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Date:         Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:56:34 -0800
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: dark side of ebay... (nvc)
Comments: To: Damon Campbell <damoncampbellvw@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To:  <20030221214606.62501.qmail@web13104.mail.yahoo.com>
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Oil changes first then valve adjusts.

Ease her into it.

So to speak.

Mike

On 2/21/03 1:46 PM, "Damon Campbell" <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> My girlfriend, whether she likes it or not, is a > hippy. A modern hippy, but a hippy none the less, > and as such, thinks Karmann Ghias are the cutest cars > in the world. Now couple that with yesterday being > her birthday, perusing ebay for doublecabs, finding a > good running '65 KG only 20 miles from our house... > what do you get? An impulse bid! Well, i actually > placed the bid, but she made me do it! (yeah, right). > To make matters worse, we won it. > > Now we have a pearl white ghia that needs a little > clutch work in the driveway. Which, of course, makes > for happy hippies. > > So now what do i do? Rebuild the 2.1l i was going to > put in my '84 westy, or get the ghia ready for daily > driving? I've forgotten how, um... organic it is to > drive an almost 30 year old oxyboxer vw. > > I guess i have an actual question, too... what is the > best way to ease a mechanically inept girlfriend into > the world of auto mechanics? Any tips for this one? > > Happy friday to everyone, and the moral of the story > is you might just get what you bid for... > > -damon > > ===== > '84 Westy > '65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma) > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ >


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