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10-20-2018, 09:15 PM | #61 |
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Re: Why would you waste your money on that Model A
When we did a rally in New Zealand a few years ago, I was told BMWs were plentiful and I should pick up one for myself. Then I found out BMW stood for Big Maori Woman. What a horror - my wife was with me!
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10-21-2018, 10:25 PM | #62 |
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When I was in college in 1969 and driving my 1929 Model A standard coupe, everyone else seemed to be driving mustangs, camaros, roadrunners, sprites, etc. I'd go to the parking lot after class and crank start my coupe, honk the ahooga horn and get lots of waves from the young ladies. A day or so later they'd come up to me and ask if I would give them a ride in it. I dated a couple of them that I met that way.
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10-21-2018, 10:53 PM | #63 |
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BMW in some circles means "Black man working." Several of the ladies of color and a few others said that was why they were on the fire department, to get a BMW.
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10-23-2018, 11:41 PM | #64 |
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The model A is more reliable.
I don't know what i wasted money on it for either, it only attracts old men who pick at it & demand i give them pieces off it. At least my mechanical brakes work every bit as good juice ones and never, ever leak fluid, because it has none.
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10-28-2018, 05:47 AM | #65 |
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10-30-2018, 08:45 PM | #68 |
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I understand the neighbor is a jerk and it was an ignorant statement to disparage the guy for having a Model A but I actually own a BMW and a Model A and used to own a Mercedes and am a nice person. Not everyone who drives a German luxury car is like that guy. Don't get me wrong, I am not taking up for the neighbor but there is a lot of stereotyping going on here.
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10-31-2018, 02:04 AM | #69 |
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I'll bet your neighbor leases those cars. Yours is an 'investment', not a write off.
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10-31-2018, 02:45 AM | #70 |
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10-31-2018, 07:42 AM | #72 |
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Tell him your preserving history, it's more fun to be driving history than to look at one in a museum.
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10-31-2018, 10:25 AM | #73 | |
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Those dumb things will break you in ownership costs. I know too many people that have had them and never went back for another. They were glad to be rid of them. The Beetle. What a turd. Working and living in Germany in 2001 I asked some German John Deere repairmen at lunch one day, why I never saw a VW Beetle driving around. They all started laughing and one of them said to me 'Beetle. Baaaachhh. Only you Amis (Americans) drive that sh--." He made a good point |
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10-31-2018, 10:26 AM | #74 |
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I have been going to car shows for many years .So I thought I would take. my 1928 un restored original roadster .Nobody looked at those red blue yellow cars .There was so many around my car you couldn't get a picture .A lot of the young kids never saw an old car .It brought back a lot of memories for the older people I like this one the most of my collection
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02-17-2020, 12:14 PM | #76 |
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Some people just don't appreciate a car that was a predecessor to his disposable over priced thing.
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02-17-2020, 03:22 PM | #77 |
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You may laugh at my Doodlebug (Model A with Model TT truck rear axle) but I love it & have no neighbors to comment on it.
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02-17-2020, 07:13 PM | #78 |
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To use a saying from dear departed Dad”tell him to PI$$ up a drain pipe”advice from WW 2 veteran.
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02-17-2020, 09:25 PM | #79 |
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I have a neighbor that bought a hot rod ‘49 Chevy pick up with some kind of modern drive train in it. He hardly ever drives it, but backs it out of the garage and shines it up a lot. I would never make any disparaging remarks about it even though it has no appeal to me whatsoever. I would much rather have my basket case AA that I intend to drive the wheels off of if I ever get it together.
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02-18-2020, 02:25 PM | #80 |
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One other nice thing about owning a Model A Ford is, they don't take up much room in the garage.
They are about the size of two John Deere 500 series garden tractors parked end to end, each with 54" mower decks |
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