On Sun, 23 Aug 1998 10:52:38 -0500 Chuck Schaefer <crschaef@mc.net>
writes:
>RobMGB@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 8/23/98 4:22:28 AM !!!First Boot!!!,
>ldsp@flash.net writes:
>>
>> > YES, you are the winner! Don't feel bad, lot's of us had pintos!
>I'm sure
>> > most won't admit it!!!! We had 2!!!!!! Susie
>> I'll admit to worse. I owned 72 Vega Gt. By 48k I had replaced water
>and fuel
>> pumps. Cowl and fender were rusting out and it burned so much oil I
>had to
>> change plugs every 400 miles. Fun to drive when new but a worn out
>piece of
>> s___t after only 48K.
>> robmgb
>> 74B
>
>Now I really feel bad. Had a Vega and traded it in on a Pinto! The
>Vega
>was all it was reported to be. Bad, rusty, oil leaker, oil burner, and
>heater core problems, all with less than 45,000 miles. Then the Pinto.
>Not bad for a first "new car" purchase. But a carb float that didn't
>and
>a new cam by about 45,000 miles. Rusted door panels by about 75,000
>miles.
>
>Now I have 2 MGA's. I "think" I'm better off. But I still seem to
>spend
>more time on the cars now than I did back then.
>
>Chuck Schaefer
>
When I first moved to the U.S. in 1980 and was looking around for a car i
thought the Pinto was really smart.......but then i also considered an
apartment in the Bronx...
Luckily friends warned me off both!! (I bought a 70 MGB and lived in
Manhattan)
mike robson
69 roadster
70 BGT
72 roadster
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