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Originally Posted by leathermang
If your electrical system goes out....
and you are not out on the highway ( and sometimes even then ) you do not have a fan and could overheat.
I have 240.. they do not have the viscous fan .. .they are bolted direct...
So I never have to worry that the viscous fan will give out somewhere away from home... and the electricity can so also as long as I drive in the daytime...
Anyone remember PEH telling about driving across the country with his electricity out ?
A very comforting thought for me with a 29 year old car.
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Hi Leathermang
I see your point and I do agree that simplicity often wins the day...
I can also see that in America where distances and thus the response times of the breakdown services are potentially longer than over here in Europe (where the distances if not the response times are shorter!) there is an additional value to being self sufficient.
However for the practical situations that I feel I am likely to encounter over here I'd rather have a bit more power and perhaps if I'm lucky a bit better fuel consumption - though knowing me and my heavy right foot...
11-03-2009, 01:40 PM
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