15 Apr 19
@billyray saidI'll try to stick on this side, but it will not be easy for me! 😉
Don't cross this red line . . . it's sticky
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16 Apr 19
@very-rusty saidI once stuck my foot to the floor and went well over my cars "red line" and paid dearly for it...a new engine. ;( lesson learned. 😉
I'll try to stick on this side, but it will not be easy for me! 😉
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16 Apr 19
@great-big-stees saidSo you stuck the pedal to the metal! 😉
I once stuck my foot to the floor and went well over my cars "red line" and paid dearly for it...a new engine. ;( lesson learned. 😉
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16 Apr 19
@very-rusty saidI was testing the reliability of the manufacturers numbers and it turns out that they really didn't leave much room for overages and thus I was stuck with a useless engine though some parts were salvageable.
Sticky way to test out your engine. 😉
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17 Apr 19
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@great-big-stees saidDon't get stuck on what the manufacturers numbers say as they lie. All parts of a vehicle will eventually go and need to be replaced. It has been a money making proposition ever since the first car was built, although back in the day they did make the parts to last longer, and the metal you could take a hammer to. Today's Vehicles are crap you can push the side of pretty much any make in and put a dent into it. A sticky situation indeed, but that is what we are stuck with if we own a vehicle.
I was testing the reliability of the manufacturers numbers and it turns out that they really didn't leave much room for overages and thus I was stuck with a useless engine though some parts were salvageable.
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17 Apr 19
@very-rusty saidThis is a substantive post. Highly unusual. I doubt that it violates STG rules.
Don't get stuck on what the manufacturers numbers say as they lie. All parts of a vehicle will eventually go and need to be replaced. It has been a money making proposition ever since the first car was built, although back in the day they did make the parts to last longer, and the metal you could take a hammer to. Today's Vehicles are crap you can push the side of pretty m ...[text shortened]... into it. A sticky situation indeed, but that is what we are stuck with if we own a vehicle.
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18 Apr 19
@very-rusty saidI thought it was to keep it (the thread) at the top of the GF's page 1.
Luckily for me the STG has no rules, except the OP intended it to be light hearted conversation with no contraversy. 😉
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18 Apr 19
@great-big-stees saidYes, I forgot to stick that part in and you are correct! 😉
I thought it was to keep it (the thread) at the top of the GF's page 1.
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19 Apr 19
@very-rusty saidAre we stuck in a death spiral or just a sticky de-evolutionary rut?
Yes, I forgot to stick that part in and you are correct! 😉
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19 Apr 19
@wolfe63 saidAfter the company I worked for transferred me, from Montreal to Toronto, I invested in a bicycle as a means of "cheap" transportation. Toronto has streetcars and as everyone knows streetcars run on tracks. I was cycling to work one day and was distracted by a very attractive young lady. Well, as luck would have it, my from tire got stuck in one of those same tracks and I went "ass over teakettle". The young lady came to my rescue, helping me get up and I ended up getting a date with her (actually several). Ain't life strange? 🙂
Are we stuck in a death spiral or just a sticky de-evolutionary rut?