Why do petrol cars have vacuum pumps?

Perhaps the largest of these - TVR - was recently bought by a Russian. ;-)

But you missed out Rover. Freudian slip?

 

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message

Heh - still counts as one of ours IMO.

Must be. My father has a V6 75 - very nice car.

 

And safety.

Remember the Chrysler Voyager couldn't even manage to score a single
star in the NCAP safety tests. It's a death trap.

 

Yeh, that would be why the Grand Cherokee is at the bottom of the J D
Power ratings in the UK. With only a couple of other Chrysler products
coming lower down the scale.

 

Well then you've missed out many that are made in the UK - including for
example the new Mini.

Yes - I considered one some time ago, but it was a bit lacking in grunt in
auto form. It really needs variable valve timing - but they haven't the
funds to develop this.

I do still have one of the last true Rovers, though, an SD1 EFI. That
doesn't lack grunt. ;-)

 

We're not discussing that right now are we?

 

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message

[checks crosspost]

And Peugeots....

Hmm, I reckon the oligarch will grow bored of his new plaything soon enough
and a Brit will buy it back I purposely didn't put RR, Mini, Bentley on
the list - I reckon they're non-Brit forever now

Agreed - he has the 2.5 auto and it's a bit down on my I6 2.2 auto. The
engine note isn't as pleasant and the interior is a fair bit smaller than
you'd expect, but for a midi luxo-barge that'll waft with the best of them,
a fully loaded one that's been smacked by the depreciation stick is a fine
choice.

 

OK, so that's 13 cars (total). How 'bout any British cars that more than 3
people outside the isles have ever seen or driven?

 

Gawd alone knows what we're discussing in these crossposted sessions - it
started for me with someone saying how wonderful vacuum operated wipers
were. Which is why everyone still uses them. ;-)

 

Daniel J. Stern () gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

Whoopeee.

A car built in Austria by a division of a German company beat a car built
by a division of an American company.

Your point is?

 

Grant () gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying
:

Just as much "ours" as Mini, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Land-Rover...

 

Daniel J. Stern () gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

So it's our fault that your laws have been ridiculously protectionist for
decades?

Your loss.

 

"Daniel J. Stern" wrote in message

Depends. Do they have to be towing goalposts at the same time?

But 200,000 people in Northern France regularly see a number of those
marques.

 

....that it happened prior to Daimler buying Chrysler.

 

No, it's your fault what's left of your pathetic excuse for an auto
industry doesn't build cars good enough to be exported.

 

You being in the UK and accustomed to the local standards, that's not
surprising.

 

Naw, not really. You're perfectly happy to keep poisoning yourselves with
lead, unburned hydrocarbons, Carbon Monoxide and PM-10 particulates. Just
expect to get laughed at pityingly by the rest of the first world.

 

It's nice to read the US cares so much about other countries' polution.
Does this mean they're about to impose the same controls on their
companies who operate abroad as they would at home? No? Now there's a
surprise.

Tell me something also. If you're so concerned about pollution, why do
different states in the US have different regs?

 

Now be fair, part of that is probably due to their driving on the
opposite side of the road from most developed countries.

nate

 

Unlike the famously unsuccessful Japanese auto industry

cheers,
clive