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|    Message 43 of 2,177    |
|    Roger Nelson to Roy Witt    |
|    Re: The 3,000 mile oil ch 1/2    |
|    29 Sep 10 09:07:40    |
      RW>RN> Yeah, but I no longer am. (-:               RW> I am...just saw my cardiologist yesterday. :)               And your cardiologist said you actually have a heart? (-: Please NETmail or       email the actual reply.               RW>RN> The "Burb" is kinda rough shifting from D1 to D2, but I found a way       RW>RN> to defeat that by easing up on the accelerator at just the right       RW>RN> time, which, I suppose, makes me a better computer than the one in       RW>RN> the "Burb".               RW> Ahhh, that shifting problem isn't computer related, it's mechanical       RW> problems with clutch wear. i.e. they're wearing out.               I guess so. My daughter is pretty hard on a vehicle and the closest I came to       ever doing that is trying to get to the top end as fast as I could. It is a       1995 "BURB", so it's bound to have something wrong somewhere, but it rides and       drives very nice -- just like my Mark VIII used to. In a 1/4 mile race, I       think the "BURB" will beat the Mark VIII off the line, but that's all.               RW>RW>> Neither of the above could be considered a truck. They're more like       RW>RW>> hard work capable, smooth riding SUVs. And gas guzzlers to the       RW>RW>> mileage freaks. I'm in the market for one of those.               I may want to sell the 1999 Yukon, but I have to wait on a legal opinion for       that.               RW>RN> Those vehicles ride like they have air suspension. My Mark VIII was       RW>RN> like that before I converted it to spring struts. That was one of       RW>RN> the dumbest things I've done.               RW> I don't think so. That M VIII air suspension was probably going to be a       RW> POS for the rest of your car's life. The idea was great, but time took       RW> its toll on it.               Well, in my defense, I was told that in this area the air bag struts would       have to be changed on an average of every seven years. Hence my decision to       convert, which I still wish I hadn't, but you never know about these things       until you do them.                       Regards,               Roger              ... Taking up collection to give Barney a one way ticket to hell.       --- D'Bridge 3.55        * Origin: NCS BBS (1:3828/7)    |
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