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Old 02-27-02, 01:41 AM
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Talking Post your FD unreliability jokes here!

I'll start it off (please, people who are looking into owning one, its just a joke, don't get scared):

"My FD is so unreliable, in a few more years, I'm going to finish building a second FD, made out of all the broken parts!"

*bada boom*
Old 02-27-02, 01:46 AM
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My FD is so unreliable, my next mod is going to be a new pair of Nikes.. LOL
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off to thir gen specific...


but:
my fd is so unreliable i parted it out and sold it!
Old 02-27-02, 04:08 AM
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My brother says that Rotary Clubs (those clubs that old people join to help out the community) is where old people go to die.
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Originally posted by Andres
off to thir gen specific...


but:
my fd is so unreliable i parted it out and sold it!
That wasn't funny !!!

Ahem! My FD is so unreliable that I don't have one !
Old 02-27-02, 08:48 AM
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...it spends more time in the shop than at home.
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Originally posted by Dont_Be_A_Rikki
MY FD IS SO UNRELIABLE I BOUGHT LO-JACK SO THEY COULD FIND ME WHEN I BROKE DOWN
good one, LOL!
Old 02-27-02, 10:21 AM
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My FD is like a good *****: it sees more rubber than a dead cat on route 66, and everytime you take her for a ride you have to shell out more cash!
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My FD is so unreliable I welded on tow-hooks and carry ramp extenders in the trunk. Also programmed my favorite towing company into the cell phone.
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LOL at KZ1
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License plate reads Z Zoom, thinking about changing it to Z Boom.
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Simple, FD=Fixed Daily
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My FD was so unreliable that I bought a Supra turbo for a daily driver, ran it at 1.3 Bar for over 2 years, and sold it with the engine compression still within 2% variance between cylinders, at the high end of the range...

Wait, that's not an FD reliability joke, that's a sales pitch for a Supra. Let me try again...

My FD was so unreliable that just after waxing a Typhoon on the highway, it coughed out a corner seal through the rear turbo and the engine died at 70 mph. When we reached stop and go traffic, it was a constant fight to keep the damn thing running, and it was shaking like crazy. After we replaced the engine with a junk yard temporary, we took it out for a test run and it blew one of the oil hoses off the oil cooler and slicked the back tires. After controlling the sideways skid at 80 mph, I coasted with 0 oil pressure into a BP station where the rest of the oil in the system went on the ground. This was, of course, at about 1:00 AM, when "all good things happen". After running over to a Safeway to buy some more oil, my trusty mechanic Trev claimed to have recoupled the oil lines. I dumped in the oil, fired it up, and immediately we had another 5-quart slick under the car. We ended up walking 6 miles to his house, grabbed the oil line and hose off my first engine and some more oil, drove back and got the car running and then limped it home at 5:00 AM. And that, folks, is how I ended up with a ruined hood liner, an engine bay doused in oil, the underside of the car coated with grime, and a second engine in the car, even though I only had about 8,500 miles on the odometer at the time.

No, that's not a typo... is everyone depressed yet?

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Old 02-27-02, 12:50 PM
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yes ....now Im depressed

my fd is so unreliable that the guys at my shop invited me over for christmas dinner.

my fd is so unreliable that I know most of the vendors by first name.

my fd is so unreliable that 20,000 dollars in parts and work has got me almost to the point when I first bought it. ...wait a minute..it was bone stock when I got it. either way it doesnt friggen look like 20 grand.


my fd is so unreliable that I cant wait to get it out of the shop so I can eat some more fat supras for breakfast!!

yum yum

now I feel better.


jason

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Old 02-27-02, 12:51 PM
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My FD is so unreliable, i married AAA lady.
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My FD is so unreliable, I traded it in for a Honda Civic.. DX!!!
Oooooooohhhh!! BEAT THAT!!
Old 02-27-02, 01:02 PM
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my fd is so unreliable, I've spent thousands of dollars on parts...and it's still stock.

my fd is so unreliable, I have AAA on speed dial.


bah...so whatever. it's a labor of love. At least we all can have a snese of humor about it.. I guess Jim missed that train.
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Originally posted by jimlab
My FD was so unreliable that I bought a Supra turbo for a daily driver, ran it at 1.3 Bar for over 2 years, and sold it with the engine compression still within 2% variance between cylinders, at the high end of the range...

Wait, that's not an FD reliability joke, that's a sales pitch for a Supra. Let me try again...

My FD was so unreliable that just after waxing a Typhoon on the highway, it coughed out a corner seal through the rear turbo and the engine died at 70 mph. When we reached stop and go traffic, it was a constant fight to keep the damn thing running, and it was shaking like crazy. After we replaced the engine with a junk yard temporary, we took it out for a test run and it blew one of the oil hoses off the oil cooler and slicked the back tires. After controlling the sideways skid at 80 mph, I coasted with 0 oil pressure into a BP station where the rest of the oil in the system went on the ground. This was, of course, at about 1:00 AM, when "all good things happen". After running over to a Safeway to buy some more oil, my trusty mechanic Trev claimed to have recoupled the oil lines. I dumped in the oil, fired it up, and immediately we had another 5-quart slick under the car. We ended up walking 6 miles to his house, grabbed the oil line and hose off my first engine and some more oil, drove back and got the car running and then limped it home at 5:00 AM. And that, folks, is how I ended up with a ruined hood liner, an engine bay doused in oil, the underside of the car coated with grime, and a second engine in the car, even though I only had about 8,500 miles on the odometer at the time.

No, that's not a typo... is everyone depressed yet?
i'd be pissed at that mechanic after that, adn made him pay for it all too.
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Another one...

My FD is so unreliable, Bill Gates calls me every morning and says Hi.

(you know, some MS OS issues ... ...)
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my FD is so unreliable, all of my posts start out, "As soon as it gets out of the shop..."
Old 02-27-02, 01:33 PM
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Originally posted by KZ1
i'd be pissed at that mechanic after that, adn made him pay for it all too.
He wasn't a professional mechanic, just my friend, the late Trev Dagley. But believe me, I was *very* pissed...
Old 02-27-02, 01:48 PM
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Originally posted by man_of_steel
my FD is so unreliable, all of my posts start out, "As soon as it gets out of the shop..."
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!

Sorry, dude.
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My FD is so unreliable that it's been sitting for (nearly) the last 4 years without an engine, still with ~13,000 miles on the odometer, while I figured out what to do with it...

The V8 that's going into it will be dyno tuned this weekend.
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mine is so bad that i havent spent a dime on it in 10,000 miles....

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