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To: rickmichaels

Driving all the time is bad for and letting sit around all the time is bad.


5 posted on 02/23/2016 11:54:06 AM PST by ThomasThomas (Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.)
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To: ThomasThomas

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1448&bih=918&q=tree+growing+through+car&oq=car+tree+growing+&gs_l=img.1.0.0i8i30l4.5114.10120.0.13675.17.17.0.0.0.0.130.1356.15j2.17.0..2..0...1.1.64.img..0.17.1348.RXfL99Gs77o

but, if the car has not been driven for a while, please remember to remove the tree from the engine block BEFORe driving off.


12 posted on 02/23/2016 12:00:14 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: ThomasThomas

In 1971 I had a brand new Jaguar XJ6. Beautiful car, Ran 140 mph smooth as silk. The first winter I pulled it into the garage and let it sit for 4+ months.

The stupid bendable exhaust headers rusted and needed replaced. IIRC they were supposed to be stainless steel.

The inboard discs and calipers froze and had to be rebuilt.

The windshield wiper regulator also froze and needed total replacement BUT there wasn’t another available in the US. Took Jaguar months to get one. In the meantime I drove with a rope tied to the wiper arms.

I won’t even go into the electrics including the Blaupunkt Frankfort radio and the AC unit.

The body, hood hinges, started to rust.

To be fair I sold it for the same amount I paid for it, less $500. Around 2k on the odometer.

Actually per mile it proved VERY economical but I was VERY lucky.


23 posted on 02/23/2016 12:08:55 PM PST by prisoner6 (Unmutual and Disharmonious)
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