manikmekanik Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 ANOTHER HYJACKED POST!!!Nice bumper stickers, guys!I just brought home an 89 coupe w/281,000 miles!Runs and drives, e023 & e041 codes, no matter I need only the right side/front stuff to reclaim Panikmekanik's white/maroon 88 coupe's DEER damage.REATTA = 2BAMBI = 0My Father taught me "Find something you love (to do), and find a way to make money with it, then your life will be happier, for others will love to pay you (to do) for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibby Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 Alrighty, there, people... I'ma HIJACKING this, here, post!Now nobody try anythin' stupid! I'ma warnin' you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiner 55 Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 OK. This looks good but I think that the Reatta medalion should be in place of the Buick one. (I'm looking at the "silver" w/ white background one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiner 55 Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 On the Black w/ white lettering "road rocket" Can I suggest moving the text to the bottom and increasing the size of the medallion. Or as you suggest, medallion to the right or left and larger. My .02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiner 55 Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Looking at the black on white, profiles with dimentions. Very nice. How about another with the Medallion first, then the side view of the car, only w/o the dimentions and at the bottom the "rocket" text. Again, just my .02. You do good work. Thanks for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest F14CRAZY Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 One dude came up with some "line art" for a T shirt, that was of the front of the Reatta. Was it you? It would be great for this sticker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest F14CRAZY Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 The non-luxury road rocket would be a Fiero. I'd have one with that new 4.4L supercharged Northstar. Blow out Corvettes left and right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 "Fiero: the car you wear." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibby Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 No line art, I never thought about my Adobe skills, until you mentioned a bumpersticker. We should find out, who that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manikmekanik Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 How 'bout a sticker which resembles a Reatta license plate?One could stick it to a blank plate, and WAALLLA! Savings of over $100, based on asking prices of Reatta plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manikmekanik Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 For most vehicles, the intrest payments are higher than the cost of an average Reatta plus maintenance.Greg Ross has only come close to that amount, and has a better car than, (and will outclass/outlast), most of the new sh**boxes in the market today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manikmekanik Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 NO, THIS IS A WORK OF ART, NEARLY 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING!My daughter, nanomekanik. She only works on cars a little bit.She's not a cheerleader, but the Jazz band leader/first chair saxophonist.She looks better with a shower and nice clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibby Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Ahhh, it's all the same... shower and nice clothes, or not... Mind if I stop by, sometime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manikmekanik Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Uh, you may want to get clearance from panikmekanik, unless all you want to "check out" is Reattae.Here's another pose, with the 1991 drop-top w/29k miles, BCA Gold award winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibby Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 PanikMekanik, is not going to give any man a clearance! We all know that!But it is hard to find a good "farm" girl... if you consider that I'm "fat and unattractive", to fat and unattractive women, around here.So, the cute ones, completely ignore my existence... and I'm not even ugly, in the sense that people would want to steer clear of me. I consider myself to be average... which is just not good enough, for today's American Woman.But I would like to check out more Reattae... I can't get enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manikmekanik Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Don't be so down on yourself, REAL women look beyond the mold purported by the mass-media of who's desireable, as do REAL men.Only flaming left-wingers believe all the boob-tube tells them about life, liberty and happiness.Remember, we live in Wisconsin, the state with the highest rate of alcoholism and obesity. Panikmekanik and I are native cheezeheads, our daughters are both flat-landers, born in Illinoise.And no, Panik and I are NOT fat alcoholics, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibby Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Assuming NanoMekanik, is as REAL as she is, good-looking, she'll make a good consort, for some Wisconsin Cheesehead.I'll be stuck here, or down in Florida, for the next year, or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manikmekanik Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 It's getting tough to keep up with you, Jibby!I guess you appreciated the photo of Panikmekanik, most people think she's another one of my daughters, even when we're all together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibby Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Hey, keep you wife under raps... she's a hot @$$et! keep her locked up, or something... nobody wants to feel like he's breaking a commandment! Been up all night, so I'm gonna crash, until... 12:00PM. Get some pictures of Nano, to me, cause the genes are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manikmekanik Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Sorry, that's all the shots I have of nanomekanik.Here's one of her big sister, notamekanik.DISCLAIMER: The expression depicted in this photo is not a family trait, merely a gesture on notamekanik's part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorno Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 My 89 has 324483 as of 2/3/2018 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Welcome to the forum Gorno! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCReatta Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I have a polo green 1991 here with 256,000 miles, and a Grey 1989 with 310,000. Maintenance is everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDirk Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Question for Gorno and Marck, have either the engine and/or transmission been rebuilt on the high mile cars you posted? If not, that is remarkable, even with perfect maintenance. My 91 vert has over 180,000 apparently well maintained miles, which is not much by comparison. The 88 parts car (still being driven as it runs fine but looks rough) has 171,000 and the transmission is as smooth as it can be. Engine is slightly noisy, probably the water pump just starting to exhibit bearing noise. This car was not well maintained at all prior to my ownership as near as I can tell. I hate to do repairs on it but want to keep it usable until it gets dismantled. That may be a while yet. BTW, holy thread bump from 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVES89 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 The Red had 280,000 with plenty more to go but I wanted to keep it for years so last spring was the time to rebuild the engine. I have not been nearly so lucky with trannys as I get about 150,000 to 165,000 out of them before a rebuild or replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCReatta Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 40 minutes ago, KDirk said: Question for Gorno and Marck, have either the engine and/or transmission been rebuilt on the high mile cars you posted? If not, that is remarkable, even with perfect maintenance. My 91 vert has over 180,000 apparently well maintained miles, which is not much by comparison. The 88 parts car (still being driven as it runs fine but looks rough) has 171,000 and the transmission is as smooth as it can be. Engine is slightly noisy, probably the water pump just starting to exhibit bearing noise. This car was not well maintained at all prior to my ownership as near as I can tell. I hate to do repairs on it but want to keep it usable until it gets dismantled. That may be a while yet. BTW, holy thread bump from 2005. The grey car I mentioned had a transmission rebuild at 240k. Original engine largely untouched except for maintenance items and gaskets. Not sure on the green coupe. It didn't come with any service records. But it had a massive transmission leak from the main seal. So either it had work done that was done poorly, or it was in desperate need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDirk Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I can believe a 3800 getting 300,000÷ with no rebuild. It's the transmission I find remarkable in these cases getting well over 200,000 which seems like extreme outlier lifespan based on typical life expectancy. I have two cars that cars here that are already into what I consixlder bonus mileage territory on the transmissions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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