I believe most folks read the bulletins after Dave hands it to them. Maybe not right that instant, but they've been given the bulletin "in person" as it were. We probably have an internet reader or two (well, I know so because I hear from them from time to time) but for the most part these are read by us, the members here. In case you don't know, and how could you if you're an internet reader, there's a good reason in last week's bulletin I expected my wife's speakers to be the same as the speakers in my car. We both drive Geo Metro convertibles!

I bought mine, a red 1991 model, on ebay for $400 a couple years ago, and you know a $400 car is gonna need some work. Off to the junkyard I went, in search of parts. While I was there, I saw a white 1993 one w/o a dent or scratch on it, just sitting there waiting for me to come along. Rather than rob it for parts, which seemed a shame to me, I bought the whole car for $500 and Eric obliged me by helping me get it home on a trailer. As an aside, I was looking for parts for TWO cars then, and Billy found yet another one for me in Plaistow. It was a beautiful purple color, also complete and dent free. But you've really gotta draw the line somewhere, right? This still has me kicking myself for not bringing it home, though, to this day. Grrrrrr.....

In any case, I've spiffed these cars up. Both have fancy after-market custom rims. Both have spoiler/bras on the front hood. I've added new radios (and speakers, a la last week's bulletin) and seat covers. I washed and waxed, vacuumed and polished the interiors. Both cars got new vinyl tops. I've yet to recharge the air conditioning, but it's on the list. Also to consider, maybe adding a turbocharger to see if the little cars can take it (or will the less-that-one-liter 3 cylinder engine blow apart!) and a tow hitch (I'm not kidding!)

These cars are not all that common anymore. I think I read a total of 20,000 were imported into the US. They attract admirers, especially girls. When Deniese and I met for dinner one night and we parked ours side by side in the lot, we came out to find a couple admiring it, especially the guy. I've had lots of people ask where they could buy one or what I would want for mine. (It helps that the hood bra covers that Geo logo.) I even saw one with all the Geo emblems removed and Ferrari decals stuck on it. The owner claimed people believed it!

As much as I like my car, as pretty or fancy as I make it, underneath it all it's still a Metro. I might fool you into thinking it's something else but it doesn't change the fact that you can find these things in junkyards, as junk, or buy them for a little more than couch cushion change. It may be a very nice looking clunker, but it's still a clunker.

False religions are exactly like that, and doctrines of men too. Oh, you can dress it up pretty. You can wrap it in real truth, or base it on the truth with just a little (attractive) twist. You can fool people into believing it came from God. But in the end, you get what you pay for, and you pay for what you get. It might be fun to drive, and turn a head or two, but it's just scrap waiting to be put in the furnace. Don't still be sitting in it when that happens!

Randy