A Farewell to a good friend

[Eric Lewis]

As some may know, virgil, my 1993 saturn, passed away last night at the tender age of 16, due to a crappy transmission. Durring your day, please take a moment of silence for this beutiful creature.


What this means to you guys is that i have a set of 4 basically brand new firestone 14 in tires and a working engine FOR SALE.

Make me an offer if you guys want one or both of them, giving the 3rd dimension first dibs before they go onto craigs list.


pm or call me with any questions on them.

[BrokenRotor]

Sounds like you need to buy a Plum Crazy Charger that is for sale. It will get about 18 Mpg if you keep your foot out of the 4's.:D

[mflander]

You gave your car a guys name? Ummm.

Sorry to hear that. What are your plans for a future ride? I know a place where you can rent some sweet rims.

[Eric Lewis]

Sry. The plum crazy is out of the budget for now


Not sure yet on the next car. But I am looking

[BrokenRotor]

I would knock a couple thousand off for you.;)

[Pipemajor]

You gave your car a guys name? Ummm.

Sorry to hear that. What are your plans for a future ride? I know a place where you can rent some sweet rims.

I knew only of girls who named their rides. I dated one with a VW Rabbit named "Abner"

And Eric, only 16 years use out of your Saturn? No wonder GM is on the brink of collapse!

My '91 Mazda pickup (I am original owner) now has more rust than original paint left yet it runs like a top. Only major repairs were to replace the fuel tank and radiator (both had leaks).

My wife's '92 Toyota Camry (again original owner) was destined for replacement when we bought the '07 Camry Hybrid. It has NEVER required a major repair so we opted to keep it. And it has only one very small area of rust. Alex seems destined to inherit this car.

Prior to my Mazda, I had a '78 Honda Accord I drove for 13 years and put 225,000 miles on it. Two air-cooled VWs preceded the Honda and that's been it for my 41 years of driving history.

Too bad I can't keep a job like I keep my cars...

[Eric Lewis]

i can keep a job descent enough, but my cars seem to go and go..beginning in 2007 upon my 16th birthday, i came across a free car(1995 neon with fart can) that my aunt did not want. In june of 2008, that car broke and i was left with a challenge of getting another car. I came across virgil and knew he was the one, i have had him ever since..well until yesterday..time for a descently new one for now....

how many thousand off mr broken rotor :) (i say mr for a really good deal....)

and my car was called virgil because of its liscence plate

it was vgl

didnt want just to add a few vowels and be lame like that, and i didnt want a stupid name, so i went with virgil, becausse that name is cool

[Pipemajor]

and my car was called virgil because of its liscence plate

it was vgl

didnt want just to add a few vowels and be lame like that, and i didnt want a stupid name, so i went with virgil, becausse that name is cool

Should have named it Veeger - then you could have made a Star Trek movie out of it...;)

The wife's Camry Hybrid's license is VCR 694 although she doesn't call it Vicker. Easy enough to remember - VCR for that technological invention which likely predates yourself and the Interstate which is just south of us.

One of the best vanity plates I've seen was one from Washington state. Simply said "UMBRA". I couldn't figure the logic out - until I stepped back a bit and looked at the car it was on. Sure enough, it was a Mitsubishi Eclipse. Then it made perfect sense.

[Jake]

One of the best vanity plates I've seen was one from Washington state. Simply said "UMBRA". I couldn't figure the logic out - until I stepped back a bit and looked at the car it was on. Sure enough, it was a Mitsubishi Eclipse. Then it made perfect sense.

Types of lunar eclipses

The shadow of the Earth can be divided into two distinctive parts: the umbra and penumbra.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse

Just in case someone didn't know

[Eric Lewis]

thank you jake for explaining that to my mom, she was confused, she did not know what steve meant....its all good now though, we will keep simple terms in mind for later cars i receive, like virgil

[Pete]

Hey Eric tell them to kma, naming cars is cool.;)

[charlierocks]

Hey Eric,
Tara and I have a GEO METRO SEDAN in storage in Anoka, more than likely will be for sale soon!

Send me a pm if interested
CR

[Eric Lewis]

good man pete...real men name cars

[MikeB]

Can I rent the rims? :D

[Pipemajor]

thank you jake for explaining that to my mom, she was confused, she did not know what steve meant....its all good now though, we will keep simple terms in mind for later cars i receive, like virgil

Yeah, like this...

http://media.skyandtelescope.com/images/Umbra_Explained_m.jpg

[Eric Lewis]

of course you can rent those rims mike.

[dickdahlen]

are the rims for sale now or just for rent......sorry to hear about the car, think you need a dodge avenger or a corvette,,,,very reliable cars

[Eric Lewis]

the tires and rims are for sale

name a price

they are brand new firestones
got them less than a month ago

i paid just over 400

[AkonA]

http://media.skyandtelescope.com/images/Umbra_Explained_m.jpg[/QUOTE]

I can't believe that's not to scale...

[Pipemajor]

I can't believe that's not to scale...

Bill Nye (the science guy) did a segment on one of his shows to demonstrate the true scale of our solar system. Even for an astronomically literate viewer, it was pretty mind boggling.

[Eric Lewis]

well, helloto a new friend

picked up a 99 saturn wagon today, should be able to fit a couple of 90's back there at least.

we will have to see what the liscence plate is when it gets here to give it a name :)

[MikeB]

Bah, Just paint it pink and call it Floyd.

[Eric Lewis]

ok