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QUICKSILVER462

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we had these little problems with our cars and there was no such thing as the "internet" and no message boards?
Now, you can know anything you ever wanted to know about anything anytime you want too, right at your fingers, instantly.
I don't remember what I used to do when I had little problems, or big problems for that matter, with the exception of a crappy Haynes manual.
 


i was wonderng the same thing recently....

Only way to get aftermarket parts would be buying through a magazine or local company. Only research you got was advice from others, chiltons manuals, and good ol'e trial and error :confused:
 
I would ask alot of people questions, that I thought knew what they were talking about. Only to find out that most of them don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. Then I would take it to some local place that would basically make me grab my ankles.....

Now I've saved myself WELL over 3K in maintence and repairs. Only thing that I'm not touching is the inside of my tranny, and steering stuff. But I said that before....

^ and I wouldn't say instantly.... usually there is alot of **** siftin through pages/sites.
 
thats when it paid to have a mechanic in your pocket my mom owned a printing company so barter was golden and lots of trial and error and oh **** what did i do now's
 
Cars were a lot simpler when I was younger and didn't have the internet to go to for info. They also didn't do stupid stuff like using plastic intake manifold gaskets. Sure is nice to go and find good parts at good prices and be able to find good info about how to fix it.
 


just ask as many people as you know what they think the problem is then compare and contrast their answeres
 
Trial and error. That's how JC Whitney has become so large. They use to be one of the only aftermarket vendors with huge catalogs that put Sears to shame. Of course nothing usually worked that was bought from them, but people kept buying.

Napa was always the go to place for us, but we only had napa in the small towns and it was 30 miles or more to get to a red rooster or Big A. Dealers did sell a lot of parts, but deals could usually be made with them.

Thrifty Nickle was used a lot. Many entire cars were bought for one part that was needed and then put in the paper for someone to come get what was left.

People actually knew what the vin numbers meant digit by digit. Numbers off of blocks, transmissions, heads and rear axles meant something other than just the year and they were stamped into them not just a sticker. Plastic didn't exist. If you had a spare power steering pump and you needed one whether if fit or not you made it work.

Dodges volt regulators worked on 4 cy to 8 cy, alternators as well. Ford was a PH8 for the fram filter, Chevy it just matter on a few years difference whether you needed to drill a different hole to make the alternator work on the bracket, because everything else would swap. Only issue was Pontiac to Chevy to Buick usually required an adaptor kit, but they were available.

The good old days........

You didnt put up with near the Superman ego though, because most of the talking was face to face and or a phone call and gas was cheap enough if the phone call didnt go well a trip was still possible for further discussion........
 
TorqueAutoMotiv said:
yea i actually miss the dys before the net I mean kids actually played out side the nation wasnt a collective fat ass
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haha exactly...all kids do these days is sit on the computer, or play xbox. Facebook and MSN and all that crap has stopped kids from hanging out after school and stuff, which is pretty sad. Soon, even school will be all online, along with everything else in the world. There will be no human interaction left.
 
when i was 8-12 it was also ok to ride bikes and play no reall worries now kids come up missing and **** my kids are forced to play out side but i dont let them outta my site
 


i remember at like 8 being able to ride my bike for hours and **** no parents any where and it was ok i mean bad **** still happened but there wasnt a sex crimes asshole living in every other house pretty ****ed nowwaday

Thats why i want to move my kids out of the city life
 
Be home when the street lines come on or at least within ear shot of mom yelling out the window for you.

I grew up mostly in the country. Get home do my chorus, grab a gun and the dog and head for the timber and had to be back before it was pitch black out. Usually back by supper time.

That sounds so back woodish reading it. LOL
 
yea i was in the bay area very city ish from baby-9 then in the country from 9-17

Its just crazy now a days we had that crazy chck kill a little girl in tracy last year messed my old lady up now our kids carry gps tracked phones
 


bluegtp91 said:
And them you woke up.

Sh1t...I remember getting up on the weekends and watching cartoons that were worth a damn...miss those days.
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I remember the only time cartoons were on were saturday morning and on weekdays right away in the morning.

I remember when I was like 9 I was out at my grandparents farm. My grandpa gave me a shotgun and a box of shells and told me to go have fun. I was driving tractors and pickups around there when I was like 11 years old. The good ol' days......
 
GreyGhost said:
Be home when the street lines come on or at least within ear shot of mom yelling out the window for you.

I grew up mostly in the country. Get home do my chorus, grab a gun and the dog and head for the timber and had to be back before it was pitch black out. Usually back by supper time.

That sounds so back woodish reading it. LOL
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lol yes . . .very . . . how red is ur neck?? lls
 
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