thank you bobby and susan for dat wunnerfull wailtz.....now turn on da
bubbles .... :)
chuck.
i'm fossilizing as we speak.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:03 PM
Subject: Car -- thanks!
> Thanks to all who responded. I'm really pleased that this community
> feels that there are indeed some fun and interesting four doors out
> there.
>
> Here's the REST of the story. I have a 92 BMW 525 that I absolutely
> love to drive. I'm the second owner, 114,000 miles on it.
> Unfortunately, it is the only car that I've had in my life that has
> stranded me, immobile, THREE times in three years. It's the only one
> for which I purchased a set of tools, shop manual, and spare parts to
> carry in the trunk. And, every time, when I asked the nice person at
> the 800 number for the nearest dealer, that dealer was 200 miles
> away. Heck. What good is a love affair if your lover doesn't love you
> back? I think they are wonderful when under factory warranty, but not
> later -- and I have three friends who say the same about Mercedes. Not
> to knock them, not to offend, but just my current frame of mind.
>
> Maximas and Altimas sure came with a lot of recommendations, didn't
> they? I would have been tempted except for the scarcity of dealers,
> even though you all say they are bulletproof.
>
> Well, I thought you might be interested in what happened. The local
> Lincoln dealer called today. He had taken in a 2000 LS with -- get
> this -- 9000 miles on it (all the radio stations play Lawrence Welk),
> two years and 40,000 miles remaining on bumper-to-bumper, and when I
> step on the gas, it has a lot of good old American low-end grunt,
> different from the Bimmer, which really sang but only the soprano
> notes above 3000. I have two certificates from the state that attest
> to this.
>
> So, for $20,000 and my only-somewhat-aged BMW, I bought the Lincoln.
> Only time will tell how unwise that was, but that's my story and I'm
> stickin to it.
>
> Thanks again -- this was good fun.
>
> uncle jack
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