piece of crap junker

[Alfanovice@domain.elided]

In a message dated 8/9/02 12:34:11 PM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

<< The older I get, the more I think that you need a piece of crap junker
 with good AC and an auto trannie as the daily driver, at least in the
 urban areas. When I move to rural Montana (or wherever I start my own
 militia), I will ride a Ducati as my daily driver.  >>
I don't know how old you are Luke, but from personal experience a piece of 
crap junker (I call it my "town car") is an indispensable part of one's 
automotive stable.  This is a car you keep just running with no guilt, 
knowing that it is already worth less than $900, hauls compost from the 
nursery, and will be run into the ground when the next repair becomes too 
costly.  I prefer a manual transmission however, because automatics are meant 
to fail and strand you whereas manuals provide more flexibility and fun (see 
recent week-long thread re: shifting methods).  To paraphrase a Western Oil 
commercial from the seventies, "If you don't already own a piece of crap 
junker, get one!  You'll love doing business with nothing to lose."
Brian Ancelin
Denton, Tx
80 320i (piece of crap junker)
88 325i (wife's daily driver/runs great looks like crap)
88 vw cabriolet (battery draining vampire)
70 vw beetle (blitz, the Hawaiian beach car)
71 Alfa spider (still a topless beauty)
all with manual transmissions
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