@Long_Voyager94 It's like they knew you were coming, and tried to prepare for it.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/39150/meet-the-90s-dodge-caravan-off-road-minivan-that-almost-made-it-to-production

They should be.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

@essextee Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day; sell a man a fishing pole, he may never learn to fish and then come back to buy a fish.

@Snakesm13 continued saga for his 997 CS reminded me of when I bought my 987 Cayman:

I was an off-site contract employee based out of Texas which was then asked to do a rotation at the client office in California to learn more of the extent and inner workings of the project. That stint was supposed to be 1-month long; I stayed on project and in California for 2.5 years.

This was fine for me as I had only just returned to Texas and hadn't gotten my own place to stay, and the car I had bought for myself there my parents graciously stored in their garage until about 9 months later when we sold it (back to the dealer I had bought it from, and for the same price; that kinda being its own story).

So. I'm in California, living out of a hotel, getting per diem, and working 65+ hour weeks. I was making really good money and it was becoming apparent I wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. Then I started car shopping.

My Cayman was offered as a CPO out of Porsche Livermore. Long story short, I test drove it, I loved it, the price was very fair, and I began the process to buy it. Then came the snag: I could not claim residence in California.

So what did I do? I did a tour of, and signed the lease on, an apartment during my lunch break the following day. That evening, I brought the lease package with me to Porsche Livermore as proof of residence. And I bought my Cayman.

So, what have you done to buy a car?

@nauraushaun You don't. The intensity of the dumb just settles down over time, but every now and again you really think back to that moment and remind yourself how dumb you once had been. And you subconsciously remain forever grateful that you don't actually forget, and are forever better for it.

GIB.

GIB.

GIB.

GIB.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

@carsoffortlangley Incorrect: a Texan wouldn't be self-conscious about doing any of those things while driving.

@musashi66 Oh look, it's the Chevrolet Blackwood....

You've been forewarned; this may not be worth your time to read. Let's begin!

• the 2021 Honda Ridgeline is cosplaying as "manly," and I hate it for the lies it wears on its shoulders. I would buy a 2020. Scratch that, I'd buy a 2019. F*** 2020.

• mid-cycle refreshes are the pubescent stage of cars; no longer young and pure of intent from their creation, but now morphing -- appendages and features changing at varying rates in a way that reminds you of their brother, but it doesn't suit them well.

• hypercars aren't special; they're just overly funded. Special cars punch above their weight. If anything, hypercars are punching down.

• if I can see through a wheel to beneath the car, then either upgrade the brakes or the wheels are too large. It's either underperforming or overflexing.

• cameras are not a sufficient replacement to greenhouses. Give me back my glass; I'll see my own way out (bah-dum-ccchh!!)

• if it doesn't have 3 pedals, it's not a manual; stop listing your automatic incorrectly in ads; I SWEAR TO GOD it's like people are actively trying to kill what automotive joy I have left. It's bad enough no one makes a stick anymore...

• raw onions are better than grilled.

• I love going for a drive; I also love not having to.

• I have no problem changing my oil more frequently than is 'required', but I can't be bothered about a cabin air filter.

• time is a human construct.

• the R55 MINI Clubman is the only 5-door shooting brake in existence.

• Millinocket, ME is an awkward but incredibly lovely town.

• I won't buy gas in Mississippi.

• I want a highway legal version of an SxS with an enclosed cab. Someone please make. Then GIB.

• rules are stupid, but freedom is overglorified.

• album just finished; so too does this post.

@shop-teacher That is a wonderful story; thank you for sharing.

Now I just gotta find out who's cutting onions in my room...

@facw said in Summer Logo Drive!:

@mm54

O P P O
P O O P
P O O P
O P P O

I want this on some MERCH. You could even turn the 4 central "O" into the standard car drivetrain glyph:

@texturedsoyprotein
This "minimal amount of re-engineering" approach to create a sedan and a hatchback (and yes, Honda is not the only guilty party here) totally puts me off. I have incessantly made fun of the 10th-gen Civic by calling them all gran coupes with an inflection at the end because there's only about a 2* difference in the slope of the rear glass between the coupe, sedan, and hatchback, and an extra body panel gap because 2 out of 3 of them have rear doors.

Thank you for listening; now get off my lawn.

@kitt222 Mmmmm, that felt good.

@exage03040 I didn't want to believe it was even possible for Marc to win. I held out until T-13 on the last lap, and then I broke down. What a rollercoaster he has been through.

@e90m3 said in Somedays you realize things:

@carsoffortlangley it doesn't, but I'd at least like some more satisfaction since I spend so much of my life at work.

I'm in somewhat of a similar situation. I've been basically doing the same job for the same client for the past 10 years. I've worn through all elements of 'interesting aspects' that the job could provide, and am bored to exhaustion now. I don't rely on my job to fulfill me, but I do wish to be able to do something that takes up most of my weekdays that doesn't feel like it is actively trying to turn me into a potato.

@jordan Stay safe over there.

@carsoffortlangley You may either come to loathe it, or allow yourself the necessary transitional period and ...be completely indifferent about it. Which would be good. Because it's just a god**** phone.

@qaaaaa said in Might go look at a car this weekend:

@tripper Allegedly you could get one with a six speed.

Really?! Well, I think I recall seeing that BMW offered this gen X1 with a stick in other markets, but not the U.S.

@distraxi Pardon the pedant, but it's not an LM. I otherwise am fully in support of your stance on the matter at hand though; carry on.