I-talian tuneup. :) Friend of mine had a Pinto with, I kid you not, Firestone 500 tires. I flat out turned down ride offers... -MMM-
On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 9:57 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > A friend of a friend had a Pinto back in the day. The story goes that it > was the most gutless, slowest piece of trash he had ever driven. > > So the day comes to replace it, the dealer won't take the Pinto on trade > so he decides to junk it. On the ride to the junkyard he decides, since its > being junked anyway, to just peg it to redline the whole way. > After a few minutes there is some kind of a poof, bang or maybe explosion, > stories differ but suddenly the car runs waaaaaay better. A few minutes > later a big cloud of black shoots out the exhaust pipe and the car runs > even better, better than it has the whole time the guy has owned it. All > the power a Pinto could possibly have. > > Literally blew the carbon out... > > IIRC instead of junking it he sells it to one of his buddies, I don't > remember exactly. > > -Curt > > > On Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 09:06:19 PM EST, Buggered Benzmail via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Blows out the carbon as my dad used to say > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > > > On Jan 11, 2024, at 5:25 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Not sure I'm keen about it being redlined for an hour, driving to > Cottonwood. That can’t be good for it. > > > > -D > > > >> On Jan 11, 2024, at 5:19 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> $600, throw in a new conductor plate and off you go > >> > >> --FT > >> > >>> On 1/11/24 5:08 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > >>> Right down the road from the AZ manse! And from the look of the > driver’s seat, I think I know what local Mexican restaurant they frequent, > too!! > >>> > >>> < > https://flagstaff.craigslist.org/cto/d/flagstaff-2002-mercedes-benz-clk430/7706582771.html > > > >>> [00P0P_7XrXRsp2m2R_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg] > >>> 2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK430 for sale by owner - Flagstaff, AZ - > craigslist< > https://flagstaff.craigslist.org/cto/d/flagstaff-2002-mercedes-benz-clk430/7706582771.html > > > >>> flagstaff.craigslist.org< > https://flagstaff.craigslist.org/cto/d/flagstaff-2002-mercedes-benz-clk430/7706582771.html > > > >>> > >>> -D > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >>> > >> -- > >> --FT > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
