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To: gg cox who wrote (70613)	10/14/2008 4:32:55 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

More on cars: In the modern world, it's difficult to stay up to date, even if you try. I didn't know there were cute little cheap diagnostic code readers. Hey, how did you know the timing belt is well overdue for replacement? It's quite expensive to get done and when a young man from South Africa went through a give way sign and crashed into me, I hoped he had totaled the car so that my decision to defer timing belt replacement and some other things would turn out to be excellent economic decisions. Unfortunately, the car is being repaired now so I'm going to have to get a round tuit and change that belt. Procrastination is an excellent thing and with luck I'll die of old age before having to do most things. In an effort to save the world's economy, I'm going to test drive a Honda Euro this morning and maybe even buy one, though the price drop on new cars is so severe that it's more sensible [if less fun] to buy a 3 year old car. It's very nice to drive around in an 11 year old car which performs like new [126,000 km on a 3 litre GLX Camry is not much] but which is worth so little that the odd ding by people opening doors and scratching the paint don't raise my blood pressure and children are allowed to get in the car without being sterilized first. With the big gouge in the passenger side door and front guard, I notice people are not so pushy. There is something to be said for wearing a gang patch. Hmmm.... "Caution: Mongrel Mob Staff Car" might help too. Unfortunately, opposing gangs might take it into their heads to treat it as an opportunity to do a drive by, so that idea can go on hold. Looking simply retarded, demented, and dangerous might be the best strategy. It's much more relaxed driving around in the car now it's old compared with when it was brand spanking new, had just cost a fortune, and I cleaned it daily and vacuumed it every few hours, giving it a hot water bottle to snuggle in winter. Taking things close to the line is fun. Apart from the cam belt, running the fuel gauge as low as possible to see how much I can get into the tank is a challenge. I haven't run out yet and can squeeze in 63 litres. I should check the specified fuel capacity [maybe there's another 3 litres I could get in there]. Walking some distance will be less painful [normally] than replacing a lot of engine hardware due to a bust belt. I had a timing belt break on a Mitsubishi Chariot [diesel] once. I had bought it at auction. The very next day or maybe it was even that day, the timing belt broke and it was game over for a couple of valves, but fortunately the damage was not too much. Pistons were intact, albeit battle scarred. Mqurice