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EddieM
Certainly it was yellow! It must have had a few coats by now.
John
I think they're all yellow on Madeira if memory serves.
Certainly it was yellow! It must have had a few coats by now.
John
I think they're all yellow on Madeira if memory serves.
I've no idea whether these taxis are privately owned or whatever - but it did get us up to the gardens at the top of the hill and then to another fishing village that Churchill took a fancy to.
John
No idea, a wagon will be doing about 80,000 mile a year and 15 year old wagons would not be that uncommon (so that's about 2 million klicks) The engines would still be OK and reliable and some would probably head off to Africa and may still be working - easy to work on and keep running.That's what the lads were saying at the local garage who were trying to help me sort out my Ford Focus 2008 diesel disaster.
It'll probably be a good time to invest in companies that install electric charging stations.
2 million miles? That's something else isn't it. What do you reckon the sort of mileage on those types of trucks could be at the higher end of the spectrum in terms of most miles ever done?
No idea, a wagon will be doing about 80,000 mile a year and 15 year old wagons would not be that uncommon (so that's about 2 million klicks) The engines would still be OK and reliable and some would probably head off to Africa and may still be working - easy to work on and keep running.
15 year old wagons are now a thing of the past, keeping any vehicle now outside its warranty is now financially reckless - why would any motor manufacturer want to produce a vehicle that lasts indefinitely ? They will certainly be looking how they can design obsolescence into electric cars - wouldn't want them to be too reliable.
Are the new trucks now not capable of doing 15 years and a million miles any more?15 year old wagons are now a thing of the past, keeping any vehicle now outside its warranty is now financially reckless - why would any motor manufacturer want to produce a vehicle that lasts indefinitely ? They will certainly be looking how they can design obsolescence into electric cars - wouldn't want them to be too reliable.
Are the new trucks now not capable of doing 15 years and a million miles any more?
What about taxis though as they are always doing short runs, this would probably mean that taxis would need good reliable engines to start withThey also need to do decent heat cycles, the sales rep cars do big miles as they do long journeys so they have decent heat cycles and burn everything off. Those that do lots of short journeys don't get the same level of reliability as most engine damage occurs when cold, and the engines don't get upto temp enough to burn off the carbon and soot particles they need to, which in turn ends up with large repair bills
I noticed there's a few volvos in that list, hondas and mercsWell the link below shows a selection of vehicles from a bygone age that have hit the mighty 1 million miles mark. But these days? Hondas, Toyotas and Lexus, perhaps. Mercedes cars? There does not appear to be the same 'hewn from the solid' quality that these vehicles once had. Maybe it's the rammed-to-the-tɨts technology failing that ultimately cause most cars demise, though.
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/going-the-distance-7-cars-that-have-gone-1m-miles/
So do they get coked up when they do short runs during their life? What about taxis though as they are always doing short runs, this would probably mean that taxis would need good reliable engines to start with
It shows how out of touch I am with new vehicles because I didn't know service intervals had gone up to 20,000 especially for diesels. Wasn't it every 6,000 miles at one time for diesels?
I see what you mean about Taxi engines. So they should get their oil changed at least every 500 hours or whatever that would equate to in "London traffic miles".
Don't some of those old Perkins diesel engines still go on and on after decades of use? Think also of some of the old slow revving tractor engines. It's rare that the tractor engine packed up before the tractor frame itself I think