The cars we love/hate & the cars we may buy.

[stuper1]

Is it in bad taste to refer to things like this as the Brazilification of the USA?

Maybe it's less offensive if we just call it the shithole-country-ification of the USA.

[Kriegsspiel]

Is it in bad taste to refer to things like this as the Brazilification of the USA?

Maybe it's less offensive if we just call it the shithole-country-ification of the USA.

Unless I'm mistaken, there used to be a lot of crime in NYC a few decades ago. As far as I can tell, urban crime and urban renewal go in cycles, and we seem to be entering an upswing in crime and violence in cities. That would begin reversing the past couple decades or so of gentrification and good times. Hipster millennials apparently have been leaving the cities in order to buy houses in the suburbs, so maybe that's a factor.

[Mark Leavy]

The new plates finally showed up. Made an honest woman out of her. Time for a wash.

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[vnatale]

The new plates finally showed up. Made an honest woman out of her. Time for a wash.


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Don't let your car talk to my car! I don't want it getting any ideas! Have owned it for 6 years and 8 months and it's NEVER been washed. It thinks that is the norm. I don't want your car putting any crazy ideas in its head!

Vinny

[Mark Leavy]

Don't let your car talk to my car! I don't want it getting any ideas! Have owned it for 6 years and 8 months and it's NEVER been washed. It thinks that is the norm. I don't want your car putting any crazy ideas in its head!

Vinny

Ah... Vinny. Buy her a spa day and take her to the drive in. She'll treat you right.

[bedraggled]

Vinny,

I imagine you have a ‘preservation of assets” mentality, so I am confused when you say you don’t wash your car.

Have a nice day.

[Hal]

Just remembered! First car I recall my parents had...

Thats seems an eternity ago
https://www.tradeuniquecars.com.au/buye ... yers-guide

Whats the earliest car you can remember?

[Kriegsspiel]

I love that, Hal. I wish carmakers would put that interior styling in cars with modern gas mileage.

[bedraggled]

earliest car?

parents: 1953 Belair, 2-door, 3-speed on the column,

grandparents: 1948 Dodge, 4-door, 3-speed on the column- huge and roomy. the front and back doors met and closed at the center column.

[Libertarian666]

The new plates finally showed up. Made an honest woman out of her. Time for a wash.


roci.jpeg

Don't let your car talk to my car! I don't want it getting any ideas! Have owned it for 6 years and 8 months and it's NEVER been washed. It thinks that is the norm. I don't want your car putting any crazy ideas in its head!

Vinny

You need a bumper sticker saying "Do not wash. This car is undergoing a scientific dirt test."

[Hal]

earliest car?

parents: 1953 Belair, 2-door, 3-speed on the column,

grandparents: 1948 Dodge, 4-door, 3-speed on the column- huge and roomy. the front and back doors met and closed at the center column.

Nice Thanks for sharing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dyRDOagmLU

[vnatale]

Vinny,

I imagine you have a ‘preservation of assets” mentality, so I am confused when you say you don’t wash your car.

Have a nice day.

Preservation of function. Not preservation of aesthetics if it has no bearing on function.

Vinny

[bedraggled]

Re the gas fill-ups:

1) aggravation of going to a gas station more often. (Ask Pugchief about the joy of a Tesla),

2) I was advised to use Apple Pay or cash as the credit card slots at the pumps are becoming "iffy,"

3) minor point but the less gas in tank, the less weight being hauled by the car. I think this leads to better MPG and mitigates the situation mentioned in 1) above.

[vnatale]

Re the gas fill-ups:

1) aggravation of going to a gas station more often. (Ask Pugchief about the joy of a Tesla),

2) I was advised to use Apple Pay or cash as the credit card slots at the pumps are becoming "iffy,"

3) minor point but the less gas in tank, the less weight being hauled by the car. I think this leads to better MPG and mitigates the situation mentioned in 1) above.

My father was an on-the-side "master" mechanic. Each day when he came home from his job with the local electric company there would be three cars lined up in front of our house for him to work on.

He several times told me that I should not let the gas go below 1/4 tank because lower than that unwanted particles would get sucked up into the gas tank. Now this is probably 50 year old advice. Is this still true with modern cars?

Vinny

[Mark Leavy]

I decided to tint the windows. I'm going to be in the South for awhile. All the way around minus the windscreen and plus the two sunroof panes.

I've never had tinted windows before, so we'll see if I like it. At least, unlike tattoos, it is reversible. So far, I like it. I haven't done a night drive yet, so we'll see. I don't have much cargo space behind the hatch, so I like the idea of less visibility for anything I have piled on the back seats.

I went with ceramic as it doesn't block RF, but blocks UV (99%) and IR (~50%).

I'm a neophyte here, so any comments are welcome.
Mark

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[vnatale]

For you car nuts!

" I bought a McLaren F1 in ‘99 for $800,000, and the last offer I got was $17.5 million."

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Vinny


Jay Leno Is Worth $350 Million and Owns 181 Cars But Says He Still Lives Like Someone Who’s on Their Last Dime


https://money.com/jay-leno-car-collecti ... %20Angeles.