So my daily driver bit the dust
 

Had a problem with the thermostat in my 92chevy caprice on the way home last Sat, couldn't even see the temp needle on the guage. Car ran fine, got it home, parked over the weekend until I had a chance to change the thermostat.
It was a sad day for Mrs.Rotorflyr as the car served her (and me) well, and was her "escape" vehicle from a former life!
Tues rolls around and finaly get around to replacing the thermostat, run it in the driveway, seems fine, take it around the block, still acting normal. Drive around the neighboorhood, runs normal.
So I decide I'll take it out on the hightway for an exit or two, since this is were I first encountered the problem, runs great on the highway, so I get off to turn back to home, get to the bottom of the ramp, sit at the stop sign, traffic clears, hit the gas and start my left turn.......BOOM!!!!
Roll to the left shoulder (as there wasn't enough momentum to cross the road) and look down: Tranny bites the farm at exactly 189600mi on clock! :cool:
Since I didn't shut the engine down, or even bother to shift it into park, cause no matter what gear I put it in, it didn't move, the picture I took when I got home (after a tow) shows it as 189600.6mi, which I'll post to my locker when ever I get around to it :p
Im actually surprised it lasted as long as it did, over the course of time my wife owned it, then me driving it, we put almost no money into it, other then the occasional oil change (very occasional!) tires, and a set of brakes, with the exception of one $300 engine repair in 99' when raw fuel was being dumped into the left side of the engine when you would make a sharp left turn.


So now it sits at the bottom of my driveway til I/we decide what to do with it (most likely the scrap heap) and the SVX is now my daily driver :cool:
On the plus side, since I agreed with Mrs.Rotorflyr to use it as a daily driver, in 15months* or so, I get to buy another SVX**!! :D

* cause being a homeowner and father of 3, there are other things $$$ needs to be spent on!
**unless I decide I want to make payments on something else such as an FXT, B11s or RX-8 at that time

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I feel your pain, Roto. No matter what the make, vintage, or how many parts are presently falling off of it, when the old rolling family pet buys the farm, it's always a sad occasion. A lot of memories reside within her perhaps tattered interior.
Turn your back when they tow her to the crusher.
I always cried.

Ron.

It's always sad to have our "Fine Four-Fendered Friend" leave us. At least, when you heard the "boom" it wasn't caused by . . . well, I'll let you see what caused this guy's boom for yourself.

What's your preferred preparation for that one there Randy?

Oh, Boa! It's always a nightmare when the serpentine belt snaps. :eek:

Ron.

:D :D :D

unfortunately, it wasn't a boa, it was a ball python. let's just hope it wasn't heterozygous for piebald. :(

http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/files/shelfy/26029.

Snake
 

Hey Randy, Aren't you supposed to put your pets inside the car? Or is this one of those cooking on the manifold deals? I don't see a knife and fork. Take care, BOBB

P/S Will they eat anything down in old kentuck! "B"

I prefer a flambe' en skewer . . . with some fava beans and a nice chianti <slurp, slurp, slurp> :D

It's a Kentuckians take on a recipe from the book "Manifold Destiny." I substituted Ball Python for roast beef. Possum was out of season. I've actually eaten rattlesnake before -- and NO it doesn't taste like chicken. It tastes like frog legs. :D:D:D

Wine
 

Hi Randy, I take it that was Chianti in a box. Take care, BOBB

You have me confused with Ron. :rolleyes: I still prefer my chianti in a "basket wrapped" bottle. :D

I think it was Kentuckians that first realized it takes three people to cook 'possum - one to cook and two to watch for traffic.

Basket wrapped bottles
 

Hi Randy, Yeh, and they can be used later with a candle to make your home look like its owned by an I.tie. Yep, nothing like a little kulture. Take care, BOBB

Aw, heck. I got dat figgered out. I only eat possums dat have been kilt on gravel roads. Dat way, da dust plume gives away da oncomin' car. :D