Keeping older, reliable cars, airplanes, bicycles, etc. in good running
order is usually more cost effective than buying something new, especially
something that has a computer controlling everything. I don't want to have
electric door locks, electric windows, electric anything, except maybe the
Electric Light Orchestra on the radio.
>
>Ditto my '89 Land Cruiser. It has been so reliable that I recently decided
>to invest in replacing a number of parts rather than giving up. Repair,
>though fairly expensive in this case, was still cheaper than the price of
>an equally capable new vehicle.
>
>Oh, and it *always* passed California's strict emissions testing when I
>still lived there. The last one was three years ago, and it passed, even
>though last year, my new mechanic in New Mexico found one of the emission
>systems was not working at all, due to a hole in a feed pipe.
>
>
>On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 3:50 PM Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Our 1989 Landcruiser is still going strong. We get notes on the windshield
>> all the time asking to buy it. The parts now have to come from Japan or a
>> junkyard. The power steering cable went out and we haven't found a
>> replacement yet. Toyota wanted to make one for $200. Tom said he'd rather
>> buy one from a junkyard for $20. In the meantime, I'm really building up
>> my arm muscles driving the thing!!
>>
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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