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On Dec 28, 9:38*am, "JimH" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

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wrote:
On Dec 27, 7:06 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
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had my brand new F-150 Lariat Special Edition towed back from
Greenville RI to the dealer in Webster, MA because...

The brakes failed - as in F A I L E D - causing me to avoid a massive
collision by jumping a curb and heading into the pucker brush.

Then, to add insult to injury, when I restarted the engine after it
stalled out, a horrendous noise and oil smoke started to pour out from
under the hood. *Brand new engine to boot.

In a nut shell, this truck is a piece of s##t. *This is the sixth
major failure in 20 thousand miles.

No, I'm not buying a Toyota so don't even suggest it.

I am looking at GMC though.

Dude, I have gotten pretty good with our new Tom Tom.. You are aware
that it lags a little right. I mean, when it says "turn right now" you
are not really to the turn yet. You knew that, right?

Glad everyones all right. Talk to you later...

You guys really need these devices to find your way around town?

I felt the same way until I got tired of getting bad directions from
MapQuest. * They do indeed come in handy and have many useful features. * I
would never do without one again.- Hide quoted text -

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That's just typical Harry. If he doesn't have it, it's useless and no
one should have one. BUT, if Harry has something, it's the greatest
thing there is, and he can't figure out why everyone in the world
wouldn't want one just like his. Take for example his boat. When he
claimed to have a lobsta boat and before that a Hatt, you certainly
didn't hear him ****ing and whining about how they aren't fit to own,
but now that he only admits to owning a cc fishing boat, that's all
you hear from him!

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On Dec 27, 11:56 pm, BAR wrote:
Tim wrote:
Off a vacuum pump.
No pump, vacuum from the intake manifold is the source.
When did ford start pulling a vac, from the intake manifold? AFAIK,
they've always used a pump

Maybe you are thinking of the "air" pump that was installed in all cars
to inject clean air into the exhaust to "improve" emission readings.

Engine vacuum has been used for years for power brakes and on older
car's features like flip-up headlights and even the windshield wipers
(on really old cars).

Eisboch

Didn't you just love it when you stepped on the accelerator and wipers
slowed or stopped?


Only when going uphill, if memory serves.

--
George W. Bush - the 43rd Best President Ever!

Up hill was the worst case scenario but even flat land heavy acceleration
was a problem. It did seem to vary somewhat depending on the car brand.


And eventually they added a vacuum pump to the fuel pump to give a little
extra suck when going up hill. Electrics fixed all that crap.

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:50:29 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

Hey ... are the exterior rails on the GBs teak or mahogany?

They are teak. Our boats were built in Singpore and teak was actually
less expensive than mahogany.

In the 80's we got shipments from Asia and the packing crates were teak.
Should have stockpiled that wood.

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wrote in message
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On Dec 27, 7:06 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
had my brand new F-150 Lariat Special Edition towed back from
Greenville RI to the dealer in Webster, MA because...

The brakes failed - as in F A I L E D - causing me to avoid a massive
collision by jumping a curb and heading into the pucker brush.

Then, to add insult to injury, when I restarted the engine after it
stalled out, a horrendous noise and oil smoke started to pour out from
under the hood. Brand new engine to boot.

In a nut shell, this truck is a piece of s##t. This is the sixth
major failure in 20 thousand miles.

No, I'm not buying a Toyota so don't even suggest it.

I am looking at GMC though.

Dude, I have gotten pretty good with our new Tom Tom.. You are aware
that it lags a little right. I mean, when it says "turn right now" you
are not really to the turn yet. You knew that, right?

Glad everyones all right. Talk to you later...

We used the Nuvi 200w last night for the first time. Only complaints from
wife were the volume, too loud. Figured out how to set that. Went to
settings and missed the volume button on the page before going to settings,
but has nice help file. And she does not care for the voice that is
generated. But we were to meet her brother at a Mexican restaurant and type
in the name and there it was. We took a little different route following
them and he automatically recalculated route. Daughter and Son in law
borrowed it today for a trip to Monterey and the aquarium.

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Eisboch wrote:
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You guys really need these devices to find your way around town?

I don't but occasionally they come in very handy. Trying to find a business
establishment in highly developed areas for example.

The factory unit in one of our vehicles has a feature whereby you simply
enter the telephone number of the business, store or whatever and the unit
responds with directions.

I've noticed that more often than not when someone is coming over to our
house for the first time, they simply ask for the street address. No more
detailed direction giving required.

Eisboch




I suppose. If I am going somewhere I haven't been and am hazy about
directions, I use MS Streets and print out a simple paper map.

--
George W. Bush - the 43rd Best President Ever!

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:32:29 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:06:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

had my brand new F-150 Lariat Special Edition towed back from
Greenville RI to the dealer in Webster, MA because...

The brakes failed - as in F A I L E D - causing me to avoid a massive
collision by jumping a curb and heading into the pucker brush.

Then, to add insult to injury, when I restarted the engine after it
stalled out, a horrendous noise and oil smoke started to pour out from
under the hood. Brand new engine to boot.

In a nut shell, this truck is a piece of s##t. This is the sixth
major failure in 20 thousand miles.

No, I'm not buying a Toyota so don't even suggest it.

I am looking at GMC though.

Quite simply.... the answer:
http://tinyurl.com/39lnx5

Freightliner? No way.

International? Bet 'cher patootie...

http://tinyurl.com/ywntau

Here's an International
http://ww2.collectorcartrader.com/de...9/89284429.htm

or
http://www.vannattabros.com/1973pics/IH1110.jpg

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"HK" wrote in message
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I suppose. If I am going somewhere I haven't been and am hazy about
directions, I use MS Streets and print out a simple paper map.



Well, that's sorta a crude, elementary GPS system minus the real time
satellite data.

Eisboch

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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I suppose. If I am going somewhere I haven't been and am hazy about
directions, I use MS Streets and print out a simple paper map.



Well, that's sorta a crude, elementary GPS system minus the real time
satellite data.

Eisboch



Indeed. It doesn't take into account the distinct possibility the street
might have moved!


--
George W. Bush - the 43rd Best President Ever!

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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:54:53 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

Yeah, like when the little female voice in the TomTom starts yelling at me
to take a left when no left exists.

Yours does that too?

Mine does it at exactly the same place on Rt 44 - every time.

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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:17:31 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:50:08 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

Based on that, it's safe to assume Ford is still doing similar things
with
their vehicles.

To be totally honest, I've owned Ford cars and pickups for 40 years
starting in high school.

Never had a problem with one of them until this one.


I have had 4 Ford trucks and 3 GMs. The Fords were a heluva lot
better.


You'd think the domestic manufacturers would have the comon pickup truck
perfected by now.