my first love

[mach1]

this is the car that took my virginity since it was my first. this thing hauled ass. i miss her soo
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[Susuki_Jah]

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[mach1]

what the question   and oops i just realized i posted in the wrong forum i ment to put it in o&e

[Jarrett]

My buddy Terry had one of those and it left us stranded on the side of the road many times.  Total POS.  My first car was a 92 Ford Tempo.  I remember filling that thing up with water in the parking lot of my high school, driving to the front of the school, stopping and filling it up with water again.  Total POS.  My second car was an 89 Nova.  That car was unstopable.  I drove it for about 15k miles without changing the oil.  I called it "step child", because I abused the hell out of it.

[Susuki_Jah]

what model Tbird was that.  they are pretty comfy to ride in

[Susuki_Jah]

My buddy Terry had one of those and it left us stranded on the side of the road many times.  Total POS.  My first car was a 92 Ford Tempo.  I remember filling that thing up with water in the parking lot of my high school, driving to the front of the school, stopping and filling it up with water again.  Total POS.  My second car was an 89 Nova.  That car was unstopable.  I drove it for about 15k miles without changing the oil.  I called it "step child", because I abused the hell out of it.

filling the radiator with water?  or filling the car with water lol

[mach1]

its a 92 sc(supercoupe) my car never left me stranded anywhere even with 186,000 on it, it still took me to Los angelas to riverside everyday no problems. as long as you keep it up to shape they last for a good amount of time but not forever. and yes it was very comfyand since the seats had a sport style where good for fish tailing and donuts with out flying out of your seat bolsters are awesome. did i mention it was fast

[Susuki_Jah]

its a 92 sc(supercoupe) my car never left me stranded anywhere even with 186,000 on it, it still took me to Los angelas to riverside everyday no problems. as long as you keep it up to shape they last for a good amount of time but not forever. and yes it was very comfyand since the seats had a sport style where good for fish tailing and donuts with out flying out of your seat bolsters are awesome. did i mention it was fast

3.8 turbo? or was it SC I cant remember

[mach1]

3.8 V6 supercharged. im not a big fan of turbos but i do like the turbocoupes as long as its a stick shift.

[Jarrett]

I didn't word that right.  My buddies car was a POS.  I don't mean that yours was.  And all Ford Tempos are Ps OS.
The radiator Jah.

[mach1]

tempos and tauruses i think ford made those cars just fo the hell of it and they are ghey looking.

[Jughead]

My buddy Terry had one of those and it left us stranded on the side of the road many times.  Total POS.  My first car was a 92 Ford Tempo.  I remember filling that thing up with water in the parking lot of my high school, driving to the front of the school, stopping and filling it up with water again.  Total POS.  My second car was an 89 Nova.  That car was unstopable.  I drove it for about 15k miles without changing the oil.  I called it "step child", because I abused the hell out of it.

My dad had a 84 Tempo and that had to be the Toughest Vehicle made.Ithad over 600,000 Miles when he gave it to my Uncle.The only thing that ever went wrong with it was a busted Power Steering line.

One of my bddiess Had a 85or 86 Thunder Chicken that was an Ex State Trooper Car.It had the 302 Intercepter in it and was probably the Most Dangerous Vehicle (Other than my Cousins 69 Nova with Keith Black 350 Drag Engine 2 850 Hollies and Tunnel Ram) that I have ever ridden in.

[makenzie71]

a friend of mine had a tempo and beat the shaZam! out of it...rolled it several times, too.  As long as she landed on her wheels she kept going.  I don't think he ever changed the oil.  He was trying to sell it after having it for I think 5 years and someone was coming to look so I thought we should check the oil and stuff just in case...he didn't even know where the dipstick was.  There was actually dry powder on the stick. 

I won't say we loved that car, but highschool wouldn't have been the same without it and my Supra.

[nightrider]

having been a valet I learned to like + respect the T-bird. Has somewhat dumb good looks. Comfy and protected-feeling, powerful, fast, badass. With an aftermarket exhaust it really sounds wonderful. Probably the only Ford I really had any respect for whatsoever. The rest of them blow... sorry if you are a loyalist.

[makenzie71]

Hard to say that.  There's a nice foxbody running around amarillo that runs high 10's on pump gas and just a little bit of boost.  579rwhp...total cost, including new powertrain/drivetrain/wheels/paint/redone interior was $8,500.

[Susuki_Jah]

I didn't word that right.  My buddies car was a POS.  I don't mean that yours was.  And all Ford Tempos are Ps OS.
The radiator Jah.

thats what I figured but when you said it was a POS i thought you may have done some wierd highschool kid thing and actually filled it with water. fords are known for cracking heads in thier V6 vehicles. but thier v8s and 4cyls last a long freeken time.


I have a 1971 ford with the original 302 engine. the only thing that is not original on the engine is the hoses and the carb.  everything else including the altinator is original. you can take a drive here in Richmond and find lots of these old fords. Infact I bought this truck for 400$ on an old farm it sat for 4 years and all I did was put some new gas in it and a new battery and she fired up and I drove it home.  hows that for lasting?  and its got 133k on it.
now my brand new truck is a 2006 ranger. they offered the best price $12,700 for a brand new truck!  with a/c .  5 speed.  chevy wanted atleast 15,900 and they were lower to the ground than the fords.  plus they didnt have the 35mpg sticker that the fords had.  toyota is way over priced and underpowered for thier trucks and mazda is ford, same with dodge, actually I dont trust dodge transmissions.


anyways I used to be a die hard foriegn car buyer, but I got sick of dealing with thier little YANG YANG cars , the only foreign dealer I enjoy is volvo  and a few other exotic ones. which are all almost owned by American companies anyways .

[Jughead]

Nothing Wrong with the Dodges.Yes they have Transmission problems with the Automatics.The Reason for that is Neglect.My old 90 Dakota with the 3.9 and Automatic has Almost 280,000 miles on it and everything is Original all of the way down to the Starter and Alternator. It is Starting to get a little Unreliable and I'm looking for a Newer Model with a V8 4W and a 5 Speed.

[Susuki_Jah]

Nothing Wrong with the Dodges.Yes they have Transmission problems with the Automatics.The Reason for that is Neglect.My old 90 Dakota with the 3.9 and Automatic has Almost 280,000 miles on it and everything is Original all of the way down to the Starter and Alternator. It is Starting to get a little Unreliable and I'm looking for a Newer Model with a V8 4W and a 5 Speed.

remember the vans and the bad batch of mitso transmissions they used?  Dodge has some of the best deisel trucks but in the 90's everything else they had usually had tranny problems. there were exceptions though . my brother owns a dodge so I dont hate them too much

[Jughead]

Oh yeah the Mistsubishi years.that was usually the Small stuff up to 96. I tried out a 95 2.5 Dakota a few months back that was Actually Decent but it had the Mitsubishi Motor and Tranny.something was Wrong with it.It wouldn't Idle and when you got it going down the road the Transmission Knocked and Thrashed when you let off of the Gas.It Only had 118,000 Miles on it but It was Falling Apart.I have a Friend in PA that Brought my 68 Cobra Down on his way to the Deals gap meet last Spring and was Driving his 96 2.5 Dakota and it Has 250,000 + Miles on it.He Had 2 Bikes in the Bed and Three Including Mine on a Trailer plus Tools,Parts and Coolers of Beer.He said that he Drug a Ditch in the Pavement all of the way down I81 with the Hitch. The difference between his and the 95 is that it has the Dodge tranny and Motor.

[Susuki_Jah]

Oh yeah the Mistsubishi years.that was usually the Small stuff up to 96. I tried out a 95 2.5 Dakota a few months back that was Actually Decent but it had the Mitsubishi Motor and Tranny.something was Wrong with it.It wouldn't Idle and when you got it going down the road the Transmission Knocked and Thrashed when you let off of the Gas.It Only had 118,000 Miles on it but It was Falling Apart.I have a Friend in PA that Brought my 68 Cobra Down on his way to the Deals gap meet last Spring and was Driving his 96 2.5 Dakota and it Has 250,000 + Miles on it.He Had 2 Bikes in the Bed and Three Including Mine on a Trailer plus Tools,Parts and Coolers of Beer.He said that he Drug a Ditch in the Pavement all of the way down I81 with the Hitch. The difference between his and the 95 is that it has the Dodge tranny and Motor.

from what I heard DODGE knew that thier trannies from mitso were not so great thats why they got a great deal on them.  3 transmissions in our van man... finally my dad paid out of his pocket for a jasper rebuilt one and no problems on it yet. 


did you hear that GM is looking to buy chrysler?