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    You know your tire pressure is 35 psi without even looking.
    NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
    You can get in next to the engine and close the hood.
    Sounds like my old (66) Ford van !

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    The only "girls" it attracts are at the local retirement home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ronmac View Post
    The only "girls" it attracts are at the local retirement home.
    Or the ones you have to pay for cause they know its big enough that they don't have to rent a room.
    NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!

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    You still have those fuzzy dice hanging on the mirror.

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    ...someone steals your Boston 8-Track tape, but leaves the player.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
    You have an alternator and voltage regulator.
    ... and a carburetor.
    Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes

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    When i recently bought a new battery, the woman in the store when telling me about the power ratings of different batteries said "it depends how much electrical equipment you have in your car" my response "ignition, lights, wipers - end of list"

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    my 2007 Focus just turned past 100,000 miles. that's old.

    My nephew now owns my dad's 1929 DeSoto. My dad's 1963 Plymouth Fury is still in great working condition and sits in the same huge garage as the DeSoto. those are antiques.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davis View Post
    my 2007 Focus just turned past 100,000 miles. that's old.
    It is for a Ford. Your tranny should probably fail right about... now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davis View Post
    my 2007 Focus just turned past 100,000 miles. that's old.
    For a US-made car, yes. (And, no, this is not a US-bashing statement. Merely the truth.)

    There's no reason a well-built car can't go beyond 100,000 miles. I had my 1990 Acura Integra for 17 years, barely maintained it, never garage-kept, hit several times and 200,400 miles before I finally replaced it. The body was falling apart, but that motor ran as good as the day I bought it when I got rid of it. It went 135,000 miles before the first major repair. First set of brakes lasted 70,000 miles.

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    When Click and Clack just can't stop laughing before you even get to your question, after you tell them the make, model and year....and then they can't answer your question!!

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    the words 'Pacer," 'Pinto' or 'Edsel" are on it.

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    There is no place to put a license plate.
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    The headlights have wicks.

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    It's powered by steam.

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    Your antenna doesn't retract.
    Mine doesn't. It used to. Now the little motor just hums for a minute after you shut the engine off, but the antenna won't retract.

    And people ask me about the tape holding up the window. It's to keep the window from falling down into the door. Duh.

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    When you pull out the back seat you find a girdle.
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    When you pull out the back seat you find coins made of silver.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tom unbound View Post
    When you pull out the back seat you find coins made of silver.
    And wheat pennies.
    NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!

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    You find a condom wrapper bearing an unfamiliar brand name because the Trojan War had not yet occurred (pre-1200 B.C.).

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    You turn on the key, then have to press the starter button with your foot or clutch peddle for the engine to start.
    NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!

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    You have a full size station wagon or el camino or ranchero.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
    You have a full size station wagon or el camino or ranchero.
    My baby ! Unfortunately an offer was made that was too good to turn down. Still looking for new project.

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    Your air conditioning system consists of a block of ice in the rumble seat.

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