[V8] Blackest Mariah?

[Kneale Brownson]

Why not have your mechanic, who has done gazillions of really  barely
necessary "make it like new"  tasks on your previous cars, just pull those
half shafts out and polish up the ABS teeth.  Not nearly as big a project
as eliminating the little oil leaks or whatever on your V8.

Why not a couple hundred for H4 eurolights and cut the grille so they'll
fit?  That improved my 200q20v's lights tremendously.

Why spend a lot on aesthetic fix-ups?

My sedan turned over 250K miles while we were on our last 3000 mile ski
trip.  Looks like crap, but runs really well, like your avant.  


At 08:03 AM 7/26/2006 -0400, Roger M. Woodbury wrote:

>
>Now the negatives. The ABS is getting to be a real pita.  The rear spliney
>thingys are corroded and the ABS refuses to allow full stops without pumping
>the brakes when the car is almost completely stopped.  The switch does not
>turn off ABS, so the plan is when the car goes in for its new exhaust
>system, we will disable the ABS permanently.  
>
>
>I would like European headlights.  Not gonna happen, either, as I drive am
>driving relatively little at night, but when I do, the lights aren't very
>good.  Relayed, too, still not good, as usual.
>
>Car doesn't look very good.  Oh, its ok from about fifty feet, especially if
>I take the time to run it through the car wash.  But it really looks like a
>car that has spent too many of its 165,000 miles in northern New England.  I
>really do wanna fix that.