Complete and utter rubbish. Whilst the oil in itself doesn't degrade, the contamination of the oil from the combustion process and condensation will drastically shorten engine life, particularly when the detergents and additives in the oil break down.
Hence we see engines completely ruined at 60,000km because of lack of oil changes causing sludge buildup and accelerated wear.
Modern oils will protect your engine for 15,000km or 6 months.
Having said that, modern oils
Irrelevant with what will happen with modern engines.
I had a wreck with my Ford Ranger where I hit a Honda Civic hatchback. The rear-passenger area of the Civic was totally destroyed. It looked like it was hit by a train but my Ranger only needed a bumper, headlights, and grill assembly and was totally driveable. I was going about 45 mph when he pulled across the intersection in front of me so it wasn't very fast but I'm telling you that Civic was freakin' toast. I couldn't believe how bad it was torn up. I spun it 360 degrees.
R.Daneel
BTW, Mercedes has several times demonstrated the reliability of their cars by doing speed records (50000 km in 1983, 100,000 miles (160,934 km) in 2005) The rules for that kind of records limit which parts can be replaced. Of course tyres don't last very long, but they don't blow up. See an old post at the bottom.
Thomas Bscher, a banker who has raced at Le Mans and is now Bugatti's president.
The story I have read (in an interview with Thomas Bscher) was the following:
The McLaren F1 has a modem in-board which is used to upload the telemetry to the factory, so that they can check the car. When Mr. Bscher did that, the persons at McLaren called him back saying: There is a problem with your car: according to the telemetry it has reached speeds above 350 Km/h and average speeds above 300 km/h. And he told them, no, I have really driven it that fast.
From: Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro Subject: Re: how many hp to turn an 80A alternator at full tilt? Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech References: Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:52:23 -0000
the fly wrote:
If by "minutes" you mean something like 12099 minutes (201 hours = 8.375 days). In August 13 ??? 21, 1983, Mercedes decided to beat the 50000 km speed record (something that nobody had bothered to do for some years (Mercedes itself with the C111 of the 1970s, I think)). From these pages:
C111:
So, 22 years ago a good car was capable of running its engine at full power (or very nearly) for 201 hours almost continuously:
"Every two-and-a-half hours, the cars came in for refueling and a change of driver during a 20-second pit stop. The heavily strained rear tires had to be replaced every 8,500 kilometers and the front tires every
17,000 kilometers. During these five-minute tire change breaks, the oil and oil filters were also replaced and the valve clearance was checked."I think that later other manufacturers were also interested by this record. I found mention of Saab at Talladega (1986 and 1996):
And this year another record attempt by Mercedes with a Diesel:
It is likely that these endurance records can be beaten, but it would be quite boring and expensive.
Martin ( snipped-for-privacy@spam.spam) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Don't forget that 'merkins have no MOT equivalent.
How rotten was the car it hit?
Big. An SUV is simply a truck with a passenger compartment instead of a cargo area. The bumper of the SUV did most of the damage, being heavy steel and the target car panels being tin.
Yes, I have a certificate of merit from Northwestern University and the National Safety council indicating I've been properly trained and certified.
To take it a step further, I would have to go to special driving school for the State Police. This would cost $$$$ and I don't know if they would even accept my application.
Lg
Detroit has made some terrible mistakes over the years. Remember the Chevy Nova? It was rusted out before the ink was dry on your new car purchase receipts. And the Pinto, which blew head gaskets and spark plugs like they were attached with bubble gum, not to mention the flaming carnage that would result when a pinto was hit from behind and the fuel tank ruptured, sending napalm into the passenger compartment.
Detroit is dead. As a *motor city* it is finished. Dead. Gone. The buildings are still there but they are empty. It is a ghost town as far as the car industry is concerned. I can't help thinking labor costs had something to do with it, but robotic assembly no doubt had a major effect.
Lg
Comes from having a decent Army. And better standards of driving. And better vehicles.
If the examples of the well maintained vehicles that appear on Pimp My Ride are anything to go by, no wonder. We have far better cars in breakers yards. Alot of the wrecks you see on American TV wouldn't be allowed on the road here.
Remember the Escort on Pimp My Ride that was two cars held together by two spot welds and some sealant?
Remind me again how many people are in the gay parades in New York?
If you think anything on that list is wrong, blame your fellow f****it countrymen. After all, it was taken word for word from Forbes.com.
Did you do the compulsory fry an egg on the bonnet?
Kind of says it all really. They'll put up with any old s**te. According to Forbes, a BMW 3 series is a luxury car. Oh dear.
I was trying to sort of go like for like. If I wanted to really prove a point, there's always the RS500.
Really? The lorry I drive is 8ft wide, 53ft long and 14ft 6" high, grossing 44 metric tonnes ( or 97000lb ) which I believe is a shitload more than the weights American lorries run at.
Rough guess? Half a mile or more.
medium rotten. This happened in a parking lot. A female was driving the SUV/truck, a female was driving the car that was t-boned. I watched the shower of glass fly through the air like a bucket of water.
The SUV had a broken turn signal lens and a smear of paint on the bumper. The turn signal light still worked. HOWEVER, the SUV also had a front-end protection *kit* wherein there was extra reinforcement there. IIRC. I believe it also had a V-8 engine. IOW, it was a huge mo-fo and might have been able to go over the top of the hit vehicle if the tires were a bit larger. It was really more truck than SUV, but you would call it an SUV because of the passenger seating arrangements.
The driver at fault was the female driver in the SUV, and she admitted as such at the scene of the accident. I waited until the cops arrived, as I was more worried about the health of the lady who was hit. When I saw she was going to be OK and the cops arrived, I departed the scene of the crime.
An SUV really is a truck. Only it has been modified so the flatbed is now a passenger compartment to one extent or another. Big truck hits car. Car loses. No contest really. The car was wasted.
This SUV, the engine hood was at my shoulder height. What we refer to as a *full sized* vehicle. Enormous engine, huge tires, just something that isn't going to be stopped by anything if the driver puts the pedal to the metal. It was a rolling tank. I wish I could afford such a monster myself. But there is a visibility problem with these things. You can't see what is behind you...you can't see what is directly in front of you. The engine cowl is in the way. There could be kids right there and you wouldn't see him/her and run right over them.
Lg
Well you have to dump the shoddy stuff somewhere. There's always some third world country that will think it's 'luxury'....
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