Re: Cheap Cars for Teenager-----------What I believe

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

I'd propose that #3 should be "everyone should drive a beater for as long 
as it holds together" but move that to #1. My first car was a 73 Pontiac 
Catalina 4 door with almost 200,000 miles on it (it was big, green, and got 
really crappy mileage). I had that car for about 7 or 8 months and it took 
almost everything I could throw at it. As it turns out, the head gaskets 
just couldn't take sustained speeds in excess of 100 mph for more than a 
half hour. I was about 50 miles from home when the gasket blew but it got 
me home. I have a lot of fond memories of the antics I pulled in it.

Matt

At 07:57 PM 5/9/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> I'll keep the philosophic meanderings to a minimum but there are a couple 
> of basic truths that I have always held to.
>
> 1.  Everyone should have to be poor at some time in their life.
> 2.  Everyone should have to be a waiter (waitress ) at some time in their 
> life.
> 3.  Everyone should have to drive a Volkswagen Beetle for at least a year. 
> ( a Chevette makes a decent substitute and a Pacer may as well)
>
> Humbling experiences to be sure.
>
> Todd Wallis
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mhaas@xxxxxxx
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http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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