My car has got you all beat on safety....
How you can stimulate the economy...
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brian2001ss
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Yea, but Dave, I can't put a bigger boat on Lake Lure...LOLOLOL
Bottom Line
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- Oct 6, 2006
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Ok...since you are the picture guy...let see a picture of it....:smt001
The W.A.V.E.
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Hey kurt, I dont want to get into the benefits of chiropractic with you, and the economic rewards either, and as far as advertising here on CSR, any fool would realize 80% of the guys who frequent here are from the northeast. It didnt cross my mind I was advertising, just commenting on what a dumb idea you came up with and making a joke . Sorry you got so defensive.
- Oct 3, 2006
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Oh man! Are you really a chiropractor? I threw my back out this weekend and could really have used some help (I'm not joking)... I just had my wife walk on my back and crack it and took a couple Vicodin... then drove the car down to the boat....
Pacer... don't they make crimp connectors?
- Nov 12, 2006
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CTS and STS are nice cars. We were going to get the STS for my wife, but she preferred the Jag, so that's what she has. The STS, CTS, and SRX are all based on GM's Sigma platform. Sigma's a good platform with good dynamics, design flexibility and structural rigidity. GM's engineers did a good job with Sigma. I don't know of any other GM cars built on Sigma. Maybe some Holdens down under. I'm guessing that Sigma might replace Zeta, for which development reputedly has been discontinued. Pontiac's G8 and the new Camaro are Zeta cars. Sigma is AWD and RWD vs. Zeta's RWD only. Sigma also doesn't use those horrid Mac Pherson struts, which Zeta uses in the front-end. GM has to do a better job sharing platforms. It costs far too much to design a platform for one division's three nameplates.
BTW, I mostly drive a Navigator, but sometimes I use my wife's previous car, a 98 Mark VIII. I really like Mark's body style. I don't like to trade cars in, I prefer to keep them when I get a new one. I did sell or trade a few and ended up missing some of my old ones, especially my '72 Dodge Challenger. Oh well. If I could find garage space for a sixth car, I'd get another E-body.
Best regards,
Frank
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Ah yes, you're right... I'd just said to myself that I didn't want to drive a vehicle that long, so I removed it from my personal list.
Fetch ND
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I had a 72 Dodge Challenger 340 4 speed - sold it when I got married :smt089 have you seen the new Challenger wussy but nice lines :lol:
- Nov 12, 2006
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- 1999 Sea Ray 330DA
Twin 7.4 MPI (310 propshaft HP) V-drives
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- Twin Mercury Marine marinized 7.4L L-29 V8s
Cast iron block w 4-bolt mains
Mine was the same, 340, 4 speed, Carter Thermoquad. Had the Ralley pack dash and hood, upgraded interior, A/C, factory AM/FM stereo. Should have never sold it. Sold it because the previous owner did some work to it which needed to be re-done and as a po' college student, my budget was thin. Stupid, stupid mistake!
There's a Dodge dealer near the Marina who has a couple new ones on the lot. Stopped to look but the the salesmen's cigarette smoke in the showroom was so thick that I walked out. Stupid reason to lose customers, IMHO. Oh well. If I was going to drop 40 large on a Challenger, might as get an appreciating one rather than a depreciating one.
BTW, never had a Pacer or any other car or truck with less than 8 cylinders. That would be wussy. (Honking big diesels excepted.)
Best regards,
Frank
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I don't want to hijack this post too much but since we are talking Mopar I had a 73 Charger with a 400CI motor and a 4-speed. Bought it new and sold it to a friend in 97 with 45K miles. He sold it at auction last year and here is a picture of it in it's original condition as sold at auction.
billandamy
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What does this all have to do with boating in a thread outside of the holding tank and in the general discussion section which is supposed to be exclusively about boating and went off topic to begin with? :huh:
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Cast iron block w 4-bolt mains
OK. How about this...
Take your tax savings and put it down on a boat.
Best regards,
Frank
Must be a ford or chevy guy.
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billandamy
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Thank you for going back on topic...lol
Ya know I was kidding, right? Im probably the worst offender with going off topic/non-boat related.
And an American car company wouldnt get my $. I have Nissans and an MG.
- Nov 12, 2006
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- 1999 Sea Ray 330DA
Twin 7.4 MPI (310 propshaft HP) V-drives
- Engines
- Twin Mercury Marine marinized 7.4L L-29 V8s
Cast iron block w 4-bolt mains
Never had a muscle car? Are you really an American? Or a guy? Senator McCarthy, are you watching?
Comrade Moderator, we have an infiltrator!
- Feb 4, 2007
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The only foreign car I ever owned was a 1968 VW square back. Spent just about every weekend under that damn thing to keep it running. All the rest were Ford, Chrysler, GM except for a two year Kawasaki stint I had.
billandamy
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Of course, I used to have them when I had time to work on them and enjoy the muscle of them in my late teens and early 20's. 1976 Camaro with the 305 taken out and dropped in a 350, slapstick tranny, rear end from I believe it was a Corvette. I also had an 85 Mustang GT that had all sorts of crap done to it that was called "The Iroc Eater."
Now a days, just want it to go back and forth to work and hockey and not break down.
An MG...........good lord! I owned two of those and you couldn't give me a british car. :wow:
On the other hand they were kind of fun..........if they ran.:grin: And I got to know the "prince of darkness" (Lucas Electrics) pretty well also.
billandamy
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Awww...come on! They are fun cars to just tool around in. I agree, I wouldnt go jaunting up to Vermont in it, but for going out to dinner or local driving, it is fun.
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