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OT - Cars - 2/28/2017 9:09:01 PM

bomccarthy

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Bill Olson wisely suggested that those of us fascinated by all things related to cars start a new thread, since we had hijacked the "Japanese A/C Research" thread. Maybe this will take off, maybe it will crash & burn, but at least it won't be glomming on to a thread started by someone who was interested in something else (especially related to the game).

I like starting this in the AE forum because most of us are older than the average General Forum reader and have a special affection for cars not held by most of those under the age of 35 (full disclosure: I will be 54 in a few months). AE forumites also seem a little more self-reflective and respectful in our posts (i.e., no obscene flame wars involving Pontiac Aztek vs. Yugo).

The Japanese A/C Research thread had veered into the attributes of modern cars (run-flat tires instead of spare tires, pros and cons of low profile tires). If you really want to be brave, post a picture of the first car you bought - either your actual car or a photo you found on Google.

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RE: OT - Cars - 2/28/2017 9:25:01 PM

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My first car - paid $8,500 for it new, in 1982. I sold it 12 years later for $750 and bought a used 1991 Mustang GT.

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RE: OT - Cars - 2/28/2017 9:26:10 PM

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I seem to recall reading somewhere that the Japanese aircraft engineers were never able to successfully incorporate run-flat tires onto their planes, despite years of research.

The efforts distracted them from designing a appropriate jet fighter that could have won them the war.

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RE: OT - Cars - 2/28/2017 9:30:38 PM

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Seriously, I never knew Dodge had a version of the El Camino/Ranchero.

In 1991, I bought a 1982 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Weak engine, oil gasket leaks, and a pig in the snow.

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RE: OT - Cars - 2/28/2017 10:01:32 PM

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Google version of the first car I chose to buy (technically the 2nd but the 1st one was just an old car I purchased from my mom, so that 1st car was not really my choice but simply a way to pay back for using it before I started working)

So it was a 1980 Nissan patrol, I bought it in 2000 or 2001, so it was already 20 years old. I think I paid ~4,000 USD. I was young and I wanted an adventurous car, and the previous owner (a good friend of mine) spent a lot of money in repairing it, changing transmission and engine (original replaced with a 1994 turbo diesel Nissan Civilian)

The good:
It was fun to drive and it had the torque of a tank

The bad:
There was always some mechanical problem with it; it was a real pain in the $%S to take it anywhere, as invariably something will fail, needing repair. I felt like Han Solo in the Millennium Falcon or the Russians on carrier Adm Kutnetzov

The ugly:
Lots of $$$ to maintain and repair.. to the point that I never again purchased anything fancy. From now on, Sedan cars only

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RE: OT - Cars - 2/28/2017 10:03:04 PM

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My first car - paid $8,500 for it new, in 1982. I sold it 12 years later for $750 and bought a used 1991 Mustang GT.

I can see why I never saw one of these in Canada. Those headlight sockets are just made to accumulate snow and block the lights!
Did it suffer from loose-steering wander like most North American cars of the time? I remember Fords being particularly bad - you had to tack back and forth like a sailboat!

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RE: OT - Cars - 2/28/2017 10:18:05 PM

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One plane I really like to accelerate is the Judy.

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RE: OT - Cars - 2/28/2017 10:44:16 PM

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One plane I really like to accelerate is the Judy.

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RE: OT - Cars - 2/28/2017 10:53:28 PM

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Nor is it gamey to move from the Rufe to the A6M5. By the way, my first plane was a Rufe.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 1:08:29 AM

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What's the penalty for hijacking a thread? Intentionally and willingly, with Zero provocation, and with malice aforethought?

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 1:32:30 AM

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What's the penalty for hijacking a thread? Intentionally and willingly, with Zero provocation, and with malice aforethought?

You get Nic'd with an Oscar?

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 2:17:18 AM

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What's the penalty for hijacking a thread? Intentionally and willingly, with Zero provocation, and with malice aforethought?

Round these parts, one gets 'street cred' and an "atta girl" for pullin' a stunt like that, Pilgrim.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 2:22:54 AM

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My first car. 1969 Chevrolet Impala. Paid 250 bucks for it.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 3:31:42 AM

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My first car. 1969 Chevrolet Impala. Paid 250 bucks for it.

Mine was a 1967 Caprice. Looked like this with the stock wheels:
http://www.2040-cars.com/Chevrolet/Caprice/1967-chevy-caprice-sport-sendan-clean-nice-original-car-supernatural-tv-car-1165249/

They have become classics, $27,000? I think my father paid about $1500 new. I had it less than a year and my father bought a new car and handed down his 1974 Caprice to me. That wasn't as nice a car, it started developing problems when I was in college and I got a 1981 Impala instead. Even though that Impala had 70,000 hard miles as a company car before I bought it, I put another 70,000 miles on it with little trouble. The one time it had a catastrophic failure was when the housing on the water pump cracked while I was waiting at a traffic light. There was a service station on the same corner with no cars being worked on and it was a relatively short walk home. They were able to replace the water pump in a couple of hours from when it happened.

The 74 was also light blue with a white painted roof. It looked dated the day my father bought it new.

Every car I've driven had a GM small block V-8 in it though the new car only has a model of one.

As for a first aircraft, I don't recall what my first aircraft model was. I was only three. I do remember my first 1/32 model though. I was 5 and I had felt I was building second class models because my father only built 1/32 scale. My sister was building some 1/32 scale aircraft too. One night both my sister and father were working on 1/32 scale Zeros my father had picked up at Pick N Save for $0.98 each and I was pouting. He went out to the garage and came in with a Zero for me too.

It was this boxing of the kit:
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1028083-revell-h-265-mitsubishi-a6m5-zero-sen

Not terribly accurate, but the fit and finish were pretty good. I built another one when I was in high school that I still have. I didn't need to use much putty on it as almost everything fit very well.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 5:34:25 AM

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One plane I really like to accelerate is the Judy.

warspite1

Are you ****** kiddin' me lady?? The ****** Judy is a ******* pile of ***** and nowhere near as good as my first car - a Ford Escort MkII. Yeah, ***** beat that with your ******* "I really like to accelerate the Judy" ******. I bet it doesn't accelerate like my ***** Escort, a fine piece of British built American engineering that had 130,000 miles on the clock - and that was probably second time round. Okay it may not have been as good for sneak attacks over the expanse of the ***** Pacific, but my Escort beats your ****** Judy hands down any day of the ****** week on day to day driving - what's the ***** urban cycle nos. for the **** Judy eh? The Escort was especially good when it comes to travelling from ***** London to the ***** west country. You tried using the ***** A303 in the middle of summer with a ***** Judy?

P.S you must excuse the manner of this post, but I'm afraid I also hang out in the General Discussion Forum

That's about as close a likeness as I can find - but mine never looked that good....

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 10:29:16 AM

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 10:52:14 AM

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'70 Ford Maverick, used. bench seats, three on the tree, straight six.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 12:09:48 PM

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1959 Rambler American, but it never looked this good. Paid $60 for it in 1970 before my senior year in high school. It didnt make the year - blew it up by pushing it beyond it's limit.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 1:18:31 PM

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My first vehicle. It's still up on a pass above Telluride.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 2:25:35 PM

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I loved my Impala's. I had a 68, 69, and a 75.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 3:06:54 PM

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1968 Chrysler Newport. It was a TANK and was painted canary yellow. Her name was--naturally--Tweety Bird.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 5:07:01 PM

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1976 TR7. The stylish wedge. Oh so beautiful and fun to drive. But more in need of a priest than a mechanic. Not a good time for British Leyland..... Here is a shot of the car with my girlfriend at the time sitting on it. I came home from sea only to discover that my brother had warped the head and that my girlfriend had dumped me. Sigh, good times...

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 5:21:08 PM

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1976 TR7. The stylish wedge. Oh so beautiful and fun to drive. But more in need of a priest than a mechanic. Not a good time for British Leyland..... Here is a shot of the car with my girlfriend at the time sitting on it. I came home from sea only to discover that my brother had warped the head and that my girlfriend had dumped me. Sigh, good times...

warspite1

British Racing Green?

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 5:49:56 PM

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I have a 1978 CJ7 Renegade rusting out in a driveway back in Iowa. It used to run. It might still run if the carburetor were replaced, but I'm not sure it's worth the investment. I might have a picture of it somewhere, but if I do it's definitely not electronic and therefore inaccessible.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 5:57:15 PM

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My first was a 1967 GTO, in 1967, not new. A poor department store clerk had it first, but when the payment book arrived had to give it back to the bank. I just off active duty on DD 699 the Waldron. got it $2,700. It Lasted until 12/07/69 when it was crushed by a railroad car in Enola yard.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 6:21:12 PM

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First new car I ever financed was a '67 Camaro SS with hide-away lights which I had to remove in the winter to prevent them from icing closed.
The hood had fake valve covers for show.
It had a 350with 350HP and Dayton Checker tires.
It had a Muncie 4 on the floor;
This was the only year in which it had the "gull-wing" window vent on the front door.
It did a true 110 MPH and could cover the quarter like it was made for drag-racing.
I think it got 12=14 MPG?
Low throaty growl when punched a tad.
Only had an AM radio and 3 ashtrays IIRC, LOL
Came with Ralph Naders new "break-away window cranks"

Very light in the rear-end and of course rear wheel drive so it was a "sun" car.

Brand new, stock, only $3400 and it could still be financed on a 3 year note.

FYI, my first 3 cars only cost fifty bucks each, and that was common in the early sixties..

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 6:41:17 PM

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1976 TR7. The stylish wedge. Oh so beautiful and fun to drive. But more in need of a priest than a mechanic. Not a good time for British Leyland..... Here is a shot of the car with my girlfriend at the time sitting on it. I came home from sea only to discover that my brother had warped the head and that my girlfriend had dumped me. Sigh, good times...

Is that Chrysler Cordoba in the background dark green also or dark blue? I had one just like that ( dark green) with the white half vinyl roof and white pinstripes. Was a pretty nice riding and driving car.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 7:35:57 PM

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She looks fun. How many grandkids?

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 8:18:35 PM

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What's the penalty for hijacking a thread? Intentionally and willingly, with Zero provocation, and with malice aforethought?

You get Nic'd with an Oscar?

Well Frankly, I don't give an Oscar.

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RE: OT - Cars - 3/1/2017 8:22:13 PM

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

What's the penalty for hijacking a thread? Intentionally and willingly, with Zero provocation, and with malice aforethought?

You get Nic'd with an Oscar?

Well Frankly, I don't give an Oscar.