planeflyer21

Welcome from Arizona!

Good job there Sisco! I was experimenting with making my own starter a few years ago. Following the instructions of someone living in a cool climate wasn't conducive to summer in Arizona.

A video released for public consumption, concerning a LaWS test 2 1/2 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xji4_PnvqU

I've tried explaining that to "outraged" libs, by asking a rhetorical question. "What are you going to do about it ("it" being anything they feel is the injustice of the moment)?" Rage on. Burn down your urban utopias. Destroy the supply lines into your declared "no-go zones," and then demand assistance. Like the dude in that video said "They going to come into your street and tell you to get on the truck. And you're going to get on the truck."

There was someone here whose pin was bent all to hell due to there being something out of spec. Maybe 2 years ago?

/\/\/\/\ This, right here.

Oops. 26. Forgot about 1976 AMC Hornet. TOTAL! That way you can add in Snuffleupagus.

JMNSHO but I hope whatever engineering crew decided that an internal slave cylinder on a manual gearbox was a good idea, learns of their folly several times over. So simple to repair or maintain on the outside, opposed to removing the driveshaft, t-case (on some), and gearbox to get to the damn thing. Pretty sure that's just Jeep. My Mom's CJ6 was always having electrical issues. My Jeepster Commando had numerous electrical issues. Most of the mechanical stuff was an easy fix though.

Mike got me to wondering if I'm an anomoly. How many total vehicles have you owned? 18 just on my own. Plus 2 cars with my wife. 4 with my ex-gf. 1 airplane. Puts me at 25, so a bit shy of the 30 estimate.

My '69 F100, 302 and 3 on the floor, broke a small carb linkage clip. Nobody had one. Not Ford, not parts stores (all of them), not the hot rod shops. Ended up grinding the spot where the clip went and made a custom one from ss wire. I'm surprised you didn't like your little '99 Ranger. I love mine! When I'm not hating it. But it's been that way with any vehicle I've owned, any make. Somewhere around 30. I think.

There was a BIG f-ing stink a few years back. People buying Rock Crusher kits had presses cast in China. People were NOT happy about that.

Good job! Time to go plane shopping.

Had a '77 5/4 ton M880-series. Loved that truck! Couldn't push that beast though.

I agree. For the cost of one payment, I can get cushy new seats. Another two payments, dif lockers. "C-A-R" dealers are 3/5s a crack dealer. They just need you to keep a job so the money keeps rolling in.

Unless one was an employed mooselimb immigrant.

That sounds fairly close. My understanding is a broker is an authorized sales person, without having to go through a franchised dealership. They may sell new, used, whatever.

Me likey!

"They" know. Why do you think all the refugees are being sent to areas other than huge liberal strongholds?

Don't know if you have them up there but here there are auto brokers. Within reason, name your price and they find your vehicle. Dude I worked with bought a new Ford Explorer through one several years ago. Got it for several thousands less than the local dealerships wanted, brand new, with factory warranties, etc. Another one here lots of people use is a used car broker. This one in particular I've seen get screaming deals on vehicles. My buddy got his '95 GMC Z71 with like 30k miles for I think $15grand, his Dad got a Lincoln Towncar with 20k miles for a song and dance. Truck was the requested color, Towncar wasn't but for the deal he got, he didn't care.

Retired Marine, current contract employee, asks a simple question on facebook and got 44 million views already.

C'mon blue! You know you can do a meme with the folded $50 bill showing the dam collapse.

You can do a frame-off restoration on most vehicles for less than half of the new vehicle sticker price. Sticker price (say that a few times). Not counting that a majority of people are going to finance the damn thing for years and pay 1/3 more than sticker price in interest. Like Jerry Reed says, "The car is mine and mine alone, that me and the finance company own."

As to purchasing a new vehicle, I will say this. Every so often I shop new vehicles. What gets me is that trucks are the new luxury coupe. If you are needing a work vehicle, shop for fleet vehicles. Full-size pickup trucks for fleet sales are consistently $15k to $25k less than a comparable model that is "showroom floor" equipped. It's supposed to be a truck: scratched, muddy, dirty, worked, reliable. Worry about comfort when you retire.

That's crazy talk! Weirdo! Why don't you go someplace where they support crazy, like Arizona?!