wow Im surprised to hear people make comments like that. Im not sure where
you live, but here in southern california I get stares from all for corners
of the stop lights. Its kinda weird kinda like the feeling you have a booger
hanging out your nose heheh.
----- Original Message -----
From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Negative Comments
> 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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