What percentage of 20 year old cars are on the road?
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From: SMS on 29 Oct 2009 15:19 N8N wrote: > VW's may have occasional niggling issues that other cars don't, but > they last. And last. And last. Until the body rusts apart, which > actually takes quite a long time, an A1 or A2 chassis VW will hardly > ever have something break that is major enough to make you consider > getting rid of it. They're also quite pleasant to drive, feel much > more solid and yet sporty than other similar products from other > mfgrs. Yeah, I owned three VWs in the past. The problem was that the niggling issues were often more than "occasional," and sometimes hard to diagnose. OTOH they have very robust engines, the bodies don't easily rust, the paint is magnitudes better than what you get on a Honda, and replacement parts are widely available because so many of the parts are standard across platforms, across the world. Plus they handle better than the typical Toyota, Honda, or big 3 vehicle of the same size. In my area, Toyota runs an automotive technology program at a local college and turns out copious numbers of well-trained (and continually trained) mechanics. Difficult to diagnose problems that result in needless swapping of expensive components are rare if you have a well trained mechanic.
From: clare on 29 Oct 2009 20:22 On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:51:25 -0500, Steve <no(a)spam.thanks> wrote: >Tegger wrote: >> "C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)removemindspring.com> wrote in news:4ae70c7c$1 >> @kcnews01: >> >>> A Toyota commercial they are running in my area claims that 80% of all >>> Toyota sold in the last 20 years are still on the road. This seemed to >>> be a very low number to me. What do other think? >>> >> >> >> I guess it depends where you live. In my area (the Rust Belt of north- >> eastern North America), Toyota's number seems impossibly high, unless that >> missing 20% is all concentrated up here. >> > >Well, there to a first approximation there are about as many Toyotas in >the junkyards I prowl for parts here in Texas as there are any other >brand. And this sure isn't the rust belt.... Up here in the rust belt I don't see many. Funny.
From: cuhulin on 29 Oct 2009 21:04 Clunkers: Taxpayers paid $24,000 per car www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=276917 Yep, what a waste! cuhulin
From: Tegger on 29 Oct 2009 21:34 clare(a)snyder.on.ca wrote in news:qccke51mb1b9q7e9evahb4l5sdsd3cviaf(a)4ax.com: > On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:51:25 -0500, Steve <no(a)spam.thanks> wrote: > >>Tegger wrote: >>> >>> >>> I guess it depends where you live. In my area (the Rust Belt of >>> north-eastern North America), Toyota's number seems impossibly >>> high, unless that missing 20% is all concentrated up here. >>> >> >>Well, there to a first approximation there are about as many Toyotas >>in the junkyards I prowl for parts here in Texas as there are any >>other brand. And this sure isn't the rust belt.... > > > Up here in the rust belt I don't see many. Funny. > I don't know what wrecking yards you frequent, but my observation is identical to Steve's. Except that American makes are more prevalent in wrecking yards simply due to larger new-car sales. -- Tegger
From: Dave on 29 Oct 2009 22:02
"Hachiroku ハチロク" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:hc7ooj$8am$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > C. E. White wrote: >> A Toyota commercial they are running in my area claims that 80% of all >> Toyota sold in the last 20 years are still on the road. > > And I personally own about half of them... Highly unlikely.. |