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Subject: Re: Request for car info - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 8-Mar-84 22:54:23 EST
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uokvax!tauxe    Mar  7 15:32:00 1984

	Since 1960, when my family (inlaws, outlaws, and self) purchased
	our first Carryall, we've collectively owned 5 Carryall's (Sub-
	urbans) and one IHC Travelall.  Each has had over 100,000 miles
	put on it.  We still have 2 Chevy Carryalls (as I prefer to call
	them), one with 200,000+ and the other with 300,000+ miles. I'll
	take the Chevies over IHC's any day.  We nicknamed the Travelall
	"The Pig."  The one with 300,000+ miles had the misfortune of
	living in Champaign-Urbana with me for 6 years, and the road salt
	has taken its toll....my ONLY complaint against the car...it has
	never stranded us on the road.  The Pig is another story. The one
	with 200,000+ I plan on keeping for a long time.  I prefer the
	Chevy/GMC for several reasons:
	 1.  Parts availability. (Many independents make Chevy parts. 
	     Not so for IHC.)
	 2.  Cost of parts. (IHC parts cost more, and don't last longer.)
	 3.  Finding people to work on them. (aside from Dealers.)
	 4.  IHC no longer makes the Travelall, nor small trucks.
	 5.  General off-road drivability.  We've had to dig the Pig out
	     more times in situations where a Carryall made it.
	 6.  Resale value.