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Replying to: shipo (May 12, 2008 4:41 am) http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=126092 Regards, OW
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Shipo, I was hoping you would respond. Thanks for the info. I would like to keep the car for 100k plus miles, since 90% of my driving are highway miles - nice paved county roads with very little traffic. Regards, Kirk
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Replying to: circlew (May 12, 2008 9:05 am) While the 1970 in this comparison is one some serious steroids, I have absolutely no doubt that the new SRT8 would suck the doors off or my old car.  Best Regards, Shipo
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Replying to: kirkr (May 12, 2008 9:57 am)  Best Regards, Shipo |
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Replying to: shipo (May 12, 2008 10:21 am) (Gotta love those Coronets and the troopers who obviously never attended a CCA course!) Regards, OW |
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Replying to: circlew (May 12, 2008 10:46 am) 
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Replying to: kyfdx (May 12, 2008 10:48 am)  Best Regards, Shipo |
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Replying to: kyfdx (May 12, 2008 10:48 am) "I wanted George C. Scott for the part but the studio insisted on Newman..." "I had a better ending. The thing was that Kowalski drives towards the bulldozers and he sees a gap between them, and he goes for it, and he makes it. And the(sic) Super Soul, who's been sensing Kowalski's feelings throughout the thing, goes 'YEAH!'" Richard Zanuck(boss of 20th Century Fox at the time)"...wouldn't allow the ending where Kowalski gets through..."
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Replying to: roadburner (May 12, 2008 11:10 am) I would have loved it if Kowalski made it! But, it is what it was! Here is an interesting take-two When the bulldozers drop the blades, the blades overlap by about a foot, there is no gap between them. The next shot, a frontal camera shot, shows a gap between the blades, and there's a gap between them in every shot after that. Yet another: SPOILER: The hood that is sent hurtling into the air in the final crash scene is not the same hood as on Kowalski's car. His Challenger had dual faux hood scoops, but the white hood that is ejected from the crashed car has no scoops. Also, the hood is pristine, and it is doubtful that the hood of a 1970 Challenger would have remained undamaged after hitting a pair of bulldozers at a high rate of speed. Two Lane Blacktop was another great movie which highlighted what a good mechanic can do for a driver. Gotta love that line... "I'll check the jets..." The Mechanic never talks when he's working, as the Driver never talks when he's driving. The Driver closes his eyes. The Mechanic works on. Regards, OW |
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Replying to: gurmehar (May 10, 2008 7:56 am)
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