On Thursday 21 May 2009, Joerg wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: [...] >>> But I can't really bleed off freon. Plus AFAIK they don't sell that >>> stuff to ordinary folk anymore unless you have a contractor's license. I >>> mean, I could get one, but that would go a bit far ;-) >> >> Its no better on this side of the pond either, Joerg. ... > >It think we are on the same side of the pond. Well, maybe the other pond >(I am in California).
Oh, my mistake, I'm back here in the hills & hollers of West (by God) Virginia. >> ... I stocked up on the >> auto stuff 20 years ago when the handwriting was on the wall & I may have >> a 1 pound can in the basement yet that hasn't been tapped. ... > >That can could be worth a whole lot of money these days. To me maybe. I don't think I could legally sell it. >> ... My AC gages have R-134 >> scales on them, but the hoses can't take the R-134 pressures. I'm not >> sure, but I think my oldest vehicle (a 99 GMC 3 door, 4wd) now has R-134 >> in it, and its working poorly, so I'll have to bite the bullet and get it >> serviced before warm weather sets in for the summer. Ditto for the wifes >> VW Jetta, a 2002, but I have come to expect that, that Jetta was a lemon >> from the gitgo, costing the dealer I bought it from almost $2500 in body >> electrics within the 90 day warranty he gave me. Both front door window >> motors failed ($400 ea) and the motorized skylight ($1600) fell out! And >> I still have a laundry list of things that don't work right, like the >> passenger side seat heat, the radio, and the inability to aim the OEM but >> aftermarket Helia headlights in it, they are too low by about 5 degrees >> when cranked as high as I can get them. The OEM's were the usual >> sandblasted yellow sitting on the lot, and new ones, one of which has >> already burned up its internal wiring & been replaced for gratis, were >> part of the purchase deal. And it still has only 20% of the lights my GMC >> has, that thing can see through a 2 course brick wall with its 10 year >> old, stock, original headlights yet! Fresh lamps of course, but still, >> they haven't yellowed a bit. Whatever kind of plastic they are made of, >> its the Right Stuff(TM). >> >> Ya win some, and ya lose some. :) > >Ouch. Sad actually. I've had an Audi station wagon in Europe, same mfg >family. But I always try to buy the vehicle with the least amount of >electrics/electronics because automotive guys don't seem to master this >field all that well. The Audi still runs just fine over there, 21 years >old, no issues in all those years. Yeah, I have a friend that drives them. Did have a black one when I met him in the early 80's, finally got a new one a couple of years ago that was light tan. I ribbed him about how much the paint job cost cuz there wasn't that much diff in the cars appearance. He said about 30 large. :) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Never make any mistaeks. -- Anonymous, in a mail discussion about to a kernel bug report _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
