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- From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Re: Have you lamented a Ford lately?
- Message-ID: <9211191421.02@rmkhome.UUCP>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 19:21:00 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.200003.86243@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> <1dpkekINNkf9@rave.larc.nasa.gov> <9211111348.01@rmkhome.UUCP> <1992Nov17.181138.5517@telesciences.com>
- Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
- Lines: 44
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- In article <1992Nov17.181138.5517@telesciences.com> srscnslt@telesciences.com (SRS Consultant) writes:
- >In article <9211111348.01@rmkhome.UUCP> rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
- >>In article <1dpkekINNkf9@rave.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes:
- >>>>been most unimpressed. The first, the thankfully discontinued SL-PJ11,
- >>>>[stuff deleted]
- >>>>It's the most frustrated I've been since I owned a Ford Escort.
- >>>
- >>>Hey, the Escort gets bad press, but it's not all that awful. All you have
- >>>to do is replace the cylinder head every 25,000 miles. Oh yes, and make
- >>>sure you have both metric and standard tools....
- >>
- >>
- >>I know a woman who has a 1984 Escort wagon with >100k miles. Her maintenance
- >>has been oil changes, tuneups, and one brake job.
- >>
- >How much for a brake job?
-
- It was just a simple change the front pads and rear shoes job. Probably less
- than $200. She does mostly highway driving so she doesn't put a lot of strain
- on her brakes.
-
- >>Anything can happen.
- >...and probably will.
- ...but might not.
-
- A friend of mine has a 1984 VW GTI with around 120k miles. He looks as
- cars as investments, and plan to keep it forever. (it looks like new)
- Soon the time will come for him to replace the clutch, which is about $1500.
- He figures that he'll have the engine rebuilt at the same time, and it will
- be good for another 150k or so miles.
-
- He is kind of crazy, he owns three cars:
-
- 1984 GTI 150k miles his wife now drives it to work
- 1987 Scirroco 16V 90k miles he drives this to work
- 1990 Mazda Miata 10k miles never sees rain or snow
-
- He washes and waxes all three cars at least once a week, and changes the
- oil every 1000 miles. Any repairs, no matter how slight, are taken care
- of immediately.
-
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- Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.UUCP unixland!rmkhome!rmk rmk@frog.UUCP
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