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nobody has anything to say about Seats driving around Texas?
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In the winter/spring of 1987 my patrol squadron was deployed to Spain. Midway through I took about 10 days leave, rented a Seat, and went on a tour of the country.
It gets damned cold in mid-winter in high plateau region of interior Spain, and the Seat didn't really have a heater. So I headed for the nearest coast, which was the Mediterranean near Barcelona. Stuck with the coast roads afterward: Valencia, Cartagena, Almeria, Malaga, and Algiceras.
Other complaint: only 4 forward gears. I resolved that when I returned to the states, I would buy a car with a 5-speed transmission. Found a 3-year-old Saab 900 Turbo with 5-speed and sunroof, bought it, and enjoyed 16 years of mostly-trouble-free driving.
As for NAFTA: an American citizen can drive his US-licensed car to Mexico, and a Mexican citizen can drive his Mexico-licensed car to the US. But a Seat can't be registered in the US.