[Coco] CoCo hardware repairs? (Power button)

[farna at amc-mag.com]

Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:59:24 -0600
 From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo hardware repairs? (Power button)
Message-ID: <40320CE2-36AE-4A9B-BFC2-E0AA83C2E18D at pobox.com>

It's not that costly to rent a car for a weekend if you don't make many 
long trips and don't trust your around town ride. I had to do that one 
year to go to the Chicago fest. Was putting a new engine in the Rambler 
(I'm sure you remember that car!) and didn't have time to get it good 
broke in before the fest. I rented the cheapest thing I could -- a 
little Geo Metro four door. The rental guys were a little skeptical 
about taking it from middle Georgia to Chicago, but saw no reason not 
to. Just thought it might be a bit cramped and not that comfortable for 
a long trip. They were right, but I didn't spend much on gas! Me being 
6' didn't help. I drove the 16 hours straight through. I remember 
driving with my left foot on the gas (auto trans) and right stretched 
over into the passenger footwell for a while. Stopped every 3-4 hours 
but it was still cramped... and that little three cylinder was 
annoyingly "buzzy" after the first couple hours... but I made it!

I think it was Marty Goodman who told me he didn't own a car for several 
years. Rode his bicycle to work, took public transportation if not on 
his bike. If he needed/wanted to go out of town it was cheaper to rent a 
car a few times a year rather than own and maintain one. I know he was 
living in a big California city, but can't remember which. I want to say 
San Francisco, but I wouldn't put money on it...


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Frank Swygert
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