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Date:         Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:29:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: 50 Worst Cars
Comments: To: vanagonvw <vanagonvw@GMAIL.COM>
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I only wrote of the HUMMER, didnt say anything about the Model T.

-----Original Message----- >From: vanagonvw <vanagonvw@GMAIL.COM> >Sent: Sep 10, 2007 12:18 PM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: 50 Worst Cars > >Joseph Fortino wrote: >>>> >>>> How can you really rag on the Model T? > >Yea, that was really hard to believe. I guess he has the same opinion of >the Wright Bros plane <shrug> > >>>> Plus I really really liked mu >>>> Chevette - not coll but that car ran forever. >>>> > >Chevette! Mine is still running at 190K miles. Bought it new in 84 for >$4700. Still gets over 40mpg on the highway, and is stuck on 33mpg >around town. Seems it is the car I can depend on whenever I need to go >and get parts for my van, and the other vehicles in the family. Not >pretty, but how much money it saved me over the years, is uncountable :-) > >Most of the crappy cars in the late 70's and early 80's are the result >of apathy by the car companies, of course, but its rather important to >remember that the morons in Congress were caught up in the energy crisis >of the day, so without a whole lot of understanding of the industry, >they came up with some really stupid standards of mileage and safety >that the General Motors types of the day, were woefully unprepared to >deal with. > >It has to fall on the manufacturers, but as with so many other things >that the feds stuck their nose into, they really messed it up even >worse. I recall a few mid 70's machines with smog pumps, ridiculous >emissions controls, low grade gas and just no guts at all, that I swear, >were probably dirtier than the late 60's beasts I would street race with. > >Basically, what saved all our collective bacon, is the catalytic >converter. Without it, I cannot imagine how bad our air would be. Since >its inception, the decrease in smog in the denser cities has been very >dramatic. Kudos to whomever invented it, and helped to almost perfect >it. About every three years I replace the one on my chevette, and the >emissions drop to nearly zero all the way around. Tremendous invention.


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