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11-23-21, 03:15 AM
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Edit - my first post wasn't being a smart ***. I was literally perplexed since I had already given you that info. But you seem to take it as a personal attack.
Anyway, have a good night & don't take things so seriously. It's an emoji man...
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11-23-21, 03:21 AM
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It wasn't the emoji, that was me being a smart *** in calling you out for using emojis.
It was your smart *** and slight disrespectful undertone. So I commented in the same manner. And no i don't think I carry any weight nor do I care too. But I'm not going let some dude just talk to me however they want. So remember that next time you comment and just expect the same.
All good, we've hijacked this thread enough.
It was your smart *** and slight disrespectful undertone. So I commented in the same manner. And no i don't think I carry any weight nor do I care too. But I'm not going let some dude just talk to me however they want. So remember that next time you comment and just expect the same.
All good, we've hijacked this thread enough.
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11-23-21, 07:39 AM
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It wasn't the emoji, that was me being a smart *** in calling you out for using emojis.
It was your smart *** and slight disrespectful undertone. So I commented in the same manner. And no i don't think I carry any weight nor do I care too. But I'm not going let some dude just talk to me however they want. So remember that next time you comment and just expect the same.
All good, we've hijacked this thread enough.
It was your smart *** and slight disrespectful undertone. So I commented in the same manner. And no i don't think I carry any weight nor do I care too. But I'm not going let some dude just talk to me however they want. So remember that next time you comment and just expect the same.
All good, we've hijacked this thread enough.
I can't speak for the other guys who contribute to this site, but as I read your back and forth with Montego I made a very easy decision. I don't plan to spend any of my time answering basic questions from you. You're officially on my 'Pay No Mind' list, and I wonder how many others have the same thought but don't post about it. You may shrug and say 'I don't give a ****,' but it's certainly not my loss
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11-23-21, 07:53 AM
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Very childish aggression unfairly directed at Montego after reading that. Just left a bad taste in the mouth, think a good rule of thumb to follow is treat people how you would in person. These forums have a good reputation for how cool and knowledgeable everyone is, no need to bring the toxicity like from other places like Facebook. Just completely unnecessary
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11-23-21, 04:41 PM
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I responded to a pretty disrespectful post directed towards me (calling me ignorant) for simply misunderstanding what packages were available on the 94 model.
admittedly I could've been more tactful or just ignored it. That's my mistake.
Not here to act like I know more or better than anyone especially folks well versed with the FD.
All good.
admittedly I could've been more tactful or just ignored it. That's my mistake.
Not here to act like I know more or better than anyone especially folks well versed with the FD.
All good.
11-24-21, 03:04 AM
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Here's an article that I've been meaning to post. Not FD related but I found it interesting none-the-less and I suspect many on here will enjoy it..
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/202...lector-car-era
^^ anyway, it made me ponder as how (me) and many of us have our own ideas on what makes our cars collectibles.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/202...lector-car-era
Originally Posted by Hemmings article
Imagine this: It's the '80s and you're patrolling the fields at the Hershey swap meet. You overhear a vendor make a joke about the AMC Gremlin, and just as the crowd's chuckling dies down, you pipe up: "You think people will ever pay big money for those cars and start restoring them?"
All conversation in a 50-yard radius comes to a stop. Cold stares all around. Somebody shakes their head in dismay. You are quietly but firmly led back to your car and ordered in no uncertain terms to never ask silly questions like that again. "Nobody will ever collect cars built in the '70s," you're told.
All conversation in a 50-yard radius comes to a stop. Cold stares all around. Somebody shakes their head in dismay. You are quietly but firmly led back to your car and ordered in no uncertain terms to never ask silly questions like that again. "Nobody will ever collect cars built in the '70s," you're told.
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11-24-21, 09:22 AM
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Here's an article that I've been meaning to post. Not FD related but I found it interesting none-the-less and I suspect many on here will enjoy it..
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/202...lector-car-era
^^ anyway, it made me ponder as how (me) and many of us have our own ideas on what makes our cars collectibles.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/202...lector-car-era
^^ anyway, it made me ponder as how (me) and many of us have our own ideas on what makes our cars collectibles.
Because of all the money and politics attached to the energy sector it will always be hot mess.
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11-24-21, 10:23 AM
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I'm not even convinced the electric thing will succeed in the long run, we may revert back to combustion or some other form of combustion etc.... As the article points out nobody can predict the future.
Because of all the money and politics attached to the energy sector it will always be hot mess.
Because of all the money and politics attached to the energy sector it will always be hot mess.
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11-24-21, 11:56 AM
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Mazda already sells a rotary powered ev in Europe, no?
(The press conference where they demonstrated the single housing rotary engines, the engineers seemed pretty bummed. 50 years of develop, and it had all come down to this.)
(The press conference where they demonstrated the single housing rotary engines, the engineers seemed pretty bummed. 50 years of develop, and it had all come down to this.)
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11-24-21, 05:23 PM
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The MX30 is supposed to have the range extender. However, no one has seen the rotary engine generator that will supplement the electrical engine just yet. Everything is still “coming soon”.
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11-27-21, 03:25 PM
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Flame wars on forums 10-20 years ago were something else lmao, I'm still in awe that this forum is still this 'popping'. Super nostalgic and makes me appreciate the community a lot because I always loved using forums for niche things I was interested in, I just can't get behind Reddit or other low-investment type of platforms.
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11-28-21, 11:31 AM
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they look great actually (for an SUV).
11-28-21, 11:52 AM
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basically the modern car is making itself obsolete, its too big and clunky to be practical.
if you just stand at a street corner and watch people drive, they really struggle with the new cars, the cars are too big. you can't see out of them. the interior storage is usually clunky.
in short the average current car does a pretty lousy job of transporting 1 human around the city. there are plenty of exceptions, but do you really need an Earthroamer to impress the bagger at the grocery store?
11-28-21, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s
a couple of my friends teach design and a topic that comes up is how the car evolved from a gorgeous piece of sculpture to well, pick any SUV, but its worse than that.
basically the modern car is making itself obsolete, its too big and clunky to be practical.
if you just stand at a street corner and watch people drive, they really struggle with the new cars, the cars are too big. you can't see out of them. the interior storage is usually clunky.
basically the modern car is making itself obsolete, its too big and clunky to be practical.
if you just stand at a street corner and watch people drive, they really struggle with the new cars, the cars are too big. you can't see out of them. the interior storage is usually clunky.
But "big and clunky" is not new. Haven't you seen the station wagon boats from 70s and 80s. There were a lot of big cars.
11-29-21, 08:43 AM
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and i think except for length a new SUV dwarfs anything from the 1970's, its hard to see because every new car is gigantic.
11-29-21, 08:45 AM
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70s/80s? They were downsized by the 80s. What about the 40s/50s! Big wagons and sedans with truck like seating positions.
11-29-21, 02:55 PM
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