In a message dated 02/03/2001 11:23:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, JKrevnov@AOL.COM writes:
> He knows he won't have to hear me > whining about spending the money for another car and, moreover, he has a > live-in mechanic. > AH case in point! The wifely unit LIKED her vanagon., but had gotten "up" in the world and thought she needed a "better" car. As we've always had Land Rover products she went and bought a Discovery... "But Dear, I don't know ANYTHING about them (not really true but not like I know the vans, ya know?) So at 70K the transmission went up.... "You know how to rebuild transmissions!" "Yes, honey, I do..but you asking me to rebuild a ZF tranny is like ME asking YOU to have a baby!" Knowing the general idea vs. having the tools and parts and resources to hand are not the same thing. Knowing the type and being tooled up for it DO make a world of difference. When it comes to cars? "Pick One" and keep after it. My fleet is always going to have a Vanagon they are just so darn usefull Oh...and I DID rebuild the LR tranny....I'd rather do 5 waterboxer engines all at once than to do THAT again!
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