In a message dated 2/3/01 8:27:44 PM, wdavidson@thegrid.net writes:

<< Personally, I'll probably

pay the few extra bucks to have it done right... >>

Bill,

Thanks for the input.

Decisions, decisions.  I feel like I have come full circle on this thing.
Originally, I thought I would go as cheaply as humanly possible.  The '86 has
185 Kmi. on it and I have a clean '90 waiting patiently for it to die with
dignity.  But, with all that the '86 has been through and with all its minor
faults, I am starting to think the damn thing will outlast me.  My
13-year-old son is getting his juices flowing about driving.  I have been
trying to cultivate his taste for a nice, used BMW 318i.  Nothing to
expensive nor powerful, just something I could have some fun with, too.  Just
when I thought I had him sold on a 318i, he tells me he wants a van as in
Vanagon.  I guess the kid's not too dumb.  He knows he won't have to hear me
whining about spending the money for another car and, moreover, he has a
live-in mechanic.

Rich