Opinions - Trucks

[Per Lindgren]

Only 5? I've counted 18 examples of the "Road Trip" mail....

PerL

Mihnea Cotet wrote:

> How come I've received this email at least 5 times??? and the same for
> all
> of Audi Dude's emails of today?
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> Mihnea
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> At 17:46 16/03/2003 -0600, you wrote:
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>> Having previously owned two Chevy S-10's with the 4.3 engine, I would
>> recommend that you only replace the oil filter with a OE filter.  I had
>> problems every time I started both of these trucks if they had a cheapo
>> orange filter on them.  My first oil change started the problem at
>> 900 miles
>> and it continued until after the warranty expired.  The dealer could
>> never
>> replicate the problem.  It turned me off to Chevrolet so the next
>> vehicle
>> purchased was a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero - BIG mistake - man do I miss
>> the
>> Chevy rattle!  Regardless - I am now enjoying touring around in an
>> OLD Audi
>> with ALOT of miles on it - and doing so while saving money and
>> enjoying the
>> car.  Go figure.
>>
>> This weekend I drove my 'no payment' low insurance cost Audi through
>> four
>> states and logged over 1000 miles with only short rests.  The longest
>> the
>> car sat the whole weekend was the 9 hours we were in the hotel.
>> Sorry to
>> get off subject but I am duly impressed that this car just keeps going.
>> Last night it made the trip to Evansville, IN and home after making
>> the two
>> day adventure to Nashville.  Kenny Chesney rocked Roberts Stadium
>> last night
>> and my ears are STILL RINGING!
>>
>> Great weekend y'all
>>
>> Ben
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <TWFAUST at aol.com>
>> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 4:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: Opinions - Trucks
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>> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
>> > In a message dated 3/16/03 5:40:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> > quattro-request at audifans.com writes:
>> > As mentioned by another lister the 4.3 is a good motor, the 2.8 is
>> not.
>> There
>> > is some salvation if the price is right. Chevy now offers a
>> replacement
>> > "crate engine" at 3.4 liters. This cures the 2.8's problems, and
>> adds 40
>> > horse. There are plentiful V-8 kits. Nothing good to say about Rangers
>> > (personal opinion)
>> > Tom Faust
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Gotta a question that's NAC.  Hope you folks will indulge.
>> > >
>> > > Thinking of dumping my 88 80q for a 4x4 Ranger/S10/etc type pickmeup
>> truck.
>> > > Been looking for something in the less than $5k range and have
>> seen some
>> > > that are about 7-10 years old with an average of 150K miles.
>> I've heard
>> > > that these things are fairly reliable and robust.  What's the list
>> opinion?
>> > >
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