Investing in a 200TQW

[Kneale Brownson]

I think he had his tongue well in cheek while looking over Brett's list of 
repairs accomplished.


At 04:14 PM 09/05/2000 -0400, Bill Rowe wrote:

>tom,
>
>good luck trying to find a 200 20v parts car.
>
>bill
>
> >
> >
> > I can't do work on the car except for very minor items; I have little
> > in the way of tools.  Various 200q20v listers assured me, "oh, you're
> > getting into the stage where the the car will start to quiet
> > down"(ie, the "gauntlet" theory.)  So far, nothing of the sort; the
> > car is continuing to thrown curve balls faster than Pedro Martinez.
> >
> > I paid $13.2k for my car 3 years ago, and it's been nothing but
> > repair bills, several in the $2k range.  I sat down once and figured
> > out that, monthly, between parts, mechanics bills, etc I was paying
> > more than the payments on a -new- S4.
> >
> > <<snip>>
> >
> > Brett
>
>Hmmm...just bought a 200q20v wagon...probably need a parts car...hmm. Tom
>Donohue