From: Hamish Marson (hamishtravellingkiwi.com)
Date: Mon Jun 02 2003 - 04:31:26 CDT

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Matthias Andree wrote:

>Jay Maynard <jmaynardconmicro.cx> writes:
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>>I'm saying that the answer is to make checking out an ISP as commonplace,
>>and as perceivedly mandatory, as taking a used car to a mechanic. (I bought
>>my Explorer new, so that wasn't a consideration.)
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>So your ISP can be considered "used goods" on a new contract?
>Interesting logic.
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>>and done to be a lesson in that class. (The lesson being: Never buy a Ford
>>product.)
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>Wrong. Don't buy automatic transmission. I have yet to hear of a car
>that broke down because a manual transmission pegged out, but I've heard
>of several automatic transmission breakdowns.
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When I was a student we (i.e. a group effort) had an old vauxhall that
(For a while) had only 2 gears left (Neither of them reverse or first).
It was a manual...

But you're right... Auto's are far more prone to failure, but then so is
my knee in traffic with a clutch. I know which one I'd rather have go.

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