Re: Cheap filters....CR VERY long!!!!!!

["Meron" <phwomp@cosmoslink.net>]

 >Taxis run all day everyday at or very near to the normal operating
-not really, stop and go running does not bring a car to operating
temperature very quickly, 
-neither does idling for long period of time
in cold weather you can idle a car for hours and never get to operating
temperature
 >this is far less stressful on the oil (& engine in general)
-the results of the above are:
diluted oil with moisture (and all the other bad ingredients) 
diluted oil with fuel, washes the oil from the cylinder walls, less
lubrication
you add to the crank case oil and never burn it away, consequently you are
lubricating with a deadly mixture
>than the
>little old lady  who only uses the car to drive a couple of miles to the
>shop & home, whose oil never reaches normal temp.
 a taxi does exactly what the "little old lady" is doing
>Over here, they use
>typical family sedans as taxis, you or I would be lucky to get 150k
without
>some sort of major engine rebuild, a friend how runs taxis gets upset if
he
>has a problem short of 1,000,000k
I am impressed with those numbers, does your friend use big V8 that run at
low RPM? 
more than likely yes, 
does he take good care of his cars?
more than likely yes
personally I know very few American cars (or foreign for that matter) that
will reach this level without good maintenance
>Not to mention that MB has a scheme where taxi drivers buy v.cheap cars
MB is not so free with good deals, the reason (or one of them at least) is
because MB cars are very solid (industrial like) and hold together much
better than other cars (including our beloved Audis, mine included), if you
will disassemble a 240D or a 300D you will see that the engine is built
very well!
 Lets face it, short of police car, taxis have it really rough, the reason
that "around here" regular family sedan are used is because that they are
the cheapest cars around and can be used as "throw away" cars, "around
here" cost of vehicles is treated completely different than the rest of the
world.
Cheers
Avi Meron
86 5Kcstq will never treat his beloved Q like a taxi, more like a fighter
plane that has to go to many sorties every day!!!!!