OK, now I'm pissed!

[pixelthis]

Not possible. My 2000 Firebird still runs.

(Later on, when I feel like it, I'm going to throw the acronym MTBF at him and see how hot his engine temp gets. )

YEAH, IT STILL RUNS
downhill
Pretty much like the owner

[pixelthis]

Are you guys being mean to me? It seems like you are being mean. If I find out that you guys are being mean, then I'm going to take my ball and go home.

Your wife told me you had one ball.
How sad for you.

[pixelthis]

Okay now I don't know what to do. If I replace ALL connecting rods, the new ones with the old bearings will cause the bearings to break, causing the piston to slap the valve, causing the rocker arm to shatter, bending the pushrod, collapsing the lifter, and causing the cam to snap. WTF man?!?!?!

And I'm not even mentioning what'll happen to the crankshaft.

Ah! Who cares? I'll be replacing the beast before 2010, and besides, internal combustion engines will be DEAD by then anyway.

Its DEAD already.
Really tho, you need to talk to some of the engineers where you work, that is if they talk to janitors.
They'll set you straight about modern design theory.
Maybe.
After all, they work for TI, so take what they say with a grain of salt.
After all, these are the guys who spent millions developing the DLP chip, which
only produces greyscale

[emaidel]

. Why don't the U.S. build them like that any more?

In an effort to keep this thread going off in all sorts of directions other than which it started, I, for one, am glad "the U.S." doesn't "build them like that anymore."

I owned a '72 Camaro, which I really liked at the time. Still, it was typical of a 70's vehicle: overweight, too big, and a true gas guzzler (rarely ever more than 15 mpg), and with a truly useless back seat and equally useless trunk. But it looked great! And, it rusted like crazy - even the roof rusted right through the light tan vinyl roof!

My '78 Grand Prix was delivered brand new with a 3-speed automatic transmission that mysteriously had no second gear, and with rocker panel molding missing on one side of the car.

My parents' 70's Chrysler station wagon had permanently mis-aligned front wheels, and a steering wheel whose cross member rarely ever was horizontal. And did it ever rattle!

The Japanese did indeed teach the U.S. auto industry a lesson during the 80's when American cars' quality control was at its all time worst, and it's still reeling from that. American auto manufacturers today do make a few really good cars: the Ford Fusion, the Chevy Malibu, the Cadillac CTS as examples. Unfortunately, for them, the past disasters continue to haunt them.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Hey Smokey, can I borrow nurse Ratchett? Looks like pix has gone off his meds again.

[bobsticks]

Your wife told me you had one ball.
How sad for you.

Isn't that Beefy?

[GMichael]

Your wife told me you had one ball.
How sad for you.

The only thing my wife would say to you is, "Stop pissing on the lawn and get a job."

[bobsticks]

The only thing my wife would say to you is, "Stop pissing on the lawn and get a job."

Somebody give that man a greenie...me gun be jammed.

[markw]

Your wife told me you had one ball.
How sad for you.

That's still one more than you can claim.

[f0rge]

my pontiac is 11years old, but only has like 135k miles on it. but that's 11 salty canadian winters

[GMichael]

Canadian years are not the same as Texan years.

You see, Texas is closer to the equator. Because of this, they need to travel farther each day to make a full Earth revolution. Over the course of a year, it turns out to be quit a few extra miles. Cars don't last as long there as they do up in Canada. You guys are taking a short cut around every day. It's not really fair that you get this advantage, but what can we do about it?

[Rich-n-Texas]

My '78 Gran Prix "SJ"





If only I'd kept it. I bought it used in like 1981 and I took such good care of it. Factory mags, red cloth bucket seats, landau roof that shined everytime I cleaned it with Rain Dance vinyl & leather cleaner. I loved that car.

[E-Stat]

I, for one, am glad "the U.S." doesn't "build them like that anymore."

Exactly. My first and last new American car was a '78 Trans Am. Fun car to drive, but it had three problems driving off the dealer's lot. Eighteen months later, the air conditioning compressor freezed. Time for this car to be someone else's problem. In '81, I bought my first of many Honda products, all of which had fewer problems at 100,000 miles than the Pontiac did at 100.

You're right about GM producing a handful of decent cars. Ironically, they've had a bunch of good designs in the stable, but they were all European. As for Cadillacs, I could never buy one because of the image of them that has been burned in my mind since I was a kid. The '"Caddies" were driven by blue hairs who cut me off or drove twenty miles under the limit in the passing lane. My dad drove them in his latter yearThe CTS is certainly a different beast, but I find it difficult not referring to them beginning with a word that starts with "f" and ends with "ing".

rw

[Woochifer]

The only thing my wife would say to you is, "Stop pissing on the lawn and get a job."

Unstucked my greenie gun for this line!

[Woochifer]

If only I'd kept it. I bought it used in like 1981 and I took such good care of it. Factory mags, red cloth bucket seats, landau roof that shined everytime I cleaned it with Rain Dance vinyl & leather cleaner. I loved that car.

Holy moly, is that Chevy Citation in the background?

[bobsticks]

Unstucked my greenie gun for this line!

What, you couldn't have done that a few minutes earlier before Beefy pegged him with a reddie? I'm just trying to get this monkeyoff my back.

Clearly, the Chevy Citation is not still in service.

[Woochifer]

What, you couldn't have done that a few minutes earlier before Beefy pegged him with a reddie? I'm just trying to get this monkeyoff my back.

Clearly, the Chevy Citation is not still in service.

Wha??? He did wha???? Dang, Beef's now toyin' with them forces of nature! It can only end badly ...

[Rich-n-Texas]

Holy moly, is that Chevy Citation in the background?

HUH? WTF??? Who cares!? You're supposed to be oooowing and aaaahing over my Pontiac!!!

Freakin' knuckleheads.

[bobsticks]

What Pontiac???

[Rich-n-Texas]

The WHITE one.

[bobsticks]

How'd you edit that so fast and w/out edit points? You been goin' to the Tia Carrere school of pixelization?

Lucky for s'all I saved the original...






Nice ride. "splains alot.

[pixelthis]

HUH? WTF??? Who cares!? You're supposed to be oooowing and aaaahing over my Pontiac!!!

Freakin' knuckleheads.

HEY, you're the one who not only owned a 1980's gm product but took a friggin picture for evidence

[pixelthis]

Canadian years are not the same as Texan years.

You see, Texas is closer to the equator. Because of this, they need to travel farther each day to make a full Earth revolution. Over the course of a year, it turns out to be quit a few extra miles. Cars don't last as long there as they do up in Canada. You guys are taking a short cut around every day. It's not really fair that you get this advantage, but what can we do about it?

THE DAY IN TEXAS isnt any longer...IT JUST SEEMS THAT WAY.
Especially if you live next door to a neurotic ex-jerseyite who takes pictures of his cars

[pixelthis]

[QUOTE=Rich-n-Texas]Hey Smokey, can I borrow nurse Ratchett? Looks like pix has gone off his meds again.

[audio_dude]

Its DEAD already.
Really tho, you need to talk to some of the engineers where you work, that is if they talk to janitors.
They'll set you straight about modern design theory.
Maybe.
After all, they work for TI, so take what they say with a grain of salt.
After all, these are the guys who spent millions developing the DLP chip, which
only produces greyscale

whoa whoa whoa...why all the beef??
And what's with bashing TI?!? Damned if TI calculators haven't helped me breeze through math in school.

Oh, and the DLP chip is paired with a colour wheel numbnuts... hence all of those DLP projectors that everyone ooohs and aaaahs about.