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On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:46:19 +0100, Rod Speed
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"Mr Macaw" wrote in message
news On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:05:02 +0100, Vir Campestris
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On 18/04/2016 20:28, dennis@home wrote:
New modern 3 cyl turbo 1 litre engines will give better mpg than an
equivalent diesel.

I'm hearing rumours that the engines may not last that long.

One particular case was of a guy with a company car who got through
two
engines at ~30,000 miles each.

I thought company cars always had 3 litre engines?

Nope.

Not really a perk to be given a silly little car like that is it?

Any free car is a better perk than no free car.

Company cars used to be a sort of status symbol.

And any company car is that to some extent
particularly when most don't qualify for one.

Not if it's poorer quality than the average privately owned car.

But they aren't, just not as flash as the MD's Merc etc.

You get a Merc because you're high up the ladder. I've never heard of a
Lada company car.

I bet some of those who worked for Lada got them.

I doubt Russia does company cars.

Corse they did for the fella running the place.