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Oct 29th 2014, 3:22 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

Sounds like huge amounts of fun!



I've been taken with the idea of retiring to the Yorkshire Dales lately, an old farmhouse with a barn, and a 'proper' mini being slowly renovated inside :D
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Oct 9th 2014, 5:42 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

Dangit, I stepped in some ka. Can I scrape it off my shoe?

Sultan, 'Cruze' is 'cruise' for cool people ;) U cn tlk lk dis now.

Pete
Oct 8th 2014, 5:28 pm
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Oct 8th 2014, 5:20 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

When did he live? The 20s? :sneaky:

Pete
Oct 8th 2014, 5:16 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

The new Mustang has independent rear suspension? The devil! :eek: Begone!

:D

Pete
Sep 30th 2014, 7:54 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

Kalipers are Krap.

Mark, did you pick up the deer? :D

Pulaski, you just haven't lived until you've driven truly large old Detroit iron, autos all. I've heard them described as 'rocket powered...
Aug 7th 2014, 4:59 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

It's amazing, I've owned so many v-8 more than twice that size with far less HP and torques. Heck even a 7.6l!

Pete
May 21st 2014, 2:58 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

If I go gold I'm going Lambo!

Pete
May 21st 2014, 12:25 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

Wow! Hope I don't bump it with the S-10, I might kill them :eek:

Pete
May 19th 2014, 7:54 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

They should go native. A Pinto perhaps? Pacer.

Feel free to ignore this :) :

Got the S-10 going. Turns out that I managed to bend the ears on the prop shaft together a bit, probably when...
Apr 30th 2014, 8:51 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

IRS is the devil! Old girders, that's the ticket :p



LMAO!

Pete
Apr 29th 2014, 4:51 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

Precious few smooth roads around here, and in Cleveland city limits they often look and feel like a war zone. It's almost beyond belief. How 'normal' cars stand up to that beating I don't know.
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Apr 29th 2014, 1:50 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

Good plan! Agreed on soft, I've had snows 'turn under' on freeway offramps.

Pulaski it was 3 hours, felt like 8 :eek: I was limited to 65 mph as I found out when the back end started to fishtail...
Apr 29th 2014, 12:22 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

The RV is at least distinctive.



LOL! As I told the parts guys 'it's got the BIG engine', the I4 1.3 liter. 87 HP iirc? [EDIT: 70!]

Funny I hated it every time I drove it, but you could push...
Apr 28th 2014, 7:43 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

That's remarkable. I'm trying to remember if I had to do brakes on my last daily driver manual, the amazingly sporty 1996 Geo Metro. I do remember that when I changed the tranny at 110k (I taught...
Apr 28th 2014, 4:07 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

I've never heard of brake pads lasting that long!



Since maintenance is covered I'm betting you will :)



:wave:
Apr 28th 2014, 3:11 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

THIS JUST IN!

Whoops, it's out again :D

Pete
Apr 28th 2014, 2:20 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

Congrats on the Chevy SoS. I've been fighting the repairs vs new car cost thing but it's my back doing the talking!



Interesting but sad. I kind of like the idea of leaving the hole as part of...
Apr 24th 2014, 12:41 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

Nice! Do you get to drive it?

Pete
Apr 22nd 2014, 8:46 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

Whoop! There it is :D

I gave up on them long ago, factory manuals on ebay FTW!

Pete
Apr 22nd 2014, 7:26 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

Warning! Long, probably boring post alert. Feel free to skip it if intelligent enough :D :

Clutch NOT done. Between Easter being Saturday at the in laws and a last minute Sunday Easter dinner at...
Apr 18th 2014, 3:52 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

I'd drive this:

http://images.craigslist.org/00o0o_akhgRRPmgxA_600x450.jpg

http://images.craigslist.org/01414_bBYAdFb8nNX_600x450.jpg

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/4427904227.html
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Apr 18th 2014, 1:36 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

Started the clutch job and found a good reason for noise and vibration - the tail was not bolted to the trans mount. Both bolts were missing. I am lucky I didn't have a catastrophic failure.

Also...
Apr 17th 2014, 7:55 pm
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Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/e1/76/6d/e1766db1426851c32f77b469f5f1b0ce.jpg
Apr 17th 2014, 12:53 pm
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Views: 561,253
Posted By MostlyYank

Re: Let's talk about cars

I renovated a couple of houses many years ago, it was fun and irritating at the same time :) The best was a grand old Victorian, it was so far out of square that when say installing new windows you...
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