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Subject:Re: Vanagon List Wives
From:Shawn Wright
Date:Fri, 9 Nov 2001 19:25:21 -0800

On 9 Nov 2001 at 16:53, Aristotle Sagan wrote:

> I have owned three Fiats, three Volvo 1 series, a Triumph Spitfire, a
> Sunbeam Alpine, two BMWs, etc, etc,  and the biggest POS was the 79
> Westmorland Rabbit with the 81 Scirocco a close second.... wait... maybe the
> Sunbeam was worse than that one... Come to mention it, I am suddenly 350
> bucks poorer getting my 84 through smog...

I thought the US-made Rabbits started in 80 or 81 - is my memory fading again?

> Drive VWs cause you like to drive them. To get anywhere reliably, get a rice
> burner. (It's Friday)

I've never owned one (a Japanese car), nor do I plan to, simply because my VWs
continue to be economical and have never let me down, except when *I* did
something really stupid, and even then, they're pretty forgiving.... ;-)Shawn & Janis
Wright
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