Want to buy Bluebird
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11-26-2007, 10:46
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Want to buy Bluebird
It stayed straight without too much trouble, but then again last year I took
a truck driving class at the local technical school. Everything they had us practicing in had 750K miles or more on it and steered like a barge being pushed by a sailboat ![]() ![]() My wife has driven our crew cab F350 pulling a 28ft/102inch 5th wheel or a 30ft horse trailer without too much trouble. Mostly I think I'll let her drive interstate highway stretches in low to medium traffic until she gets used to it. I don't know if we'll spend the money on power mirrors but I do get her point about bigger ones with the fish-eye sections to help eliminate blind-spots... I have a whole mini-fleet of diesel vehicles at this point (the Bird, an F350, two diesel VW Jetta's, a tractor and an excavator) so I think I'm going to start buying synthetic diesel by the drum ![]() My 12 yr old son who is home schooled rode along the 60 miles to the shop this morning and slept all but the first and last 2 miles ![]() climbed in, lay down on the couch, and fell right asleep ![]() Regards, Dorn Hetzel 77FC35 Hogansville, GA On Nov 26, 2007 5:07 PM, bubblerboy64 > > Dorn, Sounds like you are doing pretty well. I liked the MF RV. I > think I know what MF stands for :-). How did you find driving it as > per keeping it going straight down the road? It took me about a 1000 > miles to get reasonably comfortable with that. It seemed to me that > sitting forward of the steer wheels really affected the correction of > the steering. Changing fluids and filters is always a good idea. I > about pooped my pants when they told me the thing took 21 quarts of > oil. I have not serviced the transmission but that will be done > soon. These ole girls take big drinks of oil, gas and antifreeze not > to mention diesel fuel. I try to keep the fuel tank topped off so it > doesn't seem so bad. I will have to look into a gas only card. You > are correct if you can save 3% that is getting to be significant. The > fellow that had mine previously said the third owner spent $1000 > installing remote mirrors. They are nice. Yep keep the wife happy. > Has she driven it? My wife will not touch the driving of the Big > Napper and to tell you the truth I don't think I would be a very good > passenger. Dale, the fellow that owned my BB before me owned her for > nine years. He said that the first time the wife drove the BB the > younger son wanted to ride along but apparently lacked some > confidence in the mothers driving skills. His solution was to dawn > his bicycle helmet and climb into the one closet. This really > tickled my funny bone. I will think of that story most every time I > take her out. > > John Heckman > central Pa > 1973 FC "The Big Napper" > > > > > > Oh, on the gas discount, I use a card that gives 3% off all gas- > station > > purchases up to $500 a month, and that's all I use that card for > and I pay > > it off each month. Most places don't give 9c a gallon off for > cash, at > > least not around here ![]() > > > > On Nov 26, 2007 4:10 PM, Ryan Wright > > > > > Dorn, > > > > > > > > > > My favorite form of financing is the periodic credit card deals > of 0% > > > for a > > > > year or so on balance transfers. If the fee has a cap, which > they always > > > > did until lately and some do still, I just take the money and > put it in > > > my > > > > savings account at 4.75% ![]() > and earn > > > > almost $1000 in interest... Who would turn that down? ![]() > > > > > > That all works great until the credit card company "forgets" to > apply > > > your payment. I used to play similar games - until Citibank > > > conveniently botched a payment I made. They raised my interest > rate > > > from 0% to 36%, tacked on a couple hundred bucks in fees and over > > > $1,500 in interest charges by the time we got it resolved - and > the > > > whole situation was their fault, not mine. > > > > > > It took dozens of phone calls, complaints to the BBB and state > > > attorney generals - countless hours of my time - to resolve. I > did get > > > all of the bogus charges and fees credited back and my interest > rate > > > reset properly, but the hassle was not worth the money. > > > > > > As it turns out, this is a relatively common practice amongst > credit > > > card issuers. Now I avoid these people like the plague. I also > get a > > > nice little discount when I pay cash for my coach fuel instead of > > > whipping out the plastic. ![]() > > > > > > -Ryan > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Want to buy Bluebird - Pete Masterson - 11-23-2007, 13:57
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Want to buy Bluebird - maureyroad - 11-23-2007, 14:07
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Want to buy Bluebird - Kurt Horvath - 11-23-2007, 14:29
Want to buy Bluebird - mbulriss - 11-23-2007, 14:51
Want to buy Bluebird - Kurt Horvath - 11-23-2007, 15:00
Want to buy Bluebird - Leroy Eckert - 11-23-2007, 16:32
Want to buy Bluebird - Tom McCarthy - 11-24-2007, 13:06
Want to buy Bluebird - Pete Masterson - 11-25-2007, 04:22
Want to buy Bluebird - Ryan Wright - 11-25-2007, 18:09
Want to buy Bluebird - Tom McCarthy - 11-25-2007, 18:14
Want to buy Bluebird - Ryan Wright - 11-25-2007, 18:28
Want to buy Bluebird - bubblerboy64 - 11-26-2007, 03:06
Want to buy Bluebird - Gregory OConnor - 11-26-2007, 03:57
Want to buy Bluebird - Jon - 11-26-2007, 07:01
Want to buy Bluebird - bubblerboy64 - 11-26-2007, 07:48
Want to buy Bluebird - Dorn Hetzel - 11-26-2007, 08:04
Want to buy Bluebird - bubblerboy64 - 11-26-2007, 08:18
Want to buy Bluebird - Dorn Hetzel - 11-26-2007, 08:33
Want to buy Bluebird - Ryan Wright - 11-26-2007, 09:10
Want to buy Bluebird - Dorn Hetzel - 11-26-2007, 09:37
Want to buy Bluebird - Dorn Hetzel - 11-26-2007, 09:39
Want to buy Bluebird - bubblerboy64 - 11-26-2007, 10:07
Want to buy Bluebird - Don Bradner - 11-26-2007, 10:15
Want to buy Bluebird - Dorn Hetzel - 11-26-2007 10:46
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Want to buy Bluebird - Leroy Eckert - 11-26-2007, 10:58
Want to buy Bluebird - Jon - 11-26-2007, 12:22
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Want to buy Bluebird - Don Bradner - 11-26-2007, 17:26
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