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Re: Sluggish 82 Chevette

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From: Tom Haapanen
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1986 13:59
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In article <243@leg.ri.cmu.edu> ssm@leg.ri.cmu.edu (Sesh Murthy) writes:

>I just bought an 82 Chevette.  It has automatic transmission.
>The car is extermely sluggish.  I was wondering if the problem could be easily
>fixed.

Sluggish?  Well, I'm sorry to say, but that's the way Chevettes came
from the assembly line, especially automatic ones.

>I am not asking for performance like a Saab but what can I do to accelerate to
>60 mph while going uphill.

Buy a Saab...

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From: tohaapanen@watrose.UUCP (Tom Haapanen)
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Subject: Re: Sluggish 82 Chevette
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Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 08:59:02 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 15 08:59:02 1986
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