I would have called it Phalluscy. 😛 My tire pump is similar to this:
MotoMaster Heavy Duty Tire Inflator with Case, 2-min | Canadian Tire
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But what have honda done with the rears of their latest models?
I've always admired how, with the sub compact market they have gone out of their way to put goofy grins on the front. In wife's micra I can get away with a lot in traffic as the car doesn't look agressive.
My dream car is a lotus 11. As I get older I like to be able to use all the power all of the time!
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That’s single use....air fryer would be multi use! 😉
Scott W, if you ever hear I died from a gunshot while cleaning my guns it was certainly my wife! 😀
No, I asked for exactly what he had been doing for 30+ years, often starting out with much rustier cars than mine, which was in really good shape for its age. His specialty was restoring the body of old Ford Mustangs from the 1960's.This is what I started with before stripping it down for a rebuild. The body was in good shape, but the mechanicals were all messed up. My minivan was faster than this car.
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Grill wars. All the new cars have over the top, ridiculous grills. Look at the grills on Toyotas. Toyota made a name building durable, practical cars. Did anyone care they were ugly? No - every other car on the road is a Toyota. The Transformer look is ugly and ridiculous. What kind of eggheads make these decisions? And Subarus look like Alfa Romeos from the front. Really? Subarus used to be tough, practical cars. I have two - ugly and uglier. I love the ugly. Ugly goes through Armageddon and back. That's what matters to me.
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Before the apparition of the "body galvanization" introduced by porsche in the 70' the cars bodies were deeply attacked by rust before 10 years, once the process is started it always goes faster and faster especially if the car is regulary exposed to the rain. In europe some cars were perforated before 10 years, the progess of laquers can't cure an engaged process IMHO, in the 60' some owners were pulverizing the motor oil under the car at each oil change in order to slow down the galvanic issue without any mesurable effect.
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Regarding the commonality of autos used in movies/tv - I'm not sure about the 1940's gangster movies, but a lot of times in the credits of a particular movie/show you'll see something like "Automobiles provided by Ford Motor Company" or Dodge, Chevrolet, or whoever. So naturally, they'd look all similar. The same goes for appliances/props - a General Electric sponsor of a show would provide their brand of stuff seen in various scenes of a show. Sly bit of advertising, to say the least.
Ozzie and Harriet show - Hotpoint appliances, Hazel - Motorola, Plymouth..Leave it to Beaver -GE..Etc...
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yes the modern transformer look on toyotas is silly. Also means one little dink and a big bill!
The subaru pickup (I think called BRAT in NA) was loved by farmers in UK as appeared to be almost indestructable. And of course there was the occasion where Top gear tried to kill a toyota pickup and failed.
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I do think that the 'batch' of SUVs to which I refer are aggressive looking; wide, low, like an insect at the front and a pouncing cat at the back, stag beetle broad, predatory.
Subconsciously expressing aggression; beware of me look.
Subconsciously expressing aggression; beware of me look.
I've had a plain black Silca for years that still works fine. I doubt I'll ever need to replace it.
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The Brat has nothing on my Subaru Legacy wagon. What a workhorse. But it drives like a regular car. No weather can stop it. Starts right up in -30 degrees F temps. I drove it through snow higher than the hood (bonnet). I could probably put a snow plow on the front of it.
I stumbled into having an off-topic email conversation with a fellow from down under, who once was in business providing audio amplifiers and speakers. He was originally a construction worker and told me he made far more doing that then he ever made selling audio.
If the probability of selling something for a handsome profit is the product of several other probabilities, I can understand. 1st is the probability that a customer can even hear the difference between Hi and ordinary Fi. 2nd is the probability that a customer finds their ability of enough value to actually pursue. 3rd is the probability that, when faced with even a reasonable cost of attainment, a customer still finds it of enough value to actually pursue. 4th is given the first three, the customer is willing to "open their wallet" for a one-way transaction, i.e. they dont end up just returning it like a pair of shoes in this "I didnt like it" free shipping / free returns economy.
The chances seem pretty slim, yet obviously some people are able to do it. People make a living trading in the stock market too - another highly improbable feat some are able to pull off.
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Years ago, stylists were older types, established, and chosen on their expertise.
Now, stylists are young-ish college types, weened on video games, computers, and cheap dorm parties.
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Everyone can hear the difference between my system and theirs. We've swapped units back and forth and I've brought my preamp and speakers to people's houses and run their equipment with them. So far it's 100% unanimous that my preamp is the best sounding, although it lacks the computer interfaces, universal sound processor, etc that modern equipment has. Speakers are not as good as some of the monstrous (and monstrously expensive) speakers that people have. But they're just small 8" 2-ways.
Most people agree with me that buying electronic equipment assembled in a garage is a gamble. And minor glitches did need attending the first year I used the preamp. I'm not a modern company with a whole team of engineers and designers. I'm Mr. Magoo with a soldering iron.
Money is no object (up to a point) to some of the people I've auditioned for. They've already spent way too much money on dubious equipment, especially Bose equipment. Bose is very, very popular, and ironically a status symbol. I have ancient Bose speakers in my TV room and people are always impressed by them; actually they're impressed by the brand name. They sound OK but next to my speakers they sound like mud. But they're Bose!
I would like to stand behind my equipment, but I am not a company. But yeah you would be stuck with it.
I worked at the exchanges for 25 years. The stock market isn't what it used to be. Stock prices today often reflect the financial engineering of eggheads, not the long term value of the company. It's not Mom and Pop's stock market any more. I had clients that went on to make a lot of money. Donald Wilson (DRW Trading) was my client in the late 80s. They started when you could put $100,000 in a margin account and make a living off of trading. Those days are long gone. Small traders get crushed. It's only for big boys now.
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But I'm not talking about shows with sponsorship or product placement. I specifically mentioned 1940s gangster movies. They were just as samey. You are quoting exactly the consumerist period you seem to like. But only in cars, it seems.
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Georgio Giugiaro was working in the Fiat design department when he was 17. At age 21, he became Head of Bertone Styling Center, and did this '59 Ferrari 250 SWB that same year.
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That name epitomizes old school craftsmanship. Real craftsmanship is a rare thing today. Look at what passes for Maseratis and Alpha Romeos today. 🙄
You haven't lived until you've driven a 1960s/early 1970s Alpha Romeo. Totally death defying, but totally 😎. And early Porsche 911s are perfect in every way. I know someone that has one and it makes me really regret that I'm too blind to drive any more. She drives me around in it though. 😀
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For a while my DD was a beat up '75 Spider built by an Alfa mechanic as his own car, with 10.5:1 pistons, big valves, 11mm Autodelta cams, Shankle header. Flywheel and gears were lightened. I drove my brother's '87 911 Carrera for a week back then and I couldn't wait to get my old Alfa back.
I don't think I drove it a single time without hitting redline, it begged to be driven full-bore. Glorious music I still hear in my dreams occasionally.
I don't think I drove it a single time without hitting redline, it begged to be driven full-bore. Glorious music I still hear in my dreams occasionally.