I don't know if any of you guys do the facebook thing, but there's a game called Car Town, and the first thing you have to do is pick a car...and with the money you start with, you get two choices...a 1973 Pinto or a Smart car...I wanted to check the game out more but it's down today (Friday) for site maintenance, and it crashed my Adobe Flash Player...Hopef ully it will be fixed by Saturday! :fastcar:
Quote from: discolives78 on September 24, 2010, 01:38:05 AM
I don't know if any of you guys do the facebook thing, but there's a game called Car World, and the first thing you have to do is pick a car...and with the money you start with, you get two choices...a 1973 Pinto or a Smart car...I wanted to check the game out more but it's down today (Friday) for site maintenance, and it crashed my Adobe Flash Player...Hopef ully it will be fixed by Saturday! :fastcar:
I don't do facebook, but that sounds interesting. A choice between a '73 Ford Pinto and a Smart car seems like a no-brainer to me, but I'm sure there are a few people who would rather have the Smart car, no matter how un-smart the decision might be! When you get in to check it out, let us know what you think!
Dwayne :smile:
hey you guys, take a look at my avatar. Scott (Hamilton) did the 'modifications' Thanks Scott!
Quote from: Srt on September 24, 2010, 03:54:04 AM
hey you guys, take a look at my avatar.
I've liked that ever since I first saw it!
Dwayne :smile:
Quote from: Srt on September 24, 2010, 03:54:04 AM
hey you guys, take a look at my avatar.
that looks similar to my neighbors facebook pinto.
my kids have been playing it for a while so there friends do as well and they all started with the pinto. from there you do different thing to modify the car( paint,wheels, engine, lift kit)
i personaly do not have face book.
phil
Lift kit? Pinto? hmmmm
I have one Pinto in my garage in car town.
My kids made sure they showed me their Pintos in car town as well as VWs.
Tercin
This is what boredom gets ya!LOL
(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x90/hick_tats/CTPinto.jpg)(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x90/hick_tats/CTChevy.jpg)
I'd like your truck better if it had a blue oval rather than a bowtie, but that Pinto looks really sharp!
Dwayne :smile:
Id take a D-max over my Powerstroke any day of the week.
Quote from: Bigtimmay on September 28, 2010, 12:04:47 AM
Id take a D-max over my Powerstroke any day of the week.
To each his own, I guess. Personally, I've owned two diesels and am not interested in another, regardless of the manufacturer. A big ol' gas-suckin' V-8 is plenty good enough for me!
Dwayne :smile:
Ya but i wanna do better then 5 MPG when i got 20000+ being pulled behind it and gas just dont cut it but ya other then that its kinda dumb to have a diesel if all your gunna do is drive it.
Quote from: Bigtimmay on September 28, 2010, 10:29:29 PM
Ya but i wanna do better then 5 MPG when i got 20000+ being pulled behind it and gas just dont cut it but ya other then that its kinda dumb to have a diesel if all your gunna do is drive it.
Over the years, I have pulled a 32' travel trailer and a 26' cabin cruiser but I haven't towed anything in years and do not expect to, unless I trailer my Pinto somewhere which would be minimal weight... certainly nothing requiring diesel power!
Dwayne :smile:
Oh Dwayne, but how cool it was pulling a long hill driving out to CA a few years ago, catting and dogging with Pintony in his Ford v-10 van, me in my Dodge Ram Cummins...both with trailers and cars in tow...I passed him and his wife asked him "how come our van doesn't sound good like that?" It was a blast. Diesel trucks get about 40% more MPG empty than gassers too. It's all good!
Dave
Quote from: Original74 on October 05, 2010, 09:28:38 PM
Diesel trucks get about 40% more MPG empty than gassers too. It's all good!
Dave
I think my stroke gets the same if not worse but then again BANKS prolly had sumthing to do with that! LOL Still funny to smoke a stang or camaro in a 4 door dually though.
Quote from: Original74 on October 05, 2010, 09:28:38 PM
Oh Dwayne, but how cool it was pulling a long hill driving out to CA a few years ago, catting and dogging with Pintony in his Ford v-10 van, me in my Dodge Ram Cummins...both with trailers and cars in tow...I passed him and his wife asked him "how come our van doesn't sound good like that?" It was a blast. Diesel trucks get about 40% more MPG empty than gassers too. It's all good!
Dave
I'm sure that's all true Dave, but my diesel experiences were less-than-stellar. I know they've come a long way since the early 1980's but I'm still leary based on the two I had! Are you going to trailer one of your beauties to Carlisle next year?
Dwayne :smile:
Dwayne, you are absolutely right, todays diesels are very different than those from the 80's. I hope to make the trip to Carlisle, but it all depends on employment. My employer is sending every US job they can overseas. My team of 16 is down to 5, and they are not done cutting. I have no confidence, as they wil not tell us they are done cutting. May have to do a complete new career change, back to the bottom with seniority and VC, so just hope for the best. My wife wants me to have both cars there, but I don't know how I can do that.
Dave
Weighing in on the diesel comments...
Just bought a 201 VW TDI Sportwagen...my first diesel. And yes, diesels have changed! This one gets amazing mpg's (49 on a recent all-freeway drive). Almost all of the smell is gone. And the turbo makes it FAST. And there's no smoke at all.
What hasn't changed? Torque. This diesel can keep up with some of the faster cars on the road. But the real kicker is low-end torque. At 1400 rpms, this baby has loads of power. No need to wait and upshift. Hit the pedal, and she's right there with you...an almost eery instant reponse.
Not to take anything away from my pokey, but wonderful Pinto. But as a daily driver, the VW rocks: mileage like a Prius, handling and acceleration like a sports car. Highly recommended!
I know about it. Keep making movie cars out of pintos
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs708.snc4/62839_436609746964_348192476964_5732024_5434539_n.jpg)
I keep making more, Top to bottom
Poison Pinto (not my design)
MFP Interceptor (MAD MAX)
Starsky and Hutch
Waynes World
Gulf Racing
Bob Glidden
MFP Pursuit
General Lee Pinto
Martini Racing Pinto
Batmobile
Pink Pig Pinto (in progress as it needs the cut lines)
Fast and the furious supra pinto
Fast and the furious RX7 Pinto.
Not shown above is my car
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs772.snc4/67257_441047251964_348192476964_5819732_1382994_n.jpg)
I also have a face book page dedicated to my car and have let my website go to the wayside for the time being.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=212866&id=348192476964&saved#!/pages/Project-Frankenpinto/348192476964 (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=212866&id=348192476964&saved#%21/pages/Project-Frankenpinto/348192476964)
I play this on facebook now lol. I have one pinto a ford fusion, and a chevy truck I won. If you have facebook find me and Add me to your friends we can play together lol. and nice pintos man those are cool looking