A book of which you've never heard.

God, you hillbiffies. Pfft.:headshake

Was. And tis.

For the love of God, people, won't somebody think of TW?!

:lol2:

Exactly Mr G.

Sloppy English is something up with which you should not put. :)

To be fair I'm merican no englisher

:) :thumb:

Combine the topics

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And no more Yellow Cabs unless they come from Asia. :rolleyes:

Your use of the phrase "...they believe" gives the impression that you don't believe it. But your post covers a *lot* of ground. What is your opinion of the three statements in your post? Frankly, your third sentence is confusing, and not the "literally hitler" meme/hyperbole. I'd appreciate hearing you expand on this point please.

If you like, we can continue the conversation here.

i'm not interested in pursuing it with you

Leaving me to draw my own conclusions.

'k.

Toad does everything in the third person, he's the fly on the wall keeping tabs on the descent of man.
Report trends and shifts in strengths of movements but don't commit and don't vote.
He's Switzerland with less wealth. :lol:

Anyway, back to rims...

I'm guessing the guy that drew that one up drives a Mustang.

It *is* pretty though.

Seems like several other cars have stolen the Aston's famous front end.

May be gettin' old, but I can't see anything but trouble coming from about 400 or so of that HP.

If that's an Aston, I'm guessing it's significantly more than 400hp.

Wonderin' if'n it's a Mustang w/a Aston-ish ass on it?

It says 848 horsepower, all carbon fiber, no mustang parts.
Remember James Bond's DB5 that came out in 1963, and the movie in '64?
Then the Vantage in I think mid-70s.

I think I misunderstood DJ's second sentence.

It confused me too, 400 cars of 850 hp or cars with 400 hp?

Here's a video of that Aston...

Ford and the god-awful Toyota among others rip off Aston Martin's classic grill treatment.
A great number of drivers would most likely crash and burn the first time they romped on 848 horses. It happened often when the 427 Cobras came out.
I was just saying 400 might be all one needs.

Astons have been one of my favorite autos for 60 years or so.
My memories are of Stirling Moss, Roy Salvatori, Jim Clark and Carroll Shelby racing them at various California race tracks in the 50's and 60's.

The guy on the video, BTW, is one of the reasons the mute button was invented.

I've noticed the same thing.

Witness the grille of the Ford Fusion from the last few years; compare it to the DB5 shown in xoB's post.

Your car or truck came with a pretty decent stereo radio, they all do for he last 30 years or so. That wasn't always the case some of us went to great lengths to leave DNA samples on every sharp edge and screw point under the dash, in door panels, under the package shelf, etc. Some of us (well me :blush:) even drilled though a brake line. Before 8-tracks, cassettes, and discs there were records and radio.

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Ali looks like a little old man who can hardly see over the steering wheel.
He's doing some heavy slouching to pose that picture.

Motor Trend Car of the Year 1949 – 2020

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...and it's for sale.

I ain't drivin' no LITE truck. :headshake

We've got factory frame welds on a '68 Dodge Charger discovered during restoration...

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And somebody's Frankenstein from three panel trucks...

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And a beautiful convertible custom built in a Massachusetts chicken coop...

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That's hangover work.

That's a far piece from a '39 Dodge.

An accurate plate...

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It used to be Paul Walker's 69 Boss 429...

I'm undecided if I like it or no.

I like it cool roof line but needs a less blunt hood scoop.

It was looking at a ton of pictures some guy took in the paddock at Road Atlanta over their Vintage Racing Weekend. I'd say half the pictures were more artsy than informational but probably most people interested know what they are looking at anyway.

One picture sparked a puzzle, a brightly colored race car and you can vaguely make out a shape in the dim interior looking like R2D2.

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Playing with it clearly shows an R2D2 shaped something.

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Guesses have been...
Fuel cooler - I pucker at the thought of fuel in the cockpit.
Oil cooler - Maybe slightly less pucker but still unwelcome.
Drivers suit cooler - all the ones I can find are like an ice chest circulating water through it.
Fire Suppression system - looks much bigger and heavier than any I'm seen.

But I'm only guessing, I don't know.

It's a primitive astromech droid, taking care of navigation and repairs.

Maybe it is a dialysis machine. He figured he be in the car for a couple of hours anyway.

I got in touch with the guy who took the pictures...

MY mistake calling it Road Atlanta, it's Road America.

This is funny.
His reply also amuses me.

Apparently, this is not the 'droid you are looking for.

All these years, one of my favorites, I never noticed the 4dr hardtop had a different back window.

And money talks especially if it's talking on your yacht.
The guy who owns it now said it had bad rust problem around the Vista Cruiser roof windows.

Sweet, a no-post fo do wagon.

and side windows ...

Well the side windows is what makes it a "hardtop" or not, so they are at the forefront of identifying the model along with the number of doors.

I think the original designer was gone by the time they got to that window.

I wonder how many people knew the Nash Metropolitan was an import?

I can't imagine having this much money and pull, he must own a garage full of them... :smack:

The Metro has interchangeable front and back bumpers!

Bucket List, the title says it :
https://www.etags.com/blog/most-dang...-in-the-world/

There is a delicious typo in the Passage du Gois, France section.

Those guys have obviously never driven the Sure-Kill expressway at rush hour.

I wasn't aware Subaru has a windshield wiper heater, sounds like a good idea.

When I had the 2005 Scooby, I cracked the windshield by keeping the hot defrost on trying to clear ice on the wipers, so.

To avoid that turn On the defroster before you start the car and it warms the windshield glass slowly. Voice of experience. I don't know how that would work on a Tesla.

every car I've ever used, the front windshield is heated by the warm air heated by the warm engine coolant. Engine won't get warm without running. And the air starts out cold for several minutes.

Both my girl's cars have the Subaru heated wipers, nice feature.

A gorgeous Chevy Nova...

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and some Ford Falcons...

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and Ford Torino...

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and another Ford...

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The Falcon Cayuse wins the sweepstakes, all-time WTF grill award.

That 73 XA Falcon looks like a Chevelle w/a Capri grille and headlights.

I like it.

speakin of Falcons that's what I thought when I first saw the "Cayuse". That's a nice looking soft top Falcon there. Even with the asymetrical grill.