Les-Patterson
Les-Patterson
Les-Patterson

Snap! nice shot Virgil...

Regarding the Cadillac horror of sending more fuel to the engine when the AC is turned on . Uh, doesn’t every car (especially 4 cylinder powered ones) automatically boost the idle speed when the AC is turned on?

Hold moy VB and wotch dis mite no worries....

Its what the maid drives, dude, or the Orkin man....

Damn straight, Thomas!

Your writing was more exciting than the “speed” the car was travelling at.

Yerp

Comment of the century.

Whats wrong with mules?

Now its got iVtech (Yo, sup dude? etc)

Nice cars and coffee reference...

I originally said CP based on a friend’s experience with British Leyland build quality. He bought one new and within two years had replaced the rear end 3 times and the transmission twice. He had a folder of bills about 2 inches thick. But maybe he just got a bad one. I like the comments about the parts being

Cars, coffee, poles and oncoming traffic? I bet the quattro doesn’t smash into anything if its tire pressures are not exactly the same...

I understand that an LS1 plus 6 speed swap isn’t every Volvo wagon fan’s cup of tea (or nubbe of brännvin). So I can see that some Volvites would like the turbo 4 and transmission update done to this car. But if you wanted to open your wallet and dump a lot of money to mod a 40 year old car, wouldn’t you want to start

If you like your RX but are tired of the rotary problems perhaps look into an LS swap? There are swap kits available but I don’t know how much the whole project would end up costing you, might not be too expensive if you could find a wrecked Camaro and use its LS1 and 6 speed. (I am in Canadaa and every guy selling a

I understand your pain, a friend of mine is a rotary fanatic. His cars were either going 8 million miles per hour or broken in pieces on his work bench.. I was just thinking back to old cars I have owned and these differences compared to owning a modern car:

What kind of car do you have?

I hear you Bob, I remember asking my mom to pump the brake pedal to help me bleed the brakes, she was wearing an apron and got flour on the front seat lol

Nice looking car. And the “when you own one who needs a hobby?” could apply to just about any car old enough to have drum brakes and a carburetor. It was a hobby just keeping those cars running.

I wish the modern TV presenters spoke like that guy, it would make everything more exciting...................... BOY!!!!!!