Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Paisley, Oregon

Paisley, OR Car Consumer Discussions

Re: The Real Lexus Numbers in Japan [houdini1]

by dewey on Sun Apr 13 13:29:04 PDT 2008

Wide, narrow, paisley, back to wide again. Everything old is new again so old and dated or new and fresh are both meaningless to me. I have three decades of ties in my closets just in case "old" becomes "new" again . And so far those fat synthetic polyster paisley ties that my wife keeps on trying to throw out have not come back in style. Similarily I still keep a quarter century old MB300D and so far its interior and exterio has not become "in style again". :(

Re: The Real Lexus Numbers in Japan [lexusguy]

by houdini1 on Sun Apr 13 08:22:38 PDT 2008

OK. That just tells me that we have different tastes in interiors as well as autos overall. What I can't understand is how anyone can say that one interior looks fresh and new and another one looks old and dated. Purely subjective. Nearly every possible dash combination has been tried over and over. Car interiors are like neckties. Wide, narrow, paisley, back to wide again. Everything old is new again so old and dated or new and fresh are both meaningless to me.

Re: For the most part... [fezo]

by lemko on Thu Sep 13 12:25:23 PDT 2007

Yeah, what was it with '70s cars being painted BROWN? My friend's Dad had a 1973 Impala sedan painted a brown metallic of all colors. Didn't Plymouth have a car called the Gran Coupe with a paisley interior and brown metallic paint called "Chestnut?"

Re: Following along here. . . [socala4]

by markcincinnati on Sun Jun 18 10:18:27 PDT 2006

While you may be right, we really don't know if there is much pent up demand (although several car companies, claim there is) because the diesels that could have been brought here essentially wouldn't "run right" on our dirty diesel. I do not think things will change overnight, but the advent of clean fuel just this month, 17 days ago in fact, may make the cars that wouldn't "run right" on our fuel, run "fine as wine" and that, plus the EAC of 2005's incentives may (I did NOT say "will") start the ball rolling. Only "issues of taste" are involved in the example of cars with the polka dots. Until June 1, 2006, we actually had practical issues working against the automakers. Now, not so much. We had, perhaps a more apt analogy, only AC electricity, yet there were "superior" DC cars out there, but the trouble in trying to find enough DC to run them on wasn't worth the effort or expense. Zap! Someone turned on the DC -- now, perhaps within the next 2 years, we may see a change. Of course, I would agree, there still won't be many cars sold with green polka dots diesel, ethanol, fuel-cell, gasoline, hybrid, nuclear or solar. But, even then, I could be wrong -- paisley came and went and came. :surprise:

Towing Experience

by jslate on Tue May 23 21:14:45 PDT 2006

I just got back from a little trip towing a 4000lb trailer from Eugene, OR over the Cascades into south central Oregon (a little town called Paisley). Tow vehicle - 4wd HiHy, towed vehicle - Fun Finder 189FBR trailer. Here are the results. First - towing was a dream. A couple of times, got a little tail-wag at 65MPH - I shouldn't be going that fast! Hit the trailer brake and it straightened right out. Went up the hills (mountains) with power to spare. Elevation change was from about 700ft to 4500, with some passes slightly higher. Total round trip is 450 miles - this was the number of miles towing. Total miles driven is 730 miles. Therefore, about 60% of the mileage was towing. Total average MPG was 16.7 Since I didn't figure out the separate MPG for towing or not, I don't have the exact numbers, but I usually average 28MPG when not towing, so do the math. OK - I'll do the math. 730 miles at 16.7 MPG = 43.71257 gallons 280 miles at 28.0 MPG = 10.00000 gallons That leaves 450 miles and 33.71257 gallons which works out to 13.34813 MPG during the towing part. Note, your mileage might vary! I know that I am slightly over the total towable weight for this vehicle, but I felt that it could easily handle the load in braking, handling, and acceleration - especially the acceleration! Jim

jjacura

by lexusguy on Fri May 20 15:36:02 PDT 2005

I like Definitive's new "Mythos" plasma oriented speakers a lot. However, their traditional powered bi-polar towers never sat well with me, as they were clearly HEAVILY inspired by Mirage's original M-1 and M-3. Ian Paisley (Mirage's founder\designer) has said he still regrets not getting a patent for a bi-polar speaker, and while he's never named any names, the Def Tech's are the only speakers I know of that are almost dead ringers for the old Mirages, gloss black end caps and all. The DT's sound though is excellent, they definitely rank up there with Dynaudio, Von Schweikert, and Mirage of course, as some of the best sounding speakers on the planet.