Re: Looking for early 100 avdice

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Rich, Jack <JRich@Kronos.com>
To: <one@humanspeakers.com>
Cc: <ti@amb.org>; <quattro@audifans.com>; <gcolegrove@mho.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 10:10 AM
Subject: RE: Looking for early 100 avdice


> Because I was young, the sales personel at the Chevy dealer *totally*
> ignored me, and, being young, I didn't go up and say "Are you going to let
> me look at a car or not you dufus?"  I shyly left unable to drive or
> purchase a new Vega.  Thus I was spared from buying a car later well-known
> for engine death at 60k miles.  (Maybe they already knew this and were
> ignoring me out of ethical considerations.  Yuk! Yuk!)  I was there
because
> it was a new car in my price range, and *certainly not* because it was as
> nice looking as a 100LS!!!
>
> One of my few autocrosses in my 4kq got me 1st place against a Vega.
>
> Jack


A friend of mine put 200k miles on the original engine in his Vega. At the
200k mark, the dealer he bought it from had a champagne celebration for him
and GM bought back the car, doubtless to find out why that particular engine
had worked as intended.

Fred Munro
'94 S4  91k km