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I read somewhere that someone swapped a cadillac northstar into an amigo or a rodeo, or maybe it was the oldsmobile version of the engine. I always dreamed of getting a ford 5.0 and transmission in it, but then the dream turned to getting her back on the road in any capacity, and then that dream faded and was replaced with bitter pain and disappointment. That was five years ago, and it hasn't gotten any better. All I wanted to do when I looked at it was hit it with a sledge hammer. Believe me, I've shed plenty of tears for this thing. I've paid for her at least ten times over by now, but the nickle-and-diming never ended. I just couldn't take it any more. If anyone lives in Western North Carolina I can tell you what scrap yard it's in. I love this car (still do, honestly), but I hate it with every fiber of my being.
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I know the feeling, I felt similar about my old '82 Ford Fairmont beater that I drove for a couple years in the early 2000s. Comfy bench seats, lots of room to haul people and stuff around, but had way too many problems for a $400 POS. I think the first day I drove it from home from the person I bought it from, it died about halfway back because of the battery. It ran alright but needed a LOT of care to get it back to its glory, by the time I got rid of it I'd replaced like half the mechanical problems but the engine was still lovely and either needed a full overhaul or replacement. I was sad from the standpoint of not having a massive land yacht style car any more, but glad I didn't have to worry about random breakdowns with the newer car I got.
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Jun 16, 2016 18:45
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Jun 16, 2016 21:01
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What goes down stairs, alone or in pairs, and even goes off road? A thing, a thing, a marvelous thing, everyone knows it's Amigo. Amigo, Amigo! For sun and love and joy! Amigo, Amigo! It's fun for a girl and a boy.
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Jun 16, 2016 22:30
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Excuse me sir, several of those are in the wrong thread 
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Jun 16, 2016 22:42
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most definitely in the wrong thread, I'd drive that every day just to gently caress with people. The Pooooooooooontiac is pretty alright too.
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Jun 16, 2016 23:21
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That Isuzu thing looks very Vauxhall Frontera to me which would confirm its gigantic shitbox status. Oh hey it is
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This makes me super sad. My first real vehicle was an 88 Isuzu P'up with the factory "offroad" package. 3" lift on 33's, 5 speed, 2.6L 4 pot. Bought with an idle issue as well. Barely knew how to drive a 5 speed let alone diagnose issues. Spent about 2k throwing parts at it from the advice of shade tree mechanics until randomly it was discovered that the crank pulley had been pulled at some point and never torqued down properly. The keyhole had wobbled itself open to the tune of nearly an inch in diameter so every time you fired it up who the gently caress knew what the timing was like. One afternoon and a new crank pulley later it was running the best the truck had ever run in years. Many teenager shenanigans were had. Forest parties, dragging friends' vehicles out of bad decisions, paintball outings, earning money doing ghetto snow plow work with 2x4's strapped to the bumper, through college, awkward sex on an import truck bench seat, I even one time accidentally put it through the front glass wall of a Game Stop, etc. I put 100k of hard as gently caress miles on that 'suzu that already had 150k. Got distracted by a new car purchase and let it sit. Sold it for a song to a friend of a friend because my apartment complex was pissing up a storm that I let it sit.14 years later it is the one thing I regret doing the most and that's saying something as I've had girlfriends that have tried running me down, stabbed me and threw boiling water on me. I miss that loving truck. Imagine this but champagne paint. 
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Jun 16, 2016 23:26
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Oh look, it's a preview of the 2024 F150 crew cab supreme.
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Jun 17, 2016 02:56
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SlapActionJackson posted:Oh look, it's a preview of the 2024 F150 crew cab supreme. When are they going to start offering sleeper cabs on pickup trucks anyway?
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Jun 17, 2016 03:29
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:When are they going to start offering sleeper cabs on pickup trucks anyway? When they start driving themselves
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Jun 17, 2016 03:39
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CharlesM posted:What goes down stairs, alone or in pairs, and even goes off road? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRnT-TklALk gently caress man, that guys truck looked so rad, I would've totally bottom barrel engine swap it and took it out to the desert to play. I completely understand why you got rid of it, it's just terrible because it looks like it didn't have any superficial damage which is rare on a car old enough to buy its own booze.
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Jun 17, 2016 07:35
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Every time the American utes come up I'm reminded that the gmc Caballero was a thing.
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Jun 17, 2016 09:23
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  This thing was in a parking lot near me.
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Jun 17, 2016 18:34
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That doesn't nearly go far enough over the top.
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Jun 17, 2016 18:37
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Aside from that hood ornament, it's pretty rad. Like a Hot Wheels made real.
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Jun 17, 2016 18:51
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Wrong thread
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Jun 17, 2016 19:47
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Thought you were a dummy posting a massive table-breaking image until I realized it was just a huge vertical and the joke was in front of me all along.
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davebo posted:Thought you were a dummy posting a massive table-breaking image until I realized it was just a huge vertical and the joke was in front of me all along. Phew, I wasn't the only one. I was furiously swiping my mouse wheel to the right.
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The shift cable on our Trailblazer came unhooked earlier today. While I was on the boat ramp, trying to pull the trailer out of the water. When it came unhooked, the transmission was stuck in neutral. Fortunately the emergency brake worked well enough to keep the truck out of the water until I could block the tires. Also, I had to pull off the drivers side running board to get enough room to reconnect the cable. That was not a pleasant repair.
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n0tqu1tesane posted:The shift cable on our Trailblazer came unhooked earlier today. While I was on the boat ramp, trying to pull the trailer out of the water. When it came unhooked, the transmission was stuck in neutral. Fortunately the emergency brake worked well enough to keep the truck out of the water until I could block the tires. Also, I had to pull off the drivers side running board to get enough room to reconnect the cable. That was not a pleasant repair. Having to change cables on anything that was designed LHD and sold as RHD is an utter ball ache. Trying to thread clutch cables through on a Peugeot 106 RHD model comes to mind as it still uses the LHD hole in the firewall but needs to be fed around in an S shape from the RHD clutch pedal.
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Jun 18, 2016 14:27
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I'm a fan of lhd master cylinders activated by a hokey collection of levers from the rhd pedals.
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Jun 18, 2016 14:31
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Cakefool posted:I'm a fan of lhd master cylinders activated by a hokey collection of levers from the rhd pedals.
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This is what Bon Jovi arrived to his prom in. That reminds me. I saw one of those decked out, fancy minivans and the license plate was "Bon Jovi". Seemed pretty appropriate. Queen-Of-Hearts fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Jun 18, 2016 |
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Jun 18, 2016 21:11
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Been trying to find a pic of this car for years, I always see it around town.
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Jun 18, 2016 22:08
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But it looks so happy to be there!!
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Jun 18, 2016 23:01
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Crustashio posted:Been trying to find a pic of this car for years, I always see it around town. You poor Supra, what have they done to you?
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Is this why Toyota won't give us another Supra?
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Hell even a dumb hybrid one would be fine. The Toybaru is selling ok so they haven't been burned by that.
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Isn't there a BMW-related Supra in the pipeline? With a distinct possibilty of it having a straight six (the one true powerplant) and a turbo?
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Aren't most BMWs I4 turbos now? 
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fyodor posted:Aren't most BMWs I4 turbos now? Well the Smaller M cars are twin turbo I6, but they still make V8s and V12s. The x35i still inline 6 though, as it should be.
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I mean, I love I4 turbos too, but I love an NA I6 in a BMW.
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fyodor posted:Is this why Toyota won't give us another Supra? Yep, we don't deserve another.
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fyodor posted:I mean, I love I4 turbos too, but I love an NA I6 in a BMW. Sadly the last NA I6 has been retired. The latest car it could be found in was the F10/11 530i, it made 270hp, 240 ft-lbs. And only outside of North America.
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I shouldn't like this as much as I do. quote:If I was a junkyard owner, this is the kind of backyard fort I would build for my kids.
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I kind of like that dash and wheel and I don't care who knows it.
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The dash itself is okay. If she used something removable like Silicone then  Everything else is terrible, though. Including it being an iA
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