[Shotimes] Interesting...porting the intake

[Ron Porter]

I have read your whole post, and I have absolutely no clue as to what the
fuck you are talking about.

I will copy the SHOtimes list, as maybe someone could tell me what I'm
missing.....as I'm obviously a dumbass who doesn't know squat.

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: Neno Albert [mailto:neno@sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 7:00 PM
To: Ron Porter
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Interesting...porting the intake


I'll keep my reply off the list just because I'd rather keep it that way. If
you think that a
"budget" anything should have a $170 rotor, $140 tire, $550 rim (per), $85
tie rods, and a
hard-rock seat to make you feel the parts break piece after piece, then
that's all good with me.
To tell me that a "fancy" euro car should be the biggest pain in the ass due
to their stupid ass
designs is totally ignorant. Until THEIR designs come closer to the planet I
live on, I'll stick
to hydraulic brakes and good ol' simple designs. But to tell me I'm ignorant
and haven't WASTED
precious time in my life working on cars that I simply think are not only
over rated, but also
over priced and nothing special at all is simply your own opinion. Until
then, I'll just let the
look on the customers face entertain me when they hear about their "awesome"
import-piece of
over-engineered scrap metal's repair costs. I don't know what kinda piggie
bank you roll on top of
when you pick your taste of machines, but I definitely am at the stage of my
life where something
that is totally outperformed by many others, or at least can be for that
price difference, isn'
the winner in my books. Especially if that means it's something I don't have
to contact the FBI to
decode their stupid ass bull crap. That said, have a great day Ron.

Neno - The biggest American asshole EVEER. Hoping to get worse as the years
pass!

--- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> Well, to keep my answer short and sweet.
> 
> You are an ignorant a-hole that has never spent any time with a foreign
> vehicle.
> 
> If you think that a American-built vehicle is still anywhere NEAR the
> quality of an import, you are clueless.
> 
> Chris had it right.....buy the best vehicle for your money. If it means
that
> a sub-100 IQ 8th-grade dropout who is a UAW member who loses his $25/hour
> job (plus another $10/hour in benefits) screwing on bumpers, tough feces.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Neno Albert
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:24 PM
> To: Christian Andretta; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Interesting...porting the intake
> 
> 
> Hmm... To say American cars are inferior is totally against my beliefs.
> There is absolutely
> NOTHING that comes to my mind to make me feel any import is superior to
> American cars. For those
> who go out of their way to buy anything "imported" (in some cases only by
> name and profit) is
> extremely irritating in one very important and endlessly overlooked
> manner... Not only are imports
> normally a decent amount of cash over something equivalant in American
> production, but their
> maintenance is extremely pricey and most importantly, I definitely do NOT
> favor working on the
> damn things! That said, let me also add that something that is supposedly
a
> import "budget" car
> actually can cost you an arm and a leg! For example, we almost always bump
> into the same problem
> with numerous Jap vehicles... What would that problem be, you ask?
something
> as simple as a ROTOR,
> as in the brakes, is a dealer only item. More to  top that cake off is
that
> $158 dollar tab for a
> rotor on a car that has the cheapest looks, feel, and comfort I've ever
> experienced in my entire
> life.
> 
> I also am not a avid fan of BMWs, Mercedes, Jaguars, Volvos, or Saabs. Not
> only does their stupid
> stud-lug design cause the tire to literally fall on you (does anyone know
> the logical behind this
> design?!?) but it adds to the cost of someone accidently stripping out one
> of those stupid things
> or better yet, snapping the head clean off of it! To add more to that, try
> doing an alignment on a
> Mercedes without contacting a dealer. Did you know that they do NOT list
the
> actual vehicles as
> they are badged on the body? You have to know all this fancy mumbo-jumbo
> like the engine size, the
> type of chassis, wheel size, yadda yadda yadda. In other words, the
> make/model listing is coded so
> you can't tell what's what! I don't know if they did this to prevent any
> tech to successfully
> align their cars or what. The best, though, is Jaguars rear adjustments..
> You have to shim the
> axles(!!) for camber adjustments! What the HELL is wrong with these
people?!
> 
> As much of a fool I am for saying that I'd never own a vehicle I can't
> successfully repair myself,
> realize that tasks like this would cost quite a few hundreds... For an
> Alignment, that is. Brake
> jobs can run into the thousands. I'm sorry, but maybe I'm not seeing the
> relationship between, ooh
> I don't know, Taurus' and $60k Bimmers?? You can keep your laser keys and
> clumpy ride (yes, I said
> clumpy. I hate the ride of a bimmer with 18"s and sport suspension and
some
> lame seats that just
> add to the event of your spin feeling like someone or something is trying
to
> tap into it) and
> I'll stick to a Taurus that doesn't seem to drain my wallet THAT much. 
> 
> Neno - Feeling less American already witha  Yamaha motor rather then a
460BB
> :(
> 
> --- Christian Andretta <passport@optonline.net> wrote:
> > Buy the best product that you can afford and meets your needs regardless
> of
> > where it is manufactured.  Yes, I think it is important to support the
> > American worker and the companies they work for but when they become
> > complacent and build an inferior product there is no reason to buy
> American.
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