I've got three vehicles, two Japaneese, a Nissan 300ZX and a Toyota 4Runner,
plus the Chevy SSR hotrod truck. They are most dependable, way more better than
that 12-cylinder Jaguar I once had. I spent more time working on it than I did
driving it.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Dan Mitchell <danmitchell@xxxxxxxx>
>
> > I traded it in on a '55 Chevy Bel Air red and white sports coupe,
> > which might have been the best car I've ever owned. I accidentally
> > drove it off a flooded road and sank it nearly up to the windshield
> > once. A nearby farmer drove his Farmall up and pulled me out. The
> > engine started right up, despite having been under water. They just
> > don't make them like that anymore.
>
> Actually, they do -- it's just that "they" are Japanese:
>
> Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hzRLG8dA-E
>
> Take a 190,000-miler Toyota Hilux Diesel truck, and try and kill it.
> They fail; among other things, they sink it overnight under the Severn
> Bore (that's a 40 feet high tide, made of sea water). Still starts. Drop
> a caravan on it. Still starts. Still starts. They set it on fire. Still
> starts.
>
> So, that's not enough;
>
> Part 2:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uc4Ksz3nHM
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfZDtC9kjVk
>
> They drop a building on it. Literally. They put it on top of a
> 20-storey block of flats and blow the building up.. Yup, it still starts.
>
> -- dan
>
>
>
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