on 29/04/04 00:10, Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx at Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx wrote: > Hugh wrote> > < It remains to be seen what happens to the like of Lexus > et al.> > I doubt it very much Hugh that we will see the Lexus go the route of the > Imperial in this day and age of disposable cars. With the way cars are made > today, > I think in forty years everything will disintegrate away and you will be left > with nothing other than a frame and wheels. My Nissan is made of heavy gauge > aluminum foil which dents if you lean on it too hard, and I've had it about > ten years and many of the plastic components are already starting their > breakdown process. I shudder to think of the condition of it if I lived in a > place > like Chicago, where even the old heavy sheet metal cars were completely rusted > through around the wheel wells within two years of rolling off the showroom > floor. I also do not see any cars out there with the uniqueness to make them a > collectable, with exception of maybe the Viper. It's pretty sad when you can't > even tell a Honda from a Mercedes anymore. > > Bill '59 Crown > I've read a few times that Japanese cars are well designed to see their parts lasting for some period of time then, after that, they all start to break apart. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:laurentdaudelin@xxxxxxxxxxx