...the only thing that differentiated it from a regular Cordoba was a two-tone paint job.

FWIW, UP844 is the ONLY steam locomotive in the US which has never been ‘retired’; it has been on the active roster with UP since it was built.

Just gotta remember to keep water in that boiler at all times.

Your forgot to open the cylinder drains when setting off after sitting stationary for a while. Now you’ve blown the ends off of the cylinders due to hydro-lock.

I don’t. It’s much easier getting on and off without witting in traffic lines because of toll booths. I’d also prefer it if they stopped taking tolls on the Pike like they were supposed to YEARS ago.

As a lifelong New Englander/longtime MA resident this is entirely fascinating.

Welcome to Woostah, dollah twenty five please

Having grown up in the Detroit suburbs I can attest to the shocking display of mechanical failures I have seen roaming the streets up there over the years.  Even now when I go back to visit it still amazes me. 

Front cut one of these bad boys & send it across the pond. Mate this drivetrain w/a US-spec minivan. ~$1500 later, you’ll have a car thats slower than a T3 transporter and gets worse mileage to boot! Also with no parts availability. I can’t see a downside, really.

Yes germanys economy is propped up by the auto industry, but mostly OEM and OEM replacement aftermarket parts, not so much tuning parts.

As an expat living in Germany I agree that the paperwork here can be a bit ridiculous. However, the safety inspections themselves seem fine?

You’re in a place that’s known for its wonderful manual diesel wagons (BMW, Audi, Mercedes, etc) and yet you’re still looking at FCA products? You truly are a Michigan man, through and through.

I’ll take the regulations over my experience getting rear ended by an idiot with no, insurance, exposed cord tires, and a paper tag bought from an unscrupulous buy here pay here lot. 

Basic repairs haha!!!! Germany actually has rules on what can be on the road. This isn’t America where any jackhole can drive a clapped out death trap with no insurance by printing their own temporary plates. 

Yes best let the Germans drive German cars I think, lest they get cranky and start marching in very precise rows and columns across the globe... :P

The funky smell of the blue one’s interior even permeates through the interwebs.

I don’t see any reason to air my personal laundry in a post about autos. Also little Amos Yoder is doing fine, not that you ever ask.

And this is exactly why 99% of modern super/hypercars bore me. What exactly is the point if the only way to appreciate their abilities is to have access to a handful of huge racetracks? It’s just a store of a value for the uber-rich. It’s the bitcoin of cars. Oh sure, people could use it as intended, but no one does. 

Absolutely hilarious, if true. (God, I hope it’s true.)

Well, we haven’t actually started off the new year officially yet. I think that you will really like what I have in store for when we do.