I was there in ad-Dawr in ‘03 when he was captured. I didn’t feel old until I did the math and realized how long ago that actually was now.

Yep, Road-Juice and Road-Soda were both pretty common phrases where I grew up.

I don’t believe so, but I haven’t lived there since 2005. They did have drive through daiquiri places that would give you a big ass styrofoam cup of alcoholic daiquiri with a straw in it, but the straw had a small piece of tape over it rendering it NOT and open container :)

Road-juice.

Oh, not these guys?

Holy shit, for once I am that guy with the relevant user name!

1. I love that car, and all the voluntary abuse you have put it through makes it that much more awesome.

Nothing compared to everything else that has been done to that car. If anything it might even help at this point.

Because she can, all the reason anyone needs.

COTD

I wanted to argue with you until you said leave it there, now I think it’s perfect :)

But it shares a lot of the corporate parts bin. Shouldn’t be hard to repair by any mechanic in north or South America.

4Runner or a Tacoma with a cap on the back.

Weight is nearly identical to the last few years of the American 240sx as well.

3 days ago, a red one in fact, looked to be either a ‘97 or ‘98 judging by the front end. It was worn and faded, but looked all original and unabused. Had I been in a better monetary situation I would have found the owner and offer him cash on the spot :)

“Cocaine is a helluva drug”

Yeah, but even all these years later, those tires are still super expensive.

Nice price for a crack pipe?

Reluctant Crack Pipe.

I love the concept of the Abarth, really enjoyed test driving one a while back, but can’t get past the “Italian design with Chrysler reliability” issue :)