Date:         Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:21:49 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: piston rings----the good, the bad and the ugly
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>Don't be ragging on Tony, we're all hanging back so we can watch him
>spend $4000.00 on an engine and then we're all going to jump up and say
>"We Told You So!!!!".
>Hey! Everybody wants what they want, I bought a GMC Diesel Pickup Truck
>in 1980. It was so sorry I could only run it 11K in two years. I had to
>buy a Ford F100 as a backup. Every automotive publication had glowing
>reports on the GMC diesels, now I know who their biggest advertiser was.

Gee, even HERE we're told GM diesels are grenades. i was looking at
repowering my so-unreliable 88 Skyline diesel (the AWFUL RD28 engine)
with an alternative, and was warned off the GM V8... so I put an
unreliable Nissan LD28 in instead! Fool...
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut