>PTM: There is no problem if you use an Japanese 'car': you got to change
>the car so often that the ignition plugs will be just as new when you
>leave it from your hands. These Japanese factories have a ultimate
>solution to pollution: you do not have to change motor oil, because the
>motor lasts just so long. In next generation there will be no way to get
>oil out and there will be no screws and nuts in the whole car: everything
>will be clued, soldered, welded or rivetted together.

Pasi,

Maybe you need to learn how to take care of your car!

I ran 250,000 miles on my 1976 Honda Civic 1200.  I rebuilt the engine at
150,000 because I needed something to do one summer (it didn't need it).
When I took the block to have it bored, the cylinders were within FACTORY
SHIPPING specs for diameter and roundness.

The engine is still excellent, burns a quart in 3000 miles.  It's for sale,
with the transmission, if anybody wants it.  Essentially a "stock" setup.

The body, OTOH, looked like Swiss Cheese after 19 years of road salt.  The
body would not pass a safety inspection, so I junked it. (I'm into
mechanics, not body work).

My only complaint with the ignition system is that I had to replace the
condenser every 15K miles.

Andy

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Andy Kunz - Statistical Research, Inc. - Westfield, New Jersey USA
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