Are New Cars REALLY Longer Lasting And More Reliable Than Old Cars?
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WingsOfGold
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Key point he left out............ modern oil. HUGE improvement
jrt_ms1995
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Hey! I had two of those Chargers! Although I think that's a '67 while mine were '66s, and neither came with that trunk ornament on the left.
I've had several trucks that lasted well over 200k.
My 2004, currently on loan to one of my nephews, has 202k on it and I am to keep it going until one of us croaks.
My 92 that I gave to my Sister and BIL back in 2004 at the time of the others purchase had 246k on it before they put another 80+ on it and it'd probably still be running if it hadn't been wrecked.
2001 I had with over 140k when i parted way with it.
My 2020 should make it to 300k.
My 2004, currently on loan to one of my nephews, has 202k on it and I am to keep it going until one of us croaks.
My 92 that I gave to my Sister and BIL back in 2004 at the time of the others purchase had 246k on it before they put another 80+ on it and it'd probably still be running if it hadn't been wrecked.
2001 I had with over 140k when i parted way with it.
My 2020 should make it to 300k.
The article was largely about Psychology or ' buying new ' every several years .....
My mom bought a 1995 Saturn in 2000, with 95K miles ... 2 or 3 yrs later I bought the car from her I then drove the car until 2018 with over 258k miles on the odometer .... the car was still capable of getting 35+ MPG with NON Ethanol Gas otherwise 32 ish MPG .... yeah E10 cost me 3+ mpg on a tankful .. so much for SAVING gas by cutting the fuel content 10%
My mom bought a 1995 Saturn in 2000, with 95K miles ... 2 or 3 yrs later I bought the car from her I then drove the car until 2018 with over 258k miles on the odometer .... the car was still capable of getting 35+ MPG with NON Ethanol Gas otherwise 32 ish MPG .... yeah E10 cost me 3+ mpg on a tankful .. so much for SAVING gas by cutting the fuel content 10%
Clem72
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It's funny, but if you lose about 10 percent efficiency it would probably be more "environmentally conscious" to not produce the ethanol at all. Just make everyone's tanks 10% smaller or charge 10% more (and throw that in some bs carbon offset or something).
Except we know it's not about fuel efficiency at all, it's about subsidizing corn farmers.
Yeah a 10 to 15 % loss in fuel consumption .... adds up to 100's of gallons a year and I was driving an economy car
Of Course Larger Vehicles will of course be use ...
I'm not sure about farmers or perhaps ethanol producers with Congressional Mandates