[tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official figures

There are a lot of things you should not do when intoxicated:  Let's see; there 
is a song in there somewhere:  "The girls/guys all get prettier at closing 
time" or something like that.

--- On Sat, 8/22/09, Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official figures
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 3:08 AM


This when I learned NOT to buy a car while intoxicated.  Looked good, once in a 
while ran good Just way too many 'issues'...

--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official figures
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 6:27 PM
> Fiat X1/9  wow..
>  Deduct 1000 respect points right there.
> 
> 
> 
> -- Sent from my
> Palm Pre
> Neil wrote:
> 
> Mine were all gas...sad thing was, those three weeks or so
> they ran, they were GREAT...kinda like a Fiat X19 I owned
> for a short while.  Run like a bat outta hell WHEN it
> ran....Damned electrical issues once again...
> 
> --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Will  wrote:
> 
> > From: Will 
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official
> figures
> > To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" 
> > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 3:00 PM
> > The diesels were
> > great!  
> > 
> > 
> > -- Sent from my
> > Palm Pre
> > Neil wrote:
> > 
> > No, just a lot of crappy cars.   I've owned 4 or 5
> over
> > the years.  Then I quit drinkin', sobered up and
> have
> > never owned a Rabbit since.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Fri, 8/21/09, sammie smith
> >  wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > From: sammie smith
> > 
> > 
> > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official
> > figures
> > 
> > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 2:02 PM
> > 
> > > Is
> > 
> > > that called a "hutch" or a
> > "gaggle?"
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Will
> > 
> > >  wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > From: Will 
> > 
> > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official
> > figures
> > 
> > > To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 11:49 AM
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > I don't
> > 
> > > know about that. I recall having 5 Rabbits in the
> 90s.
> > 
> > >  One or two at a time that ran and the others
> for
> > 
> > > parts.
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > So does 5 make a collection?
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > :-)
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > sammie smith wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Well how many old Hondas and Toyotas do
> > 
> > > you see?  Those 70s 80s "economy" cars
> will
> > 
> > > probably never be collectible and will never have
> the
> > status
> > 
> > > of the aircooled VW.
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > --- On Fri, 8/21/09, w.wood
> > 
> > >  wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > From: w.wood 
> > 
> > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury... official
> > figures
> > 
> > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 10:45 AM
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Wow, my Eurovans did better than
> > 
> > > that.  I can honestly say I've never owned a
> > 
> > > Vanagon.  I would like a Doka Synchro but
> that's
> > 
> > > about as far as I'd go with it.  Regrettably
> > 
> > > we'll lose and continue to lose more Vanagons
> and
> > Bays
> > 
> > > and Splits because of neglect and nuisance laws
> more
> > than
> > 
> > > the CARS program promotes.  
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > What's strange is...
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Do you ever see any Dashers?  Sciroccos? Rabbits
> > 
> > > (except cabriolets)?
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > It seems like a lot of the A1 and A2 series just
> > 
> > > disappeared.  Maybe it was that Pennsylvanian
> Sheet
> > 
> > > Metal?  I have to believe that a Rabbit may be
> more
> > 
> > > rare than a split bus.  
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:40 AM,
> > 
> > > a riggs 
> > 
> > > wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Will is
> > 
> > > right.  More folks need to check their facts
> before
> > 
> > > saying something...
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Per the feds "official" mileage
> figures,
> > it's
> > 
> > > 15 mpg for a '91 Vanagon with auto and 2WD. 4
> > speed
> > 
> > > manual is 17 mpg. It was 15/16 in '84 - the
> oldest
> > year
> > 
> > > eligible - and was as low as 14/15 in 1986.
> Synchros
> > in
> > 
> > > '86 also got 14.  Best I've ever done
> was 16
> > or
> > 
> > > so but I'm no hypermiler.
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Read 'em weep:
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > >
> >
> http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/CarsResult1.jsp?column=1&id=8422
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > I hope we don't lose any Vanagons to this
> program,
> > but
> > 
> > > feel sure we will.
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > (Personally, I think Denis is just jealous that
> HE
> > 
> > > didn't get a letter for Murray...
> > 
> > > But as penance for my political misstep I will be
> > hosting
> > 
> > > the "cum-by-ya"
> > 
> > >  sing-a-long at T@P6.  If Denis will co-host
> with
> > 
> > > me...)
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Allan
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > 
> > > From: Mike Hayes 
> > 
> > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:46:10 PM
> > 
> > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult to injury...
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > It don't matter what it gets it matters what
> the
> > est
> > 
> > > mpg when it was new..
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Edward Maikranz wrote:
> > 
> > > > Mine sure doesnt.
> > 
> > > > 87 with a 2.1 gets 17-19
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:19 PM, sammie
> smith
> > 
> > > >  
> > > >
> > 
> > > > wrote:
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >     Everyone is talking about the Vanagon
> > 
> > > qualifying for the CARS
> > 
> > > >     program.  How?  You have to
> > 
> > > have less than 18mpg combined mileage
> > 
> > > >     via EPA estimates.  Do those things
> > 
> > > not get 18mpg?
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >     --- On *Thu, 8/20/09, a riggs
> > / 
> > > >     >/*
> > 
> > > wrote:
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >         From: a riggs  
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >         Subject: [tcb] Re: Insult
> > 
> > > to injury...
> > 
> > > >         To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > >         Date: Thursday, August 20,
> > 
> > > 2009, 2:45 PM
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >         Gee, I thought Mr. Obama
> > 
> > > was my friend and since he knows
> > 
> > > >         what's best for me I
> > 
> > > guess I'll turn my Vanagon in.  They told
> > 
> > > >         me it would to a happy
> > 
> > > place.  And this way your tax dollars
> > 
> > > >         can help me buy a new
> > 
> > > green
> > 
> > >  pablum car and keep it full of gas
> > 
> > > >         and...
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >         Thank you Obama.
> > 
> > >  Thank you Lady Bird.  Thank you FDR...
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >         LIKE HELL!
> > 
> > >  They'll pry it from my cold dead hands!
> > 
> > >  (Unless
> > 
> > > >         someone gives me some good
> > 
> > > ol' cash for it  ;-)  )
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >        
> > 
> > >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > > >         *From:* w.wood
> >  
> > > >        
> > >
> > 
> > > >         *To:*
> > 
> > >  tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > >         *Sent:* Thursday, August
> > 
> > > 20, 2009 10:08:03 AM
> > 
> > > >         *Subject:* [tcb] Re:
> > 
> > > Insult to injury...
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >         I blame Lady Bird
> > 
> > > Johnson...
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >         She made getting rid of
> > 
> > > old cars popular with "Keep America
> > 
> > > >         Beautiful."  You
> > 
> > > remember with the fake indian?  Iron Eyes
> > 
> > > >         Cody who was Italian.
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >         Just like a government run
> > 
> > > program, full of mis-information
> > 
> > > >         and lies.
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >        
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19732051/
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >        
> > http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/ironeyes.asp
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >         On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at
> > 
> > > 10:20 AM, Edward Aragon
> > 
> > > >          
> > > >        
> > >
> > 
> > > >         wrote:
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >             I saw a
> > 
> > > early model Eurovan MV on the clunker lot at
> > 
> > > >  
> > 
> > >            Premier Mazda wish I
> > 
> > > >             had a chance
> > 
> > > to get it. RIP our good friend....
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >            
> > 
> > >  --Edward Aragon
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >            
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > 
> > > >             From:
> tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > > >            
> > 
> > 
> > > >            
> > [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > > >            
> > ]On
> > 
> > > >             Behalf Of a
> > 
> > > riggs
> > 
> > > >             Sent:
> > 
> > > Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:36 AM
> > 
> > > >             To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > > >            
> > 
> > 
> > > >             Subject:
> > 
> > > [tcb] Insult to injury...
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >    
> > 
> > >          Got a letter from a car dealer
> > 
> > >  yesterday...
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >            
> > 
> > > "Congratulations!  Your 1991 Volkswagen
> Vanagon
> > 
> > > qualifies
> > 
> > > >             for the Cash
> > 
> > > for
> > 
> > > >             Clunkers
> > 
> > > program..."
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >             I wonder how
> > 
> > > many will be lost to this program...
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >             Allan
> > 
> > > >             '71
> > 
> > > panel - FOR SALE
> > 
> > > >             '91
> > 
> > > Vanagon Carat - FOR SALE
> > 
> > > >             '71 Ghia
> > 
> > > coupe
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
> > > >
> > 
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> > 
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