"dwight" > wrote in message
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>> Won't be long and CD players will be just a old, quaint accessory at a
>> future car show.
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>> http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_new...ing-cd-players
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>> Patrick
>
> TFrog has the original Ford Premium Sound System, AM/FM Cassette. The tape
> player hasn't been used in years, and I really only listen to AM for news
> and sports. But...
>
> Jean's got that damn Escape with the Sync system, and I admit to being a
> mite jealous. I've gone so far as to price out an all-Alpine installation
> (with Bluetooth, iPod connectivity, single subwoofer, etc.), but keep
> running up against the same problem - it would be installed in an
> 18-year-old piece o' &%#$ 5.0. The car has other priorities.
>
> FINALLY got off my ass and started prepping for winter. Spent 5 hours last
> Sunday with the polish and wax (all Mother's, all the time), but still
> have to do the lower molding and panels. Here's a bad photo from Monday:
>
> http://www.tfrog.com/tfrog/7896.jpg

looks great!
(I should not have sold my 1993 5.0, darn it! )


>
> Part of me wanted to stop after the pipes were cleaned, and head back to
> the La-Z-Boy. The photo makes TFrog look a bit better than it actually
> does - still could use a complete paint job. (Got one quote - $4,000 - and
> got scared off.) Even so, while it looks like ass, the polish and wax now
> makes it look like shiny ass, and I'm very pleased with the appearance (so
> long as it's not in direct sunlight).
>
> The Alpine set-up remains in my Wish List at BestBuy. Meanwhile, my stereo
> continues to be the twin pipes out back (especially at 2,000 rpm), and I
> have no need for GPS or any desire to talk (hands-free or otherwise) while
> driving.
>
> I'm connected at work, connected at home. I prefer TFrog to be a "safe
> zone," I think, and don't really need the electronic distraction. Still...
>
> dwight
> lately incapable of making a decision
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