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To: cbkaty

Arlen...you are selling a 1973 used Vega.

Hey! That was my first car! It had the aluminum engine block and steel oil pan. Differing heat expansion rates for the two metals meant that the pan would never seal and it leaked oil like a sieve. I considered using the chainsaw mix.

And why not? The little 4 cylinder engine had about the same power as a chainsaw. They put an air conditioner on it; why? I don’t know. If I had the air on and stopped at a light, I had to put it in neutral and give it gas or the compressor would kill the engine.

You know, now that I think about it, government health care would perform a lot like a 1973 Vega, except we would pay Ferrari prices for it.


344 posted on 08/11/2009 8:22:22 AM PDT by henkster (The frog has noticed the increase in water temperature)
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To: henkster
Hey! That was my first car!

LOL, yeah, my first car was a '74 Vega. What a POS car...

The government has taken over GM, now they want to take over healthcare.

350 posted on 08/11/2009 8:30:27 AM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: henkster

I had a used 75 Vega and a new 76. They wouldn’t stop on wet roads, just slid along, so you had to do some fancy maneuvering at red lights, made me hate Chevrolet. Also the cheap Firestone tires, one blew out on the new car on the drive home.


384 posted on 08/11/2009 9:14:59 AM PDT by 1000 silverlings (everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
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