quote:Originally posted by mike the snake:
Doug,
I spend a lot of time researching about these cars, so I read everything, good and bad, true and false.
That's why I'm asking here, because somewhere, between the answers, always lies the truth.
I'm just a few hours into owning/driving my Pantera, so I'm learning, finally getting to drive and enjoy my car.
Forgive me if i ask redundant questions, even if I come off looking ignorant, I'd rather ask and know.
I appreciate your amswers. You always give the straight skinny when it comes to answers.
I have NO issues with the way you proceded at all. You try to do your homework BUT there is this prevailing attitude that exists in regards to the Pantera in general.
It totally reflects negatively on the car as a whole and is constantly fed by the false information stated by the "Chicken Littles...the sky is falling" crap.
I do the best I can to counteract it in behalf of a very little appreciated Marque but it just gets overwhelming at times.
I do like the quote "it takes 4,650 nuts and bolts to put a car together and just one nut behind the wheel to destroy it."
It sounds like you are getting to an understanding of your car which is going to help you enjoy it with little problem for years to come? Plus you are getting to a point like with an M15, that you can field strip it blindfolded in the dark and reassemble it in 60 seconds. That helps alot in the field.
Don't forget you need to put a condom over the barrel to keep the rain from seeping in rusting and jamming the action. In the jungle, that happens overnight.
I hope that is the case and you will come to realize that I portray things as accurately as I can, attempt to explain and try to state it "like it is" and there are those that flat out, "don't like that"? Rains all over their parades I suppose?
Best and enjoy. You're gonna' be ok with this.