Not sure what you mean in the first sentence, please elaborate, Philippe.
Charlie
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Philippe <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Very high mileages over (very) long periods are criminal.
>
> In the meantime, the fuel consumption of new vehicles has been divided by
> two or so, and exhaust gases have become way less polluting and better
> filtered.
>
> I plead guilty on both counts: sapping the reserves, and munching up the
> ozone layer.
>
> Amities
> Semi climate-concious Philippe
>
> Le 11 juin 2015 à 15:29, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> a
> écrit :
>
> > Indeed, I'm a pretty easy driver, Chris. I will only flog it in an
> > emergency. I had a 1998 VW Passat with a turbo and, like Ian, I also run
> > Mobil 1 Synthetic in all my vehicles. I had no problems with the drive
> > train (turbo included) at 150K miles. Ditched it when it started
> developing
> > electrical problems. Too bad, it was a fun driver.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 2:19 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Excellent! But that might have something to do with the driver,
> Charlie.
> >> You must have been kind to the machine (as I try to be).
> >>
> >> I would be very surprised if my car lasted that long. Although I treat
> it
> >> carefully, a turbocharger is likely to give me trouble before I get much
> >> above 100k. I have done fewer than 50k so far, though.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>> On 10 Jun 15, at 19:19, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> And a great car it has been, Chris. 210,000 miles and not a single part
> >>> failure; routine maintenance only.
> >>
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