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Post by scooter on Oct 17, 2014 4:54:52 GMT -5
I got screwed over by too many mechanics, and I don't like working on large vehicles because it's expensive and time consuming and the parts are crammed together and it is frustrating.
I now have a vehicle I can afford to fix and that I can fix practically overnight. Definitely overnight if I have the parts. Plus no more 100 dollar fill ups.
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 17, 2014 7:47:29 GMT -5
xy', probably too true  rocky, I've pulled up next to the Buick version. That's gotta be a good eight feet of cargo space back there! Made my poor Taurie-car feel a bit runty. But then we found a Smart car and he felt all up to size again.  Seriously, those old wagons were HUGE! Talk about aircraft carrier on land! >'Kat |
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Post by scootdoggydog on Oct 18, 2014 1:28:11 GMT -5
affordable transportation
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 18, 2014 23:37:36 GMT -5
xy', probably too true rocky, I've pulled up next to the Buick version. That's gotta be a good eight feet of cargo space back there! Made my poor Taurie-car feel a bit runty. But then we found a Smart car and he felt all up to size again. Seriously, those old wagons were HUGE! Talk about aircraft carrier on land! >'Kat Kat,
I absolutely LOVE those old wagons... Guess I'll have to take a pic of my old "Great White"... My daily driver is a hand-me-down ' Honda Accord 4-door... Reliable, fast, great mileage, etc.
But my "family friend" is the "Great White"... A 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis Estate Wagon... (same car as the Griswold's "Family Truckster" in the "Vacation" movie with Chevy Chase...) around 3-tons of Detroit dinosaur. 19-feet long, and TEN-PASSENGER with the rear, side-facing seats up! (She was a "Stepford Wife's DREAM). With the rear-seat folded down, you can carry sheets of siding in it! And, yeah, she has that incredible full-woody side/tailgate trim that is all REFLECTIVE Scotch-Lite! Lights up like a neon barn at night... Scares little kids and small animals... LOL!
She's getting VERY long-in-the-tooth now, (400,000+ miles on her clock) but I can't bear to let her go. She's a member of the family, and still rides like a Pullman sleeper on the road. Everybody thinks she'd be a horrible gas-guzzler, but no. She's got a 5.0 fuel-injected Ford 5.0 motor that gives an honest 18 mpg in town, and 20 on the road!
I suppose most of these behemoths had 460 carbureted truck motors giving 4 mpg or so.
Dang! I sure did like America when "bigger was ALWAYS better"! Getting old sucks.
Leo (old dinosaur-jockey) in Texas
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Post by urbanmadness on Oct 19, 2014 0:26:34 GMT -5
I grew up in the 70's, and we had a green impala station wagon. That thing was huge, 400cid small block. Clamshell tailgate... Huge beast of a car.
But what I'd really like, is what my granddad drove. He had an affection for AMC Rambler station wagons. I'd love to find one of those. Straight six, three on the tree... Brain dead simple car to work on. I'd even give it the old' rustoluem roller paint job treatment.
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Post by pmatulew on Oct 19, 2014 8:02:30 GMT -5
I miss those old cars too... My old Pontiac Catalina with the blue crystal steering wheel and the red indian head high beam indicator, (with the high beam switch on the floor of course). As a stupid college kid we drove home from class with 8 people in the front seat one time.  And my 71 Eldorado. When I saw it on the lot with the 8.2 Liter side badge I just couldn't walk away. It used to get 11mpg. Period. Was always a sight when I rolled in to the marina with a 22 foot car towing an 18 foot boat.  Wait, what? The Taurus had a fold out table?!  I'm calling Subaru. I've been gypped! I bought a scooter just for fun and the stupid grin you get every time you ride one. I've got other transportation options. For my travel area the scooter is the least practical of the bunch. But when the weather is decent and I know I don't have to travel out of town that day, you'll find it parked outside my office. Those $5 fill-ups don't hurt either. Plus I got to learn a lot about CVT's along the way. |
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Post by surfpick on Oct 19, 2014 12:10:55 GMT -5
But what I'd really like, is what my granddad drove. He had an affection for AMC Rambler station wagons. My second car was a '60 Rambler. (first was a '60 Bonneville) These Ramblers have a push-button transmission.  The seats FULLY recline just like this:  |
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Post by scooter on Oct 19, 2014 13:37:32 GMT -5
Bow chicka wow wow!
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Post by xyshannen on Oct 19, 2014 21:33:17 GMT -5
He had an affection for AMC Rambler station wagons. I'd love to find one of those. Straight six, three on the tree... Brain dead simple car to work on. I'd even give it the old' rustoluem roller paint job treatment. Yeah, my first car was an AMC spirit that once I blew the 4 banger in it, I built a 5.0 and turned it into a sleeper that would lift the front tires up off the ground. |
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 19, 2014 22:42:42 GMT -5
Wait, what? The Taurus had a fold out table?! I'm calling Subaru. I've been gypped! Makes you sort of wish your scooter has one, huh. Yep, the superiority of Ford's detail-orientation vs Subaru's...well, their absence of a fold out picnic table. I love my wagon's little details. Fold out picnic table. Cornering lights. Auto brake release. The world's coolest passenger vanity mirror, absolutely bar none. All of which is why I got a scooter, so I can continue to enjoy having all those wonderful little details in my car for years more to come. >'Kat |
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Post by spandi on Oct 20, 2014 1:12:43 GMT -5
But what I'd really like, is what my granddad drove. He had an affection for AMC Rambler station wagons. My second car was a '60 Rambler. (first was a '60 Bonneville) These Ramblers have a push-button transmission. The seats FULLY recline just like this: My dad had a 1960 Rambler station and I remember being in the back watching the "futuristic" 1964 world's fair in New York pass before the window. (and yes, if need be, you could fold the front seats all the way back and use them as a sleeper.) |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Oct 22, 2014 19:17:14 GMT -5
When i was a kid, the ultimate wagon was the Olds Vista Cruiser. It had a lot of glass in the roof behind the back seat.  |
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Post by rustic on Oct 28, 2014 10:03:24 GMT -5
I never enjoyed driving. I use a bicycle for transportation whenever possible. When I started coaching at a school 17 miles from my job , I couldn't get there on time riding a bike and didn't like spending the money for driving a car that distance every day. So I bought a Vino Classic 50. I could not avoid traveling on some roads with 50mph speed limit. My Vino could not reach 30mph into the wind and the next year, 1997, I traded it in for a new 1996 Vino 125. I really enjoyed the 125 both for transportation and recreation. Spring 2013, I went to the dealer to buy some oil and while there I stopped to look at the new Honda PCX 150 before going to the service desk. A sales person asked me if I wanted to take it out for a test ride. I did and I was hooked. I bought the scooter instead of the oil.
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Post by scooter on Oct 28, 2014 15:18:18 GMT -5
I went to the dealer to buy some oil and while there I stopped to look at the new Honda PCX 150 before going to the service desk. A sales person asked me if I wanted to take it out for a test ride. I did and I was hooked. I bought the scooter instead of the oil. That's a nice looking bike. I like Hondas a lot. |
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Post by rockynv on Oct 28, 2014 20:46:14 GMT -5
I got the Aprilia Sport City 250 because it was less money than the Honda PCX 150 and competed well with the other brands 400cc and 500cc bikes. I was not even there to buy a bike but just to see how the other half lived. Same motor as the Vespa with fuel mappings modified by Aprila Sport Bike and riding on 15 wheels along with a more aerodynamic design. 25,353 trouble free miles rain or shine with the occasional 3 to 6+ hour run on the interstate at 75+ mph. Hate the disconnected feel of being in a car now and rarely drive one.
The dealer I purchased from had new Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Vespa, Piaggio, Suzuki and Eatons all there right next to the Aprilia and there was no contest as to which was the best value at the time. Aprilia or rather Piaggio really messed up when the pulled the 250cc and larger Aprilia scooters from the market.
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Honda Accord 4-door... Reliable, fast, great mileage, etc.
