We were leaving the pet store the other day and she says "That's a cool old car!". I look over to see an Chevy Citation sitting at a stoplight. My fondness for crappy, unloved cars must be rubbing off.
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Dec. 26, 2011 11:20 a.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
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Dec. 26, 2011 11:21 a.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
Sorry, SWMBO. Can a moderator fix the typo in the title?
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Dec. 26, 2011 11:22 a.m. N Sperlo SuperDork
I've typo'd many o' titles. Eventually they disappear as your pride slowly returns.
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Dec. 26, 2011 3:32 p.m. Conquest351 HalfDork
SWIMBO... Swimming bimbo? Don't let her hear that!
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Dec. 26, 2011 3:35 p.m. Conquest351 HalfDork
She Who Immediately Must Be Obeyed?
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Dec. 26, 2011 3:36 p.m. oldsaw SuperDork
In reply to Conquest351:
SWMBO vs SWIMBO = redundant
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Dec. 26, 2011 3:39 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
I see one these days and then I get "the look" and told very clearly, "No"
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Dec. 26, 2011 3:42 p.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid Dork
SWIMBO = She Who Infinitely Must Be Obeyed
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Dec. 26, 2011 3:50 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork
I see nothing positive about anyone mistakenly seeing "Cool" in a Citation. By not correcting her, possibly with a savage beating for her own good - you are encouraging the kind of thinking that led to that car in the first place. Not cool.Not cool at all.
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Dec. 26, 2011 4:37 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
Speaking of the Citation, as our recent Turkey Rod Run came to a close, I passed three X11s here in town.
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Dec. 26, 2011 5:00 p.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
I see nothing positive about anyone mistakenly seeing "Cool" in a Citation. By not correcting her, possibly with a savage beating for her own good - you are encouraging the kind of thinking that led to that car in the first place. Not cool.Not cool at all.
While I agree that the Citation is not cool, and actually sucks pretty hard to have to drive, at least I now know that she won't be imbarassed to drive cheap, E36 M3ty cars.
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Dec. 26, 2011 10:15 p.m. Gearheadotaku SuperDork
please see my avatar
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Dec. 27, 2011 6:40 a.m. Dr. Hess SuperDork
She Who Ignores My Best Offer? She Who I Must Believe Occasionally?
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Dec. 27, 2011 8:51 a.m. Maroon92 SuperDork
An X11 would be epic, but a standard citation, meh...
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Dec. 27, 2011 8:54 a.m. ditchdigger Dork
David S. Wallens wrote:
Speaking of the Citation, as our recent Turkey Rod Run came to a close, I passed three X11s here in town.
Strangely enough I encountered an X-11 in the wild last night.
It is odd how a lot of 80's cars that I thought were hideously ugly at the time have aged well and I now look at them with a bit of interest. The citation is absolutely not one of them. That thing (although in well maintained condition) was nasty looking.
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Dec. 27, 2011 10:01 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
DSW, no love for "the first chevy of the eighties"? i'm shocked. ;-) the X11 has a true racing herigate, at least in the earliest years. i think that was the first Heinricy SCCA showroom stock racer, no?
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Dec. 27, 2011 10:43 a.m. racerfink Dork
Developed specifically to run in Showroom Stock B with Heinricy.
http://www.hotrod.com/thehistoryof/hrdp_0704_gm_performance_test_driver/viewall.html
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Dec. 27, 2011 10:54 a.m. Rad_Capz Reader
SW Inevitably MBO
V6 Citation = wicked torque steer, one of the wives had one back when they were new.
