Re: Consider buying American!

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> 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.
> 

how much longer is "greatly longer"?  put numbers to it.  and define the 
degree of wear considered "acceptable".