[PRCo] Re: Gas Prices

[Schneider Fred]

The exhaust on some newer cars has phenomenal longevity.    
Volkswagen, for example, has gone to stainless steel.   They last the  
life of the car and then some.   I remember my old Fords from the  
1960s ... if I put 30,000 miles a year on the car and keep the engine  
red hot, then I could get two years out of an exhaust system.   If I  
drove 10,000 miles a year, I would be replacing a muffler every year.

Your city (Vancouver) is one of my favorites.   But I have trouble  
disliking any Canadian city for the very reasons you describe.

On Dec 29, 2008, at 10:15 PM, TEP wrote:

> Fred, you'd be hard pressed to buy a one-way ticket in Britain when  
> they
> call it a "single". Ah our language differences, and, of course,  
> here in
> Canada we confusingly mix British and American English! But beware, in
> both Britain and Canada "cheap" can carry the same negative  
> connotation
> as in the US -- how about another Brit word, "shoddy".
> I'm amazed at the car mileage you guys run up. My made in America  
> (with
> some Japanese content) 1982 Pontiac Sunrunner has just crossed the
> 50,000 mile, actually 80,000 km as we are metric. (original tires
> (tyres) and muffler (exhaust)). That's less than 3,000 miles a year
> thanks to moving from the noisy suburbs to a peaceful inner city
> townhouse in 1981 and, eventually, getting bank, doctor, dentist,
> accountant, post office, stores, including most big boxes, and over 50
> restaurants within walking distance (all coupled with lower property
> taxes). We went from two cars to one car and two bikes and I slowly
> dropped a needed 30 pounds. And, when I want to go further and  
> drink, or
> to the airport (8 miles), there's a taxi stand five minutes away --  
> fast
> service to the door in minutes and, at the end of the street,  
> trolleybus
> service downtown every two minutes, every five minutes from 11pm to  
> 1am,
> then 30 minute night service. (And our trolley museum operation is 100
> yards from my back door.)
>
> But keep driving guys and get the oil price back up -- it's the  
> biggest
> tax generator up here.
>
> /
> /Tom Parkinson P.Eng, Vancouver BC Canada 604-733-5430, fax -5437
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