I read somewhere that if cars were maintained like aircraft, most of the cars from the 1950's would still be driving around. I'm sure this is true, but I looked up the operating costs for a Cessna 172, and the numbers seem to point to about 3/4 of a man-hour of maintenance for each flight hour, something most car owners would never put up with.
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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.
83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
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