Don, I'm in the Midwest of the US. I'm currently driving my first diesel, an 03 Beetle TDI which currently has about 65,000 miles. I typically buy B2, which is the only blend available locally at this point. I am currently in central Indiana, with a move to northern CA planned around the first of the year. My prior car was a gas 2000 Beetle, which I gave to my son at 95,000 and still has its original exhaust at about 110,000. Prior to that were two Volvos, a '94 940 and '95 850, both of which went over 100,000 with the original exhaust.
My perception is that the manufacturers are using better materials now that they were when I first started driving. I don't know how many days I spent in muffler shops in my youth, but I haven't seen the inside of one for quite a while at this point. Brian > Brian, thanks for that. > Were they petrol or diesel? Are you on biofuel? And where are you? UK or > US, or elsewhere? > > Don Johnston > Environmental Coordinator , Portsmouth City Council > Chair, Solent Energy and Environment Management Group > > Winner ; National Champion-Science and Technology, Green Apple Awards 2002 > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Tel: 023 9283 4247 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Brian > Sent: 12 October 2004 01:39 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] fuel additives > > > Years ago, it seemed that I always had to replace an exhaust at about > 40,000 > miles. It's been a long time since I've had to buy one, though, and have > had over 100,000 miles on each of my last several cars. > > Brian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erik Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:34 PM > Subject: RE: [Biofuel] fuel additives > > >> >> --- "Johnston, Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> 124k miles on original exhaust seems exceptional to >>> me, >> >> really?? is this also the experience of other people? >> i have quite a few cars here that have 100-200k on >> gasoline engines with the original exhaust and it's in >> good condition. and there's one with a rusted out >> muffler that has about 170k on it. >> >> and the diesels range from 150-300k + with no problems >> yet. i suspect that diesel fuel doesn't have the same >> problems that gas engines experience, but i don't >> really know. >> >> all numbers are in US miles. >> >> erik >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________ >> Do you Yahoo!? >> Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! >> http://vote.yahoo.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Biofuel mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel >> >> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >> Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): >> http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > ********************************************************** > This e-mail is for the intended recipient only. > If an addressing, transmission or other error has > misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author > by replying to this e-mail. > If you are not the intended recipient you must not > use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or reply to this > email. > This e-mail may be monitored, read, recorded and > retained by Portsmouth City Council. > E-mail monitoring/blocking software may be used. > > ********************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
