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From: halb@tekig5.UUCP (Hal Bates)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Heaven and Hell (in cars)
Message-ID: <421@tekig5.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 01:50:04 EST
Article-I.D.: tekig5.421
Posted: Wed Jan 15 01:50:04 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jan-86 06:54:39 EST
References: <893@dataioDataio.UUCP>
Reply-To: halb@tekig5tes.UUCP (Hal Bates)
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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Keywords: Vega Owners, Untie!!

In article <893@dataioDataio.UUCP> dbp@dataio.UUCP (Dave Pellerin writes:
>>>As for the car all people get in Hell it's easy.  You get a
>>>Vega and you have to fix it yourself (there is something wrong
>>>with an engine made completely out of recycled beer cans!).
>>
>>I've been waiting on this 'heaven and hell' discussion for someone to
>>lambast the Vega.  Yeah I'd allow they were among the worst Chevys ever
>>failure-wise.  But I would still say that if I _HAD_ to fix my own car, I'd
>>choose a '75 or '76 Vega over almost anything else of that vintage ...
>
>^------ Another satisfied Vega owner :-) !!
>
>Having owned four Vegas in my time (a '74 kamback, '72 GT, '71 hatch, 
>and a '71 that I swapped a 215 CI V8 into) I can report that the Vega
>is one of the most under-rated used car deals in existence!
>
>Example:  You can buy a good used Vega GT (not badly rusted) for around $500,
>put a sleeved engine in for another $400 (shortblock and head) and have
>a really dependable car that is very easy to work on.  Parts are very cheap
>for Vegas, they get 25 miles to the gallon, and the 2300 cc engine gives
>a respectable 100+ horsepower (GT version).
>
>Or:  Buy the same car (1973 or later), get a conversion kit from D & D
>Fabrications ($300) and drop in a 215 Olds V8 ($200-600).  160-200 HP with
>a 50 pound weight penalty!
>
>The only problem with Vegas -- well, Ok one of the problems is their
>habit of overheating.  The solution is to put in a larger radiator
>(from a junkyard car that had air-conditioning) and an oil cooler.
>
>Once a Vega overheats, it is dead,dead,dead!
>
>
>			- Dave Pellerin
>
>		uw-beaver!entropy!dataio!dbp



I never thought I would live to hear someone praise the Vega. But I have
read more than one article doing just that. 

But.....

I knew a guy who liked his pet rock. Must be the same thought process.

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