A friend of mine is in a group of people who all went and bought early Daihatsu Ferozas and Suzuki Sierras, those baby 4WDs.
I called him a sissy lady, as it was a baby 4WD
He took me for a drive in it and it could go ANYWHERE. It was like a fucking grasshopper, nothing could stop it. Water up to the windsheild, pouring out of the vents, didn't matter, kept going.
Manufacturers later softened them up because the crowd who bought them turned out to be misinformed women, but the early ones are no holds barred 4WDs.
They were on a trail and a landcruiser went past and the owners laughed at them.
5 minutes later they found the landcruiser bogged to all shit, and he got pulled out by one of these little 4 cyl machines
Oh heck yea. My buddy had a Suzuki samurai. That thing could go anywhere. Couldn't go 55 with two people in it but point it at something and it would get you there. Come hell or high water and more often than not both.
Really the only nice thing about the color is that it absolutely never looks dirty.
in the top picture, the car had not been washed in over a year
the bottom picture is just after washing
no difference
One of the girls from football tried to write something in the dirt on the strat once and I honestly had to strain to read it.
My black Mini on the other hand, kicks up so much gravel coming down our alley that it is constantly dirty looking.
Did you ever have to mess with the battery? I had one and man was that an awkward to-get-to thing. Gotta turn the wheel, reach up into the wheel well and remove the pins to take off the panel concealing the battery.
This Saturn has a side post battery. It's the dumbest thing.
If you don't know side posts, they're some kind of BS design to reduce the height of the front end a bit. They're this plastic stump with a tiny little metal nipple.
It's a struggle to jump someone off in good weather. Helping someone jump their car off in the freezing rain with it is hell.
Batteries are dumb. Let's use potatoes.
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This Saturn has a side post battery. It's the dumbest thing.
If you don't know side posts, they're some kind of BS design to reduce the height of the front end a bit. They're this plastic stump with a tiny little metal nipple.
It's a struggle to jump someone off in good weather. Helping someone jump their car off in the freezing rain with it is hell.
Batteries are dumb. Let's use potatoes.
That's what they're called! Yeah. Hated that damn thing. Well, the rest of the car was pretty good, but seriously fuck that battery.
Not a fan of its interior configuration. Couldn't get comfortable. It handled fine though and as I hear if I crashed into anything there'd be a zillion air bags softening the blow. I come from a truck so maybe I'm just not bred for little cars.
You could always try and contact your dealership. They probably will know about it before the recall notices get sent out. Luckily, I have a first gen and don't have to worry about it, but I do have a headlight recall I have to go in for at some point.
Most of our fleet is gasoline... the person who fucking put gasoline engines on an ambulance a)Has no problem throwing money away on shitty gas mileage and b)Hasn't driven an ambulance because GASOLINE AMBULANCES SUCK.
Anyway... Stale, I am a Paramedic yes. That is my station I'll be glad to share some stories with you. I am also a firefighter and was working on my Engineer/Driver-Operator when I left Alaska
Our fleet is all equipped with drivecams, for instance... if you turn, brake, speed up, or collide with anything a little gravity force sensor sets off the camera and it records 6 seconds before and 6 seconds after. We also have 'driving records' that are logged - every time we get in our truck and turn it on we have little key tags we log in with. It counts how many times you back without a backer, turn to hard, brake too hard, etc. They've cut down on our insurance and litigation costs exponentially
I replaced my awful leaky fucked up transmission saturn SL2 with an '01 Nissan pickup. It's a manual, which I'm still getting used to driving, but will apparently last me basically forever if I keep up with basic maintenance.
Oh, another thing I'm not horribly thrilled about with my truck is it has no cruise control. Seeing as how I like taking 5+ hour trips to visit friends every couple of months or so, this is less than ideal, but we'll see how it ends up. I suspect it won't be all that bad once I'm on the highway.
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Oh heck yea. My buddy had a Suzuki samurai. That thing could go anywhere. Couldn't go 55 with two people in it but point it at something and it would get you there. Come hell or high water and more often than not both.
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it's a retarded name any wich way
V10, 5.0L engine.
I ogle it daily.
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I'm quite content with 4. I wouldn't know what to do with 6 more.
I have a very good idea what I would do with 10 pistons.
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What you do in the privacy of your garage is none of the world's business.
Did you ever have to mess with the battery? I had one and man was that an awkward to-get-to thing. Gotta turn the wheel, reach up into the wheel well and remove the pins to take off the panel concealing the battery.
Ugh. So much work!
If you don't know side posts, they're some kind of BS design to reduce the height of the front end a bit. They're this plastic stump with a tiny little metal nipple.
It's a struggle to jump someone off in good weather. Helping someone jump their car off in the freezing rain with it is hell.
Batteries are dumb. Let's use potatoes.
It's the best color.
SACRIFICES MUST BE MADE.
That's what they're called! Yeah. Hated that damn thing. Well, the rest of the car was pretty good, but seriously fuck that battery.
The alternator is Idaho.
Oh totally, I love that it is black.
In fact the Mini is probably better than the Stratus in every imaginable way.
Although sometimes I still think about the fact that the Stratus got totalled and I get upset over it. It was a decent car! It didn't deserve that!
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I haven't driven one, but I've heard a lot of people say that GM finally has a decent compact car with the Cruze
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i reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally hope this doesnt get me
You could always try and contact your dealership. They probably will know about it before the recall notices get sent out. Luckily, I have a first gen and don't have to worry about it, but I do have a headlight recall I have to go in for at some point.
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Cummins or HEMI?
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Though they put jake brakes on them... they don't really need one.
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Cause I might be training to be a paramedic so I wanna hear stories about what it's like to drive those fuckers
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
Oh god I'm so sorry.
Most of our fleet is gasoline... the person who fucking put gasoline engines on an ambulance a)Has no problem throwing money away on shitty gas mileage and b)Hasn't driven an ambulance because GASOLINE AMBULANCES SUCK.
Anyway... Stale, I am a Paramedic yes. That is my station
Our fleet is all equipped with drivecams, for instance... if you turn, brake, speed up, or collide with anything a little gravity force sensor sets off the camera and it records 6 seconds before and 6 seconds after. We also have 'driving records' that are logged - every time we get in our truck and turn it on we have little key tags we log in with. It counts how many times you back without a backer, turn to hard, brake too hard, etc. They've cut down on our insurance and litigation costs exponentially
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THE SUNDANCE RS
You really have to love old people that buy the highest trim level and then never drive it, ever.
I'm a diesel mechanic. I will vouch for diesel power until the day I die. It's just unfortunate you have to drive a Cummins...
Well, they're better than most of the other trucks we have. Though the Hemi's are better than the shitty Chevy's. Those trucks are just horrible.
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Just wish I weren't so bad at first gear. So bad.
But it's a lot less fun when you stop at a light on a hill and some jackass decides he needs to stop .02 inches behind your bumper.
so you don't like driving, is what you're saying.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
This is a picture of me at Texas Motorsport Ranch for racing day:
I would go car-free if I could.
This country is a prison of asphalt and convenience stores.