Today's Jokes - 2024

verbotenwhisky said:
I would be more appropriate to fill the tail gate with concrete, and leave it down for aerodynamics sake, to make up for the square shape of the rest of it.......
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It has actually been proven to be more economical with the tailgate UP due to the effects of how the air behaves.
 
finsruskw said:
Those mid 70's Jeeps were a joke all to themselves!!
Brand new Wagoneer, very 1st new vehicle I ever bought.
4 years later I could stick my fingers through the tailgate!!grrrrrrr!!
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Unfortunately it wasn't just jeeps, it was lots of American made cars. The 70s and 80s were a particular bad time of American car makers. Most were absolute junk. No power, lots of issues. My ex bought an 81 Camaro if I remember the year correctly. Tons of issues from the factory and a bunch of idiot wrenchers that didn't fix them. I was constantly having to fix things she would bring it in for, and they would say it's fixed only to make it worse or not do anything. For me that was the absolute end of my American car time. I've tried to go back, but when I rent an American car I'm still amazed how far behind they are.
 
I had 2 69 Dodge pickups. Great running gear, lousy bodies. I had 2 x 8 boards between the frame and body to keep it from rocking in the rust. I was traveling to Clemson through Asheville on the interstate. Going around a curve, the cab would lay over and disengage the clutch. It would pick back up on the straight stretches. I made the 200 mile trip once with barely any brakes, just geared it down.
 
woodchucker said:
Unfortunately it wasn't just jeeps, it was lots of American made cars. The 70s and 80s were a particular bad time of American car makers. Most were absolute junk. No power, lots of issues. My ex bought an 81 Camaro if I remember the year correctly. Tons of issues from the factory and a bunch of idiot wrenchers that didn't fix them. I was constantly having to fix things she would bring it in for, and they would say it's fixed only to make it worse or not do anything. For me that was the absolute end of my American car time. I've tried to go back, but when I rent an American car I'm still amazed how far behind they are.
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I bought a 1982 Ford Escort GT and you had a choice, run the Air conditioning or go down the road. I would take it into the dealer and tell them there was a problem and they would dip the carburetor, charge me 300 bucks and give it back. This was during the 5 year or 100000 mile warranty days when they were attempting to build confidence in their products so at 98950 +/- I took it in and asked them to pull a compression test, they called me that evening and said it was fixed so Dad took me over to pick it up. As always they had dipped the carb and wanted 300 bucks, I asked the mechanic did pull a compression check and he argued about the necessity and the owner of the dealership who was standing close by came over and told him, "If they are paying for it then you do as they asked. The mechanic grabbed the compression gauge (we could tell he was angry because it was now after closing) and walked out to the car with the owner in tow, pulled the plugs and checked the first cylinder with perfect results, then he checked the second with perfect results and began arguing with us as he checked the third anddddd 0 compression........ oops..... the owner of the dealership had him pull it into the bay and pull the head with us standing there and when it came of the third cylender didn't have a piston nor connecting rod, I received a new engine courtesy of the Ford Motor Company....
 
verbotenwhisky said:
I bought a 1982 Ford Escort GT and you had a choice, run the Air conditioning or go down the road. I would take it into the dealer and tell them there was a problem and they would dip the carburetor, charge me 300 bucks and give it back. This was during the 5 year or 100000 mile warranty days when they were attempting to build confidence in their products so at 98950 +/- I took it in and asked them to pull a compression test, they called me that evening and said it was fixed so Dad took me over to pick it up. As always they had dipped the carb and wanted 300 bucks, I asked the mechanic did pull a compression check and he argued about the necessity and the owner of the dealership who was standing close by came over and told him, "If they are paying for it then you do as they asked. The mechanic grabbed the compression gauge (we could tell he was angry because it was now after closing) and walked out to the car with the owner in tow, pulled the plugs and checked the first cylinder with perfect results, then he checked the second with perfect results and began arguing with us as he checked the third anddddd 0 compression........ oops..... the owner of the dealership had him pull it into the bay and pull the head with us standing there and when it came of the third cylender didn't have a piston nor connecting rod, I received a new engine courtesy of the Ford Motor Company....
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That was obviously the precursor to the Honda engine that shuts down a cylinder or two when cruising at highway speeds to boost fuel economy. Your Escort just sipped fuel all the time.
 
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