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<DIV>I have this experience from my younger days of a master mechanic working on
a Renault that to this day makes me laugh to tears. Short story is he "somehow"
set it on fire in the bay he was working and as he was running out of the garage
( ablaze ) was shouting unflattering sentences about the Renault
lineage.......To be there was priceless. Thanks for bringing back that memory
!!!! </DIV>
<DIV>Ed M.</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=d.pappas@kodeos.com href="mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com">Dean Pappas</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plane
haulers</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=875562219-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=875562219-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Dean</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dean Pappas</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sr. Design Engineer</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Kodeos Communications</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">111 Corporate Blvd.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">South Plainfield, N.J. 07080</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-7817 phone</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-2392 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><A
href="mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com">d.pappas@kodeos.com</A></FONT> </P>
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nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Ed
Miller<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:20 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
NSRCA Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plane
haulers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Ok, I can't resist. How many of those 1/4 million miles were on
foot..............</DIV>
<DIV>Ed M.</DIV>
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Pappas</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 25, 2006
1:58 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plane
haulers</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=093565418-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>The first one was a Renault 18, the second an R21, also called a
Medallion, here in the States.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=093565418-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Hey, they won the F1 World championship ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dean Pappas</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sr. Design Engineer</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Kodeos Communications</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">111 Corporate Blvd.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">South Plainfield, N.J. 07080</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-7817 phone</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-2392 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><A
href="mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com">d.pappas@kodeos.com</A></FONT> </P>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Dave Burton<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:41
PM<BR><B>To:</B> NSRCA Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] Plane haulers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656544018-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>So what was it?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Dean Pappas<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:34
PM<BR><B>To:</B> NSRCA Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] Plane haulers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=015262818-25012006>Hello All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=015262818-25012006>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. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=015262818-25012006>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.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=015262818-25012006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=015262818-25012006>Dean</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=015262818-25012006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dean Pappas</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sr. Design Engineer</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Kodeos Communications</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">111 Corporate Blvd.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">South Plainfield, N.J. 07080</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-7817 phone</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-2392 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">d.pappas@kodeos.com</FONT> </P>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>mike mueller<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:55
PM<BR><B>To:</B> NSRCA Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] Toyota<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV id=RTEContent> 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<BR><BR><B><I>Dean Pappas
<d.pappas@kodeos.com></I></B> wrote:
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<DIV><SPAN class=281214316-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>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,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281214316-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Detroit has honest-to-for-really turned their act around
... and they don't get credit for it!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281214316-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>My Grand Caravan with the Stow n'Go seats is a
marvellously practical vehicle.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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