Am I crazy...

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Am I crazy...

Post by HawkFan#12 » Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:14 pm

That I am on my original IMS and don’t have a care in the world? The car starts up every stinking time with no issues. I say, “Shut it and drive!”.

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Re: Am I crazy...

Post by 32wildbilly » Tue Jan 30, 2018 6:24 am

YES! You are crazy. Join the club. In the same situation and could care less. If it blows I'll fix it. Besides there are over 25 more ways for it to catastrophically fail...so I don't worry about it.
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Re: Am I crazy...

Post by B-ran » Tue Jan 30, 2018 9:46 am

Madness I tell you! Pure psychotic madness! Don’t you know we can’t go on trips greater than one hundred miles without a full engine rebuild? What do you think this car is? A car? Because it isn’t! It’s a bomb on wheels with 250 different fuses waiting to be lit!

All kidding aside, I’ve put thirty some thousand odd miles on my 99 in the last year and a half. And each time she has started up (aside from when my coil packs decided to crap out). My car has gone through rain storms, snow storms, freezing rain, hotter than Satan’s butthole heat, on the track, etc, and she still lives (knock on wood). And horror of horrors, it has the original IMS bearing still there.
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Re: Am I crazy...

Post by Flat6BlahBlah » Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:47 am

I'm in the same position with my 99' cab.... I think. I bought it used years ago with no records. It was a roll of the dice that I've not regretted once, nor have I gone into IMSB-phobia mode after reading the occasional horror stories on teh Internet forums. 114k miles on it now, and I don't baby it when I drive it.
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But to answer your leading question of "Am I crazy?"

Yes, you are for even considering selling your red cab.
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Re: Am I crazy...

Post by B3DAWG » Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:07 am

Ode to the M96
“50 Ways to Lose Your Motor”

[Verse 1:]
“The fears are all inside my head” Gnat said to me,
The matter can be explained if you…
take it logically!
“Jake might help ‘reconstruct’ her but it
won’t be free.”
There must be fifty ways to lose your motor

5CHN3LL said it's “not my style
to intrude” (coughs)
“Furthermore, I hope my words won't be ignored or misconstrued,
but I'll grade your compositions with a deadly mix of sarcasm and shrew”
There must be fifty ways to lose your motor
Fifty ways to lose your motor

[CHORUS:]
Smoke out the back, Jack
Metal in the pan, Stan
It’s not a cheap lil’ toy, Roy
It will bring ya to your knees.
Gonna need to take a bus, Gus
It will make you cuss much
Never lose your key, Lee
Or a major tow fee!

[2nd CHORUS:]
Oil startin’ to drip, Chip
Lifters makin’ a tick, Rick
Water pump in the sump, Chump
Just listen to me!
Got a crack in your head, Fred
All plugs are dead, Ed!
‘Intermix’ is like blood in the pee, Bree
Milkshakes are never free.


[Verse 2:]
Cuda said knows all too well about the dreads of bad chains,
and wished there was something that he could do to diminish repair pains
I said I appreciate that
And would Macster please explain
About the fifty ways…

I thought I just sleep on it tonight
And maybe in the morning, if I’m lucky, I’ll read another Sneaky/Martin Fight
But then it hit me…
And I realized Gonzo was right
There must be fifty ways to lose your motor
Fifty ways to lose your motor

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Re: Am I crazy...

Post by 32wildbilly » Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:46 am

I've read that about 167 times and it keeps getting funnier every single time I read it! (apologies to one of my favorite movies)
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Re: Am I crazy...

Post by HawkFan#12 » Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:48 pm

I will sure miss you guys....unless you let me hang around. Blasphemy, I know.

Anyone want to plan the innagural outpostrun this year?

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Re: Am I crazy...

Post by Dr_Strangelove » Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:56 pm

Kalashnikov is here and he owns an Izuzu or something.
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Re: Am I crazy...

Post by gnat » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:54 am

Dr_Strangelove (whew!) wrote: Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:56 pm Kalashnikov is here and he owns an Izuzu or something.
And Cuda with that Prius he loves so much.

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Re: Am I crazy...

Post by 32wildbilly » Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:24 pm

Kia...KIA!
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