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ps.

that last post was more directed to the ppl telling the op to buy a beater, not the op...


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Re: New member, considering stick shift car

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comingbackdown wrote:I can tell you this much right now. It's a helluva lot cheaper to replace a clutch on a little four banger than it's gonna be on a BMW. Parts for bimmers aren't cheap.
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Re: New member, considering stick shift car

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about the powersteering topic try driving my dads truck that has no powerstering at all if your not used to it its a pain to turn from a dead stop
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Takigu wrote:about the powersteering topic try driving my dads truck that has no powerstering at all if your not used to it its a pain to turn from a dead stop
It's a pain to turn anything without PS if you're not used to not having it.
That said, A couple of my future cars will be losing it.

Just waiting to pull the old R12 system out of the Spirit since I'm not gonna convert it...

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Aaron is jumping on the hardcore bandwagon lol no AC no powersteering lol
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the A/C don't work, why keep it in the car? and he aint taken out my powersteering, no matter how much it sucks
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well you could fix the AC, whats wrong with it?
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like aaron said, he's not doing an R12 conversion, wtf that means...

besides, i don't need a/c. i've never had it in a car i've owned
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lol you already got a R12 system. they switched to R134a in 94, all you gotta do is drain the old system of R12, put on new fittings and fill it with 134
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ok...he said r12 conversion. i'm not sure what the hell i'm talking about. besides, he says its like 30 lbs, so less weight!
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hockeystyx16 wrote:lol you already got a R12 system. they switched to R134a in 94, all you gotta do is drain the old system of R12, put on new fittings and fill it with 134
That's what I mean. R12 to R134a. The compressor is siezed, and it'd leak like a bitch even if I could convert and refill... No thanks... If we can live without it, we will...
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