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Re: More Skoda - no Audi content/Scorpio???



Igor Kessel wrote:
> 
> Ian J Haseltine wrote:
> 
> > Ladas are both imported into and exported from the UK<...>
> 
> No longer.
> Ladas will not be imported in the UK anymore, coz they fail to comply with the British emission
> standards.
> As bad as they were, in '88 more than 30000 Ladas were sold in the UK.
> 
> --
> Igor Kessel
> '89 200TQ - 18psi (TAP)
> '97 A4TQ - on the boat
> Philadelphia, PA
> USA

Well,

I am a f***ng idiot who cannot drive a Skoda, Lada, and actually,
anything more (A4 1.8T) or less (Lada/Zhiguli, as it was called in
SU) decent - with a stick shift. As embarassing as it sounds, it is
the sad truth. I learned to drive being in the U.S. on a '83 Mercury
Zephyr. My dad was who sat with me (and yelled all the time) behind
the steering wheel. We saved a great deal of $$$ (dad was "for free",
the driving school wasn't). I begun earlier on "Zhig" in Hungary - 
it was a total fiasco. Later, as I had some experience with Mercury
Zephyr I was at home for a short time and paid for a bunch of lessions
(in Hungary it costs peanuts) on a small Renault diesel to practice
with the "stick". It was better, than Lada, but I still cannot drive
"stick".

Well, it sounds probably embarassing on this board.

I am thinking to buy a 88 or 89 Ford (oooops, Merkur) Scorpio with a
stick to practice as long as I want. Scorpio is a great car in Europe,
Ford imported it for a short time in the U.S., f***ed up the marketing
and the cars have virtually no value - I seen one recently with 65K in
mint cond. for $3K. Any opinion about this?

George

'97 A6QW