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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">The one thing I have not heard from you guys yet is "And you kids get off my lawn too!"</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Mike MacLean</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">69 MGB GT</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">60 Bugeye</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">56 Austin Healey BN2 LeMans</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">2012 Honda Accord LX</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">2002 Harley Davidson Heritage Springer<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>
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On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 10:03:44 AM PDT, Max Heim via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:
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<div class=""><div id="yiv1450297804" class=""><div class="">I was saying the same thing 20 years ago. Power windows! Power door locks! Power seats, for chrissake! Remote entry and alarms systems! Keyless starters! Not a one of them necessary. Each one a potential expensive repair down the road.<div class="yiv1450297804"><br class="yiv1450297804" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1450297804">Our newest car is a 2001 Toyota Echo without a single one of these mod cons. 135K and hopefully will go much longer. I really do not want to be forced into a car with one of those key fob gadgets.</div><div class="yiv1450297804"><br class="yiv1450297804" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1450297804">I do have a phone charger plugged into the cigar lighter socket in the MGB.</div><div class="yiv1450297804"><br class="yiv1450297804" clear="none"><div class="yiv1450297804">
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<br class="yiv1450297804" clear="none"><div class=""><blockquote class="yiv1450297804" type="cite"><div class="yiv1450297804yqt5226817195" id="yiv1450297804yqtfd78278"><div class="yiv1450297804">On Mar 10, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Steve Shoyer via Mgs <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv1450297804" ymailto="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv1450297804Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"><div class="yiv1450297804"><div class="yiv1450297804">Some of the newer safety devices are good to have. If my son (fairly new driver at the time) had been driving a car with a collision avoidance system, he might not have totaled the car when he ran into someone. The car we got as a replacement system has collision avoidance, and the rest of the stuff that comes along with it.<br class="yiv1450297804" clear="none"><br class="yiv1450297804" clear="none">My everyday car is ready to be replaced, and I agree about all the junk in the new cars that's not really needed. I hate paying for stuff I don't want and probably won't use, and I especially hate to pay to have someone fix it in a year or two when it stops working. That being said, I almost took a car off my list because my cell phone doesn't fit in the built-in wireless charger. First world problems, I guess.<br class="yiv1450297804" clear="none"><br class="yiv1450297804" clear="none">--Steve (1980 MGB)<br class="yiv1450297804" clear="none"><br class="yiv1450297804" clear="none"></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div class="yiv1450297804yqt5226817195" id="yiv1450297804yqtfd81360"><br class="yiv1450297804" clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div class="yqt5226817195" id="yqtfd23406">_______________________________________________<br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class=""><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Mgs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:Mgs@autox.team.net" class="">Mgs@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none" class="">Donate: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none" class="">Suggested annual donation $12.75<br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class="">Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/mgs" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/mgs </a><a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class="">Unsubscribe: <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mgs/rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mgs/rrengineer.mike@att.net</a><br clear="none" class=""></div></div>
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