Get some collards. I have been wanting me some collards the last few
days, I made some turnip greens the other night but collards were what I
wanted. There is a whole field full of them up the road, I was tempted
this morning...
--R
On 12/7/12 11:17 PM, WILTON wrote:
BTW, 'going to Mama Dips for lunch tomorrow. ;<)
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas"
<richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Muscle Car hype was Re: Wagon with third row seats
I would take a 66 GTO or SS396 any day. Who cares about ricers when
you got a V8 that sounds like that, and can spin those Polyglas
radials until they melt?
I followed a cherry red 70 Nova SS into the Costco gas station
yesterday, the plate said ND GAS
--R
On 12/7/12 10:02 AM, Donald Snook wrote:
Randy wrote: "Everyone waxes nostalgic about the wonder cars of the
60's but most of them were nothing but pigs."
Well, there were a lot of really cool cars in the 60's - in terms of
styling, the "cool factor", and technological improvements of the
time. But, in terms of reliability, modern cars are MANY MANY
standard deviations better than those old cars. 60,000 miles was
practically worn out back then on MOST cars. AND 100,000 miles was
definitely worn out. Think about all the maintenance that had to be
done too. Tune-ups every 15,000 miles AND these were real tune-ups
not just replacing spark plugs every 30,000-50,000 miles. Back then
you had points and condensers to replace, and distributor caps and
rotors, and carbs that got out of whack, and repacking wheel
bearings every 15,000 miles. Boy, I am glad those days are over.
The thing I think is funny is how much horsepower has been gained in
the last 2 decades. We think of these cars from the 70's as being
hot rods, but nearly all of them have less horsepower than a Honda
Accord does now.
For example, remember Starsky and Hutch's 75 and then 76 Ford Gran
Torino? It looked cool, it was supposed to be fast. The 351
Windsor by 75 was so detuned, that it produced 160 horsepower. A
current Toyota Camry has 178 horsepower from its FOUR CYLINDER
engine. Even if it the Starsky and Hutch car had 460 that was
optional as the police interceptor, it only had 202 HP.
Or the 1977 Trans Am that Smokey drove in Smokey and the Bandit.
Those cars looked cool (and I still want one), but it had a 6.6L 400
engine that produced 180 horsepower. How dull. The 2012 Honda
Accord 2.4 liter FOUR CYLINDER produces 177 Horsepower. If you get
the 3.5 V6, it has 271 HP. (that surprises me!)
Donald H. Snook
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