On Friday September 06 1996, Jim Dunmyer of (1:234/2) wrote to Chris Harper:
 JD>  I don't agree with that statement. Today's cars can easily be driving
 JD> 200,000 miles without major trouble, and that was quite rare in 1955.
Funny, I still see quite a few "heavy Chevy's" running the streets, and 
they've got well over a million miles on them. And not a tenth of the bondo 
an 85 Chevy has!
 JD>  Those
 JD> things were far less reliable, too, requiring frequent tuneups, brake
 JD> rebuilds, etc. Tires were done at 30,000 miles; my wife's car has 90,000 
on
 JD> it and the tires still look like new.
But the old car you COULD replace stuff, not like today's where you'd need a 
4 year college course just to change a darn spark plug, or change a water 
pump!
 JD> If the old technology was better, we'd still be using it.
Get REAL! If a manufacturer can make MORE money selling inferior products 
than selling supoerior products, you can bet your last dollar they will go 
with the money!!! Their stockholder will demand it!
RYL,
    Chris
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