“I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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I wish I still had the ‘71 Datsun 510 I used to own. Or, for that matter, the ‘67 Datsun 1600 Roadster I owned before the 510.
“ where the reaction to rain is “SHIT MUST DRIVE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TO GET HOME AND OUT OF THE RAIN OMGGGG DRIVE FFFFFAAASSSSSTTTTTEEEERRRRRR!!!!!””
Sounds like the “Mormon 500" in the Salt Lake City area.
The first time I saw a Prius “in the wild” was when I was heading north on I-15 north of Great Falls, MT. I was in the right lane with my cruise control set at 75 (the speed limit) when the Prius passed me in the left lane doing about 90 or so.
There are no “passing lanes” on four lane boulevards. On Interstates, Turnpikes yes. City boulevards? No.
Alberta?
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My Cousin, Patrick Nailon and his daughter filmed a flight of B-17 “Nine O’ Nine last year:
Two times I’ve hit triple digits. The first time was in 1970 with a Datsun 1600 roadster. Hit 120 on the Harbor Freeway.
Here in Montana, trucks have a 65MPH speed limit and cars have an 80MPH limit. That means you can pass the trucks that much faster.
Here’s a better view: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.65215…
I grew up in Southern California. Used to go watch the races at Ascot Speedway in Gardena.* Watching the cars come out of turn 4 onto the front straight, I didn’t see brake disks glowing red hot, I’d see them glowing YELLOW hot.
The Cajon Pass* ain’t much better.
Check out reddit’s r/Justrolledintotheshop for jiffy lube stories.
Yes, the Russians used pencils AT FIRST, (and so did we)but later switched to pens when it was noted that the graphite floating around in the microgravity was shorting out the electronics!
Plastic bumpers? I always called them “Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers”.
Back in the late ‘60s, I had an accident with my 67 Datsun 1600.
While it was in the body shop, they gave me a loaner: A ‘52 Nash Rambler!
It has to be in the top 10 for ugliest cars ever!
“Well! Don’t that cork your nanny goat!”