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Reminds me of the time I was at the Last Supper hearing Chrysler after drinking too much wine. "Hey.......HEY!! *hic* Oneayou muthuh fukkers gonna b'tshray me ".
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Well atleast Rolls owners can laugh at Jag owners, my Dad had one, f**k me it was a POS, I swear every time you got in the damn thing a fuse would blow.
So next time I am in a worn out old Cadillac or Chevy with well over 100k miles and I pull up next to a non german RR at a light, please forgive me if I go into convulsions, laughing hysterically, and pointing in ridicule at the sucker sitting next to me.
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Same goes for Ferrari
Yup, been there done that. Had a Jaguar XJS, Porsche 928 and most recently a W140 Mercedes. I also have a '91 Cadillac Fleetwood. One repair on any of the above cars could easily exceed the cost of my old Cadillac. As wonderful as all those cars were none can ever hope to be as reliable as a good old GM full size car. I like how easy the old GM's are to work on and how cheap they are to fix when (rarely) they do need repair. So I made my 'ole Caddy handle like a sports car and move like one too with a modified small block Chevy and several other mods. It isn't smooth like a Mercedes but its a real durable car that can take a beating and not ask for much in return.
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Originally Posted by DestroyerW140
Yup, been there done that. Had a Jaguar XJS, Porsche 928 and most recently a W140 Mercedes. I also have a '91 Cadillac Fleetwood. One repair on any of the above cars could easily exceed the cost of my old Cadillac. As wonderful as all those cars were none can ever hope to be as reliable as a good old GM full size car. I like how easy the old GM's are to work on and how cheap they are to fix when (rarely) they do need repair. So I made my 'ole Caddy handle like a sports car and move like one too with a modified small block Chevy and several other mods. It isn't smooth like a Mercedes but its a real durable car that can take a beating and not ask for much in return.
Nice Caddy! You are spot on about them and other RWD GM's as far as I am concerned.
BTW, We have a BRAND NEW '92 Brougham in our collection:
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On Monday the two Rolls Royces will go to their new owners! I will be dancing a little jig to celebrate the departure of those two unbelievable pieces of shit. If you have never owned a Lucas era Rolls you owe it to yourself to drive one for a couple of months just so you will have a new appreciation for your tennis shoes, a Kia, a bus pass, or you might even start a new religious cult if you drive a Lexus or Mercedes directly afterwards. Even though my two are the best examples of their type, they are so fucking tempermental and unreliable you will forever hate cars in general after prolonged exposure to them.
But since they are going I am now officially poor, or so I heard recently. Doesn't matter that I have bought too many $100+k mercedes in the past. Those do not count to the masses. Only a car that is the epitome of stupidity will do for people who know nothing about autos, and that is 85% of the people I fear.
So next time I am in a worn out old Cadillac or Chevy with well over 100k miles and I pull up next to a non german RR at a light, please forgive me if I go into convulsions, laughing hysterically, and pointing in ridicule at the sucker sitting next to me.
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Same goes for Ferrari[/quote]
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Interesting, I've been doing that for years. A while back, three of my friends, car nuts all, bought Ferraris and RRs (just for the hell of it) and all bailed out within months, significantly lighter in the wallet and went back to Porsche, Mercedes and BMW.
The only upside was that my mate 'Slasher' (an oil trader, not a hood) lent me his 328 GTS for a few months after I had totalled my own car. It was fun, but I was glad to give it back at the end of the term.
My partner and I made money on these two cars, but egads the amount of work and effort was 4X's the effort of most other makes.
None of the three friends I mentioned are the types who would consider washing their cars themselves and certainly wouldn't even dream of lifting the hoods. Accordingly, there were hordes of local 'specialists' who were more than pleased with their purchases.
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