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Depends..., posted on June 12, 2021 at 21:16:05
Lee of Omaha Dealer Posts: 1800 Location: Omaha NE Joined: September 8, 2006	Whether you're counting passed cars or passed gas stations.

RE: Corevtte License Plate, posted on June 12, 2021 at 22:01:34
grantv Manufacturer Posts: 7727 Location: B.C. Joined: January 15, 2002	My Z06 was pretty quick for me... but no matter how quick, there's always something more so.

IIRC, in the TV series 90210..., posted on June 13, 2021 at 03:50:48
dark_dave56 Audiophile Posts: 8395 Location: Ohio Joined: August 29, 2019	...didn't the one kid have a Vette with the license plate I8A 4RE? "And today is for sale and it's all you can afford. Buy your own admission. The whole things got you bored. Well the Lord chooses the good ones, and the bad ones use the Lord"--a very dear friend for decades Michael Stanley (Gee)--RIP

You sort of a GM guy?, posted on June 13, 2021 at 03:57:06
ghost of olddude55 Audiophile Posts: 32581 Joined: July 14, 2017	I guess I am. A fair proportion of the cars I've owned were made by GM. Hard to be full-throated GM supporter, so many of their cars have been shit, and the company has a way of making cars that disappoint in one way or another. But I like their cars. They're easier to work on, for one thing. Not easy, just easier. The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

Sort of a GM guy pretty much sums it up, yes., posted on June 13, 2021 at 07:03:39

grantv
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I've owned 2 BMW's (I'd own another), maybe 4 Fords, the rest GM. The only Dodge were 3 minivans, but they were never "my car"; either my wife's, or a third. So I guess that counts as 3 Dodge's, but... just vehicles we needed, not me (the wife currently drives a Nissan, but again that's hers).
Pretty much thru the years, if I were to pick from the big 3 it'd be GM then Ford. Never owned a truck, but it'd be a GM if I had to buy one.
So yep, a GM guy mostly.

I like the old Ranger better than the S-10., posted on June 13, 2021 at 07:16:21

ghost of olddude55
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At least post-1998, after Ford ditched the awful Twin I-Beam suspension. Feels lighter than the S-10, has rack and pinion steering, which the S-10 didn't.
But I like the S-10, too.
"Sort of" is about all the enthusiasm I can work up. I like my car, but the panel gaps on the body are laughable, the interior plastics are like Little Tykes, and every single Victory Red Cobalt I've seen, the paint on the trunk lid doesn't match the paint on the rear bumper cap.
Good bones, but it could have been so much more if anybody in GM management gave a damn.

The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

RE: I like the old Ranger better than the S-10., posted on June 13, 2021 at 07:56:37

grantv
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Sorry, no idea really what S10 and Rangers are thru the years... never needed or owned a truck.
GM or Ford of even a few years ago were not too great compared to now for sure. My '04 Z06 radio and heater was bad plastic for sure.
Still, mostly a GM guy. My Acadia is super nice inside and out, interiors are nothing like they used to be.
GM guy mostly regardless. By "sort of a GM guy" I meant 80/20 GM/Ford, no lack of enthusiasm.

The ergos in my car are good., posted on June 13, 2021 at 08:08:06

ghost of olddude55
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Seats are comfortable, everything is where you expect it to be.
But that's where it ends.
I put a lot of miles on the S-10 working for a courier company. GM used the front suspension and steering from the downsized mid-sized cars they introduced in 1978. No fun to drive with manual steering--the steering is too slow--but can be fun with power steering and a few suspension upgrades (shocks, sway bars).
Rangers with Twin I-Beam, that was just a swing axle suspension. Bad geometry, lot of unsprung weight. Ford junked the Twin I-Beam (and Twin Traction-Lok) in 1998, went to double wishbones and rack & pinion steering.

The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

RE: Corevtte License Plate, posted on June 13, 2021 at 09:33:55
Audioquest4life Audiophile Posts: 1842 Joined: March 6, 2004	My 01 C5 Z06 was fast at the time in Germany. Then, I contacted Katech Racing, the same guys who build the Corvette R series race engines used in 12/24 hour events such as Lemans, and it was even more faster.

RE: Corevtte License Plate, posted on June 14, 2021 at 08:43:06
Rocket_Powered Audiophile Posts: 439 Location: East Coast Joined: May 15, 2020	Those are fighting words...but yeah with the cars I own, the Z06 would leave me in the dust.

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