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mcpoz
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Best car you have ever had???
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Feb 26 19:07 UTC 1995 |
what's the best car you've ever had and why?
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omni
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response 1 of 36:
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Feb 27 04:33 UTC 1995 |
My 1963 Buick Skylark, because it was the first car that I bought with
MY own money, and after I fixed it up, ran really well. Of course, I owned
it in 1981, so it was just a little old, but what the hell!
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mcpoz
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response 2 of 36:
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Mar 4 14:01 UTC 1995 |
A friend of mine had a 63 skylark. This was GM's first attempt at a small
car and it was cute but stubby. My friend had the v8 convertible. I believe
others had a v6.
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mdw
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response 3 of 36:
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Mar 4 18:07 UTC 1995 |
V6's were unusual technology in 1963. A straight 6 would be more
likely.
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mcpoz
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response 4 of 36:
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Mar 4 20:41 UTC 1995 |
You're right about unusual technology, but I think the baby buick had a v6.
The Pontiac tempest had a slant 4 which was a bank of a v8, and the olds had
a small v8 plus some other base engine. I don't know of a reference to
look it up to be sure, though.
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omni
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response 5 of 36:
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Mar 4 21:57 UTC 1995 |
I think my car had the V8, can't really be sure of that, but it did
run well after the muffler was replaced
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mcpoz
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response 6 of 36:
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Mar 4 22:21 UTC 1995 |
The tempest had a flexible drive shaft and a transmission/axle in the rear.
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angsty
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response 7 of 36:
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Mar 5 12:49 UTC 1995 |
Yup... Buick had a V6 in '63..previous to that, the Specials had that sweet
all-aluminum V8, displacing 215ci. (which Rover's since adopted and uses to
this day). GM actually had a clue back then... Turbo'ed Corvairs & Oldses,
too. I don't know what happened...I think the bean-counters took over. :)
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mcpoz
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response 8 of 36:
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Mar 5 23:02 UTC 1995 |
The Turbo baby Olds was called a jetfire (sort of "son of starfire")
The Turbo Corvair was a Monza Spyder.
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mdw
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response 9 of 36:
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Mar 6 06:09 UTC 1995 |
I've got something at home that will say what buick had, at least in
1961. I'll have to look. But I do remember that Buick had V6's first,
so you could well be right.
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mcpoz
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response 10 of 36:
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Mar 7 11:29 UTC 1995 |
If you find the info - send it along - by the way, my first car was
a 47 Nash. Wow!
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volvo
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response 11 of 36:
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Mar 9 14:32 UTC 1995 |
volvo 760
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bdunn
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response 12 of 36:
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Mar 10 00:13 UTC 1995 |
1979 Ford F250 4X4. Best vehicle ever made.
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mcpoz
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response 13 of 36:
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Mar 10 01:10 UTC 1995 |
Bdunn - great choice - I had a 1962 f100 and loved it. It had a 57 v8
and a hurst shifter. Very little rust and everything worked. I was
stupid and sold it for $150 more than I paid for it.
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n8nxf
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response 14 of 36:
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Mar 10 13:54 UTC 1995 |
'69 Ford Falcon. Paid $35 for it and it was almost worth every penny.
Sold it 2 yrs. later for $150 which about paid for the oil it consumed
while I had it. It would quit whenever it felt like it but would always
start up again. Cold starts were encouraged with a can of ether but the
cork in the air cleaner cover made that pretty easy. (That must have been
back in the days when Ford really did have a better idea ;)
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mcpoz
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response 15 of 36:
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Mar 11 00:54 UTC 1995 |
69 was the last year for Falcon, right?
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mcpoz
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response 16 of 36:
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Mar 12 21:24 UTC 1995 |
what is a volvo 760 ? What year & what body style?
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n8nxf
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response 17 of 36:
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Mar 13 13:50 UTC 1995 |
r.e. #15. Yes, I think it was the last year they were made. Pretty
decent cars. I've heard good things about them from others. The one
I had was abused by the previous owner/s.
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nephi
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response 18 of 36:
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Mar 19 09:13 UTC 1995 |
I guess I would have to say my Toyota Camry. It has been my best car,
if only because it has been my only car. 8*) Really though, I always
feel that I can depend on being able to get where I am trying to go
without any car trouble. That means a lot to me.
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n8nxf
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response 19 of 36:
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Mar 20 13:34 UTC 1995 |
I'd have to say the same for our '86 Chevy Nova aka Toyota Corola. It's
been our famlies only car for the last 5 years. Well designed and it just
keeps on going. (I selected the Falcon because I got it for $35, put about
$20 worth of parts into it and sold it a year later for $150.)
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nephi
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response 20 of 36:
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Mar 21 09:02 UTC 1995 |
Heh, I used to know a person that had a 1981 Toyota Corolla with, get this,
*700,000 miles* on it! That's like driving to the moon and back, and then
driving to the moon again! The car had a little rust on it, but the
owner said that it ran fine.
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n8nxf
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response 21 of 36:
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Mar 21 13:35 UTC 1995 |
700,000 miles? That is difficult to belive. If you were told that in '95
it would meane that it was driven about 139 miles *every* day!
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nephi
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response 22 of 36:
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Mar 22 02:33 UTC 1995 |
It's what the odometer said. I can only conjecture about the rest.
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mdw
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response 23 of 36:
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Mar 22 07:42 UTC 1995 |
Hm. If you had an SO in chicago, and a day job 60 minutes away (troy?),
that might fit. I just met someone whose dad was a tire salesman in the
UP, and put 50K miles a year on his company supplied vehicle.
What I find amazing is not the fact it runs fine (although I imagine
it's gone through several sets of CV joints and all that), but that it's
fairly rust-free. The toyota's I've seen on the road that are only a
little newer than that seem to be well on their way to rusting out.
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nephi
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response 24 of 36:
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Mar 22 08:03 UTC 1995 |
Well, it did have some rust-through. This was, however, on the same order
of many, much younger pick-ups that I have seen.
Also, keep in mind that this car was probably not driven as deep into
the rust belt as most of the cars you see. We only see salt on our roads
a half a dozen times a year here.
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