Opinions - Trucks

[Mihnea Cotet]

Yeah, right, I wanted to remain "kind" :-) I have now counted and I have 17
road trip emails (same message, same date and hour) and 16 Trucks emails...
Audi Dude, please check what's wrong with your account, my fingers are
tired of hitting the "delete" key for the same message...

Mihnea

At 19:37 17/03/2003 +0100, Per Lindgren wrote:
>Only 5? I've counted 18 examples of the "Road Trip" mail....
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>PerL
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>Mihnea Cotet wrote:
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>>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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