Just looking over these figures there seems to be an inverse relation between engine wear and known engine-life length. In other words, we all know diesels have a capacity for long engine life... aircooled vanagons on the other hand have been known to last less than 100,000 before overhaul....and Porsche engines? I am wondering if there are intangibles built into each engine type that the wear index does not encompass or alternatively the VW engineers had anticipated knowing that for example Diesels would take more punishment and therefore made them extra strong...DC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 voice - (613) 788-2600-6662 fax - (613) 788-2889 Email address: dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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