I leave you to your anti American truck rantings. Your claims don't match my experiences.
Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ Human powered devices, equipment, and transport - http://24.190.106.81:8383/2000/humanpower.htm [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Leon Morin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Thinking about buying a car? > > too bad vw doesn't make anything I can put 1000 lbs of cargo in. I'll buy > > the Ford thanks. > > Hmm. A trailer, maybe? I've pulled 2000 lbs of gravel with a Golf. It was a > B$%$# to get it moving, but I only needed to do this a couple of times, so > it wasn't worth getting a 30000$ pile of junk pickup. > > The lame-est clause of them all. I need a truck because I haul a lot of > stuff. Right. You and every guy driving powerstroke fords, and cummins > dodges. > > Of course, if you are one of the 2% of pickup truck drivers that actually > use their vehicles and load them to capacity ON A REGULAR BASIS, the comment > is cordially withdrawn. I would however be interested in hearing your > service history for the vehicle... > > Your brand new US pickup will beat itself to death with a half ton in the > box. That nice big diesel three quarter ton truck will die a horrible death > if you actually work if for what it's "designed for". Most people who spend > 30K on a new truck, expecting it to work hard, get nasty surprises... I > spend enough time getting yelled at by fleet managers and owners who can't > believe their new Dodges need another front end rebuild. > > The front end, suspension, body, chassis, and most of the driveline on these > vehicles are built TO FAIL. They have all sorts of built in deficiencies > that make them simply let go so you pay for servicing. Of course, the axles > look big. The chassis looks strong. They can tow a lot of weight. But > underneath they are as much of a cash cow as a Dodge Neon or a Cavalier. > Built to fail, to make bucks for the auto service industry. > > Now, if you'd like me to name some real vehicles, I can definitely do so. > Unfortunately most of these companies have since gone the way of the > dodo-bird, or have gone upscale, building 4x4 SUV's for rich moms and dads. > Building trucks that last is bad business practice. > > Even highway rigs are getting to this point - built in inefficiencies. > Lighter weight. Computers. What everyone from fleet managers to the average > joe needs to realise is that one teardown or repair to fix problems with > these built in innefficiencies costs more than to pay the extra 5% fuel cost > over the life of the vehicle. > > Plus, the environmental cost of building a whole vehicle to replace an old > one (which would simply need to be rebuilt and repaired) is incredible. If > cars were built to last and be serviced, they would be easy to keep going. > However, a larger idea prevails - gouging you for all you've got. > > I admit a VW is about as useless a vehicle as a Ford Mustang for someone who > needs a truck. But then again, you can't BUY a truck anymore. You have to > build it as all the "trucks" have long ago left the market, having been > replaced by luxo-utes with thin tin boxes bolted on to the frame, and most > people don't need a Ford F250, they simply have to figure out that driving a > big empty pickup is a sign of stupidity, not coolness. > > J-L > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Stop Smoking Now Nicotrol will help http://us.click.yahoo.com/2vN8tD/_pSDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
