29 Sep 10 09:07, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
    RW>> RN> Yeah, but I no longer am.  (-:   
      
    RW>> I am...just saw my cardiologist yesterday. :)   
      
    RN> And your cardiologist said you actually have a heart?  (-:  Please   
    RN> NETmail or email the actual reply.   
      
   She proved it by having an ultra sound performed.   
      
    RW>> RN> The "Burb" is kinda rough shifting from D1 to D2, but I found a   
    RW>> 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   
    RW>> 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.   
      
    RN> I guess so.  My daughter is pretty hard on a vehicle and the closest   
    RN> I came to ever doing that is trying to get to the top end as fast as   
    RN> I could.  It is a 1995 "BURB", so it's bound to have something wrong   
    RN> somewhere, but it rides and drives very nice -- just like my Mark   
    RN> VIII used to.  In a 1/4 mile race, I think the "BURB" will beat the   
    RN> Mark VIII off the line, but that's all.   
      
   That burb will also beat your Mark VIII when it comes to carrying   
   groceries.   
      
    RW>> RW>> Neither of the above could be considered a truck. They're more   
    RW>> 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.   
      
    RN> I may want to sell the 1999 Yukon, but I have to wait on a legal   
    RN> opinion for that.   
      
   Encumbered?   
      
    RW>> RN> Those vehicles ride like they have air suspension.  My Mark VIII   
    RW>> was   
    RW>> RN> like that before I converted it to spring struts.  That was one   
    RW>> of   
    RW>> RN> the dumbest things I've done.   
      
    RW>> I don't think so. That M VIII air suspension was probably going to   
    RW>> be a POS for the rest of your car's life. The idea was great, but   
    RW>> time took its toll on it.   
      
    RN> Well, in my defense, I was told that in this area the air bag struts   
    RN> would have to be changed on an average of every seven years.  Hence   
    RN> my decision to convert, which I still wish I hadn't, but you never   
    RN> know about these things until you do them.   
      
   With the aftermarket improving air bag suspension all the time, you could   
   probably have better bags installed that would last longer. Seven years is   
   a long time in the life of an auto.   
      
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