Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:56:24 -0700
Reply-To: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Moderator Comment Re: vanagon difficulty
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Karl,
Rest assured Janne got a note from the moderating team shortly after
his posting. Ask Janne if you want to confirm.
We don't sleep.
BenT
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On Sep 4, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Karl <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM> wrote:
> 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.
>>
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