[Amc-list] Hondas and such/ Re: Door skin

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Yeah, it's surprising how things like Hondas attract abuse?
That's why I like the Nissan, in it's day it is good car and for some reason does not attract the "tuner" croud as heavily as the Hondas and Toys...
   Maybe the new Altima Coupe will change that, hope not.
I'll not likely get my wife to stop buying them, though we will have had our 98 for 10 years this August, so at least I slowed her down!
   Funny how youth and decent cashflow wants New/New/New. Now I want Used/Used/Used.
Even though a 04 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo cost us $16,500. We could pay cash and it runs flawless!
  It still has less than 40K on it, the 4.7 is just begging for nice rumbly muffler.
Still need to add a tow package to it though. 
    anyway, can't complain as I desperately needed a vehicle I do not have to shift! Had to be all wheel or four wheel drive too! Living up here on this hill watching the snow come down!
     Only got 2"s today.
Good thing is on March, 21st we fly to Houston! Yeah, spending 2 days with our niece, then gong on a cruise to waste several thousand gallons of oil on big ship full of neon. I want warmth, the wife needs a break!!!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Body work is like lowest on my list of skills... but I can tell
> you this much... we had a 96 Honda that was an a**hole magnet
> and got whacked, broken into, etc constantly. We bought it new
> and kept it shiny (sold last year).
> 
> For those light, modern cars, with super thin outer skins of
> some hard metal, dealers like to pop off skins and crimp on a
> new one. Maybe that makes sense for a "new" car that's probably
> designed for that sort of repair.
> 
> 
> If a shop proposes handling a 1970 AMX that way, it tells me
> they only know new cars. Being young has it's advantages but
> skills isn't one of them -- they probably simply don't have the
> experience to know NOT ALL CARS ARE MADE THE SAME! If they were
> good, they'd say "I don't do that sort of work, go see Schmoo
> down the street".
> 
> 
> Find another shop with a grouchy old person who has a
> clue. They're grouchy because they have to deal with all
> snap-together products called cars today.
> 
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