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   Message 900 of 2,177   
   Roy Witt to Roger Nelson   
   2001 PT Cruiser   
   14 Apr 12 08:30:58   
   
   13 Apr 12 10:50, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RW>> See if you can find a Chevy HHR. It looks like a mini-suburban from   
    RW>> 1949, seats 5 and they also make a windowless version to look like   
    RW>> a mini-panel truck similar looking to the 30s and 40s.   
      
    RN> I've sworn off front-wheel drive cars and haven't had one since my   
    RN> '88 Lincoln Continental.  The HHR looks like a ripoff of the PT   
    RN> Cruiser, but it too, is a front wheel drive (or looks like one).   
      
   It is fwd and also has a more reliable 2.2L engine than the PT. To me   
   it doesn't resemble the PT one bit. It resembles a 1949 Suburban, built in   
   miniature.   
      
    RN> I managed to get a FREE (SIL paid for it) JVC AM-FM stereo radio/cd   
    RN> player for the Benz yesterday.  It is very nice and came with a   
    RN> remote control, although I don't know why they make the remotes with   
    RN> the radio so close.   
      
   Put it in the trunk and then you'll know why they make them with remotes.   
      
    RN> The AUX recepticle is broken temporarily; something I plug my cell   
    RN> phone into, but the mechanic knows how to fix it and will at some   
    RN> point in the near future. [...]   
      
   LOL! Sure he will.   
      
    RN>> Nah, I got all I can handle with the M-B.  (-:   
      
    RW>> I hear that. That one is kinda like owning a Jaguar...they usually   
    RW>> sit in the mechanic's garage waiting on repairs.   
      
    RN> The Benz would probably still be in the garage if I hadn't gone by   
    RN> there and told them what I thought the problem was.  Some guys like   
    RN> to make a mountain out of a mole hill when the solution is so simple   
    RN> as to escape their motice.  (-:   
      
   That helps to pad their wallets... 8^)   
      
    RN> P.S. I was looking for your latest NETmail to answer it this morning,   
    RN> but it has disappeared.  I only rememb er one line from it -- "No   
    RN> comment."   
      
   I may have a copy of it I can send you...   
      
      
                   R\%/itt   
      
      
     ... Only those who will risk going too far can possibly   
     ... find out how far one can go ~ TS Eliot   
      
      
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