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Parting is such sweet sorrow...
My sports car is that way, too, but the mileage is low,
it lives in the garage, and only goes out on nice days. Do you park it next to the imaginary ducati? |
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Parting is such sweet sorrow...
On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:45:33 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 11/17/15 1:04 PM, wrote: On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 12:48:08 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 11/17/15 12:43 PM, True North wrote: On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 12:51:11 UTC-4, Keyser Söze wrote: http://tinyurl.com/oe58qgs On the way to his new owner... Looks in good shape. I believe the 4Runner was based on the Tacoma..or what came before it, maybe a T100?? I thought about one for a minute or two but felt the smoother riding Highlander would suit me and the boss a bit better. Believe the Highlander was based originally on the Camray. Yeah, I believe the 4Runner is built on the Tacoma chassis. Separate frame and body, not monocoupe. It really was a great vehicle, with absolutely no problems and only the usual maintenance items - tires, wiper blades, a battery, brakes...that's about it. Toyota does it right, most of the time. We have had pretty good luck with Hondas but we also seem to do well with Fords.. We paid $3500 for old "brownie", drove it for 10 years and sold it for almost $5000 (Thanks Barack) http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Brownie.jpg I also had 2 E-150 Econolines that treated me well and the 2000 Sport Trak we have now is still doing well. My 97 Prelude is still getting the job done with embarrassingly little maintenance. I do like the Japanese approach to ordinary cars. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, et cetera, seem to do a nice job. My sister in law has an Audi, and when it needs a repair, the labor and parts charges seem outrageous, and the damned thing really eats tires. One of the guys down the street has a "5" series BMW, and, to me, it seems entirely too clever and over-engineered. My sports car is that way, too, but the mileage is low, it lives in the garage, and only goes out on nice days. BMW is ridiculous. A battery is something like $500. Everything is simply unnecessary complication to a fairly simple task. The Japanese aren't quite as bad but they have some ridiculous maintenance requirements too. You pretty much have to remove the engine to replace a cam belt on my Prelude. (take loose the mounts, lift and tip over about 15-20 degrees along with whatever else you need to disconnect to do that.) I don't pay people to work on my stuff very often but I gave this one to the dealer, a $1000 belt. Our local mechanic just said no. No wonder they lost the war ;-) That is about all I have done to the Honda tho other than a few oil changes and a clutch master cylinder. I did replace the front speakers the other day but that was just for better tunes. |
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Parting is such sweet sorrow...
True North wrote:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 12:51:11 UTC-4, Keyser Söze wrote: http://tinyurl.com/oe58qgs On the way to his new owner... Looks in good shape. I believe the 4Runner was based on the Tacoma..or what came before it, maybe a T100?? I thought about one for a minute or two but felt the smoother riding Highlander would suit me and the boss a bit better. Believe the Highlander was based originally on the Camray. Anything is better than a pink RAV4, eh? "Camray", dummy? |
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Parting is such sweet sorrow...
Buy any guns lately, Ditzy Dan?
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Parting is such sweet sorrow...
True North wrote:
Buy any guns lately, Ditzy Dan? Ditzy has a new handle? -- Sent from my iPhone 6+ |
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Parting is such sweet sorrow...
Keyser Söze
True North wrote: Buy any guns lately, Ditzy Dan? "Ditzy has a new handle?" Don't know who he thinks he's hiding from. I can smell his stench way up here. |
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Parting is such sweet sorrow...
On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 12:43:55 PM UTC-5, True North wrote:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 12:51:11 UTC-4, Keyser Söze wrote: http://tinyurl.com/oe58qgs On the way to his new owner... Looks in good shape. I believe the 4Runner was based on the Tacoma..or what came before it, maybe a T100?? I thought about one for a minute or two but felt the smoother riding Highlander would suit me and the boss a bit better. Believe the Highlander was based originally on the Camray. It's Camry, you ****ing stupid idiot. |
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