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Originally Posted by Pete Geither
We are working on a coupe right now and the tech said it has the thinnest metal on the rocker panel he has ever seen on a vehicle,,,, thinner than a Subaru front fender.  Rockers are usually pretty strong stuff, and this one had a nasty crease that the owner did on some frozen snow in her driveway. All new cars are getting thinner,,, including Mercedes,,, but this seems rediculous. |
What a far cry from the old 1958 Pontiac Super Chief I used to own. Now that was a CAR. That big old 386 CID engine roared when you stepped on it.
Race between the gas gauge and the speedometer: Which needle would make it all the way to the to the end first?
I used to sneak around the gasoline stations in Santa Barbara, at midnight, you could always drain the gas hoses, they weren't locked back then, and if you hit 5 or 6 of them, you could get 2 or 3 gallons for nothing. heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...
1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)
2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd
Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp
1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k
2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive
(sold)