From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:11:21 +0000, someone(a)some.domain wrote:

> no more smog in the people's rebublic of ma? damn. i was a boston boy for
> 28 years and last inspection was in 02. they really checked it over and
> smogged it to death.

Nope. They REALLY do the safety check now, but the pipe up the poop-chute
is a thing of the past. Last year or two. They plug into the OBD-II on
1997 or newer cars.

As long as they look underneath and see a cat, it passes!



From: Cleo Baines Hafsteder on


"Desertphile" <desertphile(a)invalid-address.net> wrote in message
news:7jb0h5trhc3m8fn7v1sqs3cs43nlru4vuu(a)4ax.com...
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:00:39 -0800, "Cleo Baines Hafsteder"
> <cleo(a)gbaines.net> wrote:
>
>> jealous you can't afford to purchase a TOYOTA?
>
> Who can?
>
>
I can afford Lexus. Not only can I afford Lexus, I just purchased one.


From: dsi1 on
Cleo Baines Hafsteder wrote:
>
>
> "Desertphile" <desertphile(a)invalid-address.net> wrote in message
> news:7jb0h5trhc3m8fn7v1sqs3cs43nlru4vuu(a)4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:00:39 -0800, "Cleo Baines Hafsteder"
>> <cleo(a)gbaines.net> wrote:
>>
>>> jealous you can't afford to purchase a TOYOTA?
>>
>> Who can?
>>
>>
> I can afford Lexus. Not only can I afford Lexus, I just purchased one.
>

Can I have your old car? :-)
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:34:47 -1000, dsi1 wrote:

> Cleo Baines Hafsteder wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Desertphile" <desertphile(a)invalid-address.net> wrote in message
>> news:7jb0h5trhc3m8fn7v1sqs3cs43nlru4vuu(a)4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:00:39 -0800, "Cleo Baines Hafsteder"
>>> <cleo(a)gbaines.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> jealous you can't afford to purchase a TOYOTA?
>>>
>>> Who can?
>>>
>>>
>> I can afford Lexus. Not only can I afford Lexus, I just purchased one.
>>
>>
> Can I have your old car? :-)

Aren't you going to ask what it *was*, first?!?!?!

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bv/images/77pacer_wgn.jpg



From: dsi1 on
Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:34:47 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> Cleo Baines Hafsteder wrote:
>>>
>>> "Desertphile" <desertphile(a)invalid-address.net> wrote in message
>>> news:7jb0h5trhc3m8fn7v1sqs3cs43nlru4vuu(a)4ax.com...
>>>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:00:39 -0800, "Cleo Baines Hafsteder"
>>>> <cleo(a)gbaines.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> jealous you can't afford to purchase a TOYOTA?
>>>> Who can?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I can afford Lexus. Not only can I afford Lexus, I just purchased one.
>>>
>>>
>> Can I have your old car? :-)
>
> Aren't you going to ask what it *was*, first?!?!?!

How bad could it be? I'm betting it's a well-maintained, higher-line
car, 4 year old or less.

>
> http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bv/images/77pacer_wgn.jpg

Now this car screams "70s American!!!" :-)