[TriLUG] [way OT] new auto recommendations (fwd)

[William Sutton]

and to bring this back around to technology....

one of my brothers worked for a car manufacturer in Alabama in the 2000's 
as a systems administrator.  apparently one of his co-workers approached 
the boss one day with, "I have good news and bad news.  The good news is 
that 'drop table foo cascade all' works in Oracle.  the bad news is it 
works in production."

William Sutton

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014, William Sutton wrote:

> I can't speak to the models listed below but I've known two people with 
> WinStars where the tranny broke.  The one friend scrapped the van.  The other 
> (co-worker) had me tow it to another co-worker's house nearly 3 years ago. 
> They've been working on it as time permits, and as the owner's financial 
> resources allow.  Apparently in order to fix the tranny in a WinStar, you 
> basically have to unbolt the entire engine compartment and wheel assembly 
> from the engine+transmission.  Not good.  The local fire department has 
> started asking for it so they can practice with the Jaws of Life....
>
> Better than 2k's Dodge trucks, though.  The ex-mechanic co-worker tells me 
> that Dodge truck transmissions from the 2000's are designed to last for 50k 
> miles before a rebuild.  He helped his brother-in-law rebuild one in a 
> Durango 3 times.  on the original factory build and two of their rebuilds, 
> they got 40k miles off of it.  On one of the rebuilds, they got 60k miles 
> before it went.  He had similar success with his own Dodge pickup from the 
> early-mid 2000's.  He strongly disrecommends Dodge (and is, as I say, a 
> retired mechanic).
>
> William Sutton
>
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:45:53 -0400
>> Charles Fischer <cfischer at modernferrotype.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> I own a 2004 Ford Focus wagon with 240k miles.  It has been a great
>> 
>> I heard from a mechanic that Focus and Sable transmissions blow up
>> early. Have you had any transmission problems at all?
>> 
>> SteveT
>> 
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