I am selling my bus ... SELLING OUT !!
YouKnowWho@YouKnowWhere
here.
But today is the day .. the eBay auction closes .. No bites yet at $5k but I
have 55
people watching .. I refuse to sell for less .. Any way .. Can't do
another year of no
a/c ... no heat ... no power steering .. etc etc .. I have lost my mind ..
bought a
1999 bug ...
--
Diane Whatever from my HP TouchSmart
Jan Andersson
> Just noticed that for some reason my last couple of posts haven't shown
> up here.
> But today is the day .. the eBay auction closes .. No bites yet at $5k
> but I have 55
> people watching .. I refuse to sell for less .. Any way .. Can't do
> another year of no
> a/c ... no heat ... no power steering .. etc etc .. I have lost my mind
> .. bought a
> 1999 bug ...
>
Awwwww.
Be prepared to start replacing broken plastic parts :D
A/c could be retrofitted to the bus... if you used junkyard/salvage
parts, it could be reasonably cheap. Of course, some parts need top be
new and then there's labor.. some fabrication..
Heat is easy too.
Power steering.... hmm... there's a couple of brands to choose from:
Gold's Gym, Bally Fitness, and the one I used, Lifestyle Fitness :D
Jan
YouKnowWho@YouKnowWhere
"Jan Andersson" <bug...@spamtrap.rocketmail.com> wrote in message
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haahaa Jan .. wish it was that easy .. I want it all NOW .. Looks like
"Molly"
will be going home to Germany ..
YouKnowWho@YouKnowWhere
I made a big mistake selling my bus .. bought a stupid water cooled bug and
OF COURSE the first problem
I have is over heating .. I MISS MY BUS .. I guess I should sell the bug
also and buy a nice American made
car .. huh ??
Diane
"Jan Andersson" <bug...@spamtrap.rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:7iq5bcF...@mid.individual.net...
Jan Andersson
American cars are the worst!
Buy japanese, even european, before american.
Sorry to say, but american cars in general are unreliable.
Jan
bugnut68
wrote:
> Good Lord, No!
> American cars are the worst!
> Buy japanese, even european, before american.
> Sorry to say, but american cars in general are unreliable.
>
> Jan
>
> YouKnowWho@YouKnowWhere wrote:
>
> > I made a big mistake selling my bus .. bought a stupid water cooled bug
> > and OF COURSE the first problem
> > I have is over heating .. I MISS MY BUS .. I guess I should sell the
> > bug also and buy a nice American made
> > car .. huh ??
>
> > Diane
>
> >news:7iq5bcF...@mid.individual.net...
> >> YouKnowWho@YouKnowWhere wrote:
> >>> Just noticed that for some reason my last couple of posts haven't
> >>> shown up here.
> >>> But today is the day .. the eBay auction closes .. No bites yet at
> >>> $5k but I have 55
> >>> people watching .. I refuse to sell for less .. Any way .. Can't do
> >>> another year of no
> >>> a/c ... no heat ... no power steering .. etc etc .. I have lost my
> >>> mind .. bought a
> >>> 1999 bug ...
>
> >> Awwwww.
>
> >> Be prepared to start replacing broken plastic parts :D
>
> >> A/c could be retrofitted to the bus... if you used junkyard/salvage
> >> parts, it could be reasonably cheap. Of course, some parts need top be
> >> new and then there's labor.. some fabrication..
>
> >> Heat is easy too.
>
> >> Power steering.... hmm... there's a couple of brands to choose from:
> >> Gold's Gym, Bally Fitness, and the one I used, Lifestyle Fitness :D
>
> >> Jan
I would say Japanese over European, unless a guy has the wallet for a
BMW or other quality car... you couldn't pay me enough to buy a new
Volkswagen... of course, part of it is because I hate VWOA. Lol.
OldIron
I've had VERY good luck with my VWs, but my wife has had VERY bad luck
with hers. She's had 2 Jettas, of different vintages. Thank heavens
we bought the extended warranty for hers! New transmission/all 4
wheel bearings/radio/instrument cluster/2 frozen calipers all in under
70K miles!
My experience has been much better with my 7 VWs.
I've also had very good luck with Ford, but abysmal luck with GM.
Really, a new American car is defintely a huge improvement over the
'70s, and depending on the make, some are actually quite quality
cometitive with the rest of their price range. Please, Just don't
blame the workers there. The decision of how high the quality will be
is NOT in the hands of the assembler/worker, but in the hands of the
bean-counters and executives.
OldIron
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:17:46 -0800 (PST), bugnut68
<ryan...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On Nov 11, 3:08锟絘m, Jan Andersson <bugf...@spamtrap.rocketmail.com>
>wrote:
>> Good Lord, No!
>> American cars are the worst!
>> Buy japanese, even european, before american.
>> Sorry to say, but american cars in general are unreliable.
>>
>> Jan
>>
>> YouKnowWho@YouKnowWhere wrote:
>>
>> > I made a big mistake selling my bus .. bought a stupid water cooled bug
>> > and OF COURSE the first problem
>> > I have is over heating .. I MISS MY BUS .. 锟絀 guess I should sell the
>> > bug also and buy a nice American made
>> > car .. huh ??
>>
>> > Diane
>>
>> > "Jan Andersson" <bugf...@spamtrap.rocketmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:7iq5bcF...@mid.individual.net...
>> >> YouKnowWho@YouKnowWhere wrote:
>> >>> Just noticed that for some reason my last couple of posts haven't
>> >>> shown up here.
>> >>> But today is the day .. the eBay auction closes .. No bites yet at
>> >>> $5k but I have 55
>> >>> people watching .. 锟絀 refuse to sell for less .. 锟紸ny way .. Can't do
>> >>> another year of no
>> >>> a/c ... no heat ... no power steering .. etc etc .. 锟絀 have lost my
tstock
one.
American cars are the worst... I have never had one which did not have
problems... everything from bad transmissions, to the Ford F250
catching on fire from just sitting in the driveway overnight. I had
never heard of a car setting itself on fire while NOT running until
Ford did it.
My favorite choice, a 5 speed manual Toyota Corolla with power
windows. I have a 2007 which I have already put 80,000 miles on, I
drive a lot. I have never done a brake job, only changed the oil on
schedule, and the gear oil once. Just changed the serpentine belt
last weekend and took me a total of 5 minutes.
I have had a few corollas and they have always been the most reliable
car I have ever owned.
I once had a 1987 Toyota Wagon (a mini van) I bought used. It had
100,000 miles on it, and I put an other 250,000 miles on it (yes
that's 350,000 total) before I traded it for an Apple Newton. It
still ran great but the main seals were starting to leak and I didn't
want to put the money into it.
-tom
bugnut68
> Ladies (and gents)
>
> I've had VERY good luck with my VWs, but my wife has had VERY bad luck
> with hers. She's had 2 Jettas, of different vintages. Thank heavens
> we bought the extended warranty for hers! New transmission/all 4
> wheel bearings/radio/instrument cluster/2 frozen calipers all in under
> 70K miles!
>
> My experience has been much better with my 7 VWs.
>
> I've also had very good luck with Ford, but abysmal luck with GM.
>
> Really, a new American car is defintely a huge improvement over the
> '70s, and depending on the make, some are actually quite quality
> cometitive with the rest of their price range. Please, Just don't
> blame the workers there. The decision of how high the quality will be
> is NOT in the hands of the assembler/worker, but in the hands of the
> bean-counters and executives.
>
> OldIron
>
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:17:46 -0800 (PST), bugnut68
>
> >On Nov 11, 3:08 am, Jan Andersson <bugf...@spamtrap.rocketmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >> Good Lord, No!
> >> American cars are the worst!
> >> Buy japanese, even european, before american.
> >> Sorry to say, but american cars in general are unreliable.
>
> >> Jan
>
> >> YouKnowWho@YouKnowWhere wrote:
>
> >> > I made a big mistake selling my bus .. bought a stupid water cooled bug
> >> > and OF COURSE the first problem
> >> > bug also and buy a nice American made
> >> > car .. huh ??
>
> >> > Diane
>
> >> > "Jan Andersson" <bugf...@spamtrap.rocketmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >news:7iq5bcF...@mid.individual.net...
> >> >> YouKnowWho@YouKnowWhere wrote:
> >> >>> Just noticed that for some reason my last couple of posts haven't
> >> >>> shown up here.
> >> >>> But today is the day .. the eBay auction closes .. No bites yet at
> >> >>> $5k but I have 55
> >> >>> another year of no
> >> >>> a/c ... no heat ... no power steering .. etc etc .. I have lost my
> >> >>> mind .. bought a
> >> >>> 1999 bug ...
>
> >> >> Awwwww.
>
> >> >> Be prepared to start replacing broken plastic parts :D
>
> >> >> A/c could be retrofitted to the bus... if you used junkyard/salvage
> >> >> parts, it could be reasonably cheap. Of course, some parts need top be
> >> >> new and then there's labor.. some fabrication..
>
> >> >> Heat is easy too.
>
> >> >> Power steering.... hmm... there's a couple of brands to choose from:
> >> >> Gold's Gym, Bally Fitness, and the one I used, Lifestyle Fitness :D
>
> >> >> Jan
>
> >I would say Japanese over European, unless a guy has the wallet for a
> >BMW or other quality car... you couldn't pay me enough to buy a new
> >Volkswagen... of course, part of it is because I hate VWOA. Lol.
I have a real problem with UAW workers... they're the primary reason
for GM's bankruptcy with their insanely extensive perks and benefits,
IMO.