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PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by PennSilverTaco, Jul 15, 2014.

  1. May 11, 2020 at 9:02 AM
    diabetiktaco

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    Looks like one of our delivery vehicles.
     
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  2. May 11, 2020 at 9:06 AM
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    Looks like a lot of peoples' delivery vehicles;

    Doylestown Glass Go. had a silver 2005-2010 RC 5-lug just like mine for the longest time, and now they've got a 2012-2014 RC 5-lug...

    Peruzzi Toyota in Hatfield (where my truck was purchased) has a white 2005-2008 RC 5-lug that they used a runner...

    I'm pretty sure I've seen a few NAPA Auto Parts 2nd Gens...
     
  3. May 11, 2020 at 10:15 AM
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    I would like to see the Drive In Movies make a comeback.
     
  4. May 11, 2020 at 10:16 AM
    PennSilverTaco

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    Not in today's real estate market; They use too much land to be efficient :(
     
  5. May 11, 2020 at 10:24 AM
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    There is one that was only 20 minutes from here but it closed 6 or 7 years ago and still sits empty. Seems like a good time for a comeback with all this social distancing crap.
     
  6. May 11, 2020 at 10:26 AM
    PennSilverTaco

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    If they can get the governments to stop including existing drive-ins in the lockdown order...
     
  7. May 11, 2020 at 10:44 AM
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    I think Churches might have been using the old Drive In because I noticed a stage in front of the one screen.
     
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  8. May 11, 2020 at 11:21 AM
    PennSilverTaco

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    It’s hailing!

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  9. May 11, 2020 at 11:42 AM
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    The mini storm ended as quickly as it blew in, though the clouds still looked pretty threatening for a few minutes...

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  10. May 11, 2020 at 11:42 AM
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    We had that shit yesterday!
     
  11. May 11, 2020 at 11:47 AM
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    This is what it looks like in Doylestown right now, and that white Acura with flat tire is still there...

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  12. May 11, 2020 at 11:56 AM
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    Some of those old GM 3-speeds are bulletproof!
     
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    BUCKLE UP! It makes it harder for Aliens to pull you out of your Truck.
    but horrible for fuel economy
     
  14. May 11, 2020 at 12:17 PM
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    Did you know that the TH400 was used in Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars from the 1970s through the early 1990s?
     
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  15. May 11, 2020 at 3:02 PM
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    BUCKLE UP! It makes it harder for Aliens to pull you out of your Truck.
    That’s why they got horrible fuel economy. Never had a problem with the TH400 in my 72 Caddy but sweet Jesus that could drink a tank a gas
     
  16. May 11, 2020 at 3:04 PM
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    That, and the fact they weighed about 6,000-7,000 pounds, weren't the most aerodynamic vehicles on the road, and the A/C compressor was always on in 1976-newer models due to the design of the automatic climate control system...
     
  17. May 11, 2020 at 3:05 PM
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    BUCKLE UP! It makes it harder for Aliens to pull you out of your Truck.
    After what I put that car through.... I gotta say I do love Caddys
     
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  18. May 11, 2020 at 3:06 PM
    PennSilverTaco

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    I like old Caddies; Pretty sure the only Cadillac they make today with eight cylinders and no turbo is the Escalade...
     
  19. May 11, 2020 at 3:07 PM
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    BUCKLE UP! It makes it harder for Aliens to pull you out of your Truck.
    Honestly, not a fan of anything past....... say 1995
     
  20. May 11, 2020 at 3:09 PM
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    What about the 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham with the detuned LT1? :drool:

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