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Old 04-02-2009, 10:16 AM   #10 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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I'm thinking back to the heady days of the Hyundai Excel, whose AC was welcome in our balmy, sticky summers but I still had to turn off when approaching hills if I wanted to top them before lunchtime...

Did I mention I live in the foothills of the Appalachians? It's nothing but hills around here. And do I miss said Hyundai, and its tiny no-guts engine? Oh, no.
My Mom had an Excel in the late '80's. The A/C was off on even the smallest hill. I remember a trip to Grandfather Mountain in NC. At some point not too far up the car cried "NO!!!" and the rest was on foot. In retrospect maybe that was a good thing, but I always wonder how my Mom is still sane after having to pull a young kid up that mountain...
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