On Sun Sep-27-1998 15:05, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW> 28 Apr 12 09:17, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN> It's blended on the Tahoe.  The Yukon XL is no longer my daughter's   
    RN> and her mother has the Suburban because her mother's Chevy broke   
    RN> down, but I'm pretty sure the doors on both were straight at the   
    RN> rear.   
      
    RW> The Tahoe/Yukon are built on a 117 inch wheelbase and the   
    RW> Suburban/Yukon XL are built on a 130 inch wheelbase. If you had one   
    RW> of each on site to compare, the obvious differences would be   
    RW> immediately noticed.    
      
   Oh, I noticed because I drove both of them for a time.   
      
    RN> Something about the starter on her mother's car overheating and my ex   
    RN> told me it was going to cost her $500 to fix it.   
      
    RW> Wow! A re-manufactured starter doesn't cost more than $40-45.   
    RW> That's an awful lot of labor charged to R&R a starter.   
      
   While I was still in the work force, I remember something about a recall on   
   certain Chevy models because of the starter overheating.  I think they encased   
   it in a protective wrapping of some kind or installed a heat shield, but my   
   memory of that is vague.   
      
    RN> That Chevy has been sitting for over a year now and I'm almost sure   
    RN> the engine isn't going to be functional when and IF she has it   
    RN> repaired.   
      
    RW> Why non-functional? Something else wrong with it?   
      
   The engine has not been run in almost two years now.   
      
    RN> I'm naturally skeptical of anything my ex tells me about anything.   
    RN> She is no longer the same woman.   
      
    RW> What do women know anyway?   
      
   Although not mechanically inclined, she was a good person at one time.   
      
    RN> I had a '84 C-20 with saddle tanks, so naturally I became a part of   
    RN> that class-action lawsuit.  I wasn't even given the choice to opt   
    RN> out.  While the lawyers in the suit got (not doubt) hefty pay checks   
    RN> from the settlement, I received, and this is no joke, a certificate   
    RN> worth $200 toward the purchase of a new truck with an expiration   
    RN> date!  I burned it.   
      
    RW> A local (San Marcos) Chevy dealer was looking for trade-ins because   
    RW> they were low on used truck inventory. I got one of those stupid   
    RW> certs too. Called the dealer and offered my 'trade in' to him for   
    RW> $15k tradin value on a new one. Needless to say, I burnt my cert   
    RW> too.   
      
   Hence my distrust of most lawyers.  There was one I trusted a long time ago   
   because I played golf with him and even hired him on one occasion.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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