The random thought thread

[NeoMatrix]

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Back in my car club days I had a guy ring me up as ask what his Jaguar XJ6 was worth after he fitted a Perkins industrial diesel engine to it. He wasn't impressed with my reply of what ever the recyclers were paying for scrap steel.

ooooh!, poor bloke.....
It work for Mercedes-Benz with their 'D' series (diesel engine) vehicles for many years.
IMHO I believe the above vehicles are all worth the same value you described.

[NeoMatrix]

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South-African style Skyline.

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You have to give it to Nissan though, the Pintara,Skyline series of motors where good for 500,000+ klm.
I must admit, I ran a 5-speed Nissan Pintara into the ground with 500K+ on the clock, an the engine was only just showing a hint of blue smoke oil from the tailpipe when the wrecker guy drove it away. I purchased the vehicle as a Used car with 100K on the dial. I put a new head on the engine, because the previous owner didn't know what radiator inhibitor was used for, and then drove the car for years without another spanner on the engine. My three boys all own the same car during their teenage years and the motor and gearbox survived those 3 rev-heads. With Hind-sight I'm impressed with the Nissan engine in the Pintara/Skyline series back in their day.

I believe the same Nissan engine went into some of the FORD's in some models. 4 door Telstar was it ?

[allan]

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Toyota Cressida. Probably the toughest car ever made.

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Guys used these gearboxes and still use them for all kinds of builds.

[dugan]

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huh! i wonder how long i've had this toner on my face?

[fixthecopier]

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Nothing to see here folks. Everything is under control.


Stuck - Album on Imgur

[Iowatech]

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Huh, apparently sarcasm confounds AIs:

https://thestack.com/cloud/2016/02/11/why-sarcasm-is-such-a-problem-in-artificial-intelligence/

It's a shame Captain Kirk didn't know that. It sounds a lot easier than coming up with honestly unanswerable questions.
(As always, follow the link at your own peril.)

[Lagonda]

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You have to give it to Nissan though........... I'm impressed with the Nissan engine in the Pintara/Skyline........

I've never forgiven them for inflicting the 120Y, 180B and other rusty pox boxes on the world. They had to change the name from Datsun to Nissan as they were so embarrassed.

[NeoMatrix]

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I've never forgiven them for inflicting the 120Y, 180B and other rusty pox boxes on the world. They had to change the name from Datsun to Nissan as they were so embarrassed.

haha... Good old Dato-120Y, I believe it had independent suspension in the rear end. The only vehicle that could drive down the road with its rear wheels running 120 degress to the center of the car. That's probably why Datsun called it the 120-Y. If you invert the letter "Y" upside down you understand the angle of the rear wheels as the POS drove down the road.

[fixthecopier]

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Ever watch the news and see a headline you really want to hear about at the bottom of the screen...

[ZOOTECH]

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Ever watch the news and see a headline you really want to hear about at the bottom of the screen...

here you go Fix: CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Knife-Wielding, Rum-Guzzling Monkey In Rooftop Standoff In Brazil
Not nearly as exciting as I hoped for.

[fixthecopier]

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here you go Fix: CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Knife-Wielding, Rum-Guzzling Monkey In Rooftop Standoff In Brazil
Not nearly as exciting as I hoped for.

I know, right. I was hoping he was losing a a poker game and thought someone was cheating.

[Iowatech]

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here you go Fix: CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Knife-Wielding, Rum-Guzzling Monkey In Rooftop Standoff In Brazil
Not nearly as exciting as I hoped for.

Heh, Furious George?
Sorry, that was the headline for that story here.

[Iowatech]

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It was pretty windy here today, and a large box clocked me in the eye this morning and now I have a shiner.
It stung like the dickens initially, but now it just looks stupid.
D'oh.

[ZOOTECH]

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It was pretty windy here today, and a large box clocked me in the eye this morning and now I have a shiner.
It stung like the dickens initially, but now it just looks stupid.
D'oh.

Are you sticking to that or was it a domestic dispute?

[slimslob]

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