Did not mean to upset you guys. By throw away, I mean that the car will be
in the junk yard at the end of its useful life - not because of initial
quality. Be it 150K or 250K. The body will be straight, the interior still
functional, but mechanicals worn out. My favorite JY has acres and acres of
them - perfectly straight front drive cars/mini vans that just needs motor
work or trans to be a good car. The trucks/rear drivers (BMW, Volvo...)
SUVs are all totals and scavenged of every good part. Marc pointed out cars
that there are front drivers that are not throw away - very correct! These
cars are loved enough to keep them running. In fact, I love the new Mini
even if it is front drive. The basic 4-door sedan/mini van is not loved or
even liked when they get older - people don't see spending the money on
them. People can still see utility in a truck/BMW etc even after several
rebuilds - it still has value.
So, front drivers are fine, but most have a very finite life span. Not like
our loved Roadsters we keep rebuilding, rebuilding.........
Phil
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary McCormick [mailto:svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:11 PM
To: Hall, Phillip
Cc: Roadster List
Subject: Re: Light trucks (OT)
"Hall, Phillip" wrote:
> <snip>My wife likes 4 door sedans. They are front drivers
Not all of them, hell, not even most of them.
>
> and no matter how much you spend on one, they are throw away cars. Nobody
> wants a front driver with 150,000 plus miles on it. They gravitate to the
> junk yard very quickly after this many miles.
WADR, Phillip, but that's horses#*t - my wife's '84 Toyota Corolla went
nearly a quarter
of a million miles virtually trouble-free (OK, I did replace the clutch,
once, at about
210,000 miles) and the only reason we moved on from there was that as the
family grew we
needed more room (VW Passat Wagon - front-driver with excellent
road-handling, best value
on the market in it's size range)
> <snip>
>
> Phil
> SEROC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: snyler [mailto:marc@animalfirm.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:25 AM
> To: Roadster List
> Subject: Light trucks (OT)
>
> For the first time, over 50% of the new vehicles sold in the US were
> light trucks as opposed to cars (Pickups, minivans, SUVs) Do over 50% of
> the population really need a truck-based vehicle, or are some of us being
> sold a bill of goods. I see a lot of longbed-crew-cab-duallie super duty
> 4x4 behemoths that have never seen a puddle, much less a load of gravel.
> I guess they hold a lot of groceries. I can get over 10 bags of
> groceries in the roadster when the top is up, and it's not going to roll
> if I swerve to avoid that puddle.
> Some folks need a big hauler/towing vehicle, but many, I suspect are
> just pretending to be cowboys (and cowgirls)
>
> -Marc T.
> '70 1600
> '93 Escort wagon (all you really *need *for a daily driver, will carry
> engine blocks, trannies)
> '88 Dodge 318 pickup (shortbed) Drive only when needed (trips to dump,
> towing)
> '65 Datsun 320 When this is restored, bye-bye Dodge :^)
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