PRICELESS, ANDY, PRICELESS!!!
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From: "Andy Levy" <andy.levy@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 3:57 PM
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Subject: Re: DML: Re: DTC P-1740 for the 3rd Time
>
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 02:07, TerribleTom <silvereightynine@aol.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Mike & Sharon Higgins wrote:
>>>
>>> It is interesting to me that you would subscribe to a "Chrysler" mailing
>>> list and feel as you do, but more interesting that you would post such a
>>> comment and think that anyone would care much about the comment
>>>
>>> Mike.
>>
>>
>> Heh - obviously you do not know who I am and what I am capable of...
>>
>> My first reaction to your comment was one of irritation and a desire to
>> inform you of the holistic healing benefits you could experience, by way
>> of
>> my size 12 steel toe boots inserted rectally upon your personage.
>>
>> After the initial emotional outburst subsided - I indeed considered your
>> comment. And you speak some truth... it is quite interesting that
>> someone
>> such as myself - who claims to be a Mopar zealot ... would post such a
>> blasphemous comment such as the one I made, damning a portion of a Dodge
>> truck to the fiery depths of hell.
>>
>> That was the point at which I realized you were just ignorant :)
>>
>> Ignorant of the fact that I honestly didn't care if anyone else cared
>> much
>> regarding my post. I posted it, as a way of venting my frustration to a
>> crowd of individuals who already know me quite well. This same group of
>> individuals - collectively known as the DML, has become well acquainted
>> with
>> my odd little outbursts, late night rantings, and most of my other
>> quirks...
>> say - why don't you ask me what it feels like to be a freak?
>>
>> As for the reasons for my anger regarding the Chrysler Automatics... it
>> is
>> quite common knowledge that Dodge cranked out some very crappy
>> transmissions
>> in the 90s trucks. I have worked in the automotive after market parts
>> business for almost 10 years now. While I am not the Wise Everlasting
>> Know
>> It All... I like to fancy myself somewhat more knowledgeable than the
>> average obnoxious wind bag :)
>>
>> Thus I speak from experience - both personal and professional... when I
>> say
>> I hate Chrysler automatic transmissions. Having had problem after problem
>> after problem with them in the 3 Dodge trucks I have owned over the last
>> 12
>> years. A 4th Dodge (1995 Dakota) had a blown transmission when I bought
>> it
>> as a parts truck. While I was not the owner of the truck when the
>> transmission died, and I have no knowledge of how it happened either...
>> the
>> very fact that it was yet another Dodge with a dead automatic, doesn't
>> help
>> improve my opinion.
>>
>> I bought a 5 speed manual Honda Civic as a daily driver a few years ago -
>> I
>> love the stick shift. I had an old 87 Ranger 4x4 with a 5 speed about 6
>> years ago - it was a $150 winter beater... I loved the manual
>> transmission.
>> I will at all costs avoid buying anything with an automatic ever again,
>> if
>> I can help it. The permeation of automatics in this country without an
>> option for a manual transmission, quite sickens me. Grocery getters,
>> soccer
>> moms, lazy teenagers who don't care to learn how to drive stick, lazy
>> people
>> in general... people with blown out kneecaps... who can't shift
>> anymore...
>> hell why don't we blame the friggin oil companies for the waning
>> availability of manual transmissions!! Add the big tobacco corporations
>> too! Time Warner Media! Yes! They are all to blame for the fact that I
>> cannot buy a 3/4 ton Dodge Ram with a stick shift , without having to opt
>> for the $7000 Cummins Diesel option! Not that I would not love having
>> the
>> Cummins, I would, but I can't afford it! And if I want a blasted stick
>> shift behind a 5.7L HEMI, I should damned well be able to order it!!!!
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