Still hanging around and holding strong

Dust is easy to hide on gray :-) along with salt and everything else that
comes out of the sky here. Even when the salt is piled up, you can tell the
car is dirty, but it's not as obvious as my car turns into two tone....green
and white (salt).


"Joyce" wrote in message
...
LOL! Good catch on checking those license plates out first, before
raising heck
with the hub. g What is it with all the silver/gray cars now? I swear
when
driving, 9 our of 10 cars on the road are silver/gray or some variation.
It must
be the color of choice in the western burbs. g

I like green, was one of the two colors we were deciding between.

Joyce

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:57:06 -0500, "skiur" wrote:

Yeah, it looks like a VW dealer lot around here.

Mine is "baltic green" then there is an lighter green one and a red one.
2
gray Passats and at least one Beetle.

There are tons of gray Passats around here. Half the time I'm ready to
yell
at DH for not calling me when he has lunch at Streets of Woodfield (I
work
near there) since it's so close to me only to realize that it's not his
license plate. I now check the plate before I get irritated. *g*


"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
Wow, 3 of the same car in such a close proximity? I don't see too many
Jetta's or
Pasaat's in my neck of the woods - but there's a mini-van whose name
escapes me at
the moment, that seems to be coming out of the woodwork. I ran to
Kohl's
last
week and there were 7 in the same row of the parking lot! That and
those
PT
cruisers - tons and tons of them here.

heheehe - I won't tell you what you're missing ... probably nothing
though. g
Response is great. Had it out on the highway today, ran to son's
ballgame
in
Joliet this morning. Won't be doing that again though, as he quit the
team after
the first game (long, nasty story - but coaching decision for a pitcher
was plain
stupid and the boy has hurt his arm already). Anyway, car was
wonderful
on the
open road - even with top down. The only problem was trying to keep
the
speed
down. It has a tendency to get away from you. g

Joyce

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:10:12 -0500, "skiur"
wrote:

Me too :-)

I love the sound of the horn. I got mine in a part of the country
where
they weren't crawling out of the woodwork. Now...well...we have 3 in
the
parking lot and the Passat's twin.

Both are great cars and I can't say enough good things about the drive
and
response, but I haven't driven a BMW because I can't afford it and
don't
want to know what I'm missing :-)

"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
I love the Jetta's - they are so cute! My neighbor is looking at a
Passat, hasn't
quite made up his mind yet - but also nice vehicles. We had manual
transmissions
around the house forever, hub and I finally decided we didn't want
to
bother with
them anymore. Too much hassle with the local driving we do.
Sometimes
I
regret
getting rid of that last one, as it would have been nice for the
kids
to
learn to
drive a manual. And believe it or not, my favorite vehicle to drive
as
far as
fun, was our jeep. But some guy made hub a deal he couldn't pass
up,
so
he traded
it off ... even for a 10 year newer explorer. Guess at the time it
was
a
good
decision, the explorer became the kids vehicle and was much safer
for
them. But I
still miss it. g

Joyce

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:02:00 -0500, "skiur"
wrote:

If you get tired of the either car, could you send it here?

I have a Jetta - not quite the same ride, but it beats the mud
flaps
off
my
old SAAB. DH has a Passat that has manual transmission and it is a
lot
of
fun to drive, but don't tell him that. My Jetta is an automatic,
but
I
used
to drive in Philladelphia/New Jersey where traffic was evil.

*sigh* There is just something about German engineered vehicles
that
makes
my heart twitter in happiness.


"ray miller" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:26:54 -0500, Joyce wrote:

Wellllllllll, c'mon over and we'll take ya for a spin ... now
that
the
raindrips
have finally stopped falling (for the time being anyway). I
certainly
am
enjoying
it, as are the kids. My son who was dead set against this car,
now
sheepishly
asks to *borrow* it every evening. grin

Guess every *close to 50 years* or so we are entitled to a no
common
sense applied
splurge on ourselves.

Joyce,

Glad you like the car. It IS nice to splurge on yourself every
once
in
a while.

I work for BMW (as a programmer) so I get a chance to drive one.
I
currently have a Z4 roadster. It's really nice, with the hood
down
etc. But it's totally impractical. You can get a wallet in the
boot
and precious little else. Unfortunately my other car is an MX5
roadster so when my partners parents come over we have to take 2
cars
if we go for a meal

The car before was a 330 coupe which is an amazing car,
Everything
is
automnatic (seats, wipers, lights, gears...) and very quick. And
comfotable. And theres boot space. But a bit expensive at 23
miles/gallon.

Just think of all the calories you waste washing it )

Ray

You are right. Our gray vehicle shows almost no dirt, ever ... unless it's been
out on one of the muddy jobsites. g The worst car I ever had as far as showing
dirt, was the white one. Never again will I opt for white, dang thing showed
everything. g

joyce

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:46:47 -0500, "skiur" wrote:

Dust is easy to hide on gray :-) along with salt and everything else that
comes out of the sky here. Even when the salt is piled up, you can tell the
car is dirty, but it's not as obvious as my car turns into two tone....green
and white (salt).


"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
LOL! Good catch on checking those license plates out first, before
raising heck
with the hub. g What is it with all the silver/gray cars now? I swear
when
driving, 9 our of 10 cars on the road are silver/gray or some variation.
It must
be the color of choice in the western burbs. g

I like green, was one of the two colors we were deciding between.

Joyce

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:57:06 -0500, "skiur" wrote:

Yeah, it looks like a VW dealer lot around here.

Mine is "baltic green" then there is an lighter green one and a red one.
2
gray Passats and at least one Beetle.

There are tons of gray Passats around here. Half the time I'm ready to
yell
at DH for not calling me when he has lunch at Streets of Woodfield (I
work
near there) since it's so close to me only to realize that it's not his
license plate. I now check the plate before I get irritated. *g*


"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
Wow, 3 of the same car in such a close proximity? I don't see too many
Jetta's or
Pasaat's in my neck of the woods - but there's a mini-van whose name
escapes me at
the moment, that seems to be coming out of the woodwork. I ran to
Kohl's
last
week and there were 7 in the same row of the parking lot! That and
those
PT
cruisers - tons and tons of them here.

heheehe - I won't tell you what you're missing ... probably nothing
though. g
Response is great. Had it out on the highway today, ran to son's
ballgame
in
Joliet this morning. Won't be doing that again though, as he quit the
team after
the first game (long, nasty story - but coaching decision for a pitcher
was plain
stupid and the boy has hurt his arm already). Anyway, car was
wonderful
on the
open road - even with top down. The only problem was trying to keep
the
speed
down. It has a tendency to get away from you. g

Joyce

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:10:12 -0500, "skiur"
wrote:

Me too :-)

I love the sound of the horn. I got mine in a part of the country
where
they weren't crawling out of the woodwork. Now...well...we have 3 in
the
parking lot and the Passat's twin.

Both are great cars and I can't say enough good things about the drive
and
response, but I haven't driven a BMW because I can't afford it and
don't
want to know what I'm missing :-)

"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
I love the Jetta's - they are so cute! My neighbor is looking at a
Passat, hasn't
quite made up his mind yet - but also nice vehicles. We had manual
transmissions
around the house forever, hub and I finally decided we didn't want
to
bother with
them anymore. Too much hassle with the local driving we do.
Sometimes
I
regret
getting rid of that last one, as it would have been nice for the
kids
to
learn to
drive a manual. And believe it or not, my favorite vehicle to drive
as
far as
fun, was our jeep. But some guy made hub a deal he couldn't pass
up,
so
he traded
it off ... even for a 10 year newer explorer. Guess at the time it
was
a
good
decision, the explorer became the kids vehicle and was much safer
for
them. But I
still miss it. g

Joyce

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:02:00 -0500, "skiur"
wrote:

If you get tired of the either car, could you send it here?

I have a Jetta - not quite the same ride, but it beats the mud
flaps
off
my
old SAAB. DH has a Passat that has manual transmission and it is a
lot
of
fun to drive, but don't tell him that. My Jetta is an automatic,
but
I
used
to drive in Philladelphia/New Jersey where traffic was evil.

*sigh* There is just something about German engineered vehicles
that
makes
my heart twitter in happiness.


"ray miller" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:26:54 -0500, Joyce wrote:

Wellllllllll, c'mon over and we'll take ya for a spin ... now
that
the
raindrips
have finally stopped falling (for the time being anyway). I
certainly
am
enjoying
it, as are the kids. My son who was dead set against this car,
now
sheepishly
asks to *borrow* it every evening. grin

Guess every *close to 50 years* or so we are entitled to a no
common
sense applied
splurge on ourselves.

Joyce,

Glad you like the car. It IS nice to splurge on yourself every
once
in
a while.

I work for BMW (as a programmer) so I get a chance to drive one.
I
currently have a Z4 roadster. It's really nice, with the hood
down
etc. But it's totally impractical. You can get a wallet in the
boot
and precious little else. Unfortunately my other car is an MX5
roadster so when my partners parents come over we have to take 2
cars
if we go for a meal

The car before was a 330 coupe which is an amazing car,
Everything
is
automnatic (seats, wipers, lights, gears...) and very quick. And
comfotable. And theres boot space. But a bit expensive at 23
miles/gallon.

Just think of all the calories you waste washing it )

Ray

Ok, I read this post right after one about a python. Really, the things you
folks get up to!

--
Wendy, duckin' and runnin'
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
de-fang email address to reply


"Fred" wrote in message
...
I liked my beige rabbit. It just seemed to get darker but did not
look dirty. My current very dark green looks spotty/dirty almost as
soon as it is washed which is not often!

there's a volkswagen rabbit?
surely it thus follows that it would be an A/C Python........?

--
krys

UK 157/127.6/126
Started March 1st 2001
GOAL August 16th 2001
....going down...

"Fred" wrote in message
...
I'm talking about a Volkswagon Rabbit. Who makes the python? (G)

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:50:57 GMT, "frood"
wrote:

Ok, I read this post right after one about a python. Really, the things
you
folks get up to!

Don't know why but those dark cars do seem to show the dirt/dust much quicker.
The new car (navy) came home Sunday after being washed and detailed ... sat in the
garage yesterday and today it looks dirty again. And the stuff the birds deposit
- geeeeesh! That never showed up on the white car. g

Joyce

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 06:43:30 -0700, Fred wrote:

I liked my beige rabbit. It just seemed to get darker but did not
look dirty. My current very dark green looks spotty/dirty almost as
soon as it is washed which is not often!

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 02:15:52 -0500, Joyce wrote:

You are right. Our gray vehicle shows almost no dirt, ever ... unless it's been
out on one of the muddy jobsites. g The worst car I ever had as far as showing
dirt, was the white one. Never again will I opt for white, dang thing showed
everything. g

joyce

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:46:47 -0500, "skiur" wrote:

Dust is easy to hide on gray :-) along with salt and everything else that
comes out of the sky here. Even when the salt is piled up, you can tell the
car is dirty, but it's not as obvious as my car turns into two tone....green
and white (salt).


"Joyce" wrote in message
...
LOL! Good catch on checking those license plates out first, before
raising heck
with the hub. g What is it with all the silver/gray cars now? I swear
when
driving, 9 our of 10 cars on the road are silver/gray or some variation.
It must
be the color of choice in the western burbs. g

I like green, was one of the two colors we were deciding between.

Joyce

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:57:06 -0500, "skiur" wrote:

Yeah, it looks like a VW dealer lot around here.

Mine is "baltic green" then there is an lighter green one and a red one.
2
gray Passats and at least one Beetle.

There are tons of gray Passats around here. Half the time I'm ready to
yell
at DH for not calling me when he has lunch at Streets of Woodfield (I
work
near there) since it's so close to me only to realize that it's not his
license plate. I now check the plate before I get irritated. *g*


"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
Wow, 3 of the same car in such a close proximity? I don't see too many
Jetta's or
Pasaat's in my neck of the woods - but there's a mini-van whose name
escapes me at
the moment, that seems to be coming out of the woodwork. I ran to
Kohl's
last
week and there were 7 in the same row of the parking lot! That and
those
PT
cruisers - tons and tons of them here.

heheehe - I won't tell you what you're missing ... probably nothing
though. g
Response is great. Had it out on the highway today, ran to son's
ballgame
in
Joliet this morning. Won't be doing that again though, as he quit the
team after
the first game (long, nasty story - but coaching decision for a pitcher
was plain
stupid and the boy has hurt his arm already). Anyway, car was
wonderful
on the
open road - even with top down. The only problem was trying to keep
the
speed
down. It has a tendency to get away from you. g

Joyce

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:10:12 -0500, "skiur"
wrote:

Me too :-)

I love the sound of the horn. I got mine in a part of the country
where
they weren't crawling out of the woodwork. Now...well...we have 3 in
the
parking lot and the Passat's twin.

Both are great cars and I can't say enough good things about the drive
and
response, but I haven't driven a BMW because I can't afford it and
don't
want to know what I'm missing :-)

"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
I love the Jetta's - they are so cute! My neighbor is looking at a
Passat, hasn't
quite made up his mind yet - but also nice vehicles. We had manual
transmissions
around the house forever, hub and I finally decided we didn't want
to
bother with
them anymore. Too much hassle with the local driving we do.
Sometimes
I
regret
getting rid of that last one, as it would have been nice for the
kids
to
learn to
drive a manual. And believe it or not, my favorite vehicle to drive
as
far as
fun, was our jeep. But some guy made hub a deal he couldn't pass
up,
so
he traded
it off ... even for a 10 year newer explorer. Guess at the time it
was
a
good
decision, the explorer became the kids vehicle and was much safer
for
them. But I
still miss it. g

Joyce

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:02:00 -0500, "skiur"
wrote:

If you get tired of the either car, could you send it here?

I have a Jetta - not quite the same ride, but it beats the mud
flaps
off
my
old SAAB. DH has a Passat that has manual transmission and it is a
lot
of
fun to drive, but don't tell him that. My Jetta is an automatic,
but
I
used
to drive in Philladelphia/New Jersey where traffic was evil.

*sigh* There is just something about German engineered vehicles
that
makes
my heart twitter in happiness.


"ray miller" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:26:54 -0500, Joyce wrote:

Wellllllllll, c'mon over and we'll take ya for a spin ... now
that
the
raindrips
have finally stopped falling (for the time being anyway). I
certainly
am
enjoying
it, as are the kids. My son who was dead set against this car,
now
sheepishly
asks to *borrow* it every evening. grin

Guess every *close to 50 years* or so we are entitled to a no
common
sense applied
splurge on ourselves.

Joyce,

Glad you like the car. It IS nice to splurge on yourself every
once
in
a while.

I work for BMW (as a programmer) so I get a chance to drive one.
I
currently have a Z4 roadster. It's really nice, with the hood
down
etc. But it's totally impractical. You can get a wallet in the
boot
and precious little else. Unfortunately my other car is an MX5
roadster so when my partners parents come over we have to take 2
cars
if we go for a meal

The car before was a 330 coupe which is an amazing car,
Everything
is
automnatic (seats, wipers, lights, gears...) and very quick. And
comfotable. And theres boot space. But a bit expensive at 23
miles/gallon.

Just think of all the calories you waste washing it )

Ray

Or fewer birds? g

Joyce

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:08:05 -0700, Fred wrote:

I guess we need a car in camophlarge paint! (G)

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 01:43:27 -0500, Joyce wrote:

Don't know why but those dark cars do seem to show the dirt/dust much quicker.
The new car (navy) came home Sunday after being washed and detailed ... sat in the
garage yesterday and today it looks dirty again. And the stuff the birds deposit
- geeeeesh! That never showed up on the white car. g

Joyce

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 06:43:30 -0700, Fred wrote:

I liked my beige rabbit. It just seemed to get darker but did not
look dirty. My current very dark green looks spotty/dirty almost as
soon as it is washed which is not often!

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 02:15:52 -0500, Joyce wrote:

You are right. Our gray vehicle shows almost no dirt, ever ... unless it's been
out on one of the muddy jobsites. g The worst car I ever had as far as showing
dirt, was the white one. Never again will I opt for white, dang thing showed
everything. g

joyce

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:46:47 -0500, "skiur" wrote:

Dust is easy to hide on gray :-) along with salt and everything else that
comes out of the sky here. Even when the salt is piled up, you can tell the
car is dirty, but it's not as obvious as my car turns into two tone....green
and white (salt).


"Joyce" wrote in message
om...
LOL! Good catch on checking those license plates out first, before
raising heck
with the hub. g What is it with all the silver/gray cars now? I swear
when
driving, 9 our of 10 cars on the road are silver/gray or some variation.
It must
be the color of choice in the western burbs. g

I like green, was one of the two colors we were deciding between.

Joyce

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:57:06 -0500, "skiur" wrote:

Yeah, it looks like a VW dealer lot around here.

Mine is "baltic green" then there is an lighter green one and a red one.
2
gray Passats and at least one Beetle.

There are tons of gray Passats around here. Half the time I'm ready to
yell
at DH for not calling me when he has lunch at Streets of Woodfield (I
work
near there) since it's so close to me only to realize that it's not his
license plate. I now check the plate before I get irritated. *g*


"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
Wow, 3 of the same car in such a close proximity? I don't see too many
Jetta's or
Pasaat's in my neck of the woods - but there's a mini-van whose name
escapes me at
the moment, that seems to be coming out of the woodwork. I ran to
Kohl's
last
week and there were 7 in the same row of the parking lot! That and
those
PT
cruisers - tons and tons of them here.

heheehe - I won't tell you what you're missing ... probably nothing
though. g
Response is great. Had it out on the highway today, ran to son's
ballgame
in
Joliet this morning. Won't be doing that again though, as he quit the
team after
the first game (long, nasty story - but coaching decision for a pitcher
was plain
stupid and the boy has hurt his arm already). Anyway, car was
wonderful
on the
open road - even with top down. The only problem was trying to keep
the
speed
down. It has a tendency to get away from you. g

Joyce

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:10:12 -0500, "skiur"
wrote:

Me too :-)

I love the sound of the horn. I got mine in a part of the country
where
they weren't crawling out of the woodwork. Now...well...we have 3 in
the
parking lot and the Passat's twin.

Both are great cars and I can't say enough good things about the drive
and
response, but I haven't driven a BMW because I can't afford it and
don't
want to know what I'm missing :-)

"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
I love the Jetta's - they are so cute! My neighbor is looking at a
Passat, hasn't
quite made up his mind yet - but also nice vehicles. We had manual
transmissions
around the house forever, hub and I finally decided we didn't want
to
bother with
them anymore. Too much hassle with the local driving we do.
Sometimes
I
regret
getting rid of that last one, as it would have been nice for the
kids
to
learn to
drive a manual. And believe it or not, my favorite vehicle to drive
as
far as
fun, was our jeep. But some guy made hub a deal he couldn't pass
up,
so
he traded
it off ... even for a 10 year newer explorer. Guess at the time it
was
a
good
decision, the explorer became the kids vehicle and was much safer
for
them. But I
still miss it. g

Joyce

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:02:00 -0500, "skiur"
wrote:

If you get tired of the either car, could you send it here?

I have a Jetta - not quite the same ride, but it beats the mud
flaps
off
my
old SAAB. DH has a Passat that has manual transmission and it is a
lot
of
fun to drive, but don't tell him that. My Jetta is an automatic,
but
I
used
to drive in Philladelphia/New Jersey where traffic was evil.

*sigh* There is just something about German engineered vehicles
that
makes
my heart twitter in happiness.


"ray miller" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:26:54 -0500, Joyce wrote:

Wellllllllll, c'mon over and we'll take ya for a spin ... now
that
the
raindrips
have finally stopped falling (for the time being anyway). I
certainly
am
enjoying
it, as are the kids. My son who was dead set against this car,
now
sheepishly
asks to *borrow* it every evening. grin

Guess every *close to 50 years* or so we are entitled to a no
common
sense applied
splurge on ourselves.

Joyce,

Glad you like the car. It IS nice to splurge on yourself every
once
in
a while.

I work for BMW (as a programmer) so I get a chance to drive one.
I
currently have a Z4 roadster. It's really nice, with the hood
down
etc. But it's totally impractical. You can get a wallet in the
boot
and precious little else. Unfortunately my other car is an MX5
roadster so when my partners parents come over we have to take 2
cars
if we go for a meal

The car before was a 330 coupe which is an amazing car,
Everything
is
automnatic (seats, wipers, lights, gears...) and very quick. And
comfotable. And theres boot space. But a bit expensive at 23
miles/gallon.

Just think of all the calories you waste washing it )

Ray

And with this post, I am heading off to bed. The birdies like to chirp me to
sleep - roughly the same time period that you are awaking. g

g'night!

Joyce

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 17:23:17 -0700, Fred wrote:

They also chirp me awake in the morning!!! And out here, that's
around 4:30am

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 10:58:15 -0500, Joyce wrote:

Or fewer birds? g

Joyce

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:08:05 -0700, Fred wrote:

I guess we need a car in camophlarge paint! (G)

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 01:43:27 -0500, Joyce wrote:

Don't know why but those dark cars do seem to show the dirt/dust much quicker.
The new car (navy) came home Sunday after being washed and detailed ... sat in the
garage yesterday and today it looks dirty again. And the stuff the birds deposit
- geeeeesh! That never showed up on the white car. g

Joyce

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 06:43:30 -0700, Fred wrote:

I liked my beige rabbit. It just seemed to get darker but did not
look dirty. My current very dark green looks spotty/dirty almost as
soon as it is washed which is not often!

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 02:15:52 -0500, Joyce wrote:

You are right. Our gray vehicle shows almost no dirt, ever ... unless it's been
out on one of the muddy jobsites. g The worst car I ever had as far as showing
dirt, was the white one. Never again will I opt for white, dang thing showed
everything. g

joyce

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:46:47 -0500, "skiur" wrote:

Dust is easy to hide on gray :-) along with salt and everything else that
comes out of the sky here. Even when the salt is piled up, you can tell the
car is dirty, but it's not as obvious as my car turns into two tone....green
and white (salt).


"Joyce" wrote in message
news:h0dqc0tngfagqv15kmq6qvev268gt612pi@4ax .com...
LOL! Good catch on checking those license plates out first, before
raising heck
with the hub. g What is it with all the silver/gray cars now? I swear
when
driving, 9 our of 10 cars on the road are silver/gray or some variation.
It must
be the color of choice in the western burbs. g

I like green, was one of the two colors we were deciding between.

Joyce

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:57:06 -0500, "skiur" wrote:

Yeah, it looks like a VW dealer lot around here.

Mine is "baltic green" then there is an lighter green one and a red one.
2
gray Passats and at least one Beetle.

There are tons of gray Passats around here. Half the time I'm ready to
yell
at DH for not calling me when he has lunch at Streets of Woodfield (I
work
near there) since it's so close to me only to realize that it's not his
license plate. I now check the plate before I get irritated. *g*


"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
Wow, 3 of the same car in such a close proximity? I don't see too many
Jetta's or
Pasaat's in my neck of the woods - but there's a mini-van whose name
escapes me at
the moment, that seems to be coming out of the woodwork. I ran to
Kohl's
last
week and there were 7 in the same row of the parking lot! That and
those
PT
cruisers - tons and tons of them here.

heheehe - I won't tell you what you're missing ... probably nothing
though. g
Response is great. Had it out on the highway today, ran to son's
ballgame
in
Joliet this morning. Won't be doing that again though, as he quit the
team after
the first game (long, nasty story - but coaching decision for a pitcher
was plain
stupid and the boy has hurt his arm already). Anyway, car was
wonderful
on the
open road - even with top down. The only problem was trying to keep
the
speed
down. It has a tendency to get away from you. g

Joyce

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:10:12 -0500, "skiur"
wrote:

Me too :-)

I love the sound of the horn. I got mine in a part of the country
where
they weren't crawling out of the woodwork. Now...well...we have 3 in
the
parking lot and the Passat's twin.

Both are great cars and I can't say enough good things about the drive
and
response, but I haven't driven a BMW because I can't afford it and
don't
want to know what I'm missing :-)

"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
I love the Jetta's - they are so cute! My neighbor is looking at a
Passat, hasn't
quite made up his mind yet - but also nice vehicles. We had manual
transmissions
around the house forever, hub and I finally decided we didn't want
to
bother with
them anymore. Too much hassle with the local driving we do.
Sometimes
I
regret
getting rid of that last one, as it would have been nice for the
kids
to
learn to
drive a manual. And believe it or not, my favorite vehicle to drive
as
far as
fun, was our jeep. But some guy made hub a deal he couldn't pass
up,
so
he traded
it off ... even for a 10 year newer explorer. Guess at the time it
was
a
good
decision, the explorer became the kids vehicle and was much safer
for
them. But I
still miss it. g

Joyce

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:02:00 -0500, "skiur"
wrote:

If you get tired of the either car, could you send it here?

I have a Jetta - not quite the same ride, but it beats the mud
flaps
off
my
old SAAB. DH has a Passat that has manual transmission and it is a
lot
of
fun to drive, but don't tell him that. My Jetta is an automatic,
but
I
used
to drive in Philladelphia/New Jersey where traffic was evil.

*sigh* There is just something about German engineered vehicles
that
makes
my heart twitter in happiness.


"ray miller" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:26:54 -0500, Joyce wrote:

Wellllllllll, c'mon over and we'll take ya for a spin ... now
that
the
raindrips
have finally stopped falling (for the time being anyway). I
certainly
am
enjoying
it, as are the kids. My son who was dead set against this car,
now
sheepishly
asks to *borrow* it every evening. grin

Guess every *close to 50 years* or so we are entitled to a no
common
sense applied
splurge on ourselves.

Joyce,

Glad you like the car. It IS nice to splurge on yourself every
once
in
a while.

I work for BMW (as a programmer) so I get a chance to drive one.
I
currently have a Z4 roadster. It's really nice, with the hood
down
etc. But it's totally impractical. You can get a wallet in the
boot
and precious little else. Unfortunately my other car is an MX5
roadster so when my partners parents come over we have to take 2
cars
if we go for a meal

The car before was a 330 coupe which is an amazing car,
Everything
is
automnatic (seats, wipers, lights, gears...) and very quick. And
comfotable. And theres boot space. But a bit expensive at 23
miles/gallon.

Just think of all the calories you waste washing it )

Ray