American cars after 1970 = garbage

I'll stick with my M5 over any American hunk of crap.

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TTUArmy said:

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My ATS is sporty enough for me around town. It's on the Camaro chassis and has AWD.

I also have a 1974 Plymouth Duster in the garage if I feel like going old school V-8 and stick for nostalgia's sake.

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I had a 1972 Duster with the Slant Six 225...I miss it.

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I want a 66-68 travelall with barn doors.....

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I miss real cars. Three on the tree with a granny. Bet few here would even know what I am talking about.

Back to basics.

An engine is internal combustion.

A motor is electric.

"Boat motor" is incorrect. Unless one is speaking of trolling motors.

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so what does that say about motorboating?

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YouBet said:

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YouBet said:

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Stick shift is a PITA and I'm considered an old at 47 (I would assume). Will never own one purely because it's a whipping and they frankly aren't going to exist much longer anyway.

I can have equivalent fun simply by turning off ESC in my car especially when it rains. Good way to learn drifting although my fellow Dallasites probably don't appreciate that.

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Stick shift is easy (and I'm 52, young un)...And I lived 30 years in DFW driving one most of the time.

And if you want to learn to drift for real, PM me...I know a girl...seriously.

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I frankly drive so little now it would make no sense. I think I put 2000 miles on my car this last year with half of that being between Dallas and the coast. I literally get in my car once a week otherwise.

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Where on the coast? I live on N Padre.

Maybe I can arrange a drifting lesson down here for some Ags...

Or at least let you drift a stick again.

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Rockport so we are close by. We are finding ourselves down there more and more thanks to COVID. Silver lining.

Dude you can't shift with your cell phone in your hand.

Meh, call me when they make the Camaro look like this again:

RC Cola, dude.

It is precisely because many of us on this thread had such experiences growing up and the freedom that having your own car really meant. Driving was enjoyable and you were in control.

We had a lot of fun growing up in the 60s and 70s. And we had some great cars along the way.

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aggiehawg said:

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I miss real cars. Three on the tree with a granny. Bet few here would even know what I am talking about.

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You've just described my truck, it turns 51 next month.

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One of mine turns 84 this year, another one 53 and the other one 38. The youngster sports a hopped up 454, a 5 speed and 3:73posi RE.

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YouBet said:

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Stick shift is a PITA and I'm considered an old at 47 (I would assume). Will never own one purely because it's a whipping and they frankly aren't going to exist much longer anyway.

I can have equivalent fun simply by turning off ESC in my car especially when it rains. Good way to learn drifting although my fellow Dallasites probably don't appreciate that.

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Stick shift is easy (and I'm 52, young un)...And I lived 30 years in DFW driving one most of the time.

And if you want to learn to drift for real, PM me...I know a girl...seriously.

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Constantly shifting gears in city traffic got old for me! Auto was the best .

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The Fife said:

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aggiehawg said:

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I miss real cars. Three on the tree with a granny. Bet few here would even know what I am talking about.

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You've just described my truck, it turns 51 next month.

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One of mine turns 84 this year, another one 53 and the other one 38. The youngster sports a hopped up 454, a 5 speed and 3:73posi RE.

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You both are lucky to have those. IHIOGA, they are immune to the effects of EMP. (Sec of Air Force declassified some docs for a case I was trying in the early 80s.).

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YouBet said:

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Stick shift is a PITA and I'm considered an old at 47 (I would assume). Will never own one purely because it's a whipping and they frankly aren't going to exist much longer anyway.

I can have equivalent fun simply by turning off ESC in my car especially when it rains. Good way to learn drifting although my fellow Dallasites probably don't appreciate that.

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Stick shift is easy (and I'm 52, young un)...And I lived 30 years in DFW driving one most of the time.

And if you want to learn to drift for real, PM me...I know a girl...seriously.

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Constantly shifting gears in city traffic got old for me! Auto was the best .

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Only time I hated having a stick shift when I lived in DFW was one day when I was working in west FTW and got notice that a bad ice storm was coming in from the west. I lived west of Weatherford so I immediately headed out to my stick shift truck and started heading for home.

My drive from Clifford St to my house took 3.5 hrs. Normally it was 35 min. But, the ice had hit and everything was at crawl speed. Found out my truck went 6 mph in 1st with no gas. Traffic was going 1 mph.

Both my legs were sore when I got home from pushing in the clutch and brake. But, I still never wavered from being a manual transmission fan.

$274 is crazy low. I can't keep anything stock and I'd hate to put mods on a car I'm going to turn in after 39 months.

Just gonna keep putting my pennies away to find a ZL1 one day for the right price.

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$274 is crazy low. I can't keep anything stock and I'd hate to put mods on a car I'm going to turn in after 39 months.

Just gonna keep putting my pennies away to find a ZL1 one day for the right price.

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And THIS is why I could never lease a Wrangler....

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I'm sorry that the auto is faster than manual and allows for the use of a torque converter with a high STR.

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OOOOH....I can step on the accelerator and then I'm done!!!

Millenials...

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My apologies for the late response, but there's a bit more to it than that when you actually have something fast.

Put an LT1 in my 86 Chevy short bed back in high school. It was a fun truck. Got me in and out of a little trouble.

aggiehawg said:

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I miss real cars. Three on the tree with a granny. Bet few here would even know what I am talking about.

Back to basics.

An engine is internal combustion.

A motor is electric.

"Boat motor" is incorrect. Unless one is speaking of trolling motors.

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My friend next door growing up had a three on the tree pickup, it was fun to drive.

Also, it's not "Boat motor", it's "motorboating", and it needs to be done daily to keep your blood pressure down. My wife disagrees, but science agrees with me.

Went looking for the LT1 yesterday. Do we have a TexAgs hookup for GM cars?? Also, for the slushbox haters, it come in manual. I plan to get the 6-speed myself.