https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18LrBpBPNlQ
Eric has a good perspective about our love of cranky old cars
clay
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against
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Did you folks down south ever have the Lada? Essentially an outdated Fiat
made in the USSR. I understand the metal
was so poor that it could not be taken apart and put back together because
the threads would not stand it. We had
them here for
My uncle had one years ago. I think it was the fiat 166 they licensed.
Rusty steel but great heaters! (go figure)
He had his for years and liked it.
Zedic
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Did you folks down south ever have the Lada? Essentially an outdated Fiat made
in the
R A Bennell wrote:
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> Did you folks down south ever have the Lada?
No Lada, Innocenti, Trabant, etc. The only little cars we got were the
Suzuki Swift/Sprint/Metro/Firefly (although the only time I actually saw
a Firefly I was in Ontario) and the Yugo. Oh, we also had the Ford Festiva
and the B
long time.
Randy
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A guy I used to work for was an Indian/Brit, he bought a Sterling when
they came out
Yamaha was supposed to design it, they ended up making the whole powerplant.
220 hp at a time when the top Mustang V8 was about 225. Both the Bull and
the Pony would do 145-150mph, but the Pony was rear wheel drive and launched
much better.
Want one? http://lansing.craigslist.org/car/691326509.h
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> > Those things were supposed to be fairly desirable performance cars in
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> Those things were supposed to be fairly desirable performance cars in
> their day, in the Euro tradition, no?
>
> --R
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> Mitch Hale
I think almost any car made in the past 10-15 years will easily run to over
200.000K given reasonable service. Lots of friends have Japanese cars and
swear by them, even thought they have had their share of problems too. Only
difference being, an new alternator for a Toyota usually costs a lot mor
Rich Thomas wrote:
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> Those things were supposed to be fairly desirable performance cars in
> their day, in the Euro tradition, no?
The SVO Mustang was quite desireable, I really don't know about the XR4ti,
other than the dual rear wing was an attention getter.
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Those things were supposed to be fairly desirable performance cars in
their day, in the Euro tradition, no?
--R
Mitch Haley wrote:
> Speaking of "I thought they were all scrapped by now":
>
> http://www.auto-rv.com/Browse.aspx?AdName=CH3060035
> http://www.auto-rv.com/Browse.aspx?AdName=CM317021
Those that I know who drive Japanese cars state that the drive train
will run well over 200K, but the body falls apart around it. Seems
true, based on observation. Compare that to a 123, 124, 126, etc.
> I clearly remember a long-term test by one of the car mags which said
> something to the effec
Speaking of "I thought they were all scrapped by now":
http://www.auto-rv.com/Browse.aspx?AdName=CH3060035
http://www.auto-rv.com/Browse.aspx?AdName=CM3170219
That's right, not one, but two. And I saw, in real life, a Scorpio last week.
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> > ...Donald Snook wrote: The
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
> I clearly remember a long-term test by one of the car mags which said
> something to the effect that after x years all the Japanese parts of
> the car were still working perfectly, while all the British parts had
> either fallen off, broken, or both.
I used to work with
A guy I used to work for was an Indian/Brit, he bought a Sterling when
they came out. If I recall he had loads of problems with it, but he
stuck with it because it was a Britmobile. I think they were badged as
something else too, just as bad.
I saw a Yugo wheezing through a mall parking lot a
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:16 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> ...Donald Snook wrote: There is a 1990 Acura Legend for sale here...
>>
> Speaking of cars like that, I caught up to a Sterling (thought they were all
> scrapped) in traffic the other day.
I clearly remember a long-term test by one of
there's one at the local U-pick-it...along with a Yugo, which falls into the
same "I thought they were all scrapped" category.
Chris
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ...Donald Snook wrote: There is a 1990 Acura Legend
for sale here...
>
Speaking of cars like that, I caught up to a Sterling (thought
> ...Donald Snook wrote: There is a 1990 Acura Legend for sale here...
>
Speaking of cars like that, I caught up to a Sterling (thought they were all
scrapped) in traffic the other day. Very tatty. Friend of mine bought one new.
Reliable as a five-dollar atomic bomb. I do not ask about it.
RLE
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http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/91454155.html --79 240D $1500
http://seattle.craigslist.or
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/89020825.html --77 300D $2k
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/88995169.html --85 300D $4500
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/88915648.html --Wagon for Casey $500
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