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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:12:31 -0700
From: "mat" <peanutsrevengenospamphia.net>
Subject: Re: How much is this car worth? - Ungrateful whiner!


i looked at the pic's, read the problems and the only one i see is the tranny. the rest i have had in most of my cars. take the car, fix the tranny, then the other smaller problems later. if it gets 10+ mpg your better then me. you are whinning like a little baby who dosent have his blanket. i would have loved to have that car when i was in need of one. its probaly worth more like the 6700 BUT its FREE to you so shut up and drive it. "Tim McNamara" <timmcnnospamtream.net> wrote in message news:m28ydpdfmi.fsfnospamla-Blue.local... > Johannes H Andersen <johsnospamfitterlikneasfuongtuintgsjadfasejk.com> > writes: > > > But it's also the amount of driving that surprises me. Me 9000 has > > done 100k miles in 11 years. Perhaps the US is a larger country so > > people have to drive more. They also have drive-in cinemas, burger > > bars, everything and I've heard that many people live their lives in > > their cars? > > We have a pronounced car culture in the US, in which all other forms > of transportation are seen not as alternatives but as impediments to > driving: pedestrians, cyclists, buses, trains, etc. Many American's > private policy is to avoid personal exertion and use the car at all > times, even to drive to the health club for exercise. > > Our transportation policy tends to be centered on moving cars rather > than moving people and goods. It's not unusual for people to have a > 40 mile (64 km) one-way commute to work. Do that 250 times a year and > you've got 20,000 miles right there. On top of that, places like > supermarkets and doctor's offices are often unapproachable except by > car or by risking your life to get there on foot or by bike. > > However, America is not unique. Wherever people buy cars, they tend > to develop this behavior pattern. My wife's relatives in Denmark have > developed this (despite the aggressive taxation on cars there) and > this is also becoming a phenomenon in China as people become more > affluent and can afford to buy a car. Much of Europe seems to be > struggling with how to reduce driving; America has not yet confronted > this and prefers instead to spend hundreds of billions of dollars > building roads that are already obsolete by the time they are > completed. > > My area got its first modern light rail system, all of 8 miles long. > Initial ridership was hoped to be 9,500 people per day and twice that > by the end of the year; actual ridership was near 20,000 per day in > the first week of operation! Perhaps there's hope for a more rational > transportation system after all, even here. > > Through it all, I try to ride my bike to work when I can and > consolidate my driving trips as much as possible. My 1990 240 has > only 138,000 miles on it, 34,000 of which I have put on in 2 1/2 years > of ownership. My wife's 1990 240 just topped 200,000 miles, but it > had 184,000 when we bought it.

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