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To: MGs <mgs@autox.team.net>, Max Heim <mvheim@sonic.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Ridiculous new cars
From: Michael MacLean via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:12:43 +0000 (UTC)
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 The one thing I have not heard from you guys yet is "And you kids get off =
my lawn too!"
Mike MacLean69 MGB GT60 Bugeye56 Austin Healey BN2 LeMans2012 Honda Accord =
LX2002 Harley Davidson Heritage Springer

    On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 10:03:44 AM PDT, Max Heim via Mgs <mgs@auto=
x.team.net> wrote: =20
=20
 I was saying the same thing 20 years ago. Power windows! Power door locks!=
 Power seats, for chrissake! Remote entry and alarms systems! Keyless start=
ers! Not a one of them necessary. Each one a potential expensive repair dow=
n the road.
Our newest car is a 2001 Toyota Echo without a single one of these mod cons=
. 135K and hopefully will go much longer. I really do not want to be forced=
 into a car with one of those key fob gadgets.
I do have a phone charger plugged into the cigar lighter socket in the MGB.
--Max Heim'66 MGB

On Mar 10, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Steve Shoyer via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net> wrot=
e:
Some of the newer safety devices are good to have.=C2=A0 If my son (fairly =
new driver at the time) had been driving a car with a collision avoidance s=
ystem, he might not have totaled the car when he ran into someone.=C2=A0 Th=
e car we got as a replacement system has collision avoidance, and the rest =
of the stuff that comes along with it.

My everyday car is ready to be replaced, and I agree about all the junk in =
the new cars that's not really needed.=C2=A0 I hate paying for stuff I don'=
t want and probably won't use, and I especially hate to pay to have someone=
 fix it in a year or two when it stops working.=C2=A0 That being said, I al=
most took a car off my list because my cell phone doesn't fit in the built-=
in wireless charger.=C2=A0 First world problems, I guess.

--Steve (1980 MGB)



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        <div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">The one thing I have not hea=
rd from you guys yet is "And you kids get off my lawn too!"</div><div dir=
=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"fa=
lse">Mike MacLean</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">69 MGB GT</di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">60 Bugeye</div><div dir=3D"ltr" da=
ta-setdir=3D"false">56 Austin Healey BN2 LeMans</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-=
setdir=3D"false">2012 Honda Accord LX</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"=
false">2002 Harley Davidson Heritage Springer<br></div><div><br></div>
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                    On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 10:03:44 AM PDT, Max Heim v=
ia Mgs &lt;mgs@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:
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                <div><div id=3D"yiv1450297804"><div>I was saying the same t=
hing 20 years ago. Power windows! Power door locks! Power seats, for chriss=
ake! Remote entry and alarms systems! Keyless starters! Not a one of them n=
ecessary. Each one a potential expensive repair down the road.<div class=3D=
"yiv1450297804"><br class=3D"yiv1450297804" clear=3D"none"></div><div class=
=3D"yiv1450297804">Our newest car is a 2001 Toyota Echo without a single on=
e of these mod cons. 135K and hopefully will go much longer. I really do no=
t want to be forced into a car with one of those key fob gadgets.</div><div=
 class=3D"yiv1450297804"><br class=3D"yiv1450297804" clear=3D"none"></div><=
div class=3D"yiv1450297804">I do have a phone charger plugged into the ciga=
r lighter socket in the MGB.</div><div class=3D"yiv1450297804"><br class=3D=
"yiv1450297804" clear=3D"none"><div class=3D"yiv1450297804">
<div class=3D"yiv1450297804" style=3D"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:nor=
mal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px=
;word-wrap:break-word;"><div class=3D"yiv1450297804" style=3D"color:rgb(0, =
0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space=
:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;"><div class=3D"yiv1450297804=
" style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:13px;">--</div><div class=3D"yiv1450297804"=
 style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:13px;min-height:16px;">Max Heim</div><div cl=
ass=3D"yiv1450297804" style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:13px;">'66 MGB</div></d=
iv></div>
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<br class=3D"yiv1450297804" clear=3D"none"><div><blockquote class=3D"yiv145=
0297804" type=3D"cite"><div class=3D"yiv1450297804yqt5226817195" id=3D"yiv1=
450297804yqtfd78278"><div class=3D"yiv1450297804">On Mar 10, 2020, at 9:54 =
AM, Steve Shoyer via Mgs &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" class=3D"yi=
v1450297804" ymailto=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank" href=
=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net";>mgs@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br c=
lass=3D"yiv1450297804Apple-interchange-newline" clear=3D"none"><div class=
=3D"yiv1450297804"><div class=3D"yiv1450297804">Some of the newer safety de=
vices are good to have.&nbsp; If my son (fairly new driver at the time) had=
 been driving a car with a collision avoidance system, he might not have to=
taled the car when he ran into someone.&nbsp; The car we got as a replaceme=
nt system has collision avoidance, and the rest of the stuff that comes alo=
ng with it.<br class=3D"yiv1450297804" clear=3D"none"><br class=3D"yiv14502=
97804" clear=3D"none">My everyday car is ready to be replaced, and I agree =
about all the junk in the new cars that's not really needed.&nbsp; I hate p=
aying for stuff I don't want and probably won't use, and I especially hate =
to pay to have someone fix it in a year or two when it stops working.&nbsp;=
 That being said, I almost took a car off my list because my cell phone doe=
sn't fit in the built-in wireless charger.&nbsp; First world problems, I gu=
ess.<br class=3D"yiv1450297804" clear=3D"none"><br class=3D"yiv1450297804" =
clear=3D"none">--Steve (1980 MGB)<br class=3D"yiv1450297804" clear=3D"none"=
><br class=3D"yiv1450297804" clear=3D"none"></div></div></div></blockquote>=
</div><div class=3D"yiv1450297804yqt5226817195" id=3D"yiv1450297804yqtfd813=
60"><br class=3D"yiv1450297804" clear=3D"none"></div></div></div></div><div=
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