Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?
On 8/2/2012 3:57 AM, David Mann wrote: On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:02 AM, John Sessoms wrote: One of them lived two blocks away around the corner from my house, and that's where they started their spree from. Mine was the first vehicle they attacked. Idiots, I thought the first rule of crime is that you don't shit in your own back yard. That's just the first rule of "successful" crime. Most criminals just aren't that smart. Dave -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthly search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?
Darn, I didn't include my ol' 1964 MG in my old sig -that I can't find anymore- that read something like: Pentax, Beta, Laserdisc, Tubes, Apple Mac (add MGB here) Living large with the best, but out of sight of the rest My first wife had a Hunter Green 64 MGB with a black canvas and leather top. Mine was baby blue, until I got T-boned by a cab in San Francisco driving home after work at 2 AM. Once repaired it was an eggshell white with a broad blue racing stripe on either side of the centerline, blue leather top and tonneau (sic). Susan got T-boned by a trolley car in the Avenues one day, but insisted on driving it even though the rear axle was about 15 degrees off from the front axle, causing it to crab along. Both cars had wire wheels. Kept me busy with my spoke wrench, vacuum gauge to balance the two SU downdraft carbs, and little funnel to get the proper oil into the dashpots. Downside? The transmission on both cars went bad within days of each other in 1969, prompting two weeks off work for me whilst I rebuilt them both in the landlords garage, equipped with one 75 watt bulb hanging from the ceiling. Never done any of that kinda work before, so I followed the instructions in the Clymers. About $275 per for first and reverse gears, new shifting forks, seals and a couple of brass syncros each. Fun times (I was stoned a lot in those days) !! Ending? I traded mine in on a lease of a brand new beige VW Westfalia On Aug 1, 2012, at 11:02 , l...@red4est.com wrote: > Both Pentax an MG are brands that hardly anyone knows today, but which pretty > much defined the market for low cost performance 45 or 50 years ago. > > Darren Addy wrote: > >> Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB >> convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip >> it into drivable condition. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?
From: David Mann On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:02 AM, John Sessoms wrote: One of them lived two blocks away around the corner from my house, and that's where they started their spree from. Mine was the first vehicle they attacked. Idiots, I thought the first rule of crime is that you don't shit in your own back yard. Dave As angry as I still am at them all these years later, they weren't yet hardened, experienced criminals, just stupid teenage boys heedless of the cost others would have to pay for their vandalism. I don't even think it ever occurred to them that someone might call the cops ... or worse. I worked with the guy who caught them. He heard them when they hit his Range Rover & came running out of the house with a shotgun; caught up with them a couple of houses down - stuck the barrel in through the driver's window and, uh ... told them to stop. They're lucky he didn't kill at least one of them. The cops had already been called several times & following the trail of debris arrived too soon. OTOH, they got off with a slap on the wrist, so there was little of a lesson for them to learn. I expect they all grew up to become Wall Street bankers. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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From: Anthony Farr On 1 August 2012 20:01, John Sessoms wrote: I have a MGB Tourer in the basement. I can't remember if it's half assembled or half disassembled. Does that count? I'd suggest it's half assembled. Presumably it got into the basement in pieces, not as an entire car. Unless, that is, your basement has a remarkably wide and smooth stairway down into it. regards, Anthony The basement is at ground level in back of the house. There's a wide double door. I think it might originally have been intended as a garage, 1936 style. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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From: Darren Addy Darn, that's a sad story John! Why must senseless violence be so senseless (not to mention so violent)? My MGB Convertible was given to me by my brother-in-law who seemed to accumulate cars as barter for doing roofing jobs above and beyond the original quote. Whoever had it started their restoration with the interior (rather bass-ackwards, if you ask me). The convertible top is near new also. The body is pretty straight and it has these ungodly-looking whitewall tires on it (rally wheels, not wires). It has the "crack of doom" in the top of the driver's door just starting to emerge after what looks like an earlier repair. I really don't even know what it needs yet. I know it needs a fuel pump and I'd want to clean out the gas tank before even trying to crank it. Beyond that I'm not sure. I doubt that I'm ever going to do a *full* restoration on it, but I would enjoy having it licensed and drivable. Our town's annual Cruise Night is a yearly reminder of how it is just taking up space in my garage. The "crack of doom" is actually a fairly inexpensive repair. I had it on the passenger side door, and IIRC, it was about $150 and you can't even see where it was. We had a pretty good British Car mechanic over in Durham, NC; factory apprenticed before coming to the U.S. Their web site is still up, but the last post in their "English Car Events and Classifieds" is from 2010. I probably ought to go by there and see if they're still in business next time I go over to visit my mom. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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From: "Bob W" the last car I actually owned was an MGB Roadster. Driving it on the open road on a summer's evening was a wonderful joy, but a joy so rare, and so costly. Most of my time was spent sitting in traffic jams while the rain dripped through the so-called roof and even I, Deaf Bob, could hear the rust eating it like a caterpillar eats a leaf. In the end it would have cost more to put it right than it would ever be worth, and I simply wasn't getting that much fun out of it, so I just let the garage keep it for parts. B Could have been worse, I acquired the MGB because I couldn't find an affordable FIAT 124 Spyder. 8-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:02 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > One of them lived two blocks away around the corner from my house, and that's > where they started their spree from. Mine was the first vehicle they attacked. Idiots, I thought the first rule of crime is that you don't shit in your own back yard. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 1 August 2012 20:01, John Sessoms wrote: > I have a MGB Tourer in the basement. I can't remember if it's half assembled > or half disassembled. Does that count? > I'd suggest it's half assembled. Presumably it got into the basement in pieces, not as an entire car. Unless, that is, your basement has a remarkably wide and smooth stairway down into it. regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Here is something from Japan that looks even more fun than an MGB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iZ0WuNvHr8 Just be careful about smiling while piloting it. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Darren Addy > > Darn, that's a sad story John! Why must senseless violence be so > senseless (not to mention so violent)? > > My MGB Convertible was given to me by my brother-in-law who seemed to > accumulate cars as barter for doing roofing jobs above and beyond the > original quote. Whoever had it started their restoration with the > interior (rather bass-ackwards, if you ask me). The convertible top is > near new also. The body is pretty straight and it has these ungodly- > looking whitewall tires on it (rally wheels, not wires). It has the > "crack of doom" in the top of the driver's door just starting to emerge > after what looks like an earlier repair. > > I really don't even know what it needs yet. I know it needs a fuel pump > and I'd want to clean out the gas tank before even trying to crank it. > Beyond that I'm not sure. I doubt that I'm ever going to do a *full* > restoration on it, but I would enjoy having it licensed and drivable. > Our town's annual Cruise Night is a yearly reminder of how it is just > taking up space in my garage. the last car I actually owned was an MGB Roadster. Driving it on the open road on a summer's evening was a wonderful joy, but a joy so rare, and so costly. Most of my time was spent sitting in traffic jams while the rain dripped through the so-called roof and even I, Deaf Bob, could hear the rust eating it like a caterpillar eats a leaf. In the end it would have cost more to put it right than it would ever be worth, and I simply wasn't getting that much fun out of it, so I just let the garage keep it for parts. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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From: Godfrey DiGiorgi On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip it into drivable condition. Moderately frightening .. I had an MGB too. 1965 model year. Frankly, I hated it although it was nice to drive. When it ran. In my lifetime, I've built three cars and four motorcycles from the ground up. I think my junkie status is well assured at this point, and I never intend to do it again. I bought the SLK specifically so I don't have to ... It has everything I ever wanted in a car just as it came from Mercedes. But of course, I didn't buy it new so I have the joy of detailing it out anyway. (I'm pretty much done now ... :-) A long time ago in another lifetime (before I got married) I had the dubious pleasure of owning a 1938 Harley-Davidson. It was a ragged-ass collection of greasy worn out parts in several large cardboard cartons when I bought it, and it was a ragged-ass, greasy, worn out piece of oil leaking shit when I sold it. Paid $400 for it, owned it 2 years, actually had it running for about 6 months. Sold it for $400 and was happy not to lose any money on the deal. Completely stock, because the only customization I could afford to do in those days was to buy a couple of cans of gold metal-flake & candy-apple red clear lacquer to paint the tank. Should have kept the bike and ditched the girlfriend & future ex-wife. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?
Darn, that's a sad story John! Why must senseless violence be so senseless (not to mention so violent)? My MGB Convertible was given to me by my brother-in-law who seemed to accumulate cars as barter for doing roofing jobs above and beyond the original quote. Whoever had it started their restoration with the interior (rather bass-ackwards, if you ask me). The convertible top is near new also. The body is pretty straight and it has these ungodly-looking whitewall tires on it (rally wheels, not wires). It has the "crack of doom" in the top of the driver's door just starting to emerge after what looks like an earlier repair. I really don't even know what it needs yet. I know it needs a fuel pump and I'd want to clean out the gas tank before even trying to crank it. Beyond that I'm not sure. I doubt that I'm ever going to do a *full* restoration on it, but I would enjoy having it licensed and drivable. Our town's annual Cruise Night is a yearly reminder of how it is just taking up space in my garage. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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From: Darren Addy Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip it into drivable condition. The one in the basement is a 1978, and was drivable until a bunch of high-school kids vandalized it. I live in a fairly quiet residential neighborhood. I always kept it in the back of the driveway, but ONE NIGHT, I needed to park a truck there, and moved the MG out to the street. Four kids with a baseball bat did $200,000 damage in a little over an hour. They mostly hit high dollar vehicles, which my MGB definitely wasn't. About $3,000 of the damage is to my MGB. One of them lived two blocks away around the corner from my house, and that's where they started their spree from. Mine was the first vehicle they attacked. Basically what it needs is a new windshield, new driver's window and a complete interior. I can't get the shards of broken glass out of the upholstery & carpeting. I have another tourer, 1979, sitting out at my brother's house. I originally bought it for parts the first time I was rebuilding the 78. But when I got it towed home, it just too complete to part out. The engine needs rebuilt, it needs a new cylinder head (they crack between 2 & 3 because of improper torquing) and it's missing the master cylinder/brake booster. All of the parts I need are available from Victoria British/Roadster Factory/Moss Motors if I just had the time, MONEY & energy. I guess I got the time now. The only part I ever had a problem getting from them was the smog pump, and believe it or not, Lucas licensed the design to Toyota, who used it throughout the 80s. All you have to do to get a rebuilt Toyota unit from AutoZone to work is shift the mounting bracket 90 degrees (remove 4 nuts, shift & reinstall). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Both Pentax an MG are brands that hardly anyone knows today, but which pretty much defined the market for low cost performance 45 or 50 years ago. Darren Addy wrote: >Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB >convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip >it into drivable condition. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB > convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip > it into drivable condition. Moderately frightening .. I had an MGB too. 1965 model year. Frankly, I hated it although it was nice to drive. When it ran. In my lifetime, I've built three cars and four motorcycles from the ground up. I think my junkie status is well assured at this point, and I never intend to do it again. I bought the SLK specifically so I don't have to ... It has everything I ever wanted in a car just as it came from Mercedes. But of course, I didn't buy it new so I have the joy of detailing it out anyway. (I'm pretty much done now ... :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip it into drivable condition. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:01 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > I have a MGB Tourer in the basement. I can't remember if it's half assembled > or half disassembled. Does that count? As someone with an MGBGT in the garage, a brand new motor sitting on the floor next to it, and a supercharger for said motor in the shed under the garage, I don't know whether I'm in a perfect position to comment, or should recuse myself from judging. http://red4est.com/jasmine > > From: lrc > >> If you aren't building them yourself, you aren't a car junkie. >> >> Walter Hamler wrote: >> >>> I bought my wife a new car; one year ago I bought one for me. I am >>> like a kid in a toy store!! >>> >>> Walt > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?
I have a MGB Tourer in the basement. I can't remember if it's half assembled or half disassembled. Does that count? From: lrc If you aren't building them yourself, you aren't a car junkie. Walter Hamler wrote: I bought my wife a new car; one year ago I bought one for me. I am like a kid in a toy store!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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If you aren't building them yourself, you aren't a car junkie. Walter Hamler wrote: >I bought my wife a new car; one year ago I bought one for me. I am >like a kid in a toy store!! > >Walt > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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I know for a fact that not all men are into cars, but I certainly am. Here's my baby... http://upload.pbase.com/image/145036882 Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne - still drying out after photographing 20 of these in the rain at Essendon Airport yesterday... On 29 July 2012 09:59, wrote: > > FWIW - > > I attended a drive event put on by Porsche recently when the topic of > brakes came up after sampling their entire product lineup. One of the > driving instructors in attendance stated that one of the reasons for the > great brakes on their product line was a corporate requirement that the > brakes must be able to stop the vehicle from 80% of its maximum speed - and > do that 25 times in rapid succession. > > BTW their PDK 'auto' transmission - a seven speed dual clutch unit - has > just about made me turn my back on conventional manual transmissions - it > just too damm good! It needs to be experienced to be appreciated. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message - From: "Walter Hamler" > > Subject: Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies? > > >> Sweet looking Mercedes! >> Yes, I will certainly enjoy HER car, as she could care less. In all >> seriousness, I had to get her something as the old Saturn's brakes >> just were not up to snuff. I was so afraid she would get herself into >> a situation that she couldn't stop. I didn't notice that much until I >> bought a new Elantra last year. The brakes are really good, but what I >> have learned is that almost all the new cars with 4 wheel disc's have >> very good brakes. The better fuel economy is a big help as well! >> >> Walt >> >> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi >> wrote: >>> >>> lol ... I hope you enjoy your wife's new car! ;-) >>> >>> I bought myself a new (old) car in April. It makes me smile every time >>> I get into it. :-) >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7361641262/lightbox >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Walter Hamler >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I bought my wife a new car; one year ago I bought one for me. I am >>>> like a kid in a toy store!! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Godfrey >>> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?
FWIW - I attended a drive event put on by Porsche recently when the topic of brakes came up after sampling their entire product lineup. One of the driving instructors in attendance stated that one of the reasons for the great brakes on their product line was a corporate requirement that the brakes must be able to stop the vehicle from 80% of its maximum speed - and do that 25 times in rapid succession. BTW their PDK 'auto' transmission - a seven speed dual clutch unit - has just about made me turn my back on conventional manual transmissions - it just too damm good! It needs to be experienced to be appreciated. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Walter Hamler" Subject: Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies? Sweet looking Mercedes! Yes, I will certainly enjoy HER car, as she could care less. In all seriousness, I had to get her something as the old Saturn's brakes just were not up to snuff. I was so afraid she would get herself into a situation that she couldn't stop. I didn't notice that much until I bought a new Elantra last year. The brakes are really good, but what I have learned is that almost all the new cars with 4 wheel disc's have very good brakes. The better fuel economy is a big help as well! Walt On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: lol ... I hope you enjoy your wife's new car! ;-) I bought myself a new (old) car in April. It makes me smile every time I get into it. :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7361641262/lightbox On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Walter Hamler wrote: I bought my wife a new car; one year ago I bought one for me. I am like a kid in a toy store!! -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:58 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: > Sweet looking Mercedes! > Yes, I will certainly enjoy HER car, as she could care less. In all > seriousness, I had to get her something as the old Saturn's brakes > just were not up to snuff. I was so afraid she would get herself into > a situation that she couldn't stop. I didn't notice that much until I > bought a new Elantra last year. The brakes are really good, but what I > have learned is that almost all the new cars with 4 wheel disc's have > very good brakes. The better fuel economy is a big help as well! Thanks Walt! Yes, getting something that stops well, that goes well, and that doesn't eat one out of house and home on fuel and maintenance is worth a lot. Modern cars, nearly all of them, are like today's cameras: they just work much better than the older generation of cars did. This little yellow bomb is just stunning that way ... it's fully into the modern era ... and it's 12 years old. A new one is over my pay grade to pay cash for and I won't get into financing, but I'll put the money away so I'm ready to buy a newer one when they're 5 years old. :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Godfrey DiGiorgi >> >> lol ... I hope you enjoy your wife's new car! ;-) >> >> I bought myself a new (old) car in April. It makes me smile every time >> I get into it. :-) >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7361641262/lightbox >> > > Must be nice to have the space and the emptiness to enjoy it. Over here it's > not worth the money. Last week while I was cycling home from work I overtook > a Lamborghini Countach which was going as fast as it could. Sadly, it's not much different in my locale, at least between my home and my office. 5 miles that can take 45 minutes to traverse sometimes ... But I put some good music on the stereo and suffer through it. ;-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 2:30 AM, Bob W wrote: > Must be nice to have the space and the emptiness to enjoy it. Over here it's > not worth the money. Last week while I was cycling home from work I overtook > a Lamborghini Countach which was going as fast as it could. Har!! We don't encounter that over here, but we do encounter the hordes of "roadies" trying to take over the roads on weekends with their huge groups touring around pretending they are doing the "Lance Armstrong" thing! I don't mind it at midday, but competing with them and morning traffic gets bad at times. Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?
Sweet looking Mercedes! Yes, I will certainly enjoy HER car, as she could care less. In all seriousness, I had to get her something as the old Saturn's brakes just were not up to snuff. I was so afraid she would get herself into a situation that she couldn't stop. I didn't notice that much until I bought a new Elantra last year. The brakes are really good, but what I have learned is that almost all the new cars with 4 wheel disc's have very good brakes. The better fuel economy is a big help as well! Walt On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > lol ... I hope you enjoy your wife's new car! ;-) > > I bought myself a new (old) car in April. It makes me smile every time > I get into it. :-) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7361641262/lightbox > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Walter Hamler wrote: >> I bought my wife a new car; one year ago I bought one for me. I am >> like a kid in a toy store!! > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Godfrey DiGiorgi > > lol ... I hope you enjoy your wife's new car! ;-) > > I bought myself a new (old) car in April. It makes me smile every time > I get into it. :-) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7361641262/lightbox > Must be nice to have the space and the emptiness to enjoy it. Over here it's not worth the money. Last week while I was cycling home from work I overtook a Lamborghini Countach which was going as fast as it could. B > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Walter Hamler > wrote: > > I bought my wife a new car; one year ago I bought one for me. I am > > like a kid in a toy store!! > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?
lol ... I hope you enjoy your wife's new car! ;-) I bought myself a new (old) car in April. It makes me smile every time I get into it. :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7361641262/lightbox On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Walter Hamler wrote: > I bought my wife a new car; one year ago I bought one for me. I am > like a kid in a toy store!! -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?
I bought my wife a new car; one year ago I bought one for me. I am like a kid in a toy store!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
