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From: W. J. Richard Criswell[SMTP:damitdick@juno.com]
Sent: Monday, January 27, 1997 7:53 PM
To: dmeadow@juno.com
Cc: gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu; mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: the End?
On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:47:35 EST dmeadow@juno.com (David C Littlefield)
writes:
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>Excellent insight! This was one of the reasons I bought my MGA in=20
>1986. Just about the only convertible you could buy at the time was a=20
>Chrysler LeBaron, and lord knows I didn't want to do that! Now, this=20
>is not the only reason I keep it, obviously, but I might have gone=20
>down a completely different path if a used Miata had been available at=20
>the time.
>
David...
I just gotta object! I love my 5 speed Chrysler LeBaron Turbo =
Convertable
just as much if not more than I love my 7 MGs!
Dick 8>)
Vintage Parts & Products
Camarillo, CA
Have MG will travel
For what it's worth, I bought an already clapped out 84 Le Baron about =
5years ago. It was rusty, slow, Un-impressive in any way. By the same =
token, it got good mileage, always started (even when nothing else =
would, including a late model Lincoln that cost many times more) and two =
of my sons nearly killed it learning to drive. I spent almost nothing on =
repairs, It was still fun with the top down, and it hurt terribly when =
my son hit a deer with it in December. Unfortunately, reality reared =
it's ugly head and the car just isn't worth what it would cost to repair =
(sigh)
Eric
(Fortunately, he was not hurt in the incident. The deer, on the other =
hand has not been seen since.)
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