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I was at a local dealer today looking at a 2000 Civic EX. It had
66,000 miles . The salesman told me that you don't have to change the
timing belt because it had a timing chain.

Is that correct?

In article <bhrbhvc42g6u0qp2te4lb0dl4ckds9p9ld@4ax.com>,
Richard L <dont_spam_me_richardjl@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I was at a local dealer today looking at a 2000 Civic EX. It had
> 66,000 miles . The salesman told me that you don't have to change the
> timing belt because it had a timing chain.
>
> Is that correct?

No.

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 00:34:21 GMT, Richard L
<dont_spam_me_richardjl@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I was at a local dealer today looking at a 2000 Civic EX. It had
>66,000 miles . The salesman told me that you don't have to change the
>timing belt because it had a timing chain.
>
>Is that correct?

No.

Hmmm, I had a salesman tell me variable valve timing had to do with
the transmission... I didn't laugh till I got home.


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In article <0hdehvouc8uhtcc6gt5taavnrblgk139dq@4ax.com>,
Barry S. <nntp@spamsack.org> wrote:

> Hmmm, I had a salesman tell me variable valve timing had to do with
> the transmission... I didn't laugh till I got home.

Man, you have willpower.

That salesman needs to talk to one at my local dealership. He explained
that the "i" in "iVTEC" is what makes the engine able to rev high
without overheating. With VTEC being such a valuable trade mark for
Honda, you'd think they would sit their sales people down and explain to
them what it is.

Liam Devlin wrote:
>
> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> > In article <0hdehvouc8uhtcc6gt5taavnrblgk139dq@4ax.com>,
> > Barry S. <nntp@spamsack.org> wrote:
> >
> >>Hmmm, I had a salesman tell me variable valve timing had to do with
> >>the transmission... I didn't laugh till I got home.
> >
> > Man, you have willpower.
>
> If I hadn't been drinking anything at the time, I'd have gotten a drink
> of water and asked the salesman to explain it again just so I could do a
> spit take. The things some of these guys claim!

When I bought my first new car (87 Nissan Pulsar, still running at 175k
miles) I was asking a lot of questions...silly stuff like, does the car have
power steering. The salesman actually told me I was doing too much research!

I'm not even blonde!!

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"Randolph" <trash@junkmail.com> wrote in message
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> That salesman needs to talk to one at my local dealership. He explained
> that the "i" in "iVTEC" is what makes the engine able to rev high
> without overheating. With VTEC being such a valuable trade mark for
> Honda, you'd think they would sit their sales people down and explain to
> them what it is.
>
> Liam Devlin wrote:
> >
> > Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> > > In article <0hdehvouc8uhtcc6gt5taavnrblgk139dq@4ax.com>,
> > > Barry S. <nntp@spamsack.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Hmmm, I had a salesman tell me variable valve timing had to do with
> > >>the transmission... I didn't laugh till I got home.
> > >
> > > Man, you have willpower.
> >
> > If I hadn't been drinking anything at the time, I'd have gotten a drink
> > of water and asked the salesman to explain it again just so I could do a
> > spit take. The things some of these guys claim!

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:01:31 GMT, Liam Devlin
<LiamD@XXXX.optonline.net> wrote:

>Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>> In article <0hdehvouc8uhtcc6gt5taavnrblgk139dq@4ax.com>,
>> Barry S. <nntp@spamsack.org> wrote:
>>
>>>Hmmm, I had a salesman tell me variable valve timing had to do with
>>>the transmission... I didn't laugh till I got home.
>>
>> Man, you have willpower.
>
>If I hadn't been drinking anything at the time, I'd have gotten a drink
>of water and asked the salesman to explain it again just so I could do a
>spit take. The things some of these guys claim!

For the record, it was a Nissan dealership.. The kind salesman was
attempting to sell me a Nissan Murano with a continuously variable
transmission. CVT and VTEC and valve timing all sound alike after
awhile.

You'd never believe it, but we didn't buy a car there.

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