Re: Consider buying American!

In article <T5Wdnaxc7MfacCvanZ2dnUVZ_q_inZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
   jim beam <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > The bean counters are more likely to cream themselves over the lovely
> > maintenance costs associated with belts. 

> paradoxically, no.  that motor will be maintained and kept running 
> almost indefinitely because it's "just a service item".  chains otoh are

> "engine rebuild" and most consumers throw in the towel at that point and

> buy a new vehicle - just what a bean counter wants.

There's at least one Vauxhall (GM) available in the UK where the engine
has to come out to change the belt. If this is the case it would be little
more overall cost to change a chain. And in practice less since it would
have a greatly longer life.

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    Dave Plowman        dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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