Deceptive Car Names Investigated

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:51:05 -0500, Rob wrote:

> hope you never have to put timing chains in one..........ugh!

I had my first experience with belts a year or two ago with a Subaru 1.8.
I had never done a belt before, so it says something as to how easy Soobs
are to work on!


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> "Hachiroku ????" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:40:22 -0500, Rob wrote:
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>>> just don't put Bridgestone's on your "Exploder"
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>> Touche!
>> I am a Jap car fan, but I was working for a guy who sold Fords, and I
>> came to LOVE the Explorer. And I HATE SUVs!!!! It's just a nice, capable
>> little truck.
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>> My band had a gig 80 miles from home, so I 'borrowed' one with a 5 speed
>> trans and 125,000 miles on it. We put my big bass amp in it, the guitar
>> player's amp, and the entire PA, and I got 27MPG average for the 160
>> mile round trip.
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>>> "Hachiroku ????" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:16:52 -0500, Rob wrote:
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>>>>> "Isn't this becoming a bit of a Pantomime?"
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>>>>> some folks are making it an escalade!
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>>>> I think this thread is starting to Avalanche...
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>>>>> "DAS" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> "Robert Higgins" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:54:47 -0500, in rec.autos.driving Hachiroku
>>>>>>> ???? > wrote:
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>>>>>>>>On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:42:07 -0800, Irwell wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:25:03 -0500, Hachiroku ???? wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:41:41 +0000, stellman wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> On 01/01/2011 08:42 AM, sctvguy1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:19:00 -0400, Wes wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> Like "Land Cruiser", "Pickup Truck" and "Toyota Van"? I guess
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the really creative guys were off sick when they brain
>>>>>>>>>>>>> stormed those deeply meaningful monikers.... :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Land Cruiser was an old Studebaker name.
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>>>>>>>>>>> your just larking around
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>>>>>>>>>> I tell ya, this guy's got eyes like a Hawk.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Lada, lada, lada!
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>>>>>>>>I think we'd be able to reach an accord here.
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>>>>>>> All of Yugo to hell.
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>>>>>> Isn't this becoming a bit of a Pantomime?
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:10:16 -0500, Hachiroku ãƒ�ãƒ�ãƒ*ク wrote:

> On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:51:05 -0500, Rob wrote:
>
>> hope you never have to put timing chains in one..........ugh!
>
> I had my first experience with belts a year or two ago with a Subaru
> 1.8. I had never done a belt before, so it says something as to how easy
> Soobs are to work on!

First belt I changed was a single belt on a 1948 Plymouth, easy.