My Saturn SC2 blew it's engine at 297000 miles or so just three weeks
ago. I seriously thought about getting a new engine...
Digital Image Studio wrote:
> On 16/12/06, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> I prefer to use something until it is used up. I drive cars until the
>> wheels fall off. My 1989 Volvo 740 has 220,000 miles/354,000 km. My
>> wife's 1989 Isuzu Trooper has about the same.
>>
>
> LOL, I retired my '89 Volvo 740 Estate a couple of years back at about
> 270,000km, the steering rack power assist was leaking and it was going
> to cost more than the car was worth to repair otherwise it drove quite
> well and blew no smoke.
>
>
>> But there are always two sides: Use-and-toss keeps people employed and
>> companies profitable. It may be that Pentax has been saved by the advent
>> of the DSLR, which involved retiring a lot of film-era gear. If the K10D
>> and new P-TTL flash units (including hopefully a new ring flash) help
>> Pentax to prosper, in the long run that is probably good for me too.
>> Fortunately, since the *ist D came out, I have been able to afford the
>> new gear.
>>
>> So I'll grumble about the new models, then buy them as I can.
>>
>
> I'm right there with you Joe (as you and everyone else knows ;-)
>
>
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