tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post1213775014315705294..comments2024-03-28T11:58:42.109-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: Catch Me If You CanAesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-48862289718557254112013-11-30T22:19:18.012-08:002013-11-30T22:19:18.012-08:00Happy to oblige.
I was none too impressed with th...Happy to oblige.<br /><br />I was none too impressed with the Escort, as it had replaced a '69 Mustang with a 302 that I'd had up to 130+ when I was immortal and stupid.<br /><br />I later found out that the Escort had a thing called a "timing belt" which I also learned is essentially the Jesus Nut for the whole engine. I also noted that Ford had cleverly marked the replacement interval - at 60K miles - on the grease-covered plate under the hood, which I inspected right after the thing snapped at precisely 60,003 miles. The only thing that saved me replacing most of the engine was the phenomenal luck that I'd been shifting between gears when the rubber band broke, otherwise I was informed there would have been a handy trail of bent rods and parts to find my way back home.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-51306887508066806492013-11-29T20:10:46.957-08:002013-11-29T20:10:46.957-08:00You do know the Escort was a real hotrod in Europe...You do know the Escort was a real hotrod in European trim, so this performance shouldn't be so surprising. My '83 Jetta was flat out at probably 90 mph, the yahoos at DOT determining that it was a safety measure to only let the speedometer indicate up to 85 mph. Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-28905660725878595992013-11-29T20:05:50.492-08:002013-11-29T20:05:50.492-08:00Thanks for the story. I once worked for a retired ...Thanks for the story. I once worked for a retired Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, and one time he told me about how he had the trip from his parent's home in Venice CA to his base in TX calculated right down to the minute so he would return with mere minutes to spare. Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-22547761780020944262013-05-15T20:01:53.878-07:002013-05-15T20:01:53.878-07:00Nerves of steel. I never could have pulled it off...Nerves of steel. I never could have pulled it off. I salute you, sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-31420018056821534402013-05-15T19:09:50.042-07:002013-05-15T19:09:50.042-07:00My experience in the mid-80s was that the televisi...My experience in the mid-80s was that the television chronicles of Andy Griffith were far more documentarian than anyone thereabouts wold have liked to admit.<br /><br />But we could tell who'd been pulled over by local law enforcement, generally by the imprints of their two hand in the hood when whacked across both sets of knuckles by a nightstick.<br /><br />OTOH, the people there from GA and TN assured me that NC had "mild" winters, which snow on my head while walking to the local mall one fall Saturday evidenced a decided lack of a common English dictionary frame of reference.<br /><br />But I love that there's always some overachiever way ahead of analyzing these things than I am:<br />http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/10-most-redneck-cities/<br /><br />I will say that the only way Bakersfield got beat out by Sacramento is that Bakersfield probably doesn't have any Yellow Pages, so the sampling methodology missed a lot of its finest qualities.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-54645806717988090632013-05-15T06:44:01.980-07:002013-05-15T06:44:01.980-07:00You know what we called NC in GA and TN, right? &q...You know what we called NC in GA and TN, right? "The California of the South." ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-77475646811983658052013-05-13T16:19:08.383-07:002013-05-13T16:19:08.383-07:00Now that is funny. Good thing you where in a esco...Now that is funny. Good thing you where in a escort instead of a 6 cylinder firebird.<br /><br />Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708868713277676628noreply@blogger.com