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* Ford Unveils Car for Dash Strapped Buyers - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos/t/4bc95d00d5519342?hl=en
* Ferrari Confirms Hybrid All-Wheel Drive System For 2014 - 1 messages, 1
author
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos/t/0061dd5ecdea2ded?hl=en
* $303 to replace a starter? - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos/t/fd1b42de8ceb465d?hl=en
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TOPIC: Ford Unveils Car for Dash Strapped Buyers
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos/t/4bc95d00d5519342?hl=en
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Date: Sun, Nov 8 2009 2:57 pm
From: dr_jeff
Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:19:01 -0500, C. E. White wrote:
>
>> http://www.theonion.com/content/video/ford_unveils_new_car_for_cash?utm_source=onion_rss_daily
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> Can we get Toyota to reissue the 1985 Corolla GTS?
Apparently Ford is do that for the 1993 Ford Taurus.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/ford_unveils_new_car_for_cash?utm_source=onion_rss_daily
Jeff
PS, I know this is the Onion and sarcasm, not a real report.
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TOPIC: Ferrari Confirms Hybrid All-Wheel Drive System For 2014
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos/t/0061dd5ecdea2ded?hl=en
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Date: Mon, Nov 16 2009 1:50 am
From: jolly
Ferrari Confirms Hybrid All-Wheel Drive System For 2014
http://www.techespot.com/2009/11/ferrari-confirms-hybrid-all-wheel-drive.html
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TOPIC: $303 to replace a starter?
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos/t/fd1b42de8ceb465d?hl=en
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Date: Mon, Nov 16 2009 9:01 pm
From: "DemoDisk"
My '93 Nissan Sentra wouldn't start so I left it with a neighborhood
garage which called me with an estimate of $303 for a new starter. Does
that seem like too much?
Replace starter (1-yr warranty) $169.73
Labor 118.00
Tax 15.28
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303.01
Now here's the story: I called AAA Saturday evening because the car left
me stranded. It had never failed to start before. The AAA guy said the 6
yr old battery still had plenty of charge, but I might want a new one
anyway. The car required a push to start, and I went to Advance
Autoparts for a new battery.
'Clarissa' installed the new battery, and I turned the key. NOTHING!
Just then this big guy steps up and says "I've been watching, and I
think I can help." The hood is up, and he just reaches underneath the
air cleaner duct a second, takes his hand out and says, "Try it now."
The car starts beautifully! "Probably corrosion," he says.
Back home, though, the car wouldn't start. I tried getting under the air
duct, but there's hardly room for your hand, much less actual tools! So
I go to the place around the corner, which wants $300+ for a new
starter.
Question (besides the $300 one) : What did the guy in the parking lot at
Advance Auto DO to the car that helped it start?
Tnx,
Jm
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