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["Bill Geschwind" <geschwin AT email.unc.edu>]

I have been driving Acuras for the last 12 years and have been extremely
happy with them. I have had friends with Hondas who are just as happy
with them as I am with my Acuras. I currently have a '95 Acura Integra
GS-R with ~78,000 miles on it, which I bought used 4 years ago and get
serviced according to the manual at Performance Acura in Chapel Hill.
Except for a busted antenna, which cost me $70 to get fixed, I have
never had any trouble with it. It's extremely reliable, very fast, very
good mileage for a car that performs that well (~ 30 mpg), it has more
space than it would look, etc. In essence, you really can't go wrong
with anything made by Honda.

- Bill

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Bill Geschwind
Technical Assistance Manager
Department of Technology and Systems Support 
Division of Student Affairs, University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
03 Teague Hall, CB# 5510 (919) 962-5629
Chapel Hill, NC 27599 geschwin AT email.unc.edu
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-----Original Message-----
From: Josep L. Guallar-Esteve [mailto:jlguallar AT maduixa.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:01 AM
To: InterNetWorkers
Subject: [internetworkers] Car shopping

Hi there!

I'm shopping for a car. And I'm asking for advice to my fellow 
internetworkers.

What brands do you like? What are to be  avoided? Who are the best 
dealers in the Triangle?

So far, I've seen and liked the Volkswagen Polo TDi (49 mpg on highway).

Yes, a modern turbo-diesel, 5-speed, compact car. With ABS, 6 airbags, 
cd-player...Do you like it? Do you own it?

What other compact cars do you like? I know, SUVs and trucks are great, 
but... I'd rather go with a compact car.

A no-no kind of car is a car running Microsoft WindowsCE, like those 
pesky Mercedes. (it would be incompatible with my RedHat sticker).

C'mon. I know y'all drive cars. I know that you battle I-40 everyday. 
Let me know what do you think. I wold specialy appreciate lifetime / 
longtime Northcarolinians, for their experience with local car dealers 
and knowledge of business in the Tarheels state (*).

(*) You know me, I like airplanes. And aviation was born *here*. I also 
like soccer ("football"), and Carolina Courage are pretty good. I can 
even find real "jamon" at Southern Seasons. It cannot get better than 
this.



Salut,
Josep
-- 
Josep Lluis Guallar-Esteve

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