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From: Mike Hunter on 24 Feb 2010 19:15 Did you ever buy anything that was not used? "charlesgrozny" <n5hsr(a)sprynet.com> wrote in message news:mOidnZIw_o5oJBjWnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > Same here. > > We have owned 5 GM products, the last of which was a 95. That starts > with Dad's 37 Oldsmobile which he bought in 1947. (Before that no one in > the family had a car.) > > We've owned 1 Plymouth and 1 Dodge. > > We've owned 12 Toyotas. > > We've owned 3 Mazdas. 2 JM's and one Fazda truck. > > Charles Grozny >
From: charlesgrozny on 24 Feb 2010 20:25 Mike, You need to put on your glasses when you read my posts. I said the Sh!tvette had old technology, a crummy 4 speed or an ancient cheap automatic. My 1200 with a 4 speed could drive rings around the 1.6 Sh!tvette. I don't think any American manufacturer had a 5 speed. Now the Corvette has a 6 speed. And just because most Americans are damnably lazy, and voted for Jar Jar Binks, doesn't mean they all are. I'm only driving an automatic because in used cars, beggars can't be too choosy. Charles Grozny The man without a country.
From: charlesgrozny on 24 Feb 2010 20:28 "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message news:4b85bf31$0$10189$ce5e7886(a)news-radius.ptd.net... > Did you ever buy anything that was not used? > > Yes. I bought a brand new 1979 Toyota Corolla (1501 1.2 l with 4 speed.) I also bought a brand new 1995 Chevy S-10 4 cylinder 5 speed. Right now I look at the new car market and I don't see anything that excites me. They all rook arike. Charles Grozny
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 24 Feb 2010 21:35 On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:28:16 -0600, charlesgrozny wrote: >> Did you ever buy anything that was not used? >> >> >> > Yes. > > I bought a brand new 1979 Toyota Corolla (1501 1.2 l with 4 speed.) Mine was a '78 but I sprung the extra $150 for the 5-speed. Made a difference...45 MPG overall. I actually drove one of these first, and loved it... http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2508/161/31267580001_large.jpg But $400 was a LOT of money in 1978...
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 24 Feb 2010 21:38
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:14:36 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote: > > Get real! What do you mean old technology? Domestics had four speed > manuals available from their European brands if they wanted to use them > but small American cars had the type of tranny the majority of American > preferred, automatics. > > The Japs were the ones using old technology, manual tyranny's. It took > them years to develop a decent automatic and then only after they copied > American automatics. Nah. Our '72 had a wonderful AT. |