Re: Object

Richard R. Hershberger <rrhersh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I tend to buy used cars and drive them into the ground.  I'm currently
> driving a Dodge Neon from around 1996 or so, with about 130,000 miles
> on it.  I bought it about three years ago.  Obviously I don't know
> what the previous owner did, but if he abused the clutch I expect it
> would have become obvious long before now.  I don't expect to ever
> replace the clutch.  If it were to crap out on me, I would probably
> replace the car.

I forsee a head gasket in your future, probably in the next couple 
years.

> I think you and I are in agreement on the main point, that a manual
> transmission does not require extra money to be thrown at it if you
> know how to drive.

At this point, I think manuals and automatics are about equal in that 
regard. Twenty years ago, you could count on an automatic transmission 
eating it about every 80,000-100,000 miles, but that's no longer true. 

-- 
Huey