On Thu, 9 Nov 1995 11:04:34 -0600 John Foster said: >getting off the list) there is no doubt in my mind that cars, in general, >run better and longer now than they used to. Consumer Reports has powerful us old farts can attest to that! :) fan blades don't fly off and hit you in the shoulder nowadays ... axles don't break ... and even tires can usually go more than a year without going bald. :) cars in general are MUCH better built and safer and last much longer with LESS effort from the owner/driver than, say, the 1940's or 1950's cars. this is NOT to say that a 1950's car won't last ... just that a 1990's car goes a lot longer before the owner HAS to do something to it. the 50's car pretty much requires some owner maintenance on a weekly basis. even the early beetles were DESIGNED this way, i think. you were SUPPOSED to take car of your car. today, it seems, you are not supposed to do anything. and they are designed so that you CAN'T do anything! >the movement towards plastics to save weight that all manufacturers have it's also a lot easier to cast plastics than metal, in a mass production sort of way. or so i'm told. joel
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