[NSRCA-discussion] Plane haulers

[Richard Strickland]

Ladies make 'gentler on the hardware' pilots also. There are exceptions to every rule....
RS
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jeffghughes at comcast.net 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List ; NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:17 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plane haulers


  Slightly off topic, but I work with a lady that bought a brand new firebird when she graduated from college back in 1978 and is still driving it. I was in it about 6 months ago and it had over 630,000 miles. Now thats how  you save money on transportation! The heads have never been off, but she has rebuilt the transmission at least once that she remembers. 


    -------------- Original message -------------- 
    From: "Dean Pappas" <d.pappas at kodeos.com> 

    I still have legs: they don't look like worn off stumps, now do they? Okay, they are kinda funny looking, but that's an entirely different subject.
    Dean

    Dean Pappas 
    Sr. Design Engineer 
    Kodeos Communications 
    111 Corporate Blvd. 
    South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
    (908) 222-7817 phone 
    (908) 222-2392 fax 
    d.pappas at kodeos.com 

      -----Original Message-----
      From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Ed Miller
      Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:20 PM
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      Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plane haulers


      Ok, I can't resist. How many of those 1/4 million miles were on foot..............
      Ed M.
        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Dean Pappas 
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        Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:58 PM
        Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plane haulers


        The first one was a Renault 18, the second an R21, also called a Medallion, here in the States.
        Hey, they won the F1 World championship ...

        Dean Pappas 
        Sr. Design Engineer 
        Kodeos Communications 
        111 Corporate Blvd. 
        South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
        (908) 222-7817 phone 
        (908) 222-2392 fax 
        d.pappas at kodeos.com 

          -----Original Message-----
          From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Dave Burton
          Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:41 PM
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          Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plane haulers


          So what was it?
            -----Original Message-----
            From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Dean Pappas
            Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:34 PM
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            Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plane haulers


            Hello All,
            Don't get the idea that I unconditionally prefer a US nameplate vehicle. When Detroit wasn't making an economical, Pattern plane sized station wagon, I bought import. 
            It wasn't a brand many of you would have considered, and I got a quarter million miles out of it, so I bought another, right after. I got a quarter million miles out of that one too.

            Dean


            Dean Pappas 
            Sr. Design Engineer 
            Kodeos Communications 
            111 Corporate Blvd. 
            South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
            (908) 222-7817 phone 
            (908) 222-2392 fax 
            d.pappas at kodeos.com 

              -----Original Message-----
              From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of mike mueller
              Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:55 PM
              To: NSRCA Mailing List
              Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Toyota


               I'm with you Dean. I prefer Fords. I have had better luck with my US cars than my 91 Toyota Previa, and 2 Honda's. I now have a 2003 Windstar that I love and a 97 Taurus that has been extremly reliable. One other factor is pricing with all the incentives I bought a pretty well equiped Windstar for $21,500 in 2003. That is money that equates to a real savings over the Honda or the Toyota which sell at a premium price. I for one can't justify the price difference. I hope people keep hating American cars so I can continue to get them cheap. Thanks to all who are helping me out. Mike

              Dean Pappas <d.pappas at kodeos.com> wrote: 
                You know, it's a terrible shame that after taking a deserved heck of a beati! ng for truly poor reliability/design back in the seventies,
                Detroit has honest-to-for-really turned their act around ... and they don't get credit for it!
                My Grand Caravan with the Stow n'Go seats is a marvellously practical vehicle.




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