<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Doesn't anyone use a truck for their business? No discussion has been offered on this type of vehicle. With a model that has space for a jump seat (04 Chevy. Colorado) behind the driver there is ample room for parts and repairs items and the truck bed will fit al types of actions. I enjoy the fact that it only takes a short time to heat or cool the cab space whereas the Astro Van used to have took a long time to acclimate. Particularly important in Las Vegas where the temperature in the cab can get close to two hundred in the summer so the A/C has to work fast. Or, on jobs that are out of town and where I only need basic tuning tools I'll take the Harley. 55 MPG and the touring bags fit my tools cases nicely. Only a little helmet hair to fix. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David C. </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=gnewell@ameritech.net href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 06, 2007 5:40 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: The Quest for the Ideal Piano Technician Automobile</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Has anyone tried to simply rent the car they're thinking of buying for a week or two to see if it works out like they hope?<BR><BR>Greg Newell<BR><BR>At 10:02 PM 5/4/2007, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=2>Kurt,<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>There was a discussion of this just last month.  Go to the ptg list archives, select pianotech and then select April.  The subject is car mileage.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Have fun.  I think our next one might be a Prius.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT<BR></FONT> <DL> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:fortefile@gmail.com">kurt baxter</A> <BR> <DD>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> <BR> <DD>Sent:</B> Friday, May 04, 2007 7:57 PM<BR> <DD>Subject:</B> The Quest for the Ideal Piano Technician Automobile<BR><BR> <DD>My beloved VW hatchback (with back seat removed for bountiful action cradle space)<BR> <DD>is starting to feel its age and 188,000 miles and I am pondering what I will do when it <BR> <DD>finally goes to the great big salvage yard in the sky... <BR><BR> <DD>In your opinions, what is the all time best suited car for piano work? <BR> <DD>Including, most vitally: <BR><BR> <DD>---Easy transport of grand and upright actions <BR> <DD>---Room for needed tools<BR> <DD>---Decent gas mileage <BR><BR><BR><BR> <DD>(Also, I was eying a Honda Insight the other day, and was wondering if<BR> <DD>any ambitious tech out there has tried to fit an action in one of those<BR> <DD>gasoline sippers... Maybe in the back hatch with the passenger seat <BR> <DD>all the way forward? Am I totally deluding myself?)<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DD>Highly subjective opinions welcome.<BR><BR><BR> <DD> [k]urt<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DD>                                  <BR></DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP> <P></X-SIGSEP> <DL></DL>Greg Newell<BR>Greg's Piano Forté<BR><A href="http://www.gregspianoforte.com/" eudora="autourl">www.gregspianoforte.com<BR></A>216-226-3791 (office)<BR>216-470-8634 (mobile)<BR><BR>2003,04,05 & 06 winners of <BR>Angie's List Super Service Award<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>