On Sunday 05 August 2012 19:14:34 Peter Blodow did opine: > Gene Heskett schrieb: > > I have had the opposite experience Peter. In 2007 I bought a 5 yo gas > > jetta that cost the dealer, who gave me a 90 day warranty, somewhere > > around $3500 USD because everything that moved, promptly broke, > > including the sun roof which fell out of the hole in the roof. Front > > door window motors at $400/copy, 2 sets of headlight assemblies > > because the ones in it were already crazed and yellowed so bad you > > had to turn them on, and get out with a flashlight to see if they > > were lit. 2 sets later I finally had headlights that worked because > > the internal wiring of the first 2 sets burned up. The car could not > > tolerate an unlocked door and locked us out of it with the keys > > usually dropped in the wifes purse many times. When it did it with > > the keys in the switch, and I had to pry a door open far enough to be > > able to hit the button on the armrest for the 4th time I said thats > > it. I wrote a check for 17k USD for that car, and got $3500 USD in > > trade- in value against a 2007 RAV4 20 months later. Smartest move I > > ever made as I figured it was worth even less if I had executed it > > like a horse with a broken leg which I was sorely tempted to do. I > > will give it credit, the engine, a 2.4L 4, ran very strong & well > > once you got past all the damned paranoid computer problems designed > > to keep it from collecting mileage. > > > > This Toy? Stick the key in the switch and drive it to NY & back with > > only 3 fuel stops in 900 miles round trip, getting about 7 mpg better > > than that Jetta ever dreamed of. It never got more than 21 mpg. > > With one of our Tourans (don't know if they sell them in the US and > under which name, actually it's only a taller version of the VW Golf, > sold as Rabbit in the US) I go 850 km (470 miles) easily on a tank full > of diesel, so I would have needed one stop only for fueling on the NY > trip. I was fond of japanese cars, too, and we had 7 Nissans within 20 > years in our family and made almost a million km with them. My elder > daughter is still driving my wife's former car at a mileage of 320 000 > km without any visible signs of ageing on the outside. Very good cars. > But no comparison with our present VW Tourans! By the way: In my former > company I bought a dozen of them for common use before I retired and > they have just the same experience with them, as I hear. > Maybe you wonder why we Europeans are so peculiar about fuel > consumption: a liter of Diesel fuel costs about 1,46 Euros in Germany > right now, which is a little more than $ 7 per gallon. It still is the > cheapest fuel, though, so Diesel cars are booming. > > Best greetings > > Peter Blodow > > Peter The price of #1 is rising here, currently at about a 7% premium over 87 octane regular at the pump. If I ever buy a newer car again, I've considered looking for an oil burner. I rather like the idea of going up to half a million miles without laying a wrench on a head or pan bolt.
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