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There is one more thing I did not mention about MGBs: if you get the right year in a convertible, you can get one with 3 wipers on the front windshield.

@davesaddiction Well, that's one way to waste six figures, I suppose. Not a good way, but a way.

@GibbsEmphasis said in Stupid Is As Stupid Does:

@ttyymmnn How am I supposed to realize I need to get out of the left lane when the kind reminder is written on the back of his truck?

That's the great flaw in his plan.

@MisterButtercup @FourMalibus

Bring back the Glow Puck!

@facw Taking a photo of my TV is sufficient for me.

@MUSASHI66 It's crustless. I don't know all the steps (my wife is an amazing cook, I try and stay out of her way), but I know the ground beef is mixed in with an egg and Bisquick mix of some sort.

@RallyWrench I'm a Chevy truck guy, but that is one damned handsome machine. Nice find.

@454ssracetruck White Cloud has Dollar General AND a Family Dollar!

@save_the_milanos Have you considered branching out to save Mercury Milans?

@Taylor-Martin can’t help you with your job specifics but here’s my three steps for starting new jobs with new coworkers.

Step 0) have some confidence in yourself and your abilities
Step 1) bring in donuts or beer one day for the guys. Break that barrier down so you can do step 2
Step 2) find some common ground and make small talk about things you and they like - good restaurants or drinks you’ve tried, results of races or sports, released new cars, how they feel about the ease of maintenance on some new product, you fixing your VW, etc.
Step 3) do the best you can while you have sole responsibility of parts so they get more familiar with you and you start to earn their trust. Maybe by the end of the guys recovery you can become a “go to guy” or at least not an outsider.

@VincentMalamute My decision to stay indoors and do a spin class seems like it was the right one. I really don’t like snakes.

@Gabriella I think finding the next gear is fine if you want to be the pirate king.

@Vondon302
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@Zymosan I like it better from a grill, but a good butter basted steak is very tasty too.

@Manwich i was down to 1/8 tank and hit I think my first $30 fill up ever in the volt.

@Cash-Rewards Pikes Peak suggests otherwise.
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@StreetsofPerth Lots, all the time

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4 theres one i see at least once a week near work in green and the front looks like 3 differnet cars smushed together

@RamblinRover I didn't know, will have to listen to his music tomorrow.

@Gabriella define common? probably less than 2%, but i probably see dozens each day, including more ioniqs mach E's. there are a couple resturants where its not uncommon to see a taycan.

@HFV I like that far more. It has a really '70s look; I'd put a brown perforated strap or a milanese mesh bracelet on it. If I had to nit-pick, the only thing I'm not wild about is the mix of circular and rhombus-shaped windows for the hours, but it's less obvious with the darker dial. I also agree that the complication would work really nicely on a military / field-style watch.

@orneryduck said in Tattoos:

@CarsOfFortLangley said in Tattoos:

@Mazda616 What are you getting? Uppu?

I mean, do you even have to ask?

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I admire that person’s dedication but mine isn’t nearly that extreme.

@Shoop I cooked the first bit with just olive oil an hour ago. No seasoning. Just mahi in oil and it was fucking beautiful. So fluffy.

@Snakesm13 $21,500

@EssExTee

* If you can't get superfine (also known as caster) sugar

In the US, Baker's sugar is close enough.

@Noodles Not so much jack it off, but just pull back the foreskin a bit, lol.

@phenotyp I was thinking Corrado. 57B498AF-5A6C-43D2-8519-28322E747EE0.jpeg
@WBizarre great minds think alike.

@RallyDarkstrike
Our taxes are deducted at source. No paperwork, etc... just glance through my pay slip or tax statement at the end of the tax year.
We don't pay income tax on the first £12,750.

@Urambo-Tauro

Can you imagine if that becomes a new trend? Like whisle tips?

@Arch-Duke-Maxyenko
Oops. Keep hydrated mate.

Mine's behind the turn signal stalk:
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One click up for intermittent, one more for slow, one more for fast. Intermittency is set by the knurled chrome knob on the end. Pull for wash. No Mist setting, but you can improvise by pulling for wash very briefly.

The stalk is so long the throws are hilariously long. Approx 2 inches per setting.

@MM54 thats a line up!

@doodon2whls

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@nickhasanexocet Hopefully it remains a mild case. Feel better!

@Bandit That looks like an awesome show. If only Autopian would do a deal to share office space with Motorweek in Owings Mills...

@ttyymmnn Huntsville is okay..until you realize that you're still in Alabama. Surrounded by it. No escape.

@Exage03040 said in Good Morning Oppo:

I've lost more weight since the summer just because of work

I probably don't eat as healthy as I should be considering the inflation of food prices right now. I live at home with mom because I also can't afford to buy my own house right now either (everything is $50-100k more expensive now then it was 2 years ago 😞 ) and we've both been going sparingly on purchases because everything has gone up so much 😕

I really need to get my old bicycle out of the shed when the temps finally get warm and stay that way and do some biking to get back into shape...

@e90m3 probably, they’re good. I had a set of hankooks that were crap at one point otherwise the continentals and ps4s are comparable.

@bison78 Shipyards have the big cruise ship classes almost down to an assembly line process these days, they can be surprisingly cost-effective for their size and complexity, whereas superyachts are almost always one-off custom jobs. Fincantieri can crank out a 113,000 ton, 3,000 passenger Pinnacle class ship for the cost of less than 1 1/2 new 747-8Is.

@Brickman Man the Chameleon Circuit in the TARDIS would be really hooped if it turned it into a Yaris.

@ranwhenparked Solution: gut that hull, flip it over and put it on top of Notre Dame! Bam, two birds with one stone!

@Long_Voyager94 said in Rental Vehicle is Bigly:

Anything else you wanna know, feel free to ask, I have it through next Wednesday while my van gets fixed.

Will it do a dry burnout?

Can you do a high RPM neutral drop?

What is the top speed?

Just a few questions that should be answered for every rental.

@CobraJoe -- Yeah, I wouldn't be ashamed to be seen in a good surviving 5th-generation Thunderbird, though I prefer earlier ones, before the Knudsen nose.

These were substantial cars, back to body-on-frame construction as of this generation in 1967, and were basically a sportier and more budget minded Lincoln. They would stay that way through the next generation; the two didn't go their separate ways until 1977.

Pretty fast on the open road, too, with the 429 engine, and so quiet you could hear the whooshing of the gas gauge needle.

Alas, no more convertibles...

TIL (from the invoice) that AMC built the 258's in a GM plant that they operated...

@HammerheadFistpunch

Cyber El Camino?

Perhaps there is a way to me get turned around on this EV stuff.

@monkeepuzzle woo! mr2!
that one really freaks me out. being mirrored from my rhd model. also very different to my slender non-airbag wheel, and i'd KILL for that cruise control stalk you've got, mine doesn't have cruise at all. all 3 of my prior Zs had it including the one from 1984, i'd really like to have it back.

@RallyWrench No I need this engine. It took some… persuading to get it around the bent up frame horns though

@bison78 In some cases, yes, they do. And I can imagine after this Kia and probably other manufacturerswill probably also add it into the fine print.

@Genesis_Haysenhox said in DOTSV: Ireland:

Egg Citroen

eggy and water droplety

Mercedes: builds a crap car
Everyone: wow Lewis sucks now 😞

@EssExTee tough one. Probably track the saab, daily the pagoda and burn the land rover.

@Chariotoflove that's what makes it great. Mangolorian would be the sorbet

@sony1492 Well we shut it down during covid and the fires.

@Highlander There are some clones around. My Z came with a 510 SSS wheel, I still have it but I changed it out. I'll take an OS Giken motor!

@glemon said in Forgotten Import: 1957 Maico 500:

@Roadkilled I always get a kick out of that in the old school car ads, the degree they are out of proportion seems inversely proportional to the size of the car, but you even see it in the advertising for big American boats of the era.

It can be a challenge if you want to take a photograph, but forced perspective works too.

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@KITT222 on my way!

@Trekkster__T I agree. I think most of the paint change through the years was for environmental reasons.