Re: Clutch Cargo WAS: Object

HVS wrote:

> On 20 May 2008, Blinky the Shark wrote
> 
>> HVS wrote:
>> 
>>> On 19 May 2008, Lee Ayrton wrote
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 19 May 2008, Richard R. Hershberger wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 18, 2:28 pm, Les Albert <lalbe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 18 May 2008 18:07:40 GMT, ebenZERO...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>> (Hactar) wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>>> More expensive to maintain or buy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> To buy, but their maintenance over the time that most people
>>>>>> keep a car probably is less than a clutch car.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have driven manual transmission cars most of my adult life.
>>>>> I have never had to replace a clutch, because I know how to
>>>>> drive with one. Did you have some other sort of maintenance
>>>>> in mind? 
>>>> 
>>>> But surely it depends on what vehicle and what you do with it,
>>>> no?  A heavy vehicle or one that often pulls weight will
>>>> require clutch service before one that is light (but
>>>> well-made) and unladen.  Likewise, the ratio of highway miles
>>>> to city miles should have an effect.
>>> 
>>> Like most things, the modern versions are better than the older
>>> ones.
>>> 
>>> I've only ever owned manual cars -- all for "normal-ish" use --
>>> and recall having to replace a clutch in one of them in the
>>> 1970s.  I've not had to replace the clutches in any of the
>>> others (even though they've been 10 or 12 years old when I got
>>> rid of them). 
>>> 
>>> (I've just had my existing car die:  a 12-year-old Citroen
>>> that's given absolutely sterling service since we bought it
>>> secondhand a little over 8 years ago.  Had something over
>>> 100,000 miles on it, and seemed to be happy to go on for longer
>>> -- but the cam belt went on it last Friday, and it's just not
>>> worth the cost of fixing the damage that's caused.)
>> 
>> And how long you keep the car.  Trade every four years?  No
>> clutch replacement necessary.
> 
> Assuming you buy new, yes;  not everyone does.

New or relatively new.


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