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Mufflers,Gauges and Blind Salesman 200 90

posted by someone claiming to be Matt McGonegle on Fri May 18 03:45 CST 2001 [RELATED]

244 GL sedan B230f AW70 automatic

1. Tailpipe and rear muffler shot. IPD sells custom turbo muffler package (enlarged diameter) for non-turbos for about $165. IPD claims 2-3 H.P. gain. Std muffler package on e-bay for $99. IPD offering sounds interesting. Any comments for/against IPD offering. I DO NOT want car to sound like one of those rice cars. Is this a DIY job, as far as cat is concerned? Have blow torch.

2. Have Haynes fluid temp. gauge. Want to attach as oil drain plug. Supplied fittings won't cut it. Where can I pick up threaded fitting with correct dia.?

3. Aw come on....had to get you to click on this post somehow.

Went to Walmart sports dept. Took fishing rod/reel to counter. Surprised that saleman was blind. He said his other senses were more acute and to drop the rod/reel onto counter and he could identify by sound. I did. He said that's a Zebco model 202 with a 6 1/2' graphite rod and it's $20.00. AMAZING. He went back to ring it up. The problem was, I stopped at Taco Bell beforehand and gorged myself and now had to blow wind. What the hell, nobody would know it was me and not some other customer. Salesman came back and said that will be $28.50. I said I thought it was $20.00. He said the fishing rod is $20, the duck caller is $5.00 and the stink bait is $3.50.

Kudos as always to Jarrod/Steve Ringlee for maintenance. Kudos to Abe Crombie, Don Foster, Mittenhead, Haroon, Wbainlookalike. Where do these guys get these names??????

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Re: Mufflers,Gauges and Blind Salesman 200 90

posted by someone claiming to be Michael on Fri May 18 10:56 CST 2001 [RELATED]

The IPD sport exhaust is really quiet for an aftermarket exhaust. My old rusted out 2" exhaust was actually louder because of the holes. However, the IPD sport system sounds much nicer with a deeper tone at idle. I didn't install the exhaust myself because of the existing severly rusted exhaust, but it seems pretty simple. Mine required no welding to put on, but I'm not sure what it took to get the old stuff off.

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Re: Mufflers,Gauges and Blind Salesman 200 90

posted by someone claiming to be WBain on Fri May 18 05:52 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I don't have any funny jokes like you guys, but the id is for my work pc and I had to pick some name or other so the cookies wouldn't get screwed up. Skunk, bait; indeed.

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Re: Mufflers,Gauges and Blind Salesman 200 90

posted by someone claiming to be Jason Kneier on Fri May 18 04:39 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Well, I can help with the ipd exhaust part. I've had it on my '83 for about 3yrs now, and I'm very happy with it. It doesn't sound like rice - No raspy resonating, bee-buzzing, or super-loud fart imitations. Just a louder, deeper, sportier tone. And the extra HP is noticable at high revs.

I don't know about blind salespeople at WalMart, but I did hear about the hunter who claimed he could tell what any animal pelt was just by feeling it, and by feeling the wound he could tell how the animal was killed (while blindfolded.)

He was bragging in the bar one night, and some guy bet him a drink he couldn't do it. So the huntergets blindfold, and the guy puts a skin in front of him. The hunter feels it - "Hmmm, this is a Raccoon," he says. He feels the bullet hole - "Killed with a .22 rifle." Amazed, the man buys the hunter a drink. Another man sees this and also bets him a drink. "This is a lion," says the hunter, "killed with a 7.62mm round." Again, he was right. This went on and on, till the hunter was hoplessly drunk and stumbled home. He awoke to find he couldn't remember the previous night, and he had a black eye.

Meeting his wife at the breakfast table, he asks her, "How did I get this black eye? I don't remember what happened last night!" She replied, "I gave you that black eye! You came stumbling home drunk, shoved your hand down my panties, and said, 'Skunk. Killed with an axe.'"

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