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Date:         Sun, 9 Sep 2007 09:16:51 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <4d1b79350709090857j6816f36bwabb19400ec9f8b1d@mail.gmail.com>
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There are some funny rides in there.

The Chevette shouldn't be in there! It was actaully (as the article implies) a really reliable cheap to run vehicle. It was kinda fugly though.....

Is the Vega in there?? Couldn't find it. It should be!

To this day, I can't believe Chev made, or sourced, that failure of an engine with its' piston/rings scraping away on aluminum cylinder walls.

How could they do that? Surely they must have known.

Neil.

On 9/9/07, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > CNN's site has a Time magazine report on the 50 worst cars of all > time. Most of them are right on the money, but the list should have > been about four times longer to get all--or even most--of the pieces > of crap that have been sold to the public. A quick scan for the word > "Vanagon" out of the way, I enjoyed reading the article. > > Notice how the 1980s has a disproportionate number of loser cars. > > <http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657686,00.html?cnn=yes> > > Jim >

-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" (Bustorius)

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at: musomuso1963@hotmail.com


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