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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 14:28:18 -0400
From: Andy Moss <andmoss@ibm.net>
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Subject: Re: What cars are simple to work on? (And cheap, too.)
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falconfixer@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> 
> In article <36289DA0.7330@internetx.net>,
>   "Chris, Danni, and Michael" <mikendanni@internetx.net> wrote:
> > My 1985 Chevy Sprint with a 1.0L 3 cylinder is super easy to maintain.
> > Plus it gets an honest to God 50 MPG and my car insurance is only $280 a
> > year in SC, on of the highest states in America! I only paid $400 for
> > the car, 5 new Goodyears from Sears = $120. Plugs,  wires, cap rotor,
> > air filter, PCV valve when I bought it = $40. Water pump = $20, Timing
> > belt = $20. So I figure I've got $600 in the car, and with my insurance
> > so cheap, and 50 MPG, plus it's really easy to work on, I figure I'm
> > riding as close to free as anyone!
> >
> 
> IMHO:
> Um, anything with less than 4 cylinders is less of a car and more of a golf
> cart...
> :>

Cheap cars?

Chevy, Ford and Chrysler - front engine, rear drive, V8, automatic. 
Millions of Cops and Cabbies couldn't be wrong!   8-)
