RE:A glimmer of hope - Thank you Tessie.

["Fred Russell (Xerox Corporation)" <v-freru@domain.elided>]

Hey Don,
	I have met her... she's not only bright, good lookin, kind of
funny, but when she drives... she is god damn fast.

Fred Russell

Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:40:14 -0400
From: "Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@domain.elided>
Subject: Fw: A glimmer of hope - Thank you Tessie.

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From: "Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@domain.elided>
To: "Tessie McMillan" <tessmc@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: A glimmer of hope - Thank you Tessie.


Never had the pleasure of meeting you but your post was a breath of
fresh air and Alfa erudition.

Don
91 164S
86 Graduate
79 Alfetta (sports sedan)
95 Infiniti j30

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From: "Tessie McMillan" <tessmc@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 2:20 PM
Subject: A glimmer of hope

After slogging painfully through the past few days' worth of digests --
a mercilessly endless stream of "babe" and "m*dget" posts, where even
our esteemed John H. takes folks to task on SAABs -- I had concluded the
world as we know it must be about to end.
Then my eye caught the subject line: "why do Alfas burn?", and I nearly
died laughing. &:-) OK, I'll jump in on this one!
In the U.S., Alfas are kind of unknown and under-appreciated.
I think the tendency is for insurance companies to junk them if there's
any kind of accident, but I don't think that's the norm -- there being a
known parts stream for used parts-houses for many other marques. So if
you go to the junkyard, you'll see an over-representation of Alfas,
since nobody knows what to do with them. It is unfair to sample just
from the junkyard....
To really compare cars by their form of "death", you need to compare the
number of cars manufactured per year by marque and collect the numbers
and kinds of "deaths", then factor out the location, the owner, and what
the car was used for -- since these will contribute to the likelihood of
one type of "death" over another.
Where's Dana (our resident Epidemiologist) when you need him? He could
explain this better than I can.
And anyway, everyone KNOWS that early 356s burn better than ANYTHING
ELSE in the world! If you want excitement, just open the hood when
starting
one and watch the flames from the carbs! &:-)

Tess currently driving a silver 356 with screaming yellow racing
stripes... and a fire extinguisher.
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