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OOOHHH! I saw a purple Challenger yesterday, damn near had a car-gasm! I love the new Challenger as much as I loathe the first new Chargers...they're not so loathesome now that they've fixed the taillights so it doesn't look like an overstuffed Oldsmobile. Not that there's anything wrong with Oldsmobiles, just don't make a Towncar or a Charger look like one...

My stepdad had a Civic hybrid and it looked just like a Civic. Perfect as far as I'm concerned, hybrids do not need to look stupid, it's better if they don't. Of course now Honda has something that looks like the Prius so apparently the buyers like having their hybrid be easily identifiable as a hybrid or else why would Honda bother...
 
Yeah, I just want to know why I see cars on Top Gear that get 60 and 70 mpg and don't need all that fancy and expensive hybrid tech. We make a big deal about tiny ugly cars that get 35 or 45 (wow... rolleyes) mpg when I routinely see large sedans getting those very same numbers in the UK and mainland Europe. Someone's being a dick. And speaking of being dicks...when are we going to stop dicking around with lithium ion batteries and get locomotive tech on car? Those things get ridiculous mileage by hooking up a small (relative to a 20 ton locomotive) to an electric generator... you're telling me our nerds and British boffins can't figure out how to miniaturize that? Yes they can...I call shenanigans.

I can't wait. Have you seen the motor the Cuda and the new Challenger will have? They call it the Hellcat...a supercharged hemi with over 600 HP from the factory! What a thing. Now if I could have that for weekends I would have no problem driving a Chevrolet Castrato hybrid diesel one cylinder electric...


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LOL Chevrolet Castrato...

If I were the type to be embarrassed by what I drive, well, the Chevette would be in far prettier shape than it is right now...
 
Chevette Girl said:
LOL Chevrolet Castrato...

If I were the type to be embarrassed by what I drive, well, the Chevette would be in far prettier shape than it is right now...
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Are you kidding? That car has character. I'd rather drive that than my own blandmobile. Yes it's really comfortable and blows cool air on my bum, but it has all the personality of a bar of soap. That's why I liked the Road runner so much.
 
I like cars with personality although in my case "personality" usually means "stuff that doesn't work properly". Although in the case of the Accord, it's a rear-end squeak (not suspension, the mechanic who owned it before thinks it's a misaligned body panel in the trunk) that's really annoying at low speeds unless the radio's on.

My husband complains that all new (90's onward) cars are shaped like a shoe...
 
SQeuaks that are hard to find! One time when I was a kid, I heard a story about a car (I forget the brand) that had a rumble in the back but try as they might there was no way to fix it. Turns out that when they went to replace the right rear quarter panel a worker has slipped a bottle in the panel with a note that said "It was hard to find me wasn't it?" or something to that effect. What an asshole! LOL
 
I heard a similar story only it was a baby's rattle... I don't think this car ALWAYS made this noise and the mechanic who owned it was this close to sticking his diagnostic camera into it to see if he could see anything. And the dent in the rear quarterpanel, although it has locked the scissor jack permanently in its holding place, did not fix the squeak.
 
mannye said:
SQeuaks that are hard to find! One time when I was a kid, I heard a story about a car (I forget the brand) that had a rumble in the back but try as they might there was no way to fix it. Turns out that when they went to replace the right rear quarter panel a worker has slipped a bottle in the panel with a note that said "It was hard to find me wasn't it?" or something to that effect. What an asshole! LOL
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LINK
http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/rattle.asp
 
I heard a true story, where a car exited the FORD factory here, and was luck enough to be one of the 1 in 20 cars the are subjected to the 'rattle and squeak test' which is basically a concrete 4WD track 20 metres long.
They heard all sorts of ruckus.
When they pulled the car apart, they found 7 stereos, 4 speaker systems, a few spare looms and multiple sets of reversing sensors, automatic aerials etc stuffed into every void of the car.
 
It didn't take them long to discover that the recipient of the car 'Jo' had a cousin that worked at the plant.
It would seem it was quite a racket involving quite a few people. Who knows how many cars to other cousins left the plant unsuspected.
 
HAHA! That's something. I never thought of using the cars themselves to smuggle out stuff. You would think they would steal better stuff though, like ECUs
 
Now I'm reminded of the PsychoBilly Cadillac:)

...which actually inspired me to build my own car...which turned out to be a 1986-1897 Pontiac/Chevrolet Acadian/Chevette. Always wished I could figure out how to put tailfins on it...
 
That's very clever! It's only been a couple of months since I sold the Road Runner and I'm already jonesing for something new but this time I want to make it. So I'm looking at a Caterham 7. I don't know if they are available on this side of the pond ::;;;mmmm Amy Pooooond::: sorry. I can't say pond without thinking of the hottest ever companion where was I? Oh yes. Caterham 7. I want one.


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I have several vintage cars: 1953 Chevy truck, 1958 Buick Limited 2 dr - see avatar pic, 1957 Pontiac Transcontinental wagon, 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe, 1977 Lincoln Town Coupe convertible conversion. Most need a bit of work.
 
Hahahaha...yes Mannye, Amy Pond was hot...don't know tho-I'm still kinda partial to that metal dog. Back when the special effects were really cool. We would stay up late to watch on PBS...then follow up with Benny Hill-God rest his soul-one of the greats..sorry I digress, second bottle of JOAM..Wheels sorta coming of the bus
 
Ooh, my mechanic's dad had a light blue Galaxie hiding in the shop years ago! Wonder what ever happened to it... I'll have to ask next time I take either of the cars in...

Poor Chevette has been barricaded into the garage since November. Gotta borrow my mom's trailer to take a load of stuff to the scrap metal guy and then I'll have room to get around the Beast (dishwasher, microwave, electrical stuff and some plumbing waste, don't ask), she's still having fuel problems but I found a connection that needs tightening so maybe that'll help, and she should be fine once I charge up the battery.
 
You're wringing so much more out of that Chevette than it was meant to give! If you strike it rich I expect a Pro Street treatment 1980's style. Lol. Except it should actually run. Chevy 500 cubic inches with a blower and twin turbos all chrome. Single seat in the middle and a Concord stereo with cassette!


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