| Those of us who are in classic car clubs,
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| | pushing in a lock? If a power window
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| regardless of model or make, decide to
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| | fails, you're looking at a repair that
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| become members for any given number of
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| | will cost around $400. Maunal seats have
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| reasons. Perhaps we owned a particular
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| | given way to 8-way adjustable power
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| car in our youth that brings back fond
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| | seats. Is this really necessary?
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| memories of cruising the streets on
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| | Hand-operated levers work fine for a
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| Friday nights. Maybe we remember going to
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| | fraction of the cost. While we're on the
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| Drive-in movies with our date's head
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| | subject of seats, what's up with heated
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| resting on our shoulder. Perhaps it was
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| | seats? My solution? Wear a coat.Cruise
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| simply the sound of our particular car's
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| | control is a nice feature to have if you
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| engine, which could range from anything
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| | travel frequently on desolate stretches
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| to a soft purr or a horsepower-laden
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| | of Interstate somewhere such as the
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| monsterous growl as we rolled down the
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| | Dakotas or Montana, but it's impractical
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| highway. Perhaps some of us are too young
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| | in heavy traffic, which is increasing as
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| to have experienced the era in which
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| | each day goes by. I can't count the
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| these cars roamed the earth, but we have
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| | number of times I've had to hit the
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| nevertheless been influenced by our
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| | "cancel" button as I gain rapidly on
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| elders and appreciate what once was.
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| | somebody in a Buick Lesabre who has been
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| Whatever the reasons may be, there is
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| | in bifocals since the Kennedy
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| nothing quite like finding others who
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| | Administration going fifty miles an hour.
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| share these feelings and enjoy the
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| | I can live without it.Perhaps the most
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| cameraderie and rewarding experiences
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| | pretentious feature to ever come along in
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| that are all part of being in such a
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| | today's cars is the Satellite Navigation
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| group.My particular love is old
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| | System. If you want to save thousands of
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| Volkswagen Beetles. I have been a member
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| | dollars, I have some suggestions. A)If
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| of the Chippewa Valley Volkswagen Club,
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| | you feel the need to know what direction
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| based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for over
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| | you are going, go to Wal-Mart and buy a
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| three years. We go on many cruises, other
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| | compass for six dollars. B) Look out your
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| outings, and hold our own show annually.
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| | window and note the location of the sun.
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| During the original Beetle's lifespan,
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| | Unless you live on the planet Venus, it
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| which ran from it's infancy in 1938 Nazi
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| | rises in the east and sets in the west.
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| Germany up until 2003, when the very last
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| | Now look at your watch. C) On cloudy
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| "Bug," as it was lovingly called, rolled
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| | days, try reading highway signs. They
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| off the assembly line in Puebla, Mexico,
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| | will tell you whether you're going east,
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| over 21.5 million were produced. As a
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| | west, north, or south.Come to think of
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| result, there are still thousands of them
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| | it, this works on sunny days as well. D)
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| on roads today, and clubs such as mine
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| | Go to a gas station or, more likely in
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| are dedicated to the preservation of
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| | this day and age, a food mart, and buy a
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| these unique cars. We also support other
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| | map. This will cost about five dollars.
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| clubs throughout the states of Wisconsin
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| | If you're lost, ask the attendant how to
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| and Minnesota.The Volkswagen Beetle
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| | get back on track to wherever you're
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| defined simplicity, something that is
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| | going. Chances are that they'll steer you
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| quite lacking in today's cars, regardless
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| | in the right direction. If he or she
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| of model. There is no question that
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| | can't, find someone who can. Trust me.
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| certain items such as airbags and
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| | You don't need to rely on a satellite in
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| side-impact crumple zones have
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| | orbit hundreds of miles above.No-frills
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| acomplished much in the way of saving
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| | cars should still be available as an
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| lives,
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| | option for those who share my sentiment.
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| but let's go back forty years for a few
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| | There are undoubtedly many drivers who
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| moments. Air-conditioning was considered
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| | have become accustomed to the
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| a luxury in those days, and only select
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| | above-mentioned features. In fact, there
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| cars were equipped with it. Nearly every
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| | are people who couldn't imagine driving
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| car manufactured today has
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| | without them, but should they ever
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| air-conditioning as standard equipment.
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| | question why cars of today cost ten times
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| In Wisconsin,I use it in my 1996
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| | as much as those of a few decades ago, I
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| Volkswagen Golf maybe ten days out of the
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| | have put in my two cent's worth. Or
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| year. While someone in, say, Phoenix or
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| | rather, twenty cents...Pat Sills is an
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| Miami would beg to differ, I pose the
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| | avid Volkswagen enthusiast and writes
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| following question: Does somebody in
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| | articles and feature stories for his
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| Fairbanks, Alaska really need it?Power
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| | club's Newsletter. His first novel,
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| windows and locks have also become the
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| | REUNIONS, was published in March, 2005.
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| industry norm. Have we as a society
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| | Check it out at:
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| evolved into such a lazy species that we
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| | or at: authorsden.
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| are incapable of rolling a window down or
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