You’re complicating this. This is nice, but it’s much much simpler.

1. Buy model / toy cars
2. Remove from packaging
3. Display them on your desk or shelf, or move them around on your desk while you’re on the phone
4. Make car noises
5. Offer zero fucks.

Step 1: Join https://liveandletdiecast.kinja.com/

Look, if y’all are stupid enough to make a sojourn up to the Foresaken Canadas just to have a stupid meet-up to drive some go-karts on what looks like the Canadian version of Action Park...

You have my axe.

I felt the exact same way about my 245. There were lots of small repairs that I neglected in a “it’s just an old car” kind of way. I sold it and got something more modern and spry, but damn I miss the Volvo’s practicality. I wish I would have given it more love when I had it, and then maybe I would have been more keen…

The driving route is largely based on the location of the tracks. You do time trials at one track one day and drive to the next track that evening/night. It doesn’t make sense to slow down to hit twisty back roads when you have to race outside of Denver one day and drive to Dallas (11hrs of driving) that night. You…

4-12 and 4-10? Meh, I do 1-40 or 1-48. And the best part is I can sleep whenever I want at work as long as someone doesn’t dial 911. Having 5 days off a week is pretty nice. My commute is about a quarter of a mile each way too.

Ugh, 4-12? Sounds terrible. Tell him about 4-10 and get on board! 3 day weekends for an extra 2 hours a day? Yes please!

Because schools are out in the summer. And people take vacations when the kids are out of school. And when Americans vacation, they drive- usually long distances. (Not a critique, a statement of fact- it’s not hard for a summer vacation to involve 1000+ miles of driving). And since the economy is improving, people…

but for how long?

the fact that all of your tail lights never work at the same time.

My Volvo 245: The constantly non-stop “Small item” repairs. Bushings here, control arm there, timing belts getting chewed up, transmission acting weird, blower fan dying, etc. Nothing major, all fixable, but just couldn’t stay in love... not saying I don’t miss the everliving fuck out of it now that I’ve sold it, but…

The solution is simple: Have a physical key.

Might be the spot for optional fog lights

The description sounds awful and she can’t act, won’t be touching this.

The sticker tells you all you need to know.

I can beat that: My first car in high school was a 1991 RX-7 with about 67k on the clock. It lasted 8 months.

Hm. I’m thinking of giving mine a mini-restoration and letting my kid drive it in high school. Good move, or the best move?

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa.... what’s this nuclear Take on Tokyo Drift?????

Wow, really scraping the bottom of the content barrel here aren’t we?

Well that really puts my Hoth diorama to shame :/