Quoting Joe Bachan <jbachan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Ouch! as a bean counter who runs a buisness that hurt! I hope you don't run a business that designs/produces any type of machines. It would be hard to run the business if you do not deeply understand how the machines your company designs work. I believe that you have to have an engineering degree to efficiently run such a business. This is what I think is wrong with much of the US industry now, including the auto. > that go a long way with no required maint.(my wife's > 97 chrysler has rolled 100K and only needed tires and > brakes)few if any of the older car can claim these > types of worry free runs. Many old cars would have been able to easily handle 100K miles within 6 only years w/ no problems . Remember, its not only miles, its the miles/years combination that tests the reliability of the car. Let's see where the 97 will be in 2027. The crush zones and such have been discussed before. D^2