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From: bob@nbires.UUCP (Bob Bruck)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: buying used car
Message-ID: <576@nbires.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Jan-86 12:23:20 EST
Article-I.D.: nbires.576
Posted: Tue Jan  7 12:23:20 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jan-86 06:28:17 EST
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Reply-To: bob@nbires.UUCP (Bob Bruck)
Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO
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I'm not sure if this posting was meant as a joke or not, but for those
who took it seriously, I felt I should reply.

In article <2800006@faust.UUCP> rm@faust.UUCP writes:
>
>1.  First generation Capri with V6.  These German-built monsters handled
>    better than your average American car of the period, but were still
>    made the good old fashioned American way- heavy.  The cast iron V6 puts
>    out good power and is ideal for hot rodding.
>
Yea, I had one of these, a 1973 Capri V-6, and it was a sporty car.  But for
someone that has less than $2000 to spend on a car, this car wouldn't be
very good to buy.  I sold mine in 1979 with 70,000 miles on it because
for the last 14 months I owned the car, it cost me an average of $243/month
to maintain it (little things like timing gears, fuel pumps, resonator
mufflers, heating cores, engine mounts, etc., etc., etc. kept breaking).

>2.  V6 Pinto.  I think it's the same engine as the Capri.
>
Weren't these the cars with the AC/Heater vents just above the ashtray?
Ford really had a better idea on this one - especially for smokers.  The
rest of the car was just about as well thought out, too.

>3.  Cop car.  Any model.
>
This one might be a good suggestion, but I was always told that ex-police
cars and ex-rental cars are the most abused used cars to buy and should be
avoided.

Bob Bruck  (hao | allegra | ucbvax | ...)!nbires!bob
NBI Inc.   Boulder, Co.