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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 01:15 PM
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do you believe? my vette has always been a pain. ive never got it to run right, ive thrown 3 times as many tools working on her, shes attacked my guitar, and i just started working on her after she blew the dist. gear and whats the first thing that happens? i spill oil everywhere and gash my head on the power steering ram!
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 01:23 PM
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Sounds like bad luck to me, but then again, I don't believe in bad luck or curses. We have no future except for the one we make for ourselves.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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Why is she so mad at your guitar??? I think you not telling us the whole story......
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 02:33 PM
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Typical love/hate relationship...get a divorce....
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by redc3
do you believe? my vette has always been a pain. ive never got it to run right, ive thrown 3 times as many tools working on her, shes attacked my guitar, and i just started working on her after she blew the dist. gear and whats the first thing that happens? i spill oil everywhere and gash my head on the power steering ram!
It's because you keep calling it "she" and "her."


How do you expect it to act?
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 04:20 PM
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I noticed that when I take one for a drive, and everything is going great.....something will then break. Its like a curse for me to think that everything is fixed.

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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 04:54 PM
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Out of all the cars I’ve owned only one qualifies as cursed. I had this Camaro that I spent three years restoring and grew to hate.

You would send it in for something, like a front end alignment, and it would just sit in the shop and then come out with a carb problem. The POS would break down without even being driven. I was sitting there one day with may hand on the fan shroud talking about how much I hated the car and a piece of the shroud breaks off. Stuff like that.

I put it on Ebay and it goes like $6,500 but I think it should have gone more so don't sell. I then take it to an auction and it brings less. So I am fed up with it and cut it loose to a dealer friend for like $6,200. He puts it back on Ebay where it sells for $10,500. I heard later that the guy who bought it was not happy with it.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by TMU
... I was sitting there one day with may hand on the fan shroud talking about how much I hated the car and a piece of the shroud breaks off....
I feel your pain bro, I feel your pain...
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Originally Posted by Vettebuyer5869
It's because you keep calling it "she" and "her."


How do you expect it to act?
you got the point, i couldnt agree more.
she's are always a pain in that place
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 06:53 PM
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Do you notice these "events" happen say.......every 30 days or so?
Dont take it personal.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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My brother bought a red 79 Camero before he got married. The people that he bought it from swore it was cursed and were glad to get rid of it. They called it the "Red Devil". They claimed that everyone that owned that car had something in their families go bad in some way, not long after they bought it. My brother thought they were either kidding or nut's. About 2 months after he bought it, our mom died. I still don't believe in these stories, although she did die at 61. I believe it was just her time to go. That's all I can think on this. He did sell the car right after, and we never did find out what happened to the next owner. The car was beautiful and yes, it went cheap.

With that said, I don't think your car is cursed. If your like me, I get impatient sometimes and shyt happens. If it is, make friends with her. She may be another "Christine".

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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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Buy her a new set of rings! She'll never let you down again!
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 09:27 PM
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Give "her" to a friend for a while and when you see the 2 of them together, you'll fall in love again.
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 11:11 AM
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Your not drinking enough beer my friend
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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Why is she so mad at your guitar??? I think you not telling us the whole story......
while modifying the crossmember, it fell by itself and crashed into my ibanez
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