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Is anyone else reminded of the callers on Coast to Coast AM?

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Posted By: Salamander Sam - Tue Oct 13, 2009
Category: Technology | 1980s | Parody | Cars

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I think Daihatsu is still offers these as an option on their new 2010 Sirion!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/13/09 at 11:35 PM

No, it's a slight rewording of the original Time article about the Turboencabulator from 1948. The Chrysler video is from 1988 and the Rockwell video is from 1997. They are both based on the same source material, however.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator

Posted by Salamander Sam in Chicago on 10/14/09 at 02:30 AM

i call shennanigans! it was like listening to the chief engineer report whats wrong with the enterprise's warp drive on star trek. alot of big words spoken quickly and with confidence to fool you into thinking it's not gibberish. :lol:
(i know i know but it sounded that way to me)

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/14/09 at 07:42 AM

Excuse me, Treckie-challenged-Patty, but Scottie never, EVER spoke gibberish!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/14/09 at 11:02 AM

That was great! The well rehearsed technobabble flowed from that guy flawlessly as if it were real. And the second tech was priceless. A simple head code anyone can catch, manual and song book, burping coming from under the beltline, and my favorite, if the RG is under 10 you'll have to do diagnostic tests that do nothing but increase the billable time. Classic! I can't wait to see the cigarette lighter and ashtray demo!!

:lol:

Posted by DownCrisis on 10/14/09 at 12:01 PM

mea culpa expat, scottie was an engeneering genius. 😉
kdp, i worked in healthcare at one time. that's where i learned never to assume that someone knows what they are talking about just because they dress the part. 😊
it was probably alot more fun for those of you who could pick out the b.s. because you are trained in the field dc. :coolsmile:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/14/09 at 04:09 PM

by the way, thanks kdp. you are the first person to ever tell me i have the right attitude! 😝

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/14/09 at 04:18 PM

Well said, Wayne. I don't want my comments section devolving into a shouting match. Any more fighting and I will have to delete the offending comments.

Posted by Salamander Sam in Chicago on 10/15/09 at 05:23 PM

way to go wayne and sam! 💋 to you both.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/15/09 at 06:34 PM

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