Re: Object

On May 22, 12:36=A0am, huey.calli...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> Richard R. Hershberger <rrhe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > I tend to buy used cars and drive them into the ground. =A0I'm
currently=

> > driving a Dodge Neon from around 1996 or so, with about 130,000 miles
> > on it. =A0I bought it about three years ago. =A0Obviously 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. =A0I don't expect to ever
> > replace the clutch. =A0If 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.

Quite possibly, but any head gasket in my future that I don't already
own will be attached to a different car.

> > 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.

That's plausible.  My choice of manual over automatic of one of
driving preference, not economic benefits.