How much is this car worth?

In the last case, the cost of your first replacement set of ink cartridges can exceed the cost of the printer!

And here in Los Angeles, public transportation sucks, so you have to drive everywhere.

We have a pronounced car culture in the US, in which all other forms of transportation are seen not as alternatives but as impediments to driving: pedestrians, cyclists, buses, trains, etc. Many American's private policy is to avoid personal exertion and use the car at all times, even to drive to the health club for exercise.

Our transportation policy tends to be centered on moving cars rather than moving people and goods. It's not unusual for people to have a

40 mile (64 km) one-way commute to work. Do that 250 times a year and you've got 20,000 miles right there. On top of that, places like supermarkets and doctor's offices are often unapproachable except by car or by risking your life to get there on foot or by bike.

However, America is not unique. Wherever people buy cars, they tend to develop this behavior pattern. My wife's relatives in Denmark have developed this (despite the aggressive taxation on cars there) and this is also becoming a phenomenon in China as people become more affluent and can afford to buy a car. Much of Europe seems to be struggling with how to reduce driving; America has not yet confronted this and prefers instead to spend hundreds of billions of dollars building roads that are already obsolete by the time they are completed.

My area got its first modern light rail system, all of 8 miles long. Initial ridership was hoped to be 9,500 people per day and twice that by the end of the year; actual ridership was near 20,000 per day in the first week of operation! Perhaps there's hope for a more rational transportation system after all, even here.

Through it all, I try to ride my bike to work when I can and consolidate my driving trips as much as possible. My 1990 240 has only 138,000 miles on it, 34,000 of which I have put on in 2 1/2 years of ownership. My wife's 1990 240 just topped 200,000 miles, but it had 184,000 when we bought it.

On 11/7/04 12:53 PM, in article snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, " snipped-for-privacy@snyder.on.ca" decided to come out from under the bed and slurred:

Yep, I agree with what you have said.

I had a vehicle with a rear mounted fuel tank until recently and I don¹t consider it to be a problem.

I reckon this kid learns to "fix" the minor problems s/he has with the car and be bloody grateful.

Hammo

Yea, I've seen this site

about thefuel tank issue, but hey take what you got and do something fun with it.That's what I did with my first car. Parents gave me a piece, and I cleanedit up and had some fun with it. *Point to remember* A vehicle is made to gofrom point A to point B. Good luck man

Cheap parts for imports are all over, there's just as many of them sitting in salvage yards as anything else.

Tell me in ain't so! I thought every Honda, Toyota and Nissan sold since

1908 is still on the road. You don't get enough TV!!

Likewise, my C900 has done 135k in 20 years (this year), and I've put on

17k of that in the 1.5 years I've owned it as a daily commuter bus.

agreed, my Saab 900 t16S is 20 years old this year. has a little wear and tear but is in sparkling condition inside and out compared to that Lincoln.

one upside of taking that car for inspection/MAT is that, you will have given the examiner a good laugh, and a story to tell in the bar that night, so the next guy through might get an easier deal if the examiner hasn't stopped laughing.