"That there's quality workmanship, folks!"
Posted on 02/16/2014 2:52:01 PM PST by servo1969
Chevy SS Pace Car Catches Fire in Daytona at Sprint Unlimited – 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup–
Three cheers for Government Motors!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGD-jj6u8Uc
The trunk’s a bad place to put the lighter.
FYI - The Corvette Museum isn’t owned by GM. It is supported with Private Donations.
Although the Sinkhole might be a perfect metaphor for what Obama is doing to the Country, the Cars that were damaged, I believe you called them “sh*tboxes”, are valuable and historical American Made Automotive Icons.
Just getting some factual information out there.
I certainly agree with the last sentence of your Post. I have had numerous arguments with some Low Information types who proudly say that thanks to Lord Obama GM paid off their Loans and the Government got all its Money back.
They really believe it. They refuse to hear the truth.
Forced me to learn some auto mechanicing tho, which was helpful/thrifty at the time.
But 90% of it's archaic knowledge these days, what with everything gone sideways and buried amidst a pile of electronic spaghetti.
Had it to do over, I'd have bypassed Leyland and gone right to VW.
Dress warm and change the oil every 20k whether it needed it or not !
Didn't take much to hop 'em up some either .. a good Weber carb, a set of 60s on its feet, and they were little racers.
Would prolly still be running if some idiot hadn't Tboned me on the way home one night . . .
(note to self: don't start waxing nostalgic at 0430 d:^)
Used to know one some years ago - in AA meetings she would say, "I'm Gay and I'm an alcoholic". Then she would be sure to explain the "Gay" was a name, not another condition.
The Burst into flame option is standard in all GM products this year.
Hah...I used to have an MG, first car I ever bought. It was a learning experience. I learned all I ever needed or wanted to know. I was a Navy jet mechanic at the time, and I was a decent mechanic, but...that MG made no sense at all to me.
I was so proud of my new car, so I was going to learn all I needed to know about my car...change ALL the fluids, tune everything up, etc. etc. etc.
Heh, I knew how to replace a jet engine, but the basic concept of checking gearbox oil level on a level surface was not in my scope of knowledge, so I drove the little MG up on a ramp, and it was...low. So I filled it to the level of the plug.
So, it came as a surprise to me when I took my car down off the ramps to drive away and began to smell nasty things, and when I put my car in gear, the engine would race and I wouldn’t really move much.
And, yeah. To replace the clutch...you had to pull the engine! And I also learned how valuable a simple thing like a clutch alignment tool is, too.
But that is another story...:)
Nope, Government Motors still works. They wouldn’t be here without them. Chrysler’s a wholly owned Italian subsidiary of Government Motors.
This is what fascism looks like. They pretend to work, the government pretends to pay them.
And clutch alignment tool FOFL .. only took me what seemed like about 13 days to get things lined up w/o one !
That B was my first car as well, and even with all the 'learning' involved, I think the pride in it (at the time) still offset the frustrations.
And who can ever forget the tedious delight of cleaning wire wheels ?!
Better yet, how awesome it was to a 17yo kid to be toolin' down a country road on an autumn afternoon with the top down
and an indescribably cute redhead's long hair blowing around on the seat beside him . . .
American Grafitti, British Leyland style d:^)
Heh...you UNDERSTAND! Seems to be a common experience, eh?
I was 19, and stationed in Cecil Field, and decided to buy a MG Midget (77)that had 18K miles on it. I think I paid $3600 for it (and the insurance for a 19 year old single sailor was $1200 for ONE YEAR!)
When I drove it out of the lot and back to the base, I had the top down, humming along in the left lane, and...the car died.
I coasted off, and didn’t take long to find the problem. The car had about three cups of gas in it when I left the lot! Never even looked...:)
But I had so much fun driving that car, and learned how to troubleshoot car charging systems!!!!!
(The Father of Darkness and all that!)
Thank God I never had wire wheels...I would have completely obsessed on them!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled exploding GM products d:^)
LOL...gotta keep our eyes on the exploding car!
I thought it was just brilliant.
What was also equally funny was seeing Danica Patrick get creamed by her boyfriend. Not so much that she got hit, but that it was him that hit her!
Although I never had the pleasure of owning finely crafted British autos/electronics (I think I just barfed in my mouth a little), In my youth I did used to have to carry several ballast resistors for an old Plymouth Trailduster in the glove box. And changing them frequently.
Usually at 3 am alongside the road. In the rain. ALWAYS in the rain.
Being a Ford guy since means rarely dealing with electrical problems. Or any other really. Since God himself drives Ford trucks....;)
I guess Fords never catch fire...oh wait:
http://jalopnik.com/ford-recalls-ford-escape-for-sixth-time-in-18-months-ov-1471855972
Toyota’s either, LOL
heh, heh.
LOL!
A quick google search for the largest auto recalls came up with this:
http://www.autoinsurancecenter.com/largest-recalls.htm
From the above link, which details the reasons why those recalls were made, it appears that Ford = Fire...
FYI...I’m not a Ford fan, however I do respect Ford management for taking the necessary steps prior to the 2008 economic meltdown to ensure the company’s survival.
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