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   The Real Bev to micky   
   Re: What terminology means a soft ride?   
   27 Nov 20 18:38:50   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/27/2020 10:11 AM, micky wrote:   
   > In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:24:02 -0800, The Real Bev   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 11/27/2020 07:13 AM, Jon Voight wrote:   
   >>> On 11/27/2020 9:02 AM, micky wrote:   
   >>>> I don't need a new car now but I will and I want to understand   
   >>>> terminology.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I want a car with soft ride so I will not feel the bumps.   
   >>>   
   >>> You can't beat an '83 LeBaron Town & Country for style and comfort.   
   >>   
   >>My 88 Eldorado had a nice unbumpy ride, but it tended to wallow in   
   >>mountain driving.  I sent it to the wreckers because it tried to kill me   
   >>once too often.   
   >>   
   >>Throttle problem, apparently unfixable due to parts no longer being   
   >>available even at local wrecking yards.  Yes, I had witnesses.   
   >>Fortunately it had good brakes.   
   >   
   > There was an Eldorado convertible for sale when I bought my Buick   
   > Centurion, in 1980, but I thought it would make me look too fancy.  It   
   > needed repairs to maybe.  I sort of wish I'd bought it.   
   >   
   > Maybe it would have killed me.   
      
   Maybe it was a REAL throttle in 1980...  I'll never buy another GM   
   product or even accept one as a gift.  I wish my mom had asked me before   
   buying it, I would have told her to get a Lexus or something.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Bev   
       "The last thing you want is for somebody to commit suicide   
        before executing them."   
               -Gary Deland, former Utah director for corrections   
      
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