29 Jun 09 07:07, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> TW>   :-) Adn what I find really funny is that GM could not even
 RW>> make
 RW>> TW> much of a suscess of their Toyota Corolla
"Clone" Made in the
 RW>> TW> GM/Toyota joint plant here in California.

 RW>> Not that that was the demise of GM, but they haven't stopped doing
 RW>> that...take a look at the Pontiac Vibe...it's a Toyota too and much,
 RW>> much better looking than the Toyota version.

 TW> Poniac is a Dead Duck Orphan.

Not yet. Like Saturn, it's up for grabs. Only Saturn is already in the
hands of Roger Penske.

 TW> I have ownws Three Pontiacs i nmy liftetime .My first one was a 1941
 TW> (I aquired it in 1948) Business Coupe(NO back Seat). I put a Junk
 TW> Yard back seat in it and it was a very nice car.

My dad owned one of those, only it was a 4 door. You could hear it coming
for 4 blocks, there rear end howled so much.

 TW> My next one was a 1947 Convertable(aquired in 1952). It had a worn
 TW> out engine and I it with a Wrecking yard engine in my Brother-in-Laws
 TW> front yard in Navy housing just off of Midway Drive in San Diego.

Dad also owned a 48 Silver Streak, with Pontiac's head lit up on the hood.
Mom inherited it and I got to drive it to school when she went to work.

 TW> My last Pontiac was a 1963 La Mans Convertable that I fell in love
 TW> with in 1968.

I had a coupe model of that 63 with the V8 engine in it. Also a 1970
Firebird, which I sold before I left CA.

 TW> I think one is STUPID for buying a NEW car although I did that
 TW> twiice. Once i n1956 when I bought a New 1956 Buick and again in 1960
 TW> when I bought a Ford Falcon. I decided that I was going to let soem
 TW> OTHER Fopol take the Drive of the Showroon LOSS and I woudkl but used
 TW> form then on.

After the 48 Silver Streak, dad bought a 53 Olds in 1954. Then a 60 Olds
in 61...he often said that people who buy new cars get it in the shorts. I
think that was a rub for my grandfather, who bought a new 41 Chevrolet in
the fall of 1940...I like to call it my first Chevy ride.

 TW> And I have never done so. In fact despite your contention was good
 TW> enough a home automobile machanic to save even more money on Cars by
 TW> reviewing the WORST used Car Buy Lists in Magazines and selecting one
 TW> as my next car.

Another glutten for punishment.

 TW> MY greatest savings was on the Two Audi 5000 cars I owned after the
 TW> Fake report on 60 minutes of them being possesed and would accelerate
 TW> even with your Foot pressing the Brake pedal.

And you fixed that how?

                R\%/itt

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