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