Re: Looking for early 100 avdice

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

At 08:54 AM 11/5/99 -0500, Fred Munro wrote:
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>----- 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
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>
>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
>
>
I thought their intention was to build a car that would self-destruct about
the time the payments ran out (30-45K miles) so they could sell you a new
one.  

Kneale Brownson