Re: VW vs Honda

[beekj@ghg.net (Joachim Beek)]

At 02:13 4/18/97 +0000, Jay Docherty wrote:
>
>> On 17 Apr 97 at 23:09, Jay Docherty wrote:
>> 
>> > Oh yea!  Well my first car was a Hyundai Excel!  Four door hatch. 
>> > With a wopping 1.2 L engine.
>> 
>> Gotcha beat......I once had an Opel Kadette wit ha 1.1L :)
>> My first 2 cars were 57 Chevys, the 3rd was a 56 Chevy.  Can't 
>> remember how many times I wished I had the money those 3 would be 
>> worth today :)
>
>You think you tuff?!?! 
>Well maybe I should of mentioned that my hyundai did not have fifth 
>gear.  No it wasn't a 4 speed it was a five speed without fitfh.  

Well, let me uncloak and jump into the fray here.  

In '81 I got my first car: a '65 Ford Custom, which was nothing more than a
stripped down Galaxy, with a 240 cu inch engine that put out all of 105 hp
or so (for a 4000+ lb car), and a manual 3-speed on the steering column, a
d*mn foot-operated emergency brake (made stop lights on hills real
interesting!), and springs as soft as Wonderbread.  0-60 and 60-0 each in
three days.  Could seat 8 comfortably though.  A year later I saw the light
and got my '78 Scirocco, which I still drive every day.  Kinda wish I had
kept the Custom, too; it'd be a classic now.

Joachim
78 Scirocco
90 Vanagon
 
Joachim and Belinda and Hobi and Griffin in Houston, TX
...and now Lucky, the rescue kitten, too!
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It makes you argue with your neighbors.
It makes you shoot at your landlord.
And it makes you miss him.
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