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notice how he's avoiding that question, Andy ? It's most likely a
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On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 09:17:23 GMT, "Andy" wrote:
what is the make and year of youre grocery go getter and do you have any pictures of it? snip This one's a '77 Honda Accord my uncle bought new, one of only about 10 left running in the largest car state in the union. It has the CVCC stratified charge combustion chamber, 3 barrel Keihin carburetor and no catalytic converter (didn't need one). Most bonehead mechanics do not know how to work on them or do proper machine work to its head. Thus, I've done everything myself, save for wheel alignment, since it was nearly new. It has just turned 100K miles and runs very well and just passed the toughest smog test in the nation...again. It gets 30 MPG around town, and up to 35 on the road. However, my new VW beats it by at least 40%, although on pricier #2 diesel. I won't be installing 8 track in the VW. As with all cars out here, there is no rust, but the clear coat paint is alkyd based, and thus the excessive UV from the sun (thanks to ozone layer depletion) has attacked the clear coat. Since the state is buying old cars like this for $1000 to get them off the road, it will probably go bye bye next year if it has trouble passing smog. However, this time, this car only put out 5% of allowed HC and 40% of allowed CO2, but the problem is NOx...I'm right at the limit, unless I disconnect the vacuum advance unit. Parts are getting very scarce, however. I can still get most service parts, but I have to 'net order oil and air filters anymore. Honda supplies most engine parts, but anything else is long gone. What's cool about driving this car is that the 8 track fits right in, and kids think it's "cool retro." What's not cool about it is it rides like all 1970s japanexe cars, and is too noisy. Even my '79 VW Rabbit diesel was quieter, and rode a lot better. It's the only car I have left with 8 track; the other ones are gone, and when this one goes, that's it for car 8 track for me. This car came with a dealer installed Panasonic QC989EU AM/FM 8 track with crappy 4" in door speakers. I added several modifications, including removing the internal power amp and channeling line level output from the first voltage stage out of this to an equalizer, crossover and a large speaker compliment, including a subwoofer and some spare E-V horn tweeters. As it turned out, the deck was better than one might think, except for a susceptibility to arcing noise from the motor. Some additional power supply filtration took care of that problem. My MRL test cart shows this deck to be -4 dB at 15 KHz, better than most home 8 track decks. The FM section is pretty good, except it has the usual multipath problems all 1970s car FM radios had. The AM has only fair sensitivity, but has good selectivity. Both sections are at least as good as those overhyped Pioneer "Stupid Tuners," as big a fraud as ever foisted in car audio. I don't have pix of the car and deck right now, but I'll get some soon as the stupid Sony comes back from warranty repair...AGAIN. SONY IS BALONEY! FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS BUY SONY! A close second: Lexmark. If your Lexmark printer/scanner is over a year old, TOO BAD...they don't even stock parts for them anymore! Never again. Support for thier pricier lasers is somewhat better...maybe three years, tops...then, throw it out! Third place loser: Symantec. Norton Personal Firewall WILL crash kernels and screw up drives under Win98SE, NT4 or Win2K, it's inevitable. Since I hate xp, I don't know if it's as bad there. Symantec's customer service also sucks. Their Anti Virus is a joke, and is easily shut down by hackers trying to implant trojans. Trend works much better and is free. Back in the DOS days, Norton's stuff was an essential tool, and his NDOS command interpreter was better than any version of MS-DOS. However, once Symantec got to be corporate bigtime and Peter Norton went away, their software has turned to useless bloatware...it's crap. Recommended: The new Forté Agent is much improved, handles multiple news servers and is rock solid. It's worth buying the upgrade. You can group NGs into "desks," and refresh only one "desk" at a time, or refresh everything. Still no searching for missing attachment parts, a la Xnews, though. Attachment and binary handling is improved as well, as is the kill/watch filer. I like the way it is programmable to play a wav file of a toilet flushing every time Charlie Noodles tries to post/harass me...flush your troubles away with Agent's kill filer! dB |
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DeserTBoB wrote: On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 09:17:23 GMT, "Andy" wrote: what is the make and year of youre grocery go getter and do you have any pictures of it? snip This one's a '77 Honda Accord my uncle bought new, one of only about 10 left running in the largest car state in the union. It has the CVCC stratified charge combustion chamber, 3 barrel Keihin carburetor and no catalytic converter (didn't need one). Most bonehead mechanics do not know how to work on them or do proper machine work to its head. Thus, I've done everything myself, save for wheel alignment, since it was nearly new. It has just turned 100K miles and runs very well and just passed the toughest smog test in the nation...again. It gets 30 MPG around town, and up to 35 on the road. However, my new VW beats it by at least 40%, although on pricier #2 diesel. I won't be installing 8 track in the VW. As with all cars out here, there is no rust, but the clear coat paint is alkyd based, and thus the excessive UV from the sun (thanks to ozone layer depletion) has attacked the clear coat. Since the state is buying old cars like this for $1000 to get them off the road, it will probably go bye bye next year if it has trouble passing smog. However, this time, this car only put out 5% of allowed HC and 40% of allowed CO2, but the problem is NOx...I'm right at the limit, unless I disconnect the vacuum advance unit. Parts are getting very scarce, however. I can still get most service parts, but I have to 'net order oil and air filters anymore. Honda supplies most engine parts, but anything else is long gone. What's cool about driving this car is that the 8 track fits right in, and kids think it's "cool retro." What's not cool about it is it rides like all 1970s japanexe cars, and is too noisy. Even my '79 VW Rabbit diesel was quieter, and rode a lot better. It's the only car I have left with 8 track; the other ones are gone, and when this one goes, that's it for car 8 track for me. This car came with a dealer installed Panasonic QC989EU AM/FM 8 track with crappy 4" in door speakers. I added several modifications, including removing the internal power amp and channeling line level output from the first voltage stage out of this to an equalizer, crossover and a large speaker compliment, including a subwoofer and some spare E-V horn tweeters. As it turned out, the deck was better than one might think, except for a susceptibility to arcing noise from the motor. Some additional power supply filtration took care of that problem. My MRL test cart shows this deck to be -4 dB at 15 KHz, better than most home 8 track decks. The FM section is pretty good, except it has the usual multipath problems all 1970s car FM radios had. The AM has only fair sensitivity, but has good selectivity. Both sections are at least as good as those overhyped Pioneer "Stupid Tuners," as big a fraud as ever foisted in car audio. I don't have pix of the car and deck right now, but I'll get some soon as the stupid Sony comes back from warranty repair...AGAIN. a 1977 Honda ?? (laughter...) I'd be afraid to drive that at night...for fear the sun may come out, and someone would see me in it... |
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On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 10:47:57 -0800, DeserTBoB
wrote: On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 09:17:23 GMT, "Andy" wrote: what is the make and year of youre grocery go getter and do you have any pictures of it? snip This one's a '77 Honda Accord my uncle bought new, snip Hmmm...the toiilet only flushed twice this afternoon. Noodles must be about to give up the ghost! Or, maybe it's the meds. Either way, kill filing rules! dB |
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DeserTBoB wrote:
On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 09:17:23 GMT, "Andy" wrote: what is the make and year of youre grocery go getter and do you have any pictures of it? snip This one's a '77 Honda Accord my uncle bought new, one of only about 10 left running in the largest car state in the union. .AGAIN. 66FOURDOOR wrote: a 1977 Honda ?? (laughter...) I'd be afraid to drive that at night...for fear the sun may come out, and someone would see me in it... DeserTBoB wrote: On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 10:47:57 -0800, DeserTBoB wrote: damn- Noodles got me again ! please- someone help me- I'm embarassed as hell about about this ****ty car I have to drive and got slipped up by this question- oh **** don't tell anyone ! dB (laughter...) we feel your pain, Bob. Those pension checks just ain't what they used to be. Must be sad having to drive a 28 year old car every day- my gosh the horror....the horror... |
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thanks for the reply and yes do let me know when you get pictures of that
classic older car i love them. "DeserTBoB" wrote in message ... On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 09:17:23 GMT, "Andy" wrote: what is the make and year of youre grocery go getter and do you have any pictures of it? snip This one's a '77 Honda Accord my uncle bought new, one of only about 10 left running in the largest car state in the union. It has the CVCC stratified charge combustion chamber, 3 barrel Keihin carburetor and no catalytic converter (didn't need one). Most bonehead mechanics do not know how to work on them or do proper machine work to its head. Thus, I've done everything myself, save for wheel alignment, since it was nearly new. It has just turned 100K miles and runs very well and just passed the toughest smog test in the nation...again. It gets 30 MPG around town, and up to 35 on the road. However, my new VW beats it by at least 40%, although on pricier #2 diesel. I won't be installing 8 track in the VW. As with all cars out here, there is no rust, but the clear coat paint is alkyd based, and thus the excessive UV from the sun (thanks to ozone layer depletion) has attacked the clear coat. Since the state is buying old cars like this for $1000 to get them off the road, it will probably go bye bye next year if it has trouble passing smog. However, this time, this car only put out 5% of allowed HC and 40% of allowed CO2, but the problem is NOx...I'm right at the limit, unless I disconnect the vacuum advance unit. Parts are getting very scarce, however. I can still get most service parts, but I have to 'net order oil and air filters anymore. Honda supplies most engine parts, but anything else is long gone. What's cool about driving this car is that the 8 track fits right in, and kids think it's "cool retro." What's not cool about it is it rides like all 1970s japanexe cars, and is too noisy. Even my '79 VW Rabbit diesel was quieter, and rode a lot better. It's the only car I have left with 8 track; the other ones are gone, and when this one goes, that's it for car 8 track for me. This car came with a dealer installed Panasonic QC989EU AM/FM 8 track with crappy 4" in door speakers. I added several modifications, including removing the internal power amp and channeling line level output from the first voltage stage out of this to an equalizer, crossover and a large speaker compliment, including a subwoofer and some spare E-V horn tweeters. As it turned out, the deck was better than one might think, except for a susceptibility to arcing noise from the motor. Some additional power supply filtration took care of that problem. My MRL test cart shows this deck to be -4 dB at 15 KHz, better than most home 8 track decks. The FM section is pretty good, except it has the usual multipath problems all 1970s car FM radios had. The AM has only fair sensitivity, but has good selectivity. Both sections are at least as good as those overhyped Pioneer "Stupid Tuners," as big a fraud as ever foisted in car audio. I don't have pix of the car and deck right now, but I'll get some soon as the stupid Sony comes back from warranty repair...AGAIN. SONY IS BALONEY! FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS BUY SONY! A close second: Lexmark. If your Lexmark printer/scanner is over a year old, TOO BAD...they don't even stock parts for them anymore! Never again. Support for thier pricier lasers is somewhat better...maybe three years, tops...then, throw it out! Third place loser: Symantec. Norton Personal Firewall WILL crash kernels and screw up drives under Win98SE, NT4 or Win2K, it's inevitable. Since I hate xp, I don't know if it's as bad there. Symantec's customer service also sucks. Their Anti Virus is a joke, and is easily shut down by hackers trying to implant trojans. Trend works much better and is free. Back in the DOS days, Norton's stuff was an essential tool, and his NDOS command interpreter was better than any version of MS-DOS. However, once Symantec got to be corporate bigtime and Peter Norton went away, their software has turned to useless bloatware...it's crap. Recommended: The new Forté Agent is much improved, handles multiple news servers and is rock solid. It's worth buying the upgrade. You can group NGs into "desks," and refresh only one "desk" at a time, or refresh everything. Still no searching for missing attachment parts, a la Xnews, though. Attachment and binary handling is improved as well, as is the kill/watch filer. I like the way it is programmable to play a wav file of a toilet flushing every time Charlie Noodles tries to post/harass me...flush your troubles away with Agent's kill filer! dB |
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since when is a rotted out Honda a classic ? In these parts, we call
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and you just replied to yourself in this thread
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:34:57 GMT, "Andy" wrote:
thanks for the reply and yes do let me know when you get pictures of that classic older car i love them. snip These were the first of the Japanese econoboxes that had a little "luxury" to them...if you can call it that. People who remember the gas crunch of the late '70s value cars that get over 30 MPG. Back when the CVCC Hondas were the best selling imports around, these sold especially well because the CVCC engine didn't require a catalytic converter to meet both California and the more lax Federal emissions standards. The crap sold today can't get as much mileage, but they all have something people don't really need...more power. The new VW Jetta TBI, though, is a much better car, although VW's dealer support sucks. With the turbo and 6 speed, the VW has a lot of power for a diesel, but manages to turn in mileage equivalent to my old '79 Rabbit 1500cc diesel, which was naturally aspirated. The new TBI is 1900cc. RIght now, I'm looking for an aftercooler setup for it. dB |
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