Adios mis amigos, Sayōnara tomoyo, Auf Wiedersehen meine Freunde, annyeong chingudeul, Goodbye my friends
Wow, this has been one hell of a ride. And a long one. I can't remember the exact year when I first wrote a car review, I think it was either 1983 or 1984. That's over 40 years! It all started almost by chance. I was working for the Canadian Automobile Association, Toronto (CAA), the Canadian associate of AAA, in their Automotive Inspection Center. A spot opened up in their F.A.C.T.S. (Free Automotive Consumer and Technical Services) for a Technical Advisor; I got it. Let me back up a bit, tell you my Ted Baxter ("It all started in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno ...") bio. I grew up in rural Connecticut. By the time I turned 16, I was a total screw-up. I quit school (twice). I had a few dead-end jobs, but I always made enough money to have a car. Thanks to my mom, who pulled some strings, I took the G.E.D. exam, and passed a month after my class graduated. Chalk one up in my favor. That was in 1967. In July 1969, I went to Canada, took some college courses, a...
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