"George Orwell" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I don't see the logic in bringing out "new" models every couple of years.
> Piper and Cessna don't and it's because once an aircraft design is
> perfected, there is no need to alter it for decades on end.
Perhaps the style does not change much, or the airframe, but there are
many
changes in electgronics. Getting new configurations approved for the low
volume of aircraft compared to cars is very costly also.
> Making it worse is exactly what has happened to cars. My late GM sedan
> scrapes and bangs on every dip; the '55 models didn't. You could make
> emergency field repairs on a '55, but no mechanic in the world can do a
> fuel pump R & R on any of today's models since it's inaccessibly hidden
> inside the gas tank.
I've changed many a fuel pump on my '50's and 60's vintage cars, but my
90's and newer have never let me down. Nove have ever had a fuel pump
replaced, even in 200,000 miles of driving.
> Crash a car today and you throw it (the whole car!)
> because the frame will buckle thanks to the dimples and creases; even a
> tap
> from the screw heads of a license plate holder will gouge the "bumpers"
> causing thousands in repairs.
Cars are many times safer for the occupants though. My car has six airbags
and many other safety features unheard of back then.
>
> What can the public do to bring the car makers to their senses? Stop
> buying their lousey products, that' what.
The absolute worst car sold today is far superior to the best cars of the
50's. Safer, much more reliable, more features, comfort, better handling,
less maintenance. Plugs last ten times longer, oil change intervals are 5
times longer, tires last four to six times longer. The muffler on my '91
Regal lasted 16 years.
I just swapped out the 7 year old battery on my LeSabre. Could have gone
longer, but don't want to take a chance with the cold weather. How long
did
that 6 volt in the Chevy last? How bright were the headlights?
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