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Mitchell Dvoskin
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1869
From: West Milford, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 11-14-2016 12:00 PM

I hope the flux capacitor is in good condition. They are no longer available from the manufacturer.

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Mark Gulbrandsen
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From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 11-14-2016 12:43 PM

2000 Ford Expedition. Only 254K miles and was going strong until last Wednesday when the torque converter seal let go, so its in the shop getting fixed today. Going to get another year out of this if its the last thing I do. Until now this car has had a total of $428.00 in repairs, gas pump went out a couple years ago. Of course tires, brakes and oil changes are normal maintainance. And some of you may know this as the vehicle that I rolled three winters ago near Sheridan, WY. It had 1K pounds of projection gear in the back that I had just pulled out of a theater in Worland. The only casualty was a broken passenger side window. That none of the rear windows broke was amazing. Centrifugal force kept it all in place I guess. State trooper said we used up all nine lives that day. It landed right side up in a 6 foot deep snow bank and ten minutes later a tow truck happened along. And after a couple hours of work got it off the snow bank and on to his truck. He took the Expedition and us down to Buffalo, WY where I got a used window at the bone yard and had a glass guy there install it, then went on to the next service call. Its been the most amazing vehicle I've ever owned, still uses very little oil and gets ~24 MPG (5.4 L engine) if I keep the speeds not over 75 mph. I plan on getting another one. Oh, and Sean Weitzel got the projectors that were in the back of this during the roll over.

Mark

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James Wyrembelski
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From: Beaverton, MI, USA
Registered: Sep 2015

posted 11-21-2016 01:42 PM

I have a 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis. The last of the large size, rear wheel drive American cars. Can't beat the ride. White and black, and fun to scare people with due to its cop car looks.

And my 1987 Mercury Sable LS with only 75K miles. We call her the "spaceship". Love those lights stretching over the front with no air grille.

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