Steve B wrote:
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I hate to admit this, but when I was poor, young and dumb in the
mid-70's I owned two of the cars in this book - 1974 Mustang II and
1973 Chevy Vega.

The only thing good about the Vega is it had a heated rear window, so
your hands didn't get cold when you had to push it!

Now own a 2005 Honda Accord coupe.

Ed Ferguson



A neighbor of mine and I came home one day with a new car each. I had a
Datsun 210, and he had a Chevette. He proclaimed what a piece of **** car I
had bought. I said we'd see as the cars aged. His Chevette was forever
tossing timing belts (not chains) and wouldn't start half the time. My
Datsun ran for lots of years before I sold it, and I only put on tires,
brakes, and a distributor.
Yeah. Well, I'm still driving a 1989 Toyota Corolla station wagon,
last model with a carburetor, and a stick shift. I'm still running
on the original clutch, and most everything else. I put on a new
starter at 110,000 mi, I replaced the distributor cap and wiring harness
(all one part) at 135,000, and it is now at 156,000 miles, still running
fine. Other than tires, brakes and exhaust, that is the total
maintenance I have done on it! (well, of course, oil changes, air
filters, batteries.)

I had it rustproofed, although the dealer said I was totally throwing
my money away. Well, maybe, but there isn't a SPOT of rust on it,
ANYWHERE, even underneath, after 16 years, and they DO use road salt here!

Jon