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Originally Posted by husker boxster
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but keep these things in mind...
The 77 VW bug conv I bought for my winter project has brittle wire insulation, petrified gas line, and sketchy ground wires. It's 37 yrs old, that's par for the course.
And we wax nostolgic for cars of our youth and remember all the good things about them. Plus we think cars of yesterday are reliable like cars today and they'll go 150K care free mi. Remember how we used to sell cars at 70K mi because they'd be junk at 100K? No one wanted a car back then w/ 100K mi. The VW has already stranded me on a short jaunt around the neighborhood. A VW mechanic stopped to help me and said my best purchase would be Triple A towing service.
That 78 is a beautiful looking car in the pics. Just remember it's 36 yrs old and there's bound to be foibles.
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+1 An excellent reminder of the realities of owning older cars. Everything you say is accurate and thanks for bringing me back down to earth just in time for the PPI tomorrow morning. Now I can inspect the car with my usual cynical, jaded, and untrusting point of view. I'll be ticking dollars off that asking price as fast as a gas station pump ringing up the total. But I have to say that I felt pretty good up in the clouds the last few days.
And yes, I already have AAA towing with the extended range option.
