On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:51:00 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

I hereby snip and discount all of Larry's
mythology about 1.6 million mile Mercs, and will continue to drive
Chevys.
Cause I know 'em and like 'em.

Nearly anything can be made to last nearly forever. I know a guy who
has been driving the same VW beetle for fifty years. He is a pilot who
lives more than fifty miles from the Des Moines airport. How many
miles, I don't know.

Casady

(Richard Casady) wrote in
:

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:51:00 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

I hereby snip and discount all of Larry's
mythology about 1.6 million mile Mercs, and will continue to drive
Chevys.
Cause I know 'em and like 'em.

Nearly anything can be made to last nearly forever. I know a guy who
has been driving the same VW beetle for fifty years. He is a pilot who
lives more than fifty miles from the Des Moines airport. How many
miles, I don't know.

Casady


Those of us who have escaped being debt slaves also know that cars hardly
ever have their wheels fall off. My "new" car is a 1983 300TD Benz
wagon...(c;

larry wrote:
(Richard Casady) wrote in
:

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:51:00 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

I hereby snip and discount all of Larry's
mythology about 1.6 million mile Mercs, and will continue to drive
Chevys.
Cause I know 'em and like 'em.
Nearly anything can be made to last nearly forever. I know a guy who
has been driving the same VW beetle for fifty years. He is a pilot who
lives more than fifty miles from the Des Moines airport. How many
miles, I don't know.

Casady


Those of us who have escaped being debt slaves also know that cars hardly
ever have their wheels fall off. My "new" car is a 1983 300TD Benz
wagon...(c;



Had a SAAB once, the wheels almost fell off; the uni-body where the
trailing arms mounted rotted completely away, made for a real
entertaining ride! I guess the folks in Sweden didn't realize that
Canadians sprinkle copious amounts of salt on our roads in the winter.


Cheers
Marty

Martin Baxter wrote in :

Had a SAAB once

2 stroke or 4 stroke engine? I remember the Saab chain saws...(c;

larry wrote:
Martin Baxter wrote in :

Had a SAAB once

2 stroke or 4 stroke engine? I remember the Saab chain saws...(c;



4, maybe about 2 litre. Loved the key between the seats, always freaked
out the new passengers.

Cheers
Marty
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Martin Baxter wrote in :

4, maybe about 2 litre. Loved the key between the seats, always freaked
out the new passengers.


One of my high school teachers had a BMW Isetta, the little 2-stroke bug
with one door in the front.

Us boys used to pick it up and leave it by the front door of the school up
about 15 steps, sometimes with a big red bow on it.

It was the ONLY vehicle that could climb the very steep hill behind the
school in the winter. She'd walk up that road even when the snowplow
couldn't!

Some 2-stroke Saabs were around town when I was in high school in the 60's.
That's why I asked....(c;

I know a registered nurse with a new Saab convertible. It's a beautiful
car. Very tight and nicely made. Saab makes luxury cars, now....at luxury
prices...probably 90% Swedish TAXES. Parts are outrageously expensive for
it.