Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 21:46:59 GMT From: Nutmegger<Nutmeggernopsameja.com> Subject: Re: Is the 150,000 mile service at the dealership worth it?
Johannes H Andersen says... >> >Eventually you sell the car to an informed >> >enthusiast who doesn't mind fixing it. >> >> If you are lucky! I needed the money when I sold the SPG, and it happened to be >> an 18 year old who had it trashed within a year. >> > >Well, what can you expect. The youth probably liked a turn >of speed Wouldn't you know, I ran into him recently. He blew the tranny twice trying to catch third. >and didn't really have the money to keep the car >in order. Daddy does it for him, he doesn't care. >But never mind, once the car it sold that's it. Yeah, I know - but I love my cars! Her name was "Sabrina" >> >Am I being philosophical? >> >> Nah! >> > >In 1987 I bought a spanking new Fiat Croma, just out of the >showroom. Not a bad car although the interior plastics didn't >match the Saab's by any stretch of imagination. The dashboard >would warp such that part of the speedo was covered. Replaced >under warranty just to find that the replacement dashboard >did exactly the same, so I gave up complaining. You gave up complaining about a warped dash?! Wow. I can attest to the plastics Saab has used (don't know about now) I parked in a parking lot for years, finally got a garage last year. The dash looks as good as new, not even one hairline crack. >The car did >well for 10 years until I sold it because I had bought the >Saab. Since that FIAT was galvanized, it was still in good >shape when I sold it, a nice roomy and clean car. Fiat and roomy in the same sentence? Did you have a photo or a link? >The proceeds >from the sale £1100 just covered the first repair of the Saab >plus a meal. Believe me, that was hard to swallow. Heh-heh......I can see why, hope the meal was more than fast food too. ~J~
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