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Posted: July 03 2009,00:09

Quote (Tracy P. Hamilton @ June 27 2009,21:17)

[quote=keiths,June 27 2009,21:06]
I had a 1976 Chevy Vega. Engine actually did very well.

I laughed at the Chevette owners. Kind of like we say "Thank God for Mississippi" here in Alabama.

I had a '75 Cosworth Vega. If memory serves me, it was the first production car with 4 valves per cylinder and electronic controlled fuel injection. It ran like a scalded dog but once it passed the 12,000 mile mark it started coming apart at the seams. Then a friend borrowed and totalled it.

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Posted: July 03 2009,20:52

ah, yes. the chevette.
girl i knew who owned one referred to it as a "shove-ette".
your basic GM p.o.s.

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Posted: July 03 2009,23:34

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Is that the current Heddlemobile?

No, this is:

'cause I'm a SuperPatriot and Honda's are made in the US while Fords are made in Canada which might as well be Russia. Or even England.

Heddle, yer a pansy*. Out here in Real America™ **, only effete, brie-eating, spritzer-drinking, corduroy-wearing, Unitarian libruls drive one of them Ellie-ments***.

This is what real Americans drive:

* And prolly a closet European.

** Per your veep crush Sarah Palin.

*** Actually, I rather like Hondas. Both of my wife's Civic's have been well made, reliable, fun cars.

Added in Edit: And this Ford is manufactured in Kentucky, which means that Erasmus' kin probably made 'em.

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Posted: July 04 2009,08:42

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** Per your veep crush Sarah Palin.

The real reason she resigned is so she could spend more time with Heddle.

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Posted: July 20 2009,10:07

for Heddle:

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Posted: Feb. 26 2010,23:02

The car I had in college I got from my grandmother, who warned me that the accelerator was touchy. It was a 1968 Chevy Impala four-door sedan with a 327 V8 engine, and the accelerator was indeed touchy. It surprised any number of sport car owners who figured that they could just change lanes ahead of my car following a red light stop. The fact that my response time was shorter than most of those guys didn't hurt, either.

As with several other vehicles we've owned, we drove it until it wore out. When our mechanic diagnosed the next repair as engine replacement, we sold it.

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Posted: Feb. 26 2010,23:47

My baby. Yes it was a Dodge, but Caroll Shelby himself built the engine, turbo, and transmission. I was the only person that could work on it. Even the Dodge mechanics went "WTF?" when they opened the hood.

With the wastegate disconnected, I could outrun a Z28 at 18 pounds of boost. At 19 pounds of boost engine parts started coming through the hood.

When we finally sold it, 12 years after the odometer died at 192,000 miles, I disconnected the wastegate. We saw it three days later on the side of the road with the engine on fire. (Don't blame me, we needed something other than a boy-racer.)

Anyway, I still miss that car... of course, here's what I have now...

I love this car too. 4 doors, 4 wheel drive, 4 cylinders, and 4 speeding tickets so far.

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Posted: Feb. 26 2010,23:48

BTW: The first car I ever owned was a 1974 robin's egg blue Pinto station wagon. All my friends laughed at it until I reminded them that their cars were broke down and they could walk to school or ride with me.

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Posted: Feb. 26 2010,23:56

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I didn't get to the IWM in London. I understand the guns are off of the U.S.S. Texas. I did get to see H.M.S. Belfast up at Thames Pool. Very nice, imo.

USS Texas! Do me a favour! They're British 15 in. naval guns, one from the WWI Revenge-class battleship HMS Ramillies, the other from the Revenge-class battleship HMS Resolution, later from the monitor HMS Roberts

Hands up all those who know what a monitor is - apart from being the thing you look at when you're typing your reply to this.

I used to volunteer at the USS Texas.

I know exactly what a monitor is... a very low freeboard platform with a big ass gun mounted on it. Stupid things really especially when you send out in to the ocean like the Brits tried to...

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Posted: Feb. 27 2010,01:21

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BTW: The first car I ever owned was a 1974 robin's egg blue Pinto station wagon. All my friends laughed at it until I reminded them that their cars were broke down and they could walk to school or ride with me.

Party on, Garth.

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