My primary ride ( believe it or not) is an '86 Buick Skyhawk Sport Hatchback. Excellent handling, adequate power, 30+ MPG, very comfortable little cruiser. Also, a very rare model. Have owned it since 1990 when it had 11K on the odometer. Now it's up to 105K. Has the usual GM crap issues--bad paint, rubber / synthetic deterioration, gaskets that fail etc. My 2nd ride is an '86 Jaguar XJ-6. A real car. Has the same FI as the Westy, although it appears to be very different. A lot of the same maintenance issues as well. The '83 Westy fills a unique niche, in that it is primarily a camper, albeit a tiny one. I often take trips that last 2-3 days, and it's just the right thing for this purpose. I fix them all myself. Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 6:07 PM Subject: Re: It's still friday, so..
> >Looks like a lot of us drive Jettas. I'd bet a lot of the rest drive > >Rabbit/Golf, 80's Honda's, MGBs, etc.. So how about an impromptu poll? > > > >What do you drive as your second vehicle? Why? > > > >tom > > Daily driver: 89 Coprolla 1.8 diesel wagon. Cheap to run, > superreliable, extremely practical. > Occasionals: 93 Estima (Previa) turbodiesel, 89 Corona diesel 2.0 > sedan, 93 Corona 2.0 diesel 4WD sedan (wife's cars). > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin, New Zealand > 64 (3) 473-8863 > <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> > Fossil preparator > Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut |
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