Shannon,
I've been using my '65 Sprite as a daily driver for a year. I had very
little mechanical experience before this beyond keeping a couple of VWs on
the road in college. There have been a couple of times that I needed
alternative transport because I did not get a task completed by Monday
morning (brakes) or the car just broke unexpectedly (twisted half shaft --
I have _got_ to take it easier!). I don't baby the car, though I do garage
it both at home and at work. I take it everywhere, though I try to stay off
of I-285, the perimeter road around Atlanta that even Richard Petty
refuses to travel due to the idiots at speed. Using a spridget as a daily
driver may work out just fine for you. Just lube, lube, lube! Sorry to hear
about the divorce.
Jeff
At 11:15 AM -0500 3/31/98, Squeedlor of the Hill People wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Larry and Sandi Miller wrote:
>
> :0I think Frank is a little different than most of us on this list. From
>what
> :0I've gleaned from his posts, he appears to be the only one on this list who
> :0attempts to use his LBC's like they were real cars. Most of us have real
>
> Uh oh.
>
> :0cars that we rely on for the mundane chores involved with living in a
>modern
> :0society. Most of us don't have what it takes to try and maintain our LBC(s)
> :0as primary transportation. If we did, I doubt we would have lasted near as
> :0long as Frank has, I know I would be totally nuts by now.
>
> Now you're scaring me. Well, not to distract from Frank's situation, but
> wish me well, folks, for due to divorce, I'm giving up my Mazda 323 to my
> soon-to-be ex-husband as part of the settlement, which leaves me with my
> Midget as my only car, because I'm the only one who knows how to drive &
> work on it (and can fit in it). Ack!
>
> Fortunately I'm turning into quite a grease monkey & enjoying it. . . so
> far. And I am an easy bicycle or bus ride from work & the grocery store.
>
> Y'all pray for me.
>
> Shannon
> '74 Midget
>
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> If I had a dime for every dime I had. . .
Jeff Boatright Sprite MkIII __o_\__
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/
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