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Re: robotica on TLC
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 6 Apr 2001 23:39:57 GMT
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Steve Baker <SJBAKER1@spamcakeAIRMAIL.NET>
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Tom Trentham wrote:
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> > cars in England have a tendancy to rust out to the point of
> > uselessness *LONG* before their engines are worn out.
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> What makes you say this?
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> Why should cars in England corrode any differently from cars in other
> countries?
Well - wet climate, everywhere is relatively close to the ocean
and they salt the roads in icy weather. Wet, salty conditions
maximise corrosion rates. A new car can comfortably be rusted
out in 5 years
Contrast with Texas where the warm. predominantly dry climate -
long distances from the ocean and roads *sanded* but not salted
in winter...cars last forever. I have a 1972 VW Beetle with it's
original paintwork - no sign of rust *anywhere* - paintwork looks
like a new car...it's not even been kept in a garage for the last
12 years at least.
Result is that scrapheaps in Texas are full of cars with 150 to 200,000
miles on them - and worn out engines...scrapheaps in England are full
of rusted-out hulks with maybe 80,000 miles on them.
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| (...) What makes you say this? Why should cars in England corrode any differently from cars in other countries? TT. (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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