That picture is from when I first got it, but my friend was an inattentive clutz so he tore the fabric covering over the rubber door seals with his belt or something. He also left the sunroof open without moving the mechanism for months at a time, and so it seized up and can only tilt open on one side. He never bought…

The manifold is a funky one, but it is indeed a standard non-transverse V8.

I dunno, $50,000 in 1990's money isn’t that budget.

The first gen Q45 was really built as a driver’s car, they softened it up in 1994, but not so much that they took away the fun of that “278" horsepower RWD configuration.

It’s good enough plastic stuff that you’d have a tough time telling it from the real leather that’s all over the rest of the car.

Yep, on all the 1990-1993 models, those plastic guides were a death sentence.

They really fixed most of those cosmetic issues with the refresh in 1994, and one of the things they changed was to make it more like a traditional luxury car. The first few years had much firmer seats, and a more aggressive transmission.

My second car was a 1991 929S, the model just before that one. My third car was 1997 Milennia S, which was followed by a Q45.

Have one. Love it. Loved it more before a former friend trashed it while planning to buy it, but that’s the risk you take.

Actually, no. The FAA rule is that you need to notify the airport’s operator and tower (if there is one) if you want to fly within 5 miles of an airport, to tell them where you want to fly, how high, and how long, so air traffic control can give you a go-ahead or a no-go.

They’re fairly accurate as basic tests to get the initial idea of quality, but before you buy any kind of treatment system get the water to a certified independent laboratory first. If the results they get are close to the treatment company’s claims, that’s a sign that they’re probably on the up and up.

Try 99, there are at least a few more places to stop and look at all the signs bitching about water use restrictions.

Interstate 80, Nebraska to Wyoming. Fuuuuuuuuck that noise. The only thing worse than that is any *other* route across the plains states.

It took me almost 43 years to realize that my own mother wasn’t what I kept trying to tell myself she was. She wasn’t exactly toxic, but she genuinely never seemed interested in offering me any kind of security or support. She was there for a period of time to get me through a couple years of college, but every time…

Depression *can* actually be fatal, it leads to stresses on the heart and other things that can shorten a lifespan.

This case? Yeah. I don’t think it’s something to necessarily be “celebrated” like this though. But a lot of the others taking place right now? They’re terrible.

No, I’m saying he’s one of the few I know of that’s pro-deportation, and that most people I know are against it in these recent cases. (All for deporting people who commit other crimes, but not for otherwise law-abiding people) I could have worded that more clearly, sorry. Considering the racist once told me he didn’t…

Serious depression and a lack of credentials that look good on a flyer. Sadly.

I’m an American, and I can’t say I support this. Few of the Americans I know support it either, and at least one of them is outright racist. (like, one Bed Bath and Beyond trip away from white sheet racist)

My first car was the NA model of this, and I miss it to this day even though it had already been thoroughly beater-ized before I got my hands on it.