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Post by Bones on Oct 31, 2021 8:15:41 GMT -5
Watch for the girl......
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Post by Vinster on Nov 1, 2021 9:02:16 GMT -5
poor thing.
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Post by zila1 on Nov 1, 2021 16:20:37 GMT -5
I worked at Chrysler many years back. I had the honor and the pleasure of being allowed to drive a Dodge Viper. It was one of the most thrilling driving experiences of my life. The car belonged to the owner of the car dealership I worked for. He over heard me complaining of how the newer cars were basically made for pussies that didn't know how to drive. The new cars protected the driver from actually driving the car. ABS, Traction control, Auto Trans that shifted for you. Launch control, cars that had brake control to keep you from getting too close to other objects......on and on. Pussy cars. That's all he needed to hear. At lunch time he pulled me outside and told me to take his Dodge Viper out for a run. Oh my God. It was an actual drivers car. I could actually control this car the way it was intended. Lots of fucking horse power and torque. No traction control, no abs, no launch control, a good manual transmission......no rev limiter.....just a real car begging to be spanked.
Well I took that bitch out. The boss saw how much I liked it and let me keep it for the weekend. He and I took it to the track. Oh man, I was out in her for over two hours that Saturday on the track. 0-60.......3 seconds. 1/4 mile..........10 seconds. Every shift made my heart pound hard in my chest. I could feel the power coursing thru her and right thru me. She rattled me and challenged me. Yes! A real car. And yeah she would brake loose on ya especially hanging her tight thru turns. Just what I like. No safeties, just you and your wits. I am a by the seat of my pants driver. I couldn't afford to buy one but I am so grateful to my ex-boss and friend for giving me the thrill of my life. I'm sorry that I burned up a full set of his tires that weekend.(NOT)
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Post by Mr.Scott on Nov 1, 2021 17:01:18 GMT -5
I too worked at a Dodge dealership for a while. All of the snobby rich eastsiders bought their kids these. Know how many I seen come in wrecked? All of em.
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Post by george on Nov 1, 2021 17:11:33 GMT -5
Good tire grip. How to handle strong horse powers is a mystery.
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Post by zila1 on Nov 1, 2021 20:41:01 GMT -5
I too worked at a Dodge dealership for a while. All of the snobby rich eastsiders bought their kids these. Know how many I seen come in wrecked? All of em. I saw the same thing here. It never failed. I'd go over to the body shop and there would be a viper being put back together again. "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
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Post by ShrimpBrime on Nov 1, 2021 22:33:31 GMT -5
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Post by george on Nov 2, 2021 14:19:27 GMT -5
I drove some 20 years with vehicles that did not really have any safety features like modern cars have. Rear wheel driven car during winter, during dark&day gave some good lessons. It taught some butt feel And to keep eyes on the road, compared to many things that now eases / distract driving too much, IMO
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Post by zila1 on Nov 2, 2021 16:15:52 GMT -5
These cars were never meant for winter driving that is for sure. On wet pavement a very light touch on accelerator, brakes and steering. Although I would never take one out on wet pavement if it could be helped. But then when winter comes around here and the most vehicles found in ditches are 4 wheel drive suvs/pickups. People feel like they are invincible because of all that so called safety equipment and either forget all there driving skills or they just never had skills to begin with and wipe out expensive cars. Last winter there was a Mercedes SUV upside down in the middle of the street. I really would have liked to have been there when that happened.
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Post by zila1 on Nov 2, 2021 16:24:37 GMT -5
I too worked at a Dodge dealership for a while. All of the snobby rich eastsiders bought their kids these. Know how many I seen come in wrecked? All of em. I can't stop laughing thinking about this.
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Post by Mr.Scott on Nov 4, 2021 18:08:57 GMT -5
I too worked at a Dodge dealership for a while. All of the snobby rich eastsiders bought their kids these. Know how many I seen come in wrecked? All of em. I can't stop laughing thinking about this. Totally true. There were 4 of em that were in all the time. The crashes came more frequent than the oil changes. We knew all of them by name. lol
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Post by zila1 on Nov 9, 2021 15:15:54 GMT -5
This is what I'm talkin' bout:
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Post by zila1 on Nov 10, 2021 21:32:21 GMT -5
^^^^^I just love that straight six^^^^^^^^ I can't stop watching that vid.
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Post by Mr.Scott on Nov 11, 2021 18:28:14 GMT -5
That's a pretty worked over 6 banger.
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Post by zila1 on Nov 11, 2021 19:13:08 GMT -5
I know. It's sweet. You always see turned 350s in these. They are a dime a dozen. But a seriously tuned straight 6 like this is very uncommon. I like this better I think. Quite surprising when that hood is popped and you see that sweet little thing in there.
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Post by Bones on Nov 11, 2021 23:10:39 GMT -5
292's are good as well, trouble nowadays is finding a good one to build.
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Post by zila1 on Nov 14, 2021 13:14:27 GMT -5
Wow, nice survivor. This brings back memories:
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Post by Mr.Scott on Nov 14, 2021 17:00:50 GMT -5
My first car was a '72 Vega.
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Post by zila1 on Nov 14, 2021 18:45:55 GMT -5
My '72 Vega and my '72 Pinto were two really good little cars. Chicago road salt killed them though. Rotted them out right to the floor boards. Junked em.
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Post by Mr.Scott on Nov 14, 2021 19:29:57 GMT -5
Had a Pinto too. Later though. Put a 302 in it. Had another Vega later, with a 350 in it. God I loved the old days. *sigh*
Guy around the corner had a Cosworth Vega. Black with gold. Car always ran like crap. Ha also had a Chevy Monza Spyder with a 305 in it.
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Post by zila1 on Nov 14, 2021 22:15:28 GMT -5
Yeah, I had a Vega with a 350 in it with a 4 spd. Damn that thing was squirrely. Stomp it and it would spin a circle for ya. LOL
Here's a cute one:
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Post by zila1 on Nov 17, 2021 18:12:06 GMT -5
Todays cars just don't have it. My brother had one of these in the garage when I was a kid. It belonged to one of his customers and he was tuning it. God I loved it when he would take me for a ride. You would not believe how smooth the ride was. Todays cars just don't have that feel of quality and workmanship.
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Post by george on Nov 19, 2021 12:26:50 GMT -5
2-stroke boat engine resurrect. The usual&correct check points!
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Post by zila1 on Nov 20, 2021 22:03:15 GMT -5
Good Lawd!! Yeee haaaaaaa
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Post by Bones on Nov 21, 2021 13:07:23 GMT -5
I'll leave this here for you guys.....
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Post by george on Nov 25, 2021 17:17:34 GMT -5
holy moly, lake cruise in Seattle, views from 15inches above water
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Post by george on Dec 20, 2021 18:35:54 GMT -5
Super beetle, do not know what to say. Enjoyed seeing the effort of combining old car design and newer tech.
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Post by zila1 on Dec 20, 2021 22:13:09 GMT -5
^^^^^^I love it^^^^^
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Post by zila1 on Dec 21, 2021 15:47:20 GMT -5
This brings back a lot of memories. I was 12 years old when this car came out. My big brother was a wrench at a performance shop and would bring home customers cars all the time. One day my Brother comes home from work in a '70 Super Bird. Oh my God that was the coolest car I had ever seen. The way it sounded when he came down the street in it. My brother had my dream job. It's a shame this is now a bygone era.
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Post by zila1 on Dec 21, 2021 16:13:32 GMT -5
When I was 16 years old, I fell in love with a 1968 Buick Riviera I saw sitting in a car lot on Mannheim Road in Melrose Park, Il. (My old neighborhood). I road my bike up to the dealership and told the salesman I wanted to buy the car. He looked at me and said "kid, go home and get your marbles before you come in to talk business with a man". I told him I had my driver's license; I could pay my own insurance and I could pay cash for the car. He laughed at me and told me to go get my Daddy. So....I did.
I waited for my Dad to come home from work and I told him what had happened. He looked at me with that tough Dad look and just said "Get in the fuckin' car, we're gonna go look at that Buick". He drove us up to the dealership. I immediately start walking around the car. My Dad saw the car salesman and took him around to the back of the building. After what seemed like an eternity they came walking back to the car and the car salesman was looking very pale. LOL.
The owner of the lot comes out and looks at me and says, "Kid you just bought yourself a car".
This is almost exactly the car I bought. This brings back so many memories.
Edit: Just after my 16th birthday 1974.
And here's another beauty. Man, I want one again.
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