That is a typical thing with the majority of women and cars. My mother, my
mother-in-law, my sister, my sister-in-law, My aunt, my grandmother and my
wife all do it... That is 7 for 7 of the closest women I know. I here the
same thing from at least 10 or 12 guys at work...
You just need to get in it and run it a time or two a month, to try to keep
up with them.
Bill Day
AIM BadManD73
'95 CC Flame Red 3.9Magnum 3.55LSD & 30x9.50x15's
A rich Man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he ever wanted and
could give.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Oliver" <barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: DML: 4 Banger Milage
>
> It just seems every time I drive her car I find my self asking "how long
> has it been doing XX or making YY noise?" ...the response is always "I
> don't know". I do my best, but it seems she is better at wearing stuff
> out than I am at fixing... ;-)
>
>
>
> Aaron Wyse wrote:
> > I've never had a problem with vehicles that would be classified as
severe
> > service/ abuse giving me trouble unless they weren't being maintained.
If
> > it's being well maintained, odds are probably good you're not as hard on
it
> > as you think.
> > Aaron
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Barry Oliver" <barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com>
> > To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 3:41 AM
> > Subject: Re: DML: 4 Banger Milage
> >
> >
> >
> >>Tom Byrne wrote:
> >>
> >>>They also have weak auto transmissions. I had a 94 Spirit (bot used in
> >>>1996 with 11K on it) and my wife had a 1996 Voyager (bot new and dealer
> >>>serviced) and both trannys went at about 60K. The diff exploded on the
> >>>Spirit. I will never buy another fwd auto trans again. Mopar fwd autos
> >>>are notoriously weak when coupled with V6's. They have cooling
problems.
> >>
> >>
> >>Not that I would want to disagree, but my GF has a 96 stratus, and other
> >>than wearing stuff out [100k miles] it has been relatively trouble free.
> >> I haven't done anything more complicated than brakes, a waterpump
> >>that was weeping and misc front end parts on this car. The amazing
> >>part of this is that it gets driven like a baja 1000 truck all of the
> >>time. Everything is either full throttle, or max braking. As an
> >>example, she burns through a set of brake pads about once a year. [So
> >>far I have put on 4 sets since she has had the car.] I would have to
> >>categorize the use that car gets as "severe duty" in every sense of the
> >>term. Even at that level of abuse, it seems to be holding togeather
> >>pretty well... I would have no qualms whatsoever at buying one of these
> >>cars.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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