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[[engine revving, squealing tires]]
[Pretty sweet machine, right?]
[Yeah, but I'm looking for a little bit longer-term relationship. ]
[Come here, I'll show you what I mean. ]
[Now this is what I'm talking about. ]
[This marvel of engineering is the GE90 jet engine]
[Not only is it beautiful--don't]
[tell my car I just said that--but it's extremely durable]
[The jet engine that took me to my college spring break in Florida could be the very same]
[engines that take me to my 30-year high school reunion. ]
[I couldn't say the same thing about my car. ]
[In fact, when you start comparing the lifespan]
[and maintenance requirements of a jet engine to an automobile, ]
[you start to discover some pretty amazing stats. ]
[[12,000 miles/year] The average car travels about 12,000 miles in a year.]
[[2,000,000 miles/year] The average GE90 travels over 2,000,000 miles in a year.]
[[Life span:-12 years] You'd be lucky to get 12 years or 200,000]
[miles out of a car before it outlives its useful life. ]
[[Life span: 30+ years] The typical lifespan of a jet engine is over 30 years.]
[That's longer than I've been on this planet. ]
[These engines can power an aircraft halfway]
[around the world without having to be refueled. ]
[I'd be lucky if I could get halfway across the state without having to put gas in this. ]
[You know how you have to get the oil and filter changed in your car]
[Well, this aircraft engine can go 2 years or more before it changes its oil filter. ]
[And you know how you have to take you car into the shop every 50,000 miles or so]
[for brake pads or a timing belt?]
[The average GE90 can go 8 million miles]
[before major scheduled service visits. ]
[And this GE90 jet engine isn't taking it easy in the slow lane either. ]
[These engines propel aircraft close]
[That's six times faster than my car out there. ]
[And when the GE90 revs up to full thrust, ]
[it's got record breaking power, literally. ]
[The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes it as]
[the world's most powerful jet engine]
[reaching 127,900 pounds of thrust.]
[All cars come with a check engine light, but GE's]
[aircraft engines come with GE's remote diagnostics]
[providing constant monitoring of the engine in flight, trending data analysis]
[to help predict engine performance, and can identify potential]
[maintenance requirements before they can cause a plane to be grounded. ]
[The GEnx, GE's latest commercial ]
[engine, is designed to be even more durable, ]
[built with composite fiber materials, new metal alloys,]
[and high-temperature coating to increase]
[The GEnx is going to be around a long time. ]
