Nate Nagel <njnagel@roosters.net> wrote:
>
>Well, seeing as a Yugo is basically a reheated FIAT, they theoretically
>can be made more reliable by replacing all the broken mechanical bits
>with FIAT bits.

Wait... wait.... say that again...
you replace parts _with_ Fiat parts and it becomes more reliable.

This implies that the original parts are actually _less_ reliable than
Fiat parts. Is such a thing actually possible?

>Now whether they figured out rustproofing or not, I don't know - I
>haven't seen a Yugo in years. I don't remember seeing one old enough to
>have rust on it.

I see one every once in a while on Rt. 64. It's tiny and yellow, and has
a huge man with a walrus moustache driving it.

>It's a shame that FIAT didn't fine tune their cars a little better. I
>remember a neighbor having one as a little kid and it was a neat little
>car and darn near indestructable - I think he eventually passed it on to
>his daughter when she went to college (a few years older than I.) Owner
>was a car guy though, so undoubtedly salt wasn't allowed to linger on
>the body, explaining its unusual longevity.

Okay.... I have to understand this. You're saying somehow that someone
has made a car which is _less reliable than a Fiat_?
--scott


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