Rodney Crute of Hunters Hill has often heard the saying “never buy a car made on Friday” (C8). “I just wonder how is it possible to determine on what day a car is made, let alone on a Friday. And aren’t cars made over a period of days?”
An answer to Rodney’s question, at least in part, from Chris Keane of Seattle (US), who recently took his somewhat ancient van in for a service. “The mechanic was amazed and extremely dubious when I mentioned that I rarely have problems with it — after hundreds of thousands of miles it’s still running like a champ. He noted the VIN, looked it up in some…
