damned low water with me. To have no money; be in debt. Also referred to as cucumberish, cleaned out, find oneself on the rocks, find self at a stand, hatches, haven't a sixpence to scratch with, never a feather to fly with, pockets to let, Punting on River Tick, rolled-up, and run quite off one's legs.
The average Volvo vehicle has a lifespan of 19 years, and LCA means paying attention to environmentally safe recycling and disposal techniques 20 years into the future.
Consumer Reports (www.consumerreports.org/) says the average life expectancy of a new vehicle these days is around 8 years or 150,000 miles. Of course, some well-built vehicles can go 15 years and 300,000, if properly maintained.