On 2012-08-17, gloria p > wrote:

> We traded it in on a VW Rabbit, the only lemon we've owned.

In about '95, I bought a '82 rabbit diesel fer $400. It got it as a
beater/commute car standing in for my dodge van, which only got about
10-12 mpg. The rabbit was a mess, coming from the midwest, and was
dented and rusty from salt. Sure, it had a couple problems, like the
diesel starting system sometimes flaking out, or the brakes seizing up
exactly like my old '62 bug. But that sucker got 40 mpg and had the
most awesomely comfortable seats of any car I've owned before or
since. I literally beat it to death, driving 70-90 miles per day for
4-1/2 yrs. It finally died an ignoble death, virtually
disintergrating like the Bluesmobile, in the movie, The Blues
Brothers. Cost me $400 in repairs to sell it fer $250!

I'd buy another one in a heartbeat.

nb

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