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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / whats the most unheard of problem to happen to you?
Found out I had a leaky gas tank when I ran out of gas in the Fort McHenry Tunnel. (Sending unit was inop at the time)
250 miles away from home I miss a shift, the car backfires and breaks the distributor gear.
Granaded my differential at the most embarrasing place. On the line at the track.
While helping a friend drop a new engine in his car, he uses my car to go get lunch. Rolls back in the driveway in a cloud of smoke, turbo came apart and the engine ate it.
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Engine Tech / Tailpipes ?
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Lounge / Wacky Fox Thunderbird Photo Request
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Lounge / Went to the local Pick n pull today
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Post your 2012 Tbird/Cougar TO-DO list
Quote from: bryan163;384196
I banged out my list. 03 control arms, 93 mustang brakes and tc hood are all done. Just driving and enjoying now.
Are those flat or matte black hood scoops I see? I was thinking of doing the same with mine. The whole car looks fantastic. I really like what you've done.
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User Rides / Some current pics with improvements
And the stainless tails.:burnout:
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User Rides / Some current pics with improvements
Fixed a rust hole in the quarter.
Three inch down and center
Flowmasters :)
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User Rides / Some current pics with improvements
Repaired header panel that some anonymous tool backed into.
You can still see the crack though the primer. Both the inside running lights got knocked out too. I decided to make the holes bigger and keep it that way for air intakes.
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Automotive News & Fuel/Energy debate/discussion / The price of GAS!!!
Quote from: Haystack;384998
To the op, I drove a 5.4 f-250 with 350k+ miles on it, I averaged 19mpg out of it, and sometimes as high as 20mpg towing. My friend with a f150 gets 22mpg out of his 99f-150 with a 5.4. You need to do a tune up, or changw the way you drive if your getting 13. My work truck I even left running for most of the day to run hydralics and equipment on off of it.
It's really not the truck that is the problem or the way I drive. It's the geography and the population here in the Baltimore area. My truck has less then 30K on the clock, has already had it's first tune-up and is otherwise very well maintained. The traffic in this town is terrible. The last time I drove at 65MPH or over for more than 10 minutes continuously was last summer on the way to South Carolina. I only drive 27 miles a day round trip and I burn through 30 gallons of gas in 2 weeks. My T-bird is on week 2 and is still on the top half of the tank.
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Automotive News & Fuel/Energy debate/discussion / The price of GAS!!!
And as far as the boys on Wall Street go, that's a whole different story. They see potential trouble in the Middle East and start buying oil future contracts. They buy up lots and lots of them and make the supply look as if it's falling short. Supply goes down and the price goes up. If the Middle East explodes, they sell the oil contracts at a much higher price than paid and make a killing. They take delivery of little or none of the oil they bought. And if nothing happens in the Middle East, they can still use the oil if they take delivery. But, now the price of gas is already so high they still make a killing.
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LEADS on T-Bird/Cougar Stuff For Sale / 1985 Turbo Coupe "Very Low miles"
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / where the #*%@ is the horn button?
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Automotive News & Fuel/Energy debate/discussion / The price of GAS!!!
Quote from: V10KLZZ71S;384948
OPEC sets the price of oil, not individuals within a company. The notion that oil companies are greedy is simply not true. The last well we drilled, they spent 30 million drilling it and it barely made any gas. Just one example.
The price of gas is being inflated by a speculator on Wall Street. And go ask the former CEO of Exxon if he feels undercompensated. Heres's an ABC News report.
April 14, 2006
Soaring gas prices are squeezing most Americans at the pump, but at least one man isn't complaining.
Last year, Exxon made the biggest profit of any company ever, $36 billion, and its retiring chairman appears to be reaping the benefits.
Exxon is giving Lee Raymond one of the most generous retirement packages in history, nearly $400 million, including pension, stock options and other perks, such as a $1 million consulting deal, two years of home security, personal security, a car and driver, and use of a corporate jet for professional purposes.
Last November, when he was still chairman of Exxon, Raymond told Congress that gas prices were high because of global supply and demand.
"We're all in this together, everywhere in the world," he testified.
Raymond, however, was confronted with caustic complaints about his compensation.
"In 2004, Mr. Raymond, your bonus was over $3.6 million," Sen. Barbara Boxer said.
That was before new corporate dospoogeents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that revealed Raymond's retirement deal and his $51.1 million paycheck in 2005. That's equivalent to $141,000 a day, nearly $6,000 an hour. It's almost more than five times what the CEO of Chevron made.
"I think it will spark a lot of outrage," said Sarah Anderson, a fellow in the global economy program at the Institute for Policy Studies, an independent think tank. "Clearly much of his high-level pay is due to the high price of gas."
Exxon defends Raymond's compensation, pointing out that during the 12 years he ran the company, Exxon became the largest oil company in the world and that the stock price went up 500 percent.
A company spokesman said the compensation package reflected "a very long and distinguished career."
Some Exxon shareholders are now trying to pass resolutions criticizing the company's executive pay policies. The company is urging other shareholders to vote against those resolutions.
GREEDY!!!!!!
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