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From: James Gibat-Thoroski <mercurycapri@c...>
Date: Thu May 22, 2003  11:47 am
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Is this fair?

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I get that from the parents-in-law all the time. UNfortunately for
them, my wife and I both love our old cars. She would rather spend
$350 a month on fixing them up rather than paying that on a new car.

"Can you imagine what $20k would look like on that Capri?" she keeps
saying.
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76 Mercury Capri GHIA / 77 Mercury Capri RSX
http://www.mercurycapri.com
Still working on it!

----- Original Message -----
From: negusm <negusm@y...>
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 11:48 pm
Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Is this fair?

> My wife got pissed at me spending all this time and money
> on "fixing" an "old" car (I like "restoring" a "classic" better).
> Vile comments like "Why don't you just sell the damn thing?" or
> "it
> looks UGLY" were bandied about.
>
> A $26k 2003 Red Honda Oddyssey EX now sits in my driveway. I hope
> that shuts her up for a while.
>
> -Mike
>
>