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  1. mx757

    Real danger Sidekick LX

    most likely.. his friend is a idiot .... one of those "an accident waiting for a place to happen" types
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    post a picture of your car?

    yea it's really nice tool to have... it's portable too I use it in garage or in driveway see: Mohawk Lifts: Car Lifts, Truck Lifts, Vehicle Hoists, Home Auto Lifts, Garage Lifts sissor lift USL-6000 it was expensive but, it makes working on all my cars so much easier
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    post a picture of your car?

    well here are my cars... 1995 Ford F150 truck for hauling stuff and 1991 VW westfalia camper for trips and my 2005 VW jetta TDI Diesel...which I drive everyday gets around 43 mpg I fix my own cars tool It's nice to have a Car lift too..
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    Texas?

    it sucks.... I'm in the DFW area and it sucks....
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    Car in winter?

    Oil NEVER wears out. It gets dirty from use.. and dirt causes wear. Fresh oil is the cure...years ago oils had to be changed every 3000 miles.. now days they go 7500 to 10,000 miles between oil changes (read your owners manual.) oils have gotten better since old days of straight dino oil...
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    Who work as autmotive techician?

    I fix my own cars... both gas and diesel.. I do just about everything myself and it is nice to have a Mohawk car lift at home in the garage....I don't fix / repair cars for a living.. I'm a aircraft mechanic and fix Boeing 777 / 767's
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    Does anyone really think hybrids are worth the money?

    they aren't plus they'll cost more in long run on repairs.... I bought a 2005 VW Jetta TDI Diesel in September 2005... I get around 40 mpg with it and I have a "heavy foot / drive fast" the VW Diesel engines take 60,000 miles for the piston rings to seat or break in and they last 400,000 miles...
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    Airplane

    window? I prefer left seat... cockpit I like to fly airplanes.... yes I'm deaf and have a pilots rating (license) see DPA: Welcome when I travel on airlines I prefer window in business class with nice food and drink and watch the world go by...I like to look at landscapes.. but hard to do...
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    Just got hearing aids.

    Hearing aids are quite durable, they'll take a beating... perspiration / Sweat? not really much of a problem, Just put them in a dry-aid kit at night to remove moisture. I wear my hearing aids all the time.. except when skydiving.. I just put them in my pocket until I land... then put them back
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    I am not ready for school.

    I wouldn't worry about it. they'll be courious at first, but in a week, they'll frget all about it...I think your making too big of an issue out of it. Just wear your hearing aids....also think about letting your hair grow longer to cover the hearing aids...
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    Any body like to fly?

    where you live? I'm sure lots smaller airport near by... nice place to hang out...
  12. mx757

    Any body like to fly?

    other planes here is the AA-5B Tiger. The canopy slides back.. no doors. nice airplane. seats 4 two in front / two in rear
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    Any body like to fly?

    Another way to umm.. fly Another way to umm.. fly
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    Any body like to fly?

    I've flown cessna 150 152 172 177 182 and 210 and the Cessna 180 tail dragger and the Grumman tigers and cheetas airplanes (I liked those but they hard hard to find for rent) and Piper single engines. I don't like the pipers much they are ok...Low wing blocks your view of ground I like the...
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    Any body like to fly?

    I'm not a old man.. I'm only as "old" as the woman with me :dance2:
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    Any body like to fly?

    sorry you feel its scary.. maybe if you understood more about aircraft how it works and what each control is for you'd enjoy it more???
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    Any body like to fly?

    here a photo of the Arch in st Louis it dead ahead just in front of the nose of the aircraft... and of us in the aircraft flying...note in 4th photo, I'm standing next to the aircraft with my friend yep thats me the deaf / left arm amputee pilot. 5th and last photo are group of other deaf...
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    Any body like to fly?

    St. Louis is my "hometown" I grew up there... never flown into Lambert althought I could have set it up to do so.. I just fly to St. Charles Airport or creve Coure airports which are very close by. The Cessna 172 service ceiling is about around 12,000 feet maybe 13,500 any higher than that...
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    Any body like to fly?

    There are few home built experimental aircraft using Mazda "Wankle" Rotary engines, but I'm not aware of any Cessna 172 powered by them it would cost too much to get the STC (supplemental type Certficates) and testing done. see: Mazda Wankel 13B Engine Aircraft Use as for me I'd stick...
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    Any body like to fly?

    Older Cessna 172 have Continental O-300 (300 cubic inch) flat 6 cylinder opposed air cooled engines, newer models have Textron Lycoming IO-360 (360 Cubic inches) L2A 6 cylinder opposed aircooled engines., with McCauley propeller. some Cessna 172's came with 4 Cylinder flat aircooled engines.
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