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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:10:37 -0500, Jim Adney wrote: >On 24 Jun 2004 at 9:35, Toby Erkson wrote: > >> Except new cars heat up the cabin more quickly, have A/C, AM/FM radio >> (minimum, many come w/cassette), have more hp, don't need 3K mile valve >> adjustments, and parts are readily available. > >The simple fact that their maintenance costs will be much higher simply because >I can't fix them myself makes modern cars of much less value to me. It was the smog check that got me off new cars. I had an 89 Nissan and by 94 it failed the smog check and I had to spend $600 to make it meet specs. Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org