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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   
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