Why must I wait for an hour for nothing?

[draftermatt]

78 or 79? What engine?

79- It's got the 300 I6 with a 3 speed. I had all sorts of plans for it, but then life got in the way. Oh well.

Thanks for the well wishes in selling it everyone.

[Gurndigarn]

Back to the original question: that's part of selling stuff. About half the people don't show, and few call. Expect the possibility; bring along a book or something if you're not at home.

[MadMike]

Actually, I was thinking "Fix Or Repair Daily"!

My favorite is "Fucked-Over, Rebuilt Dodge."

[protege]

My favorite is "Fucked-Over, Rebuilt Dodge."

What about "Fucked On Race Day?"

Then there's Dodge... Drops Oil, Drops Grease, Everywhere.

But seriously, a matt black paint job and maybe a flame job...and it would look pretty sweet.

[Rapscallion]

Friend of mine used to have a Lotus - after a few repair bills, and no end of them in sight, it became known as 'Lots of trouble, usually serious'.

Rapscallion

[protege]

Hehehe along those lines...

Car Acronyms

[Heksubah]

Hehehe along those lines...

Car Acronyms

I guess I should be happy that my car make isn't on that list. *grins*

[draftermatt]

Update:

No the jerk never called back, but I got a gem of a phone call today.

"Is the truck still for sale?"
"Yes"
"Where is it located"
"Westminster, MD"
"What state is that?"
"Maryland, on the east coast"
"How far is that from Kansas"
"About 1500 miles"
"hold on let me talk to my Dad... Is it a short bed?"
"No, it's a long bed"
"oh, nevermind"

All of what he asked is in my ad. And who doesn't know that Maryland is quite far away from Kansas?

[Jester]

Oooh, BeckySunshine, you didn't just say that.

I think I'm going to have to kill you now...

run you down in my souped up '75 Ford Maverick!

PG, that is assuming that it starts. Big, big assumption there!

Becky, good one!

Being a Chevy owner (for the second time), I give Ford grief just out of principle. But my undying hatred is reserved for Dodge. When I was looking for a replacement for my first Chevy Blazer, I considered Ford Explorers, Jeeps Cherokees and Liberty's, Toyota 4Runners, Nissan Pathfinders, and of course Chevy Blazers. NOT Dodge Durangos.

A story behind this is in order. Back in 1998, I got in my very first (and still only) traffic accident, when an idiot rear-ended my last Blazer at a stop sign. Think about that for a moment....he stopped for neither the truck that was stopped in front of him, nor the stop sign that it was stopped at. This despite it being rush hour traffic and every car was stopping, waiting, and then going at that stop sign.

This was in New Orleans, and ironically happened about an hour before I was going to leave town, having been there five days. Needless to say, I was not amused. My tailgate and my rear window were both destroyed. So I had to wait on parts and repairs. *sigh*

Anyway, that night, several hours after the accident, as I was at my friend's place, I suddenly started laughing hilariously.

FRIEND: "What's so funny?"
JESTER: "The first car I ever owned was a Dodge. That piece of shit died on me."
FRIEND: "And?"
JESTER: "The second car I ever owned was a Dodge. I ran that pile of garbage into the ground."
FRIEND: "Yeah....?"
JESTER: "So, I finally bought a Chevy."
FRIEND: "Okay....so?"
JESTER: "Guess what hit me!"

Yep....a full-sized Dodge Ram pickup.

And this leads to my three favorite phrases in life:

Carpe Diem!
Go Sun Devils!
Fuck Dodge!

[MadMike]

JESTER: "Guess what hit me!"

Yep....a full-sized Dodge Ram pickup.

Well, "Dodge" is a good thing to put on a truck that's coming right at you. But if it also says "Ram", watch out, because he's after you!

[LostMyMind]

Well, it did tell you to dodge. So why didn't you.

[Jester]

Ha.


Ha.


Ha.


I hope y'all are real good at "dodging" a charging Chevy.

[basketseller]

My favorite is "Fucked-Over, Rebuilt Dodge."

And backwards DROF is Driver Returns on Foot. Sorry I just had to go there. Good luck selling it. It took me almost two years to sell my 57 Chevy Bel Air.

[protege]

Being a Chevy owner (for the second time), I give Ford grief just out of principle.

Hehe that sounds like the friendly (well, usually ) rivalry between MG and Triumph owners. Nevermind that towards the end, both came from the same company--British Leyland. In fact, the engines in the last of the MG Midgets (the 1500s) were originally *Triumph-built.*

Most of the rivalry stems from the Triumph TR7. At the time, BL was bankrupt (in the mid-1970s) and about to be nationalized. Rather than fund both MG and Triumph, MG was cut loose, and had to make do with a well-outdated (by then) MGB. MG didn't last long after that--the factory closed in '80 Triumph lasted not much longer.

[Lord Eddy]

What kind of person doesn't have the common courtesy to call and say they aren't coming anymore when they know you're waiting?

College faculty tend to do that frequently at my job; I'm a media technician at a university and they're my SCs...