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To: eddie r gammon who wrote (26808)	3/18/1998 6:26:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

ERG, The worst I ever heard of were the first Chevy Vegas. You had to remove the engine to change the plugs and points. Now that is engineering. -g- But, not to pick on Chevy and Jag and the cos that are known for being quality challenged, Toyota's first vans sold in the US had a similar problem. And the new Porsche Boxsters have a sealed mid-engine engine design that can only be serviced from below. Bet that lowers the cost of a tune-up. -vbg- MB

To: eddie r gammon who wrote (26808)	3/18/1998 8:18:00 PM
From: Mike M2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Eddie were you in the auto repair business? Can we start an ask Eddie whats wrong with my car thread? MB can handle the Vega questions.Mike

To: eddie r gammon who wrote (26808)	3/18/1998 9:53:00 PM
From: Earlie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

MB and ERG You two guys are giving me a bad case of nostalgia. When I started teaching (at age 19,....and for "cooley wages"), I was MG crazy. Bought one that quit running when anyone in the car sneezed. Battery quit but couldn't afford new one so would go out every cold winter morning (CANADIAN winter), place one end of my trusty hockey stick against clutch pedal, wedge other end against seat, then insert HAND CRANK through front bumper and crank like the dickens (no use turning over that sluggish transmission oil by hand). It would wheeze to life about the same time I fell to snowy road in my now-steaming (and only) suit. After a particularly trying bout of this cardio-vascular work-out, and in a particularly vile mood with respect to both British mechanical engineering and Canadian gullibility, I reached in to remove the hockey stick, but failed to ensure a firm grip on same. The hockey stick was immediately propelled through the back (brittle plastic) window, and into the solar plexus of a heretofore grinning neighbour. A bitter cold drive to work ensued. Still, during the summer, it was a great magnet. (g) Best, Earlie PS. My eldest son also succumbed to the same disease.at about the same age Got re-aquainted with its idiosyncracies Spent many hours towing him home from all across the province. (g) Best, Earlie