Date:         Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:46:01 -0500
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: base model '90-'91 NON-GL's
Comments: To: Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
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At 01:32 AM 3/30/2005 -0600, Al and Sue Brase wrote:
>I think maybe tradesmen preferred them. A bit more secure from coat
>hangers.

More secure from coat hangers, but still conveniently broken... I replaced
a total of three non-moving vent windows on my '87 VW Fox during the first
two years I owned it (drawbacks of having a new car in an urban area). I
remember getting really angry when someone broke in by bending the metal
below the door lock... "that's what the vent windows are *for*, ya stinkin'
amateur!".

Me, I prefer the moving windows, it's the feature I miss most when driving
more modern machines...and if your van doesn't have air conditioning (like
I've got horsepower to spare for *that*! :-) they're needed for basic
summer survival.

Tim