SoCal General Chat

[IronmanE30]

My pops drives a 350 chevy v8. Thing eats fuel like no other.

Our horse hauler is a '79 Chevy 454... I can feel your dads pain.

Good Morning, TGIF!

Cheers,

Jim

[mrcheezle19]

Our horse hauler is a '79 Chevy 454... I can feel your dads pain.

Good Morning, TGIF!

Cheers,

Jim

That fuel gauge my constantly be moving. My uncle drives a 454 dually and he must get like 9mpg.

[QUKBMER]

Morning all.

[IronmanE30]

That fuel gauge my constantly be moving. My uncle drives a 454 dually and he must get like 9mpg.

True story, you can watch the gas gauge move when you drive the truck. We might be getting 10mpg. LOL I bought the truck about 5 years ago for $2000 and I am sure that we have spent more money in gas since then. But, the old 3/4 ton truck pulls a trailer like it is not even there.

Cheers,

Jim

[QUKBMER]

True story, you can watch the gas gauge move when you drive the truck. We might be getting 10mpg. LOL I bought the truck about 5 years ago for $2000 and I am sure that we have spent more money in gas since then. But, the old 3/4 ton truck pulls a trailer like it is not even there.

Cheers,

Jim

Sounds like my 1969 chevelle SS396 i had,you could just drive the car or nail the throttle and watch the gas gauge go down lol.

[Mr_Tripp]

I'd have to draw the line here. With today's gas prices after a certain distance you start paying to go to work lol

Yea I had to drive super controlled (which is pretty tough at times cause I love to put my foot down in every thing) and even with economical driving the first 2.5 hours only paid for gas and then one hour paid the taxes because at the time I didn't know I could claim myself :idiot: so majority off the time I was living on 4.5 hours a day at $8 not including food and car insurance (parents helped a bit too).

The boss had an interfering and domineering wife who would show up unannounced and verbally abuse and demean me and my work in front of the team during rush hour,


hey, it paid the bills.

That is probably where I would draw the line verbal abuse usually makes me want to use my fist, but I completely understand how real that last statement is.

DT.

[blads99]

I think all odd jobs I've been in are similar to the stories above, untrained short paid and expect to carry a bigger workload than the seniority, as if what I did wasn't enough.. To top it off drive 28 miles each way..I feel your pains, however I can't relate to the gas guzzlers, I've never had the need for one, but maybe one day.

[E30_Pare]

Our horse hauler is a '79 Chevy 454... I can feel your dads pain.

Good Morning, TGIF!

Cheers,

Jim

I think its mostly because my pops is trying to relive his glory days. lol. Right now he has 4 v8 cars. 350 chevy, 500 cadillac, 429 cadillac, and the 4.0 range rover. I think hes insane for wanting only v8 cars. I keep telling him to get a 4 banger since his gas bill is about 1500 a month. My mpg on average is 3x better than his.

[ethrtyiS]

i want a 69 chevelle ss

[QUKBMER]

Mine was stolen in 1988 :(, i only had it 5 months. Holy shit im old !!!! that make me 46.

[accident]

I was born in 1988 lol

[blk90e30]

Sounds like my 1969 chevelle SS396 i had,you could just drive the car or nail the throttle and watch the gas gauge go down lol.

Stock 396?

I have a 1972 chevelle ss with the 402 bbc in it man that sucker loves to drink gas.

[IronmanE30]

I think its mostly because my pops is trying to relive his glory days. lol. Right now he has 4 v8 cars. 350 chevy, 500 cadillac, 429 cadillac, and the 4.0 range rover. I think hes insane for wanting only v8 cars. I keep telling him to get a 4 banger since his gas bill is about 1500 a month. My mpg on average is 3x better than his.

My girlfriend, just out of high school, dad had a 429 Cadillac we had some great time in that car. She was fun to jump on and feel the power. ;D

i want a 69 chevelle ss 396 4 speed

Fixed and me too. This is one of the cars that really hit the spot for me.

Cheers,

Jim

[IRON-E]

Can I just say that I would love to have a 63' Nova coupe, no B pillar, LS1, FORD 9" rear end, 17x9-17x11 old school Craigar type wheels, Wilwood brakes, on coilovers and lots of patina, with a clean ass fuck interior. :pimp:

[IronmanE30]

Can I just say that I would love to have a 63' Nova coupe, no B pillar, LS1, FORD 9" rear end, 17x9-17x11 old school Craigar type wheels, Wilwood brakes, on coilovers and lots of patina, with a clean ass fuck interior. :pimp:

Nice ride and the Cragar wheels were my favorite back in the day.

Cheers,

Jim