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SVJim
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“two chicks”

I like to clothespin a playing card so the spokes “Th-Th-Th-Th-p” as I ride.  It’s like a motorcycle, but lamer. 

Are you buying on a shifting barrier beach? Will your 2d home be washed away in a decade?

What if my car can’t speak Swedish? 

Yeah, he’s “old school” in a way that may no longer reflect significant existing market forces. But that kind of “Management by Triumph of the Will”very seldom works out well, regardless of where it’s applied. 

You are children.  Our first computer was an 8088

3d Gear: Luegner

You’re just confused by everything he says or does. I bet his mom is very proud of him ; almost as much as she’’s proud of his Better Brother Joey.

He’s already faster than his McLaren. I see him replacing Roman Grosjean at Haas and then on to la Scuderia or a Silber Pfeil.

For a mid-60s GM “personal luxury”/muscly car, the Toronado was some pretty clean styling. (Not to mention some interesting 385hp /475 lb-ft fwd engineering)

When I can get a Flux Capacitor and transport a wheezy L98 with an auto trans, back to 1985, maybe I’ll blow all those 911s away. But while I live in the Present, I’ll spend money on cars I would enjoy more.

Asthmatic V8, slushbox, “I crapped my pants” dashboard, Not even for $3k. (But I give the seller credit for not trying to polish this turd with purple prose.)

The $34,750 2019 Mazda 6 Signature Reminded Me How Good Sedans Can Be

It’s impossible to source parts for. Most people (who think about it at all) will think it’s some kind of domestic-market Alfa 164. “Alcantara” is Italian for pleather. 212 horsepower is Honda Civic territory.

These are the “Truth in Engineering” (Vorsprung durch Technik) guys, right?

Self-celebrating COTD

The correct answer is :

Water on cereal is preferable to beer (cheap-assed 70s domestic beer) on cereal.

I like the specs, but I have never, ever warmed to the appearance of this ugly duckling of a wheeled-thing.