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on 5/8/2009 9:02 PM (ET) Steve Daniels wrote the following:
On Fri, 8 May 2009 09:40:33 -0700 (PDT), against all advice,
something compelled Molly Brown , to
say:


Up until the sixties and seventies on the weekends I used to see
people in their driveways and garages repairing or doing maintenance
on their cars. I hardly ever see that anymore. It used to be that if
you wanted to have your car repaired you could just go to any repair
shop. Today you have to consider what the repair involves. If it’s
something complicated you need to take it to the dealer and pay the
big bucks or same time next year you’re probably going to have the
same problem. To know why this is just lift up the hood of a car from
that era and then do the same thing to an automobile today.



My car ('04 Audi TT) has a 10,000 mile service interval. See how
long a '68 Anything would run if you ignored it for ten thousand
miles.

Cars are *way* better than they used to be.


Except for the styling. It's very hard to tell what make some cars are
now unless you can read the badge.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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