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Post by Blastgirl on Oct 13, 2007 22:22:00 GMT -5
Dan and my Dad swear that a Mercedes Diesel is the slowest thing on wheels. They both say that.
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Post by dannyboy on Oct 14, 2007 13:43:10 GMT -5
Dan and my Dad swear that a Mercedes Diesel is the slowest thing on wheels. They both say that. They're an absolute pig. I can literally petal a bicycle out of a parking lot faster than you can accelerate in that heavy old gutless junk. Five cylinders is stupid anyway. |
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Post by Mahnarch on Oct 18, 2007 4:07:14 GMT -5
HA! I agree.
The older MD 5s were absolute pigs.
You could get out and push with much more power than they had.
BUT! The newer 'Sprinter Vans' use that same(ish) inline 5 - this time with a better turbo - and...WOW!
Those things will beat the best 'rice rocket' off the line and keep it in the rearview!
Sucks that you're usually carrying freight, though, and it always tips over or slides.
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I ran 2 red lights tonight, due to 'fast yellows'.
But, are you going to pull out infront of a semi?
.....one guy did.
When a light turns yellow, I've got a choice:
Do I try to stop....and end up half-way into the intersection, with half a million dollar's worth of freight laid out on the floor in my trailer?
Or, do I run the 'almost red' and chance getting $400 ticket?
(tickets for semis are 4 times higher than regular cars!!! Why?]
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Post by Phil on Oct 18, 2007 13:23:52 GMT -5
Technology seems to improve things.
I like my 8100 Chevy though.
Trucks are mostly commercial so they probably figure companies can afford bigger fines than individuals and then it's all about money in the end.
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Post by Classicblast on Oct 19, 2007 21:02:47 GMT -5
Technology improves things.
My father has for many years had a lot of trucks with a 4.9l 6clyinder.
The ones built after 1990 were fuel injected instead of carburetters and would accelerate and even bark the tires.
Something that didn't happen with the same basic vehicle before.
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Post by Mahnarch on Oct 20, 2007 4:03:27 GMT -5
Heck, there are alot of 2.2L engines that'll bark, now-a-days.
Especially if they're manual trannys.....
....get to around 30mph and dump the clutch....*bbboooooorrrrrkkkkk*
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Post by Classicblast on Nov 3, 2007 18:23:25 GMT -5
Some of the old trucks my dad had like the more basic ones were a 3 on the tree.
It was 3 speed manual but the shift was on the steering column.
Sometimes the linkage would jam so they got converted to floor shifters because auto part stores would sell gearshifts that could fit any make or model for about 15 bucks and you could eliminate the linkage.
The heavier duty trucks were all 4 speeds on the floor but recent trucks that my brothers have switched to automatics because you don't worry about changing clutches and it's not that much more expensive than a manual nowadays.
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Post by Mahnarch on Nov 11, 2007 2:48:48 GMT -5
I had/have an old '79 Firebird that 'was' a column shift auto, converted to a floor model.
I can twist the column shaft and the floor shifter will move.
I freaked out a friend, years ago, by 'voice commanding' the Bird to change gears. lol...
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