On Sat Apr-14-2012 08:30, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW> 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).   
      
    RW> It is fwd and also has a more reliable 2.2L engine than the PT. To   
    RW> me it doesn't resemble the PT one bit. It resembles a 1949   
    RW> Suburban, built in miniature.   
      
   Then that would make the PT a ripoff of the '49 Suburban.  I couldn't remember   
   what one looked like, but I took care of that in short order.   
      
    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.   
      
    RW> Put it in the trunk and then you'll know why they make them with   
    RW> remotes.    
      
   [Rhetorical mode on]   
   Put what in the trunk?  The radio or the remote?  (-:   
   [Rhetorical mode off]   
      
    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. [...]   
      
    RW> LOL! Sure he will.   
      
   No.  This guy is different.  He's one of those rare people who, when they tell   
   you they're going to do something, they do.   
      
    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.   
      
   Except the M-B engine does not require the constant attention that a Jaguar   
   does.  I filled the tank yesterday, even though it wasn't empty, but close and   
   it cost $48.37 for 12.281 gallons of premium at $3.93.3 per gallon.   
      
    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.  (-:   
      
    RW> That helps to pad their wallets... 8^)   
      
   This guy was recommended to me years ago (in my other lifetime in Houma) and   
   someone recommended him to my SIL, who can't find the title to the Benz in   
   order to donate it to me.  He's gonna have to go to the DMV for a copy.  (-|   
      
    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."   
      
    RW> I may have a copy of it I can send you...   
      
   Got it and replied.  Thanks.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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