It doesn’t feel right, but, in all honesty, I can’t hate, because I’d do the same. I’d love to do the whole #vanlife thing, or a variant thereof, and, while I wouldn’t actively look for something like this, If someone came offering cash for hashtags, I’d probably take it, assuming I’m not opposed to the company; If…
Congratulations! Honestly thought you might have bitten off more than you could chew this time, but I think we all enjoyed seeing the journey. Maybe take it easy on yourself next year, though.
Terribly sorry, david’s jeep, but unfortunately it’s a little bit too much of a hike to get there from the UK.
I’d never really thought about it that way; it casts the whole thing in a different light, more the idea of a scared diplomat than an vengeful madman, a comfort blanket to give to those in charge. I can’t help wondering if it would actually work, when push came to shove; On one hand, it’d be interesting to know if…
Stupidity is responsible for a lot of the best and worst things in life; this is definitely the right kind of stupid.
Are roundabouts not a normal thing in the US?
There’s no real shortage; kind of pisses me off, as there’s tons of interesting and cars I could afford to buy, but not insure. MR2? Old volvo wagon? Citroen BX? Cheap enough to buy, but I’d be looking at ~3-5x the purchase price to get insured.
I’m sorely tempted to try doing something like this; not entirely certain to what degree I’d want to go, though; I feel it might be fun to keep the original drivetrain, and add electric drive to the currently undriven wheels, although that’d be an easier option on an FWD car. Either that, or maybe a mild hybrid, just…
looking at the comments, The thing I think a lot of people are missing is that, while these particular women have made the decision to work as grid girls, their decision to do so, and the fact that they were recruiting for “grid girls” (I had a quick look around; most of the recruiters seemed to specifically state…
The Alfa 159 Sportwagon is an infuriating car; They’re a great looking car (I particularly like the headlight arrangement), (relatively) practical, and entirely within budget; Unfortunately, as a 21yr old student, I’d have no chance of actually getting insured on one. So near, but yet so far...
That’s what I’d have thought, too; a four-door hatchback is perfectly adequate for a 2-kid family, and is pretty much the norm over here in (kind of still) europe.
Because living out in the middle of nowhere isn’t exactly the most practical option for a lot of people? Maybe he works, has friends and family or whatever in the area. I don’t give a stuff that he’s a war veteran, but I don’t see why he should be boring just because you, or the other people in his area, are. Let…
I don’t really see it being an issue; it’s pretty similar to the seating position on a sportsbike or similar, and also offers a few advantages by way of G-force handling (I think; I believe they did some studies into the prone seating position in the ‘60s using a glouster meteor)
Build-off time; Jeep-chassis Vee-dub vs beetle chassis Jeep:
Yeah, definitely spring onions
As a guy; I’m sorry you’re stuck with shit like this. And I’m sorry if I fuck up, which I do; I try to watch myself, try and keep any stereotypes out of my view of people; Some things are pretty engrained in society, and, like it or not, they can slip into the way you think and react, the things you assume about…
The trouble is longevity isn’t profitable. If you sell a car (or anything, really) that’ll last 20 years, you sell it to that person far less frequently. if you sell something that won’t last as long, you can keep selling them a new car every few years, and keep the money coming in.
Would you ever call someone a petrolhead over in the grand old US of A? or is “Gearhead” the industry standard term?