I had a urine yellow Vega station wagon in the '70s. It was given to me,
free, and it STILL was the worst car I have ever owned. Among it's many
endearing traits was blowing the oil filter right off the mount whenever the
weather got cold. You'd hear this loud bang, then the engine would
stop...it must have had an low oil pressure kill switch. We finally had to
cut the spring of the oil pressure relief valve.
Now I own a 2001 Taurus which is my second least favorite car!!!
Geoff Branch
----- Original Message -----
From "Bill Miller (LBC's)" <lbcs at earthlink.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 10:27 AM
Subject: RE: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega
> Like any vehicle, it is all on how you take care of it.
> Regular oil changes, maintenance, washing it, etc.
>
> My '77 Vega was one of the best cars I ever owned. Pretty quick and fun
> to
> drive. I got better than 300K miles on it with no real problems, and that
> was generally unheard of on 70's American vehicles...
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