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Re: Stolen car
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:33 pm
by surprise_i'm_armed
"My apartment was broken into.
They stole everything I owned....
and replaced it with exact duplicates."
Deadpan standup comic Steven Wright.
Re: Stolen car
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:06 pm
by 7075-T7
snorri wrote:Your insurance will be going up, even before the first ticket.

Yip, a whopping $7 every month,
cheezit wrote:I too would be very upset that they left me with an underpowered and unamerican car. I would be glad they took the last one with them. I suggest you push it out in to the street if it will not start and leave the keys hanging in the door. Also write in big letters on the glass "PLEASE BRING ME A FORD"
but thats just my opinion.
now that I have bashed on the import. They are fun little cars to drive.
Underpowered?
I can't leave the keys in the door, with keyless start and all
I've owned a few fords in my day, and the acronym "Found On Road Dead" matches them to a T... or an F for that matter.
MedicMan218 wrote:This actually scared me for half a second before I realized you were just kidding....being that we're neighbors and all.
congrats

I didn't mean to scare ya. Hopefully the bantids strike your place too, with whatever you have your eye on

Re: Stolen car
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:46 pm
by Purplehood
I am confused. Isn't MazdaSpeed an oxymoron?

Re: Stolen car
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:01 pm
by pbwalker
Purplehood wrote:I am confused. Isn't MazdaSpeed an oxymoron?

exactly...like "Built Ford Tough" and "Dodge Ram".

Re: Stolen car
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:05 am
by Fangs
I had a friend in high school who rammed his Dodge into a tree.
I like imports, but I like V8's too. Motorcycles make me happy as well. Wouldn't mind an SRT10 either. Just wish I had more money for such things.

Re: Stolen car
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:34 pm
by cheezit
7075-T7 wrote:snorri wrote:Your insurance will be going up, even before the first ticket.

Yip, a whopping $7 every month,
cheezit wrote:I too would be very upset that they left me with an underpowered and unamerican car. I would be glad they took the last one with them. I suggest you push it out in to the street if it will not start and leave the keys hanging in the door. Also write in big letters on the glass "PLEASE BRING ME A FORD"
but thats just my opinion.
now that I have bashed on the import. They are fun little cars to drive.
Underpowered?
I can't leave the keys in the door, with keyless start and all
I've owned a few fords in my day, and the acronym "Found On Road Dead" matches them to a T... or an F for that matter.
MedicMan218 wrote:This actually scared me for half a second before I realized you were just kidding....being that we're neighbors and all.
congrats

I didn't mean to scare ya. Hopefully the bantids strike your place too, with whatever you have your eye on

do you know who builds most of mazda's stuff? do some looking around I belive you will find that both the 2.0 and the 2.5 are both ford engines IM not sure what trans is behind either but its more then likly that the ford engine is hooked to a ford trans.
Re: Stolen car
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:43 pm
by 7075-T7
cheezit wrote:do you know who builds most of mazda's stuff? do some looking around I belive you will find that both the 2.0 and the 2.5 are both ford engines IM not sure what trans is behind either but its more then likly that the ford engine is hooked to a ford trans.
Ford has it's paws in some of the stuff, and I don't know about the 2.0 or 2.5, but the 2.3 Turbocharged in mine I'm 99% sure is japanese mazda.
Re: Stolen car
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:49 pm
by mgood
cheezit wrote:do you know who builds most of mazda's stuff? do some looking around I belive you will find that both the 2.0 and the 2.5 are both ford engines IM not sure what trans is behind either but its more then likly that the ford engine is hooked to a ford trans.
Doesn't Ford own Mazda? Or didn't they use to?
Re: Stolen car
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:19 pm
by NOS
mgood wrote:cheezit wrote:do you know who builds most of mazda's stuff? do some looking around I belive you will find that both the 2.0 and the 2.5 are both ford engines IM not sure what trans is behind either but its more then likly that the ford engine is hooked to a ford trans.
Doesn't Ford own Mazda? Or didn't they use to?

I'm not sure what became of that merger, but it did happen. The Ford Probe had a mazda engine and they seemed to "share" parts between the companies around the same time.
Re: Stolen car
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:05 am
by Purplehood
The Mazda B2000 pickup truck and the Ford Courier were pretty much one and the same. I had a little underpowered Courier back in the 80s and that sucker ran forever.
Re: Stolen car
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:49 am
by 7075-T7
mgood wrote:cheezit wrote:do you know who builds most of mazda's stuff? do some looking around I belive you will find that both the 2.0 and the 2.5 are both ford engines IM not sure what trans is behind either but its more then likly that the ford engine is hooked to a ford trans.
Doesn't Ford own Mazda? Or didn't they use to?
Ford owned part of mazda, not the whole company. So like the above poser said, they shared some parts/engines but mazda is still it's own company.
Re: Stolen car
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:34 pm
by 74novaman
either way, the speed3s are pretty slick little cars. Congrats on the new go fast toy.

Re: Stolen car
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:02 am
by Purplehood
7075-T7 wrote:mgood wrote:cheezit wrote:do you know who builds most of mazda's stuff? do some looking around I belive you will find that both the 2.0 and the 2.5 are both ford engines IM not sure what trans is behind either but its more then likly that the ford engine is hooked to a ford trans.
Doesn't Ford own Mazda? Or didn't they use to?
Ford owned part of mazda, not the whole company. So like the above
poser said, they shared some parts/engines but mazda is still it's own company.
Poser?
Re: Stolen car
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:54 pm
by 7075-T7
Purplehood wrote:Poser?
posTer, them t's are sneaky.
Re: Stolen car
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:16 pm
by cheezit
all kidding aside. The speed 3 is a neat little ride. I almost bought one for my wife. She opted for a mustang.
As a Ford tech I am forced to say buy a ford.