the sort of language we need here?

BTW, calling other's experience 'utter bee ess' is a little much, don't
you think? That somehow all the GREAT Asian cars can achieve 1M miles?
Sureeee....let's SEE your documentation. 1M miles no
repairs...antiquated Datsun diesel "blowing away BMW's and Audis"....ok,
I'll have some of what yer smokin'

Karl

Janne Ruohomäki wrote:

>  Now these here are starting to sound like respectable amount of
> miles. My father had -82 Datsun Laurel 2.8 Diesel which went well over
> 1 000 000 miles. No clutch, engine, drivetrain repairs or anything.
> And for goddness sake this is a japanese car! The engine and
> drivetrain were in excellent condition when my father sold the car to
> some guy who had horses and needed cheap car to tow those horses in
> "horsetrailer" (wtf that thing is called where horses travel in a box
> behind a car). The only thing in that car that needed repairs was the
> body of the car: japanese cars of that era have more paint than metal
> everywhere in the car. There were 2 young guys driving this car as a
> first car after we got our driving licences: me and my brother. And I
> can tell you that we both hit the pedal to the metal _very_ often for
> over 4 years in a row. Eg. absolute full throttle to 75mph at least
> every second time when leaving traffic lights. That car was quite
> lightweighted, except for engine. It was also rear wheel driven so it
> was very much fun to drive with excessive sliding. Perfect car for
> young wannabe-racer. It actually outperformed most BMWs and audis in
> acceleration from 0 - 75 mpg that my friends (or their fathers ;) had
> at that time.
>
>  Ive followed this list and discussion about mileage and it actually
> makes me laugh when people are somehow thinking that some 200 000
> miles without opening an engine is a lot for a car. Thats utter
> bullshit. These guys have absolutely no idea how a good engine should
> perform. 200k is just a warmup lap for real Engine.
>