16 Apr 12 08:22, 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.   
      
    RN> Then that would make the PT a ripoff of the '49 Suburban.   
      
   The PT is supposed to remind you of a 1930s Chrysler product. Plus the PT   
   came out before the HHR, so it was first to market.   
      
    RN> I couldn't remember what one looked like, but I took care of that in   
    RN> short order.   
      
   The 1949-55 1/2 Chevy pickups are my favorite among early Chevies...That   
   they also used the same look on the Suburban is interesting. If you take   
   that model in pickup form and want a 20 (3/4 ton) or 30 (1 ton) series,   
   they increased the size of the body, but kept the pickup look. Behind the   
   pizza restaurant here in New Braunfels, there is a 1950s 30 series tow   
   truck and you can see the difference in size, especially on cruise night   
   when the 50s pickups show up...there's also a 'fire engine' 30 series in a   
   local antique shop down the road from here.   
      
    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.   
      
    RN> [Rhetorical mode on]   
    RN> Put what in the trunk?  The radio or the remote?  (-:   
    RN> [Rhetorical mode off]   
      
   If you mount the radio in the dash and put the remote in the trunk, you'll   
   know where the remote is supposed to be when you're driving the car and   
   want to change stations.   
      
    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.   
      
    RN> No.  This guy is different.  He's one of those rare people who, when   
    RN> they tell you they're going to do something, they do.   
      
   Ok...we'll see.   
      
    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> Except the M-B engine does not require the constant attention that a   
    RN> Jaguar does.  I filled the tank yesterday, even though it wasn't   
    RN> empty, but close and it cost $48.37 for 12.281 gallons of premium at   
    RN> $3.93.3 per gallon.   
      
   $3.93.9/gallon. This is why the Z28 sits more than it is driven. I'm still   
   working on a tank of premium that I put in it last fall (Sept)...   
      
    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^)   
      
    RN> This guy was recommended to me years ago (in my other lifetime in   
    RN> Houma) and someone recommended him to my SIL, who can't find the   
    RN> title to the Benz in order to donate it to me.  He's gonna have to go   
    RN> to the DMV for a copy. (-|   
      
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