JeepTANG

I am not a Porsche fanatic either. I do respect them as they are one of the few makes that really engineer there cars well as are most German brands IMO.

Same goes for my '94 Explorer. It just keeps going. It has over 160k miles and the biggest repair has been to replace the rotors and calipers.

I used to love working on cars but over the years I have become less inclined to do it. Maybe it is because I just don't have enough time and patience to do things right anymore,. Plus I spent tons of money building up my '89 LX to get 425 rwhp and 460 rwtq and then Ford comes along with the Terminator Cobras and I could have had that car for the same money I spent on the '89 over the years. This is why the GT500 is so appealing to me. Ford is now building Mustangs that are hella mean right from the factory and with minimal after market tweaking they will put out 600+rwhp/rwtq and do it very reliably. That is no easy or inexpensive task for the DIY mechanic. Besides I'm at a point in my life that I want to buy a car, drive it and enjoy the hell out of it not live under it. I think a GT500 vert with a few after market mods would do a fantastic job filling that niche.

"Michael Johnson, PE" wrote in news:hKSdnWUT7KnL8HrenZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

I think the list is what it is simply for parts. Chop shops abound with those vehicles.

Well it is still completely up in the air, they absolutely would not open the hood at the auto show. When I asked, the Ford Motor Company speaker even said that the hood latch release was disabled.

EXACTLY!!!

Me Too...

I still have a yearning to be covered in grease and build things. I do understand your perspective, because there are times when it's tiresome and I just want to DRIVE it

D'oh!! That kinna hits close to home...

Just for the record, if anyone wants to pay me to drive a turbo Cayenne daily, I will happily oblige.

Wound Up wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@your.disposal:

The grease yearning decreases and the drive-it yearning increases logarithmically with age.

So I understand...

I suppose there could be worse things...

..... and in the coming years you will experience it personally. :) I was so hardcore on DIY repairs I had a Triumph Spitfire as a daily driver for four years in my early twenties. Every six months I had to change all the U-joints in the rear or they would break the yokes with catastrophic results (one time they broke and the ass of the car jumped

The latest round of mods to my '89 LX has taken what was left of my DIY willpower. To make the car reliable is more work than I care to do. Its next makeover will involve a 427 ci stroked Windsor, Maximum Motorsports complete suspension and killer brakes. I just want to drop the car off at a speed shop and in a few months pick it back up finished. I don't even like to wash and wax cars in the driveway anymore. Isn't that sad?

As the time we have left on this rock decreases I find myself less patient about receiving gratification. Basically, I want my MTV and I want it right now because I may not be around tomorrow. ;)

I couldn't get an answer at the DC Auto Show either. Here is a quote from an article on Ford's web site:

"The engine is force-fed an air-and-fuel mixture via a "Roots-type" supercharger providing 8.5 pounds per square inch of boost."

That isn't very encouraging. I hope the author doesn't know the difference between a twin screw and a Root's blower. I can easily see Ford using an Eaton/Root's to save a few bucks though.

LMAO! Well, I got ya stirred up a little, that's what I was after.

The "Best of" part was tongue in cheek. You knew that.

KJK

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: > That thing looks like it is squatting to take a dump. Now here is the : > best of both worlds: : >

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: : - You could not pay me to drive something with that profile that fast : : - It IS an abomination, a waste, and it's hideous, to me : : - Porschephiles make me want to vomit, which is a nice segue into this: : : - Every time I see one, I am reminded of the snippet of the Bobby Brown : reality show I walked on. Whitney's bowels were impacted, and Bobby : explained to the cameras that it was an expression of (and I quote) : "black love" to stick his hand up her ass, and manually remove the : problematic feces. What does this have to do with the Cayenne? They : own one, and her vulgar, haggard, drugged-out constipated ass sits in : its seats. Ugh. : : Porsche should pay that foul couple to go soil another vehicle. I am : forever horrified, and the Cayenne is forever equated with that mental : picture. I see one, and immediately think "black love". Gew. : : Chew on that if you can. If not, just throw up. I just almost did, again. : : Disclaimer - this has nothing in particular to do with black people. It : has to do with those particular two black people. : : What the hell does any of this have to do with a Mustang? Oh, right, : that thing out of Greek mythology Kate posted a link to. : : Shame on you, Katie, you are filling this place with all kids of awful! : : ;^) : : -- : Wound Up : ThunderSnake #65 : : AHPBBFM pages:

I thought it was just me. :-) I find it harder and harder to wash mine too. Good thing I only have the front half of my new F-450 flatbed to worry about...

"351CJ" wrote in news:M4XFf.8619$Gg1.5530@trnddc03:

It's literally a pain to wash my vehicles. Bending down scrubbing rocker panels and wheel wells just plain hurts. Forget about doing the wheels and tires. I still do it, although not nearly as much as I used to.

"Michael Johnson, PE" wrote in news:UqOdne3SV_LOgnXenZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Exactly. Gotta enjoy it while you can.

Dig.

Tired as hell from nine straight 12-hour days, I yearn for insane, hide-boiling torque that requires no more than my willingness to play with it

Horsepower is nice but torque is addictive. :)