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[38P]

I agree with you Jim, I'd rather spend money on old paid for junk than make a payment on a new car that will be loosing value faster than you can pay it off.

I've done that at times as well. But if everyone did that, the flow of performance parts and vehicles from the OEMs would dry up.

Someone thirty years from now will be thankful for my choices.

[squirrel]

"if everyone did that".....isn't something we have to worry about.

I can't find many parts on cars only 30 years old to use on my junk.

[38P]

"I can't find many parts on cars only 30 years old to use on my junk.

Not every rodder in A.D. 2044 will want a ~ 90-year-old shoebox or a 1960s engine . . . .

[squirrel]

I forgot the world revolves around you.

"if everyone did that".....isn't something we have to worry about.

uhh....

[38P]

Therefore, every rational being must so act as if he were through his maxim always a legislating member in the universal kingdom of ends. ”

—Immanuel Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals

I don't expect you to understand the categorical imperative or its antecedents in certain religious literature. Nor do I care that you apparently fail to grasp that if enough people hadn't bought new '55 Chevys, instead of building "traditional" rods or something else, your parts supplies would be even more limited.

[BlueCuda340]

Will you girls just kiss and make up, this is already going down the drain.

[c2xejk]

The reality is most people view cars as just an appliance... The good news is they will always be buying new ones. Bad news is design is increasingly geared toward that...

What is deemed a "new car" and what is "old car" changes depending on who you are talking to... For most people on this forum, my '87 would be considered one of them thar new fangled car, by most of society it would be "ancient". (It is now old enough to (and does) run a historical plate!)

[squirrel]

I don't expect you to understand the categorical imperative or its antecedents in certain religious literature.

Good...since I consider religion to be a bunch of bullshit.

I don't expect you to understand that the "if everyone did it..." argument is wasted on me. I know that hardly anyone does what I do.

[38P]

The categorical imperative is not "religion," it's secular philosophy. Enough of the thread hijack. We're never going to find any common ground. Have a nice day.

[BangShiftChad]

The categorical imperative is not "religion," it's secular philosophy. Enough of the thread hijack. We're never going to find any common ground. Have a nice day.

Now that everyone has kissed and made up, lets get back to the thread at hand.

Drag Week is brutal unless you are in a pure cruiser, and then it's still brutal because you are stopping to help guys all the time and getting no sleep.

With that said, it's also the most fun you can have with cars with your clothes on.

The pace is not a big deal as long as you have no breakdowns, but some guys will be cruising along much faster than others. Larry Larson regularly cruises between 75-80 in his Chevy II and I even had trouble keeping up with him in an almost new Suburban two years ago. If you stick with a group, which most people do, then you'll figure out a pace that works for everyone and you'll have more fun. In the dream world you can stop at a roadside joint for fried food and icecream, a cool photo opp, or whatever. If you have problems, things get different in a hurry, but nobody will leave you stranded. And gas mileage isn't a huge concern outside of the cost. The truth is most guys want to get out of the car every couple hours anyway to stretch their legs, eat the aforementioned ice cream, and refuel. It's not the Bullrun.

[TheSilverBuick]

. It's not the Bullrun.

Unless you broke at the track and need to make up time


Its funny. Cars like mine are more worried about breaking on the track where as many of the cars are comfortable on the track and the road is the concern! Pick your compromises well!

[squirrel]

The truth is most guys want to get out of the car every couple hours anyway to stretch their legs, eat the aforementioned ice cream, and refuel.

That's it right there....

[c2xejk]

I don't expect you to [rest of the quoted deleted...]

Looks like Speedy has changed is user name again... Not sure if I know/understand the reference to this new one... My only guess would his number for a prior Drag Week...

[Orange65]

Delete

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[79camaro]

I run a overdrive 700R4 and cruse at 75 or so. But I still swap lead places with cars cruising at 55. like chad said the cars we drive are not like a CTS I want out every 200 miles to stretch and refill. If I take my Camaro this year 28" tire 4.30 gears and no OD.