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Ooh, sorry, we just gave away our last turbo diesel, but we can offer you your choice of either a free, all-expenses paid trip around the room, or ....
Yeah, a large part of why the manufacturers don't really do it is "planned obsolescence." Cars/trucks are DESIGNED to last pretty well for about 50K miles, after that, things wear out. Lately though, a lot more of the manufacturers are jumping on the 5 years/100,000 mile bandwagon, but, that is limited to "hard" drive train parts. (doesn't include wear items, like belts, hoses, brake pads, or anything that has a wire plugged into it....)
It really isn't in the best interests of the auto companies to design/build a car/truck that will last forever. They would be cutting themselves out of their own market.
Edit: I see that video has developed a following. LOLOL
Yeah, I can totally see why most manufacturers don't bother to put them in new vehicles, but I'm just trying to figure out what's keeping most of us from putting them on our own.
I just wait for the oil pressure to come up, and drive away. At idle, you are getting zero miles per gallon..... and the engine actually warms up faster when you are driving it.
Yeah, you have one? You want to sell it, or are you going to put it in, you lazy ****?
You can buy it(maybe), because of my medical issues the last 2 to 3 years , my house is in the middle of foreclosure. So I might also be looking for the best option as far as warming the motor goes. LOL