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Re: New: 320i.

On Thu, 20 Oct 1994, Jeffrey Andrew Campbell wrote:
> 	Listen you little jerk, you mentioned in your original post that the 
> car had a bunch of serious problems.  You said you aquired the car, nor 

Yes, it has a few serious quirks here and there.  Most of these are 
fixable, with enough time.  

> purchased it.  You made no mention of it being your only transportation.  
> The main thrust of the message semmed to be asking what you should do 
> with the car.  You obtained it cheaply, didn't seem to need it as 

Uhh...No.  The main thrust of the message was general advice, and stuff 
about what problems should I worry about (as someone else mentioned, that 
320's tend to be very prone to rusting into tiny little pieces).  I meant 
like, comments like this.

> transport, and it had a bunch of time consuming problems to fix.  You 
> asked for peoples opinions and ideas.  I simply suggested that the 
> easiest and most cost effective thing to do would be to part it out.  You 
> could make some money, perhaps to help cove the lost you faced when you 
> had to enact the lien on it.

If your suggestion was to part it, fine.  That's your suggestion, maybe 
you caught me in a prickly mood.  However, I did the numbers on parting 
it out, the engine is...to be blunt, fucked.  The clutch was changed two 
days ago (it's more complicated than I thought it would be.)  It wouldn't 
be practical to part the car, the only logical solution for me, would be 
to junk it. :)  Heh, seriously, I'm keeping the car even thought my 
better judgement tells me not to.  I've gone through a number of cars 
that my judgement told me to sell, then oddly enough after I got rid of 
them, they delevoped a rash of problems.  Something about TLC, I suppose. 

> 	If you don't want advice, don't post questions to the list and ask 
> for it.  And if you get advice you are not interested, don't bother 
> wasting everyone's time by being an immature little jerk and flamming.  

I suppose, useful advice?  I've always been told that the only time you 
part out a car, is when it's inoperable.  Not when it runs.  

> If you ask for an opinion in a public forum, and you get a reasonable 
> response, where do you get the idea that you can flame the very people 
> you asked for help?

Perhaps, we don't define reasonable the same way, and again, perhaps I 
was in a prickly mood that day, obviously it's not an excuse but then again.

> 	As a fellow 320i owner, you have certainly alienated me from any of 
> the help you seem to need.  

Don't laugh, I seem to have done that at the local Dodge dealer too, 
something about my being picky about their getting my engine dirty.  If 
your alienated, what do you want, a public apoligy?  <Shrugs>  I could 
post it, but what's the point?