On Jul 25, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > If you haven't worked on most post-1980 cars, which are the vast > majority of FWD designs, you probably shouldn't be commenting as an > authority on servicing FWD drivetrains. Because you aren't an > authority > as your experience predates 90% of the designs to hit the market.
LOL ... I did say I worked as a mechanic in the 1970s right at the beginning of this dialog. > And comparing servicing costs on two relatively exotic cars is > probably > not a good method for making assumptions on anything (Yes, the MR2 is > fairly rare and exotic despite being a Toyota with a relatively off > the > shelf driveline). That's the notional equivalent of commenting on the > last generation Celica's reliability based on your experiences with a > Lotus Elise 190 (Same basic driveline there too) Come now, that's rather more extreme than is warranted. I don't know where you live, but MR2s are a dime a dozen around here. There are six of them parked in the lot I just parked in, within 60 feet of my car. The MR2 is hardly an "exotic" ... it's a Corolla with the engine stuffed in the middle rather than the end, both sold and serviced by Toyota anywhere. I just looked under the hood of a Prius. Now there's a complex little devil: I think there are more electronics under the hood than there is engine by a factor of 10. Nice car to drive, however. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
