VLayton
02-28-2004, 03:31 PM
Hello all, I wanted to share with how I've come to my passion.
I've always loved cars, since the age of 1/2. Car movies, car video games, car toys, legos that could be made into cars, you can get the picture. When I was 7, I lived in Germany for about 2 years. It was a whole new world car styles, sounds, and smells (diesel) right at the time 123 chassis was in full swing. I remember riding in a 123 and a 116 diesel taxi.
My first car was an Oldmobile with 111 thousand miles of experience with the ill-famed 231. (once I requested some engine seals from a dealer, who told me that engine was usually replaced at 60-70 thousand miles and it wasn't worth it.) Somehow I got it to 196 thousand, despite the abuse of a car stunt fan type. After considerable experience with another fine but expensive GM, a Ford from *#*#*#*#, and a 1985 Civic, as well as driving about 100 other examples of 20+ cars (yes I keep track, 564,xxx thousand total miles driven to date) I found that this off-beat, $2100 16 year old German diesel was the best handling/feeling 3400 pound cars I'd ever driven.
Although slow, in the world of economic transportation, here is a car that
Handles exellent, Rides smooth with tactile feel, is capable of 500-800 thousand or more miles on one engine, requires no plugs, rotor, catalytic converter, O2 sensor, yada yada yada.
Simple, reliable, fixable, restorable, durable, and excellent.
I like it so much, I barely know or notice or care about most other cars. I only buy, use, and fix them(for the time being. I plan to help keep as many examples around as much as possible. I'd better go, talk to you all next time!
I've always loved cars, since the age of 1/2. Car movies, car video games, car toys, legos that could be made into cars, you can get the picture. When I was 7, I lived in Germany for about 2 years. It was a whole new world car styles, sounds, and smells (diesel) right at the time 123 chassis was in full swing. I remember riding in a 123 and a 116 diesel taxi.
My first car was an Oldmobile with 111 thousand miles of experience with the ill-famed 231. (once I requested some engine seals from a dealer, who told me that engine was usually replaced at 60-70 thousand miles and it wasn't worth it.) Somehow I got it to 196 thousand, despite the abuse of a car stunt fan type. After considerable experience with another fine but expensive GM, a Ford from *#*#*#*#, and a 1985 Civic, as well as driving about 100 other examples of 20+ cars (yes I keep track, 564,xxx thousand total miles driven to date) I found that this off-beat, $2100 16 year old German diesel was the best handling/feeling 3400 pound cars I'd ever driven.
Although slow, in the world of economic transportation, here is a car that
Handles exellent, Rides smooth with tactile feel, is capable of 500-800 thousand or more miles on one engine, requires no plugs, rotor, catalytic converter, O2 sensor, yada yada yada.
Simple, reliable, fixable, restorable, durable, and excellent.
I like it so much, I barely know or notice or care about most other cars. I only buy, use, and fix them(for the time being. I plan to help keep as many examples around as much as possible. I'd better go, talk to you all next time!