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VinceDrake · 05-24-2008, 09:48 PM

--Still working on getting it. You wouldn't believe the Crapola they make you do in Germany to ship one! I mean, I thought they'd be all about getting them out of the country!

Mr. Duck-- The Saab sounds awesome! What's a reasonable speed for one of them? (Not top, but cruising?)

--Vince

katoranger · 05-25-2008, 12:20 AM

Looked up the trabant. I thought you were talking about a motorcycle.

2 cyl 2 stroke car.

Allen

VinceDrake · 05-26-2008, 01:55 AM

Sorry, should have been more specific... My Bad.

But yeah, I figure a Trabbi should make me real popular with the neighbours!

Go Figure, to the West, dude owns a '99 Dodge 3/4ton Cummins, and figures it has to warm up for at least a half hours before he goes anywhere, even in summer, and he gripes when I light the RD or the GT, saying it stinks up the neighbourhood!

What can I say, I like stink-wheels!

--Vince

katoranger · 05-26-2008, 08:35 AM

My Mercedes diesel will smoke out the neighborhood. Then I switch it over to veggie and everyone starts making lunch.

Allen

VinceDrake · 05-26-2008, 05:56 PM

Until recently, our official Shop Car was an 1983 Mercedes 240D running on 100% used engine oil, It sits in warm shop all the time, so it started okay-ish.

After a while though, we kind of figured, hmm. Maybe a large blue cloud following our shop car isn't the best advertizement in the whole world...

Now we've demoted ourselves down to 88 Jetta Gasser.

--Vince

culcune · 05-26-2008, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by VinceDrake

Go Figure, to the West, dude owns a '99 Dodge 3/4ton Cummins, and figures it has to warm up for at least a half hours before he goes anywhere

Does he come down to Yuma for the winter? Sounds like most of our snowbirds from Washington, Oregon, throughout Canada, S. and N. Dakota, Nevada (??), Utah (again, ??), etc. They drive these huge rigs of 5th wheels down pulling their trailer, and then putt-putt around Yuma in their monster trucks. Yes, they idle all over town, too.

My favorite snowbird rig setup is an actual rig-looking thing, like the cab of an 18-wheeler, but slightly smaller, pulling some monster trailer, and then the rig drives all over Yuma as their primary vehicle. I think they are from S. Dakota--what a waste!

VinceDrake · 05-26-2008, 11:57 PM

Possibly, on behalf of Southern Saskatchewan, Sorry about that. But imagine these same people trying to survive -35 and 2 feet of snow? And how long they'd have to let their trucks idle then....

--Vince

katoranger · 06-18-2008, 05:22 PM

Was at the bank today and a German mechanic pulled up in a Trabant.

Allen

VinceDrake · 06-18-2008, 11:45 PM

Did you ask him to sell it to me?

--Vince

katoranger · 06-19-2008, 12:47 AM

Here is his shop.

http://www.germanclassicsinc.com/

Allen

IronFist · 06-19-2008, 09:28 AM

Hey duck, my main ride is a renewed 72 cb350. Not 2 stroke but old, and a lot of fun.

05-24-2008, 09:48 PM	#16
VinceDrake Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Saskatchewan Posts: 491	--Still working on getting it. You wouldn't believe the Crapola they make you do in Germany to ship one! I mean, I thought they'd be all about getting them out of the country! Mr. Duck-- The Saab sounds awesome! What's a reasonable speed for one of them? (Not top, but cruising?) --Vince __________________ "Sometimes it is better to say nothing, and let people think you're an idiot, than to open your mouth and prove it."
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05-25-2008, 12:20 AM	#17
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Looked up the trabant. I thought you were talking about a motorcycle. 2 cyl 2 stroke car. Allen __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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05-26-2008, 01:55 AM	#18
VinceDrake Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Saskatchewan Posts: 491	Sorry, should have been more specific... My Bad. But yeah, I figure a Trabbi should make me real popular with the neighbours! Go Figure, to the West, dude owns a '99 Dodge 3/4ton Cummins, and figures it has to warm up for at least a half hours before he goes anywhere, even in summer, and he gripes when I light the RD or the GT, saying it stinks up the neighbourhood! What can I say, I like stink-wheels! --Vince __________________ "Sometimes it is better to say nothing, and let people think you're an idiot, than to open your mouth and prove it."
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05-26-2008, 08:35 AM	#19
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	My Mercedes diesel will smoke out the neighborhood. Then I switch it over to veggie and everyone starts making lunch. Allen __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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05-26-2008, 05:56 PM	#20
VinceDrake Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Saskatchewan Posts: 491	Until recently, our official Shop Car was an 1983 Mercedes 240D running on 100% used engine oil, It sits in warm shop all the time, so it started okay-ish. After a while though, we kind of figured, hmm. Maybe a large blue cloud following our shop car isn't the best advertizement in the whole world... Now we've demoted ourselves down to 88 Jetta Gasser. --Vince __________________ "Sometimes it is better to say nothing, and let people think you're an idiot, than to open your mouth and prove it."
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05-26-2008, 11:57 PM	#22
VinceDrake Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Saskatchewan Posts: 491	Possibly, on behalf of Southern Saskatchewan, Sorry about that. But imagine these same people trying to survive -35 and 2 feet of snow? And how long they'd have to let their trucks idle then.... --Vince __________________ "Sometimes it is better to say nothing, and let people think you're an idiot, than to open your mouth and prove it."
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06-18-2008, 05:22 PM	#23
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Was at the bank today and a German mechanic pulled up in a Trabant. Allen __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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06-18-2008, 11:45 PM	#24
VinceDrake Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Saskatchewan Posts: 491	Did you ask him to sell it to me? --Vince __________________ "Sometimes it is better to say nothing, and let people think you're an idiot, than to open your mouth and prove it."
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06-19-2008, 12:47 AM	#25
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Here is his shop. http://www.germanclassicsinc.com/ Allen __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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06-19-2008, 09:28 AM	#26
IronFist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada Posts: 2,585	Hey duck, my main ride is a renewed 72 cb350. Not 2 stroke but old, and a lot of fun.
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