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[Nitro Cane]

Bad news. I remember going to the inaugural race there in 1988.

 

[z28]

Ken Bode, I didn't mean to imply that ALL Austin, TX residents were dumb... just enough of their tree hugger community to screw up NHRA's nitro show should it go there. Yesterday Disney World just cancelled their popular "Very Merry Christmas" parade and promotion due to the same type of attacks.
Speaking of "dumb". I hate to admit that being a young guy in 1972, I bought the national media's BS that "The world will run out of oil by 1984". Being a good citizen, I traded my highly loved 1970 Swinger 340 for a Pinto so I would get that better gas mileage and "Save the World". 50 Years later and I'm still mad that I bought their lies.
(At least it wasn't an oil eating Vega and no I didn't own one of the 11 Pintos that became fireballs after being rear ended.) Guess this all falls under: "You can't fix stupid." and unfortunately, stupid still exists.

we all have a car that got away. back in the late 70's you could buy a used muscle car for a song. too bad I couldn't afford more than a couple on notes back then.

 

[4onthefl4]

Ken Bode, I didn't mean to imply that ALL Austin, TX residents were dumb... just enough of their tree hugger community to screw up NHRA's nitro show should it go there. Yesterday Disney World just cancelled their popular "Very Merry Christmas" parade and promotion due to the same type of attacks.
Speaking of "dumb". I hate to admit that being a young guy in 1972, I bought the national media's BS that "The world will run out of oil by 1984". Being a good citizen, I traded my highly loved 1970 Swinger 340 for a Pinto so I would get that better gas mileage and "Save the World". 50 Years later and I'm still mad that I bought their lies.
(At least it wasn't an oil eating Vega and no I didn't own one of the 11 Pintos that became fireballs after being rear ended.) Guess this all falls under: "You can't fix stupid." and unfortunately, stupid still exists.

I too gave up a my prized possession, a 1966 Ford Fairlane GT 500, for a Pinto thinking it was the right thing to do.
I drove that Pinto into the ground. How many Tesla's has caught fire?
Had a Ford Explorer that had over 250,000 miles on it when I got rid of it and it never rolled over. Could it be because I wasn't driving like Mario Andretti?
Always had Firestone tires, never had a blow out. Could it be because I checked the tire pressure and gave a good visual inspection on them at least once a month?
I'm not saying any of the above products didn't have some flaws, I'm saying maybe it was the way people were using them.

 

[HEMI6point1]

I drove that Pinto into the ground. How many Tesla's has caught fire?

Wasn't the Pinto fires due to a design defect that Ford decided was cheaper to pay out settlements to injured parties than apply the fix to prevent it? Tesla's issues (including fires you read about) is due to the abysmal build quality. It's funny how Elon Musk has the money to send people to space, build tunnels etc but cannot seem to want to spend money on quality control for his bread and butter product.

 

[Old21stud]

Nah, the Pinto fix was a little piece of bent sheet metal with a hole in it. When people actually took their Pinto in for the recall, the mechanic didn't even need to pull the car into a bay. A mechanic with a 3/8" ratchet and 9/16" socket would lay down by the right rear wheel, reach under and take off the bottom shock nut and pull the shock off an inch or two. Then he would put the piece of sheet metal on, reinstall the shock and tighten the nut back up. After the install if the car was rear ended, the broken shock wouldn't stab the 3/4 empty gas tank and ignite the vapors. Simple and easy fix but that wouldn't sell magazines or newspapers so all everyone heard about was the 11 that burned. (I apologize for leading the Houston Raceway thread so very, very far astray!)

 

[M Jones]

Wasn't the Pinto fires due to a design defect that Ford decided was cheaper to pay out settlements to injured parties than apply the fix to prevent it? Tesla's issues (including fires you read about) is due to the abysmal build quality. It's funny how Elon Musk has the money to send people to space, build tunnels etc but cannot seem to want to spend money on quality control for his bread and butter product.

Some tire failures were due to some tires not being rotated right, had bridgstones on my explorer that were not rotated right, had one explode on freeway, didn’t have problem with handling, GM had a bad ignition switch for over thirty years that caused fatal accidents, one of there fixes was to change part number and call it fixed, the big 3 all have been guilty of putting money before human life for the sake lowest cost fix or overall profit