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On 6/9/13 10:42 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 6/9/2013 10:34 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 6/9/13 10:26 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 6/9/2013 10:20 AM, BAR wrote:
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On Saturday, June 8, 2013 9:21:43 AM UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Fri, 7 Jun 2013 18:46:52 -0400, BAR wrote:



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On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:01:20 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
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Drove a BIG F150 last night... hated it. I mean, it has
everything I

need but I just don't like driving that huge monstrosity...
Think I

would get over it soon enough?



I went from a Toyota 4Runner to a 4WD Silverado 2500HD. Pretty
big
jump. Get used to it pretty

quickly - or hit a lot of stuff.



John H.



I have an F-150 SuperCrew and I love it. Nobody pulls out in front
of you when you are

driving down the road. Mine has a 156 ince wheel base and I can do
a 3 point turn in my two

car driveway. Whenever I go somewhere I do stratigic parking, park
out where nobody is.



I've also noticed how courteous drivers have become since I got the
Silverado. It's a remarkable

transformation. I had no idea my purchase of a big pickup would
improve the manners of such a great

many people!

Funny... I've notice that people react to the Corvette in different
ways. One of the most aggressive reactions is from guys in pickups!
They want to race me for some reason. Crazy. Young guys in
Mustangs
tend to leave me alone :-)
(I like Mustangs, BTW)

Yeah, and they still have the best "retro remake" in my opinion...

The F-150 Lightening was a Porsche killer.




The newer Mustangs, at least the "GT" models, are great for short
people
with well-padded butts. They ride very hard. The "regular" non-GT
Mustangs are very popular down here in Southern Maryland with high
school girls and recent grads. Yellow is a favorite color of the girly
girl set. Nice looking cars, though.

If I could have any car as an every day driver... it would be a 40 Ford
Coupe... black, whitewalls, no fancy stuff... stock looking at first
glance.. I love it when I see those old things going down the road.


I like the old cars, too. I'm old enough to remember when many of the
pre and post WWII cars were still on the road, and not as restored
antiques. My grandfather, my mother's father, had a 1939 two door Ford
that I think looked exactly like this:

http://tinyurl.com/ot6eoal

He had that car until 1950, when he got a Plymouth that looked like this:

http://tinyurl.com/q52e7ax

Pretty much the color I remember, too. He was an awful driver, scared
everyone to death who rode in those cars with him.

He referred to his cars as a "motor." Not a car, not an auto, but a
"motor." I don't know how that started with him.

My favorite of the old, old cars is a 1956 Ford Fairlane convertible. A
true work of art!

http://tinyurl.com/3493m7


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First car I bought was a 1956 Ford Fairlane Convertible. Was a POS in a lot
of ways, but the heater was fantastic. Replaced that with a 55 Chevy
convertible, with a factory stick shift. Can not own a Corvette as I still
have a great lust for speed, and if I bought another Vette, I would probably
be without a drivers license.