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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 25 Feb 2010 21:55 On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:21:50 -0500, Ricky Gregory wrote: > The only thing reliable about Clive is his relentless bashing of American > cars. My last two Chevrolet Suburbans traveled 301K and 278k respectively > all the while pulling boats and hotrods (real American made hotrods by the > way) with the most minor of repairs, and this is from a class of vehicle > that the japs or germans have never made a competitor. So, what do I drive > now. well a 2009 Suburban of course! Have you ever seen a > toyota sold at Barrett-Jackson? Yup... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/TOYOTA_2000GT.jpg
From: Ricky Gregory on 25 Feb 2010 22:15 Well I must admit that you've got me there. In any event, I'll still stay with my chevys.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 26 Feb 2010 00:16 On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:15:47 -0500, Ricky Gregory wrote: > Well I must admit that you've got me there. In any event, I'll still stay > with my chevys. GAAAA! You said a dirty word!!!
From: mm on 26 Feb 2010 01:26 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:45:41 -0500, "C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > >> And I wouldn't talk, Mr F***ed Over Rebuilt Dodge. Ford basically >> stopped innovating in the 1930's. They've got a long way to go to >> prove they can meet what Toyota used to be. Ford was the last car >> to get rid of cable brakes in 1940. > >Ford didn't use cable to operate the brakes. They used rods and >bellcranks. Henry Ford didn't trust hydraulic brakes. It certainly >didn't save money. I actually sort of understand old Henry's problem >with hydrualic brakes. On my farm we have tractors with both hydraulic >and mechanical brakes. Tractors tend to sit a lot (like from October >to March) and the d&*@n hydraulic brakes often fail to work. I've >never had the mechanical brakes fail. Which is why they shouldn't depend on brake by wire, steer by wire or accelerate by wire. Not only that, I think our '50 Hudson had both hydraulic and mechanical brakes.
From: Clive on 26 Feb 2010 05:57
In message <hm7d7v$bla$4(a)news.eternal-september.org>, =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> writes >On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:21:50 -0500, Ricky Gregory wrote: > >> The only thing reliable about Clive is his relentless bashing of American >> cars. My last two Chevrolet Suburbans traveled 301K and 278k respectively >> all the while pulling boats and hotrods (real American made hotrods by the >> way) with the most minor of repairs, and this is from a class of vehicle >> that the japs or germans have never made a competitor. So, what do I drive >> now. well a 2009 Suburban of course! Have you ever seen a >> toyota sold at Barrett-Jackson? > >Yup... > >http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/TOYOTA_2000GT.jpg > I've just looked at the link. It's a straight steal from the Jaguar E-Type, I wonder if it has the same amount of gusts (150mph from a 3.8 litre engine.). -- Clive |