<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 12/14/01 8:07:12 AM Central Standard Time, atodd@UH.EDU writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Wim,
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<BR>And don't forget the countless hours of prep you're going
<BR>to have to do to get them where, IMO, they _should_ have
<BR>been before they even left the factory. Unless you have a
<BR>REALLY good dealer who does good prep. :-)
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<BR>Avery
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<BR>In this case, I don't see the dealer doing any prep work. If the dealer is willing to do that, guess who'll be doing it? But it is a good point to bring up when (and if), we're negotiating the price.
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