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Mar 3, 2008 | 09:22 AM

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donjamer

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BIGKEN - you got your ears (or eyes) on? Thought you might know how to rummage up an '02 or so Explorer. That is, one with a manual transmission. Looks like the insurance company is totalling my old man's. I don't think they even had a manual after '02. He had to go to Lincoln, NE for this one new, so I'm guessing the answer is "no".

Het C4 why not make a deal with the insurance company to pull the manual tranny and linkage. Then you can get a basic explorer and change out the auto.

Unless that got trashed in the accident.

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:28 AM

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My dog just got back at me..He stole a 1/2 English muffin with peanut butter

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:28 AM

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Hey C4,

They have 6 of them on fleabay with manual trannys..

2 of them are 2001's

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:30 AM

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My dog just got back at me..He stole a 1/2 English muffin with peanut butter

Now there is something you don't see everyday..

Sean letting someone take his food..

You must really love that dog to let your guard down like that..

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:40 AM

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sglaine

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Happen when I went to refill the coffee..Least I gave him some milk to wash it down with...LOL

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:40 AM

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Good morning c4...BigDon...hope everyone is enjoying their day!!!

c4...I've only seen 1 Explorer with a handshaker in the last 5 years...not a lot of people know what that extra pedal is on the floor!!!

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:41 AM

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Het C4 why not make a deal with the insurance company to pull the manual tranny and linkage. Then you can get a basic explorer and change out the auto.

Unless that got trashed in the accident.

He's considering that. He then has to buy the original back as salvage, apparently. It was a side impact - he was kind of amazed they totaled it. I'm only seeing '01's back on fleabay. I think he wants the newer body style that the original had. It's funny , when you call a dealer anymore and say you're looking for a manual, they laugh.

Btw, did anyone see that taco Jeff Gordon ate in the race yesterday? Karma for having just nerfed Kenseth. Anyway, it left his radiator out in the middle of the track.

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:43 AM

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We just got our first true NE winter heating oil bill- Gadzooks!

A good friend of mine is going through about $1000 a month...he rues the day that his wife saw their beautiful victorian...circa 1860...with very little insulation!!!

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Mar 3, 2008 | 09:45 AM

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It's funny , when you call a dealer anymore and say you're looking for a manual, they laugh.

I know the feeling.. My 06 lariat has a manual and they were shocked when I said I wanted it..

They tried telling me it will be hard to sell because no one wants manuals anymore.

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:46 AM

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A good friend of mine is going through about $1000 a month...he rues the day that his wife saw their beautiful victorian...circa 1860...with very little insulation!!!

Thats easy to rectify..

Start using wood or throw a molitov cocktail in the door as you leave..

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:47 AM

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Lol. I hear ya. Thanks for the reply. I relayed the message (along with the term "handshaker" - hadn't heard that one).

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:49 AM

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They tried telling me it will be hard to sell because no one wants manuals anymore.

Apparently. The one my Dad got was sitting new on a lot in Lincoln, NE for over a year. They bought his plane ticket for him to go out and get it!

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:49 AM

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Lol. I hear ya. Thanks for the reply. I relayed the message (along with the term "handshaker" - hadn't heard that one).

That is one of Ken's favorite terms and he doesn't even have one..

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:51 AM

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That is one of Ken's favorite terms and he doesn't even have one..

He also has another one that he can't post here....LMAO

Mar 3, 2008 | 10:05 AM

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He also has another one that he can't post here....LMAO

Too bad about the thought police, though having seen some of the invective hurled around some of the other threads (specifically the dentside forum), I can see why.