For heavens sake, if I took every comment like that personally I would have
junked my cars 20+ years ago. I have lived through driving my Imperials when I
had to wait in line for five hours to get gasoline. Others in line would make
all sorts of derogatory remarks about my "gas hog". At the time I was running
my '65 Crown as an everyday car. It was called names like Giant Pig, Beige Cow,
Obselete Blob, and many more that I can't type here. People were angry since
they felt that I was using more than my share of the dwindling fuel supply.
Even today, young guys, who incidently are not always the most intellegent when
it comes to manners, make unflattering off hand remarks. I go where I can get
the parts and take the comments in stride.
Paul
In a message dated 12/27/2003 3:26:16 AM Eastern Standard Time,
kjosephson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> From: "Currell Pattie" <currellpattie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: IML: Even at This Late Date
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 01:22:15 -0500
> Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Ken: Do you simply accept his comment in silence? (Just asking...).
>
> No. I told him that taste is subjective. Then I noted that I loved my '68
>Charger R/T immensely as a teenager and young man. But now I was ready for a
>grown man's car. Another employee laughed a bit, but the one I was dealing
>with just shook his head. But as some of our fellow Imperialists noted, I did
>get the fuel pump I needed. I now recall that he also said something about
>Imperials having "screwy constant velocity U-joints" that were never worth the
>trouble. I would think the constant velocity joints like the ones in my Crown
>would relieve some of the
> driveline stress and strains better than the conventional U-joint set up.
>Especially when the car is heavily loaded. As a child, I remember our family
>taking long road trips with four to six people onboard with a trunk packed
>full of luggage, etc.
>
> As ironic as it seems, I still like the old Mopar muscle cars and always
>will. But I have always liked the large American land yachts, particularly the
>offerings of both Mopar and GM.
>
>
> By the way, I also own a '72 Satellite Sebring that my folks bought new on
>October 11, 1971. It rides well for a mid size car, but never approached the
>ride a D body can offer.
>
> For the record, I do remember a family friend looking over my dad's '68 Imp
>when it was new. He told us that he would never buy another Imperial because
>they went to that "worthless" unibody construction starting in '67 and that it
>"cheapened" the car.
>
> Heck, opinions are like rib cages...we all have 'em
>
> Ken Josephson
> Las Vegas, Nevada
> '68 Crown
>
>
>
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