[Shotimes] Interesting...porting the intake

[Ron Porter]

Geez, I'll sling the F-word just for having as long a post as Neno!!!!! ;-)

But yours was at least coherent, his was a pile bullshit words that were a
total waste of bandwidth.

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Steve Tatro
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 11:32 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Interesting...porting the intake


I agree.  Not that Neno is an asshole, I don't know him personally.
Although I do recall the requests for donations for his first SHO ;^)
<snip>

I'll shut up now, before Ron slings the f-word at me!

Steve Tatro
Red/Black '93 with 169k miles
Cincinnati, Ohio


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "'Neno Albert'" <neno@sbcglobal.net>; "'Christian Andretta'"
<passport@optonline.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:43 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Interesting...porting the intake


> 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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