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Why do we have a Ford Pinto banner at the top of the page?
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or put up a banner for BluntTek EnterprisesLast edited by BimmerToad; 02-19-2007, 03:11 PM.San Diego BMW repair -> Jake @ www.littlecarshop.com Great guy :up:
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I vote for a blunt tech bannerMy 2.9L Build!
Originally posted by Ernest HemingwayThere are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.
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He, he. It is true that the connection between a Ford Pinto and a BMW forum is kinda akward, but there is worth. There's a local car forum (www.montrealracing.com) that catters mostly to illeterate ricers and underschooled deadbeats that has as a major sponsor a books vendor. Stuff like Mary Higgins Clark and Daniel Steele. The kinda of business that sells 5 books for $1. Damn, why spending money on a forum where people do not even know how to read?
Looking at Ford's Pinto reminds us how good our BMWs are...Brake harder. Go faster. No shit.
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Message From My Dad:
Pinto ! Owned one -- a '73 wagon -- and bought my first BMW -- '77 320 -- as my next car, my only brand thereafter. So, Pinto experience = BMW life long partnership.
Pinto positive features: my wagon never got stuck in the snow, motor would make HP with little effort. Add header = better mileage, more flexibility. You could even chip the car, Lays, Ruffles, Pringle, on dashboard; this was before computers!
Pinto dark side: (bursting into flames isn't exactly dark) Cam would wear out at 40K, gearbox first-gear weak until '74 (transmission was a Getrag which is used in some other type of car from Germany, so I've heard); rust -- mine never did because of undercoating.
Overall, my wife drove the car most of the time 'cause I road my R90S.
Originally posted by vladDo you know anybody else who built that many bad ass E30s?
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I saw a piece on TV, that the designers originally spec'd a inner fuel bladder within the tank of the pinto, but it was left off the production model. The bladder supposedly would of prevented the fires.
This article (http://www.fordpinto.com/blowup.htm)reminds me of fight club:
A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
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Originally posted by browntown View PostI saw a piece on TV, that the designers originally spec'd a inner fuel bladder within the tank of the pinto, but it was left off the production model. The bladder supposedly would of prevented the fires.
This article (http://www.fordpinto.com/blowup.htm)reminds me of fight club:
A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
Now that's a lot of fancy math, all I care is that I get clean food.
It's not how you handle the good times, but the faith you keep in the bad that defines you.
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Originally posted by browntown View PostA new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.sigpic
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As cool as the PINTO used to be, wasn't it the car that also had the shattering rear hatch window? I was a teenager in those days and kinda remember a few older friends who swore at those shatering rear windows.Last edited by Massive Lee; 03-03-2007, 03:51 PM.Brake harder. Go faster. No shit.
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I had a 1980 model that I bought from the original owner. It had a standard back window with a trunk lid although my buddy who had an earlier model had the all-glass hatch. I would always think in the back of my mind that one day he was going to slam it too hard.
Anyhow, that was one of my most favorite cars. I could let it run hot, I could let it run with no oil.. and it would not stop running. It never got stuck in the snow even though I dented one of my Cragars on the iron edge of a storm drain curb.
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