#751 2015-09-03 10:09:51
XregnaR wrote:
B)Larper. Oh boy.
Gotta give them props for actually getting off of the couch...
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#752 2015-09-03 10:52:10
Emmeran wrote:
XregnaR wrote:
B)Larper. Oh boy.
Gotta give them props for actually getting off of the couch...
That's all fine and dandy until you encounter a group of them "cavorting" in the woods pretending to be elves and orcs and shit.
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#753 2015-09-03 12:11:29
XregnaR wrote:
Emmeran wrote:
XregnaR wrote:
B)Larper. Oh boy.
Gotta give them props for actually getting off of the couch...
That's all fine and dandy until you encounter a group of them "cavorting" in the woods pretending to be elves and orcs and shit.
See - you're just doing it wrong. That's when you're supposed to break out your favorite mind-bending substance and simply enjoy the free show.
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#754 2015-09-03 12:54:39
Emmeran wrote:
XregnaR wrote:
Emmeran wrote:
Gotta give them props for actually getting off of the couch...That's all fine and dandy until you encounter a group of them "cavorting" in the woods pretending to be elves and orcs and shit.
See - you're just doing it wrong. That's when you're supposed to break out your favorite mind-bending substance and simply enjoy the free show.
And then slaughter them all with a two-handed broadsword.
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#755 2015-09-03 14:22:22
Baywolfe wrote:
Emmeran wrote:
XregnaR wrote:
That's all fine and dandy until you encounter a group of them "cavorting" in the woods pretending to be elves and orcs and shit.See - you're just doing it wrong. That's when you're supposed to break out your favorite mind-bending substance and simply enjoy the free show.
And then slaughter them all with a two-handed broadsword.
That doesn't sound completely unreasonable to me...
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#756 2015-09-03 16:52:46
Got a blue Chevy for my driveway. '79 Bill Mitchell Concepts.
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#757 2015-09-13 00:15:50
Mini vs. Tahoe
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#763 2015-10-25 15:04:50
Took a nice ride in the MG yesterday... simply gorgeous weather for driving that car...
...and had the Sunbeam out last weekend. That car is amazing... sits for quite literally months on end but then starts on the first pull every time. 
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#764 2015-10-30 00:21:55
whosasailorthen wrote:
Took a nice ride in the MG yesterday...and had the Sunbeam out last weekend.
The quandry. Your vehicles are so lovely. My imagination says a Miata just ruins any idea of an enjoyable drive in old Britmobiles, it being faster, more comfortable, and less obnoxious under any circumstances. We need not mention the Prince of Darkness.
This is from my perspective of an accurst, demon haunted 1968 BSA Lightning.
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#765 2015-10-30 13:01:58
sigmoid freud wrote:
whosasailorthen wrote:
Took a nice ride in the MG yesterday...and had the Sunbeam out last weekend.
The quandry. Your vehicles are so lovely. My imagination says a Miata just ruins any idea of an enjoyable drive in old Britmobiles, it being faster, more comfortable, and less obnoxious under any circumstances. We need not mention the Prince of Darkness.
This is from my perspective of an accurst, demon haunted 1968 BSA Lightning.
The old ones are fun to drive, they dance, bounce, sway, make strange noises, you're either cold or hot. Modern cars are pleasant to drive and you know you're going to get where you're going. I drove the old blue Chevy to the store today, sure it's not fast but it's fun, and today it made it home under it's own power.
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#766 2015-10-30 13:46:38
sigmoid freud wrote:
whosasailorthen wrote:
Took a nice ride in the MG yesterday...and had the Sunbeam out last weekend.
The quandry. Your vehicles are so lovely. My imagination says a Miata just ruins any idea of an enjoyable drive in old Britmobiles, it being faster, more comfortable, and less obnoxious under any circumstances. We need not mention the Prince of Darkness.
This is from my perspective of an accurst, demon haunted 1968 BSA Lightning.
Well, it's funny you mention that (and thank you). It so happens I also have a Miata in my collection, too, and I love (and drive) the shit out of the damn thing. Yes, it's dead-on reliable, rides great, is nimble as all hell, and is, as you noted, much faster. Also, no Prince of Darkness, either. But it's a wholly different animal. As much as the Japs tried to copy the Lotus Elan look-and-feel, and they got a lot right, it doesn't have the British 'smell'. Yeah, smell. British cars smell different, feel different, behave differently... it's just a wholly different 'thing'... a 'je ne sais quoi' of sorts which I can only describe as its 'smell'... it's just a gut feeling. It's almost too refined... too crisp... too well made... too tight. It doesn't rattle, bump, sway, cough or do anything quite like a LBC (Little British Car) does, and though those things might bother some folks, they are the things that endear an enthusiast to a LBC.
Here's my Miata... it's a *very* early production model, being made in May of '89 (first model year was 1990), so there's a few oddities to it over the latter models, but it's mostly like the later ones. But being a very early one, it is probably closest to the concept of a LBC... less sound deadening, more 'stripped down' interior, lighter body, etc..
hedgewizard wrote:
The old ones are fun to drive, they dance, bounce, sway, make strange noises, you're either cold or hot. Modern cars are pleasant to drive and you know you're going to get where you're going. I drove the old blue Chevy to the store today, sure it's not fast but it's fun, and today it made it home under it's own power.
Yep, exactly.
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#773 2016-03-01 22:03:59
sigmoid freud wrote:
Tweaked 2.5 turbo in a hollow box stripped down to less than 2,500lbs. Dodge became known for their turbo sleepers, I know it doesn't make the connection to the RB series but with the proper tuning to the 2.2/2.5 you could build a 10 second stocker car (check some of the Omni's).
If you look around you'll find some 500hp Neon's out there.
The question always becomes: "It could be built" vs "It should be built"
Answer: 500hp FWD is stupid.
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#774 2016-03-02 21:45:44
Emmeran wrote:
Tweaked 2.5 turbo in a hollow box stripped down to less than 2,500lbs.
The idea's more to torment Camaro owners. Then to get them to not vote for Trump.
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A Doctor Demento staple for decades.
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#780 2016-04-22 23:08:06
Baywolfe wrote:
A Doctor Demento staple for decades.
I'm old enough to:
a. Have stayed in a Motel 6 for $6.00
b. Heard that on the radio when it was new.
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#781 2016-04-22 23:19:01
Story on Reddit- seems HID car headlights go on a syntactical journey from here to Erewhon if translators aren't careful:
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments … dont_care/
"The power of typos when using Baidu (China's Google) Translate!
闪灯 means "flash" (as in flashing lights). 疝灯 translates to Hernia Lamp (Google's translate gives Hernia Light)
疝 and 闪 are both "shan" but with different tones. The Chinese use standard QWERTY keyboards. They type the sound and then select which character to use. So what's happened here is that the person doing the translate has accidentally hit the wrong number but not noticed the wrong character. Since they don't speak any English, they've just copy/pasted the translation and, being tighter than a Jewish Scotsman, they haven't bothered to get any English speaker to give it a reality check."
Anyway, at work, I have recommended the graphics scheme for our next batch of truck purchases.
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#782 2016-04-22 23:31:42
sigmoid freud wrote:
Baywolfe wrote:
A Doctor Demento staple for decades.
I'm old enough to:
a. Have stayed in a Motel 6 for $6.00
b. Heard that on the radio when it was new.
Early 70s, right? Motel rates were always negotiable - my folks owned one - and so was Motel 6, the more remote the better. My bible at the time was Rand McNally's US guide to state parks and private campgrounds. Johnny_Rotten probably knows the subject of frugal travel in style and comfort better than anyone alive.
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#783 2016-04-23 00:38:29
choad wrote:
sigmoid freud wrote:
Baywolfe wrote:
A Doctor Demento staple for decades.
I'm old enough to:
a. Have stayed in a Motel 6 for $6.00
b. Heard that on the radio when it was new.Early 70s, right? Motel rates were always negotiable - my folks owned one - and so was Motel 6, the more remote the better. My bible at the time was Rand McNally's US guide to state parks and private campgrounds. Johnny_Rotten probably knows the subject of frugal travel in style and comfort better than anyone alive.
1972. Riverside, CA.
The way I recall it...they started with the $6 business model, there was an increment to $6.60, then reality set in.
In 1974, I spent a week in some motel in Bakersfield for $5 a night. Closet sized, but clean enough and a bathroom. Was actually working a job, and pocketing that sweet, sweet per diem. And, no, it wasn't the Bakersfield Inn.
"Sun Fun Stay Play"
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#784 2016-04-23 00:47:59
And Tom Bodett shoulda stayed in Alaska.
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#785 2016-04-23 01:51:47
Rates are always negotiable. From fleabag to lofty digs. Right now I am driving up the eastern seaboard with a one way rental Escalade my work got in Florida for $12 a day. But what choad might be refering to are some of the more odd travel oppertunities I have had that have cost me just minor toil. Some interesting and some over the top.
I just moved on from winter's part time crib. A superyacht that had been abandoned by its owners in a five star marina. Hard to believe that would happen but it can. Captain and crew left the place spotless before walking off 15 months ago when the pay stopped coming. No one touched it though ot was wide open. Art, electronics, silverware, wine celler all in place. Fine crystal set on the tables like a ghost ship someone just vanished from. Power failed, No one from the yard checked it. A few emergency lights still flickering, listing, pneumatic doors released opening to the tropical weather. My friend and I were asked to look in on it and became the defacto guardianage by default. Got the systems and AC online and voila, living the yachting lifestyle for a year.
His bankers have it now and pay the dockage to keep it from being liened. They have not visited or showed any real interest and barely communicated beyond sending the quarterly dockage check. Hard to sell these particular vessels even though it was the finest workmanship at the time. They were unable to come to terms to sell it cheaply. So did nothing for years. Build costs would have been $35 m, it will eventually go for less than 6% of that. Only so much time can pass when defered maintenace will wipe out any value and turn it into scrap. At 185 feet tall you have to remove the rig every 5 years to inspect the carbon fiber rigging. It fell out of Lyodds certification last fall and that is difficult to re-aquire.
Such experience be what they may, Even interesting and all, I still get clausterphobic with what travelling in the modern world crams one into. I spent years favoring the green colored areas on the state road books. I find myself opting for the woods some nights and steering right away from my hotel just because I can. All the green areas of this country are a true treasures.
To see if I would still like it, a few years back I opted to deliver my car solo across the country. Made it in 5 days. Stayed not in one beige box room. Car camped the whole way, made my own meals. Spent just $100 on a cooler and food. Even slow cooked on the exhaust manifold. Spent a night I will never forget sleeping by the railroad tracks alongside the Snake River. Just my thoughts and the stars.
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#786 2016-04-24 02:09:29
Johnny_Rotten wrote:
I will never forget sleeping by the railroad tracks alongside the Snake River. Just my thoughts and the stars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dharma_Bums
Not an automobile. There's a banner here, though.
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#787 2016-04-24 11:07:42
sigmoid freud wrote:
Johnny_Rotten wrote:
I will never forget sleeping by the railroad tracks alongside the Snake River. Just my thoughts and the stars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dharma_Bums
Not an automobile. There's a banner here, though.
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When my son ask me what growing up was about for me, and I mention that I hopped freights, spent time as a mule for a consortium of crazed mescaline dealers out of Tejas (I was 15 at the time trading mescaline for Mr. Owsley), and after that walked off the edge of the map and camped in the back country of the Siskiyous up at 9k feet from February to November, he just shakes his head. Somehow, that gene didn't jump to him.
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#788 2016-04-24 18:11:04
Tejas not a real place. You'd be shot here if you called it that now.
Oh, look, here's a car.
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#789 2016-04-24 18:52:07
Baywolfe wrote:
Tejas not a real place. You'd be shot here if you called it that now.
That's right, call it Baja Colorado.
Here's another car:
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#790 2016-04-25 06:11:10
Tall Paul wrote:
Baywolfe wrote:
Tejas not a real place. You'd be shot here if you called it that now.
That's right, call it Baja Colorado.
To the Victors go the Spoils ... this also includes Naming Rights. This has be the rule for time eternal, just take a stroll through England and marvel at all of the Roman names.
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Click for story and additional pictures.
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#799 2016-09-28 09:22:58
Decided to Resto my '03 Neon SRT-4. Hell I'm the original owner and it's a SoCal car with no rust at all.
So I've been working a gig in NYC recently and rented a place in New Rochelle, NY; easy commute, blah, blah.
On deciding to Resto I called up Mopar to inquire about factory upgrades and it turned out that the only remaining Stage-2 turbo upgrade with turbo toys kit was at a small Dodge dealership a block from my rented residence. Last kit still in the box on the fucking earth (so far as Mopar knows).
I was doubtful on dropping that much coin but Melons insisted on it. In her view (aside from the man of the house never spending money on himself) it was destiny that I took that gig (friend of the firm job) and was staying so close to the last kit.
So yeah - Resto job is now approved by Melons and in full swing.
I've got a great woman.
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#800 2016-09-28 12:14:47
I'm in the middle of restoring the 1971 VW Bus that our family bought in 1972 when we returned to the States from Guam. It's lived outside most of it's life, so is full of rust like this:
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I've put about 20lbs of MIG wire into it so far and I'm 90% done with the body work and priming. 
Now I'm sorting out the powertrain and suspension. 
It's good exercise, doing 1000 crunches an evening
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