Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Remember when cars used to be praised if they made 100 000 miles (160 000 km). Now we moan if they falter at twice that. Remember when cars needed valve grinds every 50 000 miles (80 000 km) or less? I haven't done a valve grind on a modern car in years.** Remember when you got a tune up every 5 000 to 10 000 miles (you do the math)? Heck on my Volvo, I change the plugs every 50 000 miles and that is it! I could go on but it is plan fact that ALL cars are far more reliable and durable than any car was 25 years ago. I am a European car specialist and to suggest that Ford made Jag worse is ridiculous. Hell Jags have improved beyond measure and now are a byword for reliability. A future, I can assure you, simply inconceivable to a mechanic in the seventies and eighties. John Collier ** Still doing older Jags though :-) On Sep 17, 2004, at 5:45 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > > Remember when a Volvo would last 11 years and American cars were > designed to fall apart after 5? Well, Japanese cars now last 15 years, > and American cars are still designed to fall apart after 5. So American > and Swedish cars are not in as much demand. Jaguars fall apart after 5 > (Ford helped that along).