Contemporaneous Hondas were much worse, that's why I went to Toyotas.
Our 2009 Corolla looks brand new, not a speck of rust, and has lived in the northern US all its life.
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I've heard it commented regarding certain modern day motorcycles you can simply purchase off the showroom floor, there's just a handful of people in any given country properly qualified to drive.
However if the measure of the machine is the satisfaction it gives you - and you have that kind of money - who's to stand in your way? Except the proverbial Oak tree...
That would be an easy choice for from all cars that would fit the bill:
Jensen FF
Although I'm not sure if that book would be much use given that the FF has permanent 4 wheel drive and anti-lock brakes on top of the standard auto box.
It has a permanent place in my dream garage though.
The only British car in it.
Joe, not sure if you follow hockey or are familiar with the Canucks first round pick in '05, Luc Bourdon, but his life ended tragically because of what you mention.
If you have 7 minutes, here's the tribute at the arena:
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Never liked the E type nor am I fan of 2 seater Ferraris, Lambos etc.
I do like GT cars and consequently the last Ferrari I got close to drooling over was the 365GT4 2+2, 400, 412 model.
The last kinda cool Lambo the LM002.
Most sports cars and all super/hyper cars are just meh, especially mid-engined ones.
The 2001 Accord is doing fine, except for the $0.10/ft brake and fuel lines. Even the place where someone scraped the side is not rusting through the undercoat.
The 1996 Odyssey is doing OK with ***
* Taillight "seals" are cardboard, let rain in, which ran down into the rear well. When we brought it home from my bro in NYC it sloshed, you could wash a dog back there. Bro had filled with bubblewrap so he could carry stuff. I drilled to let the lake out, then gooped the taillights so they were tight.
* Maybe related: damp high inside the rear side panels sits on top of the wheel arch and rots it down through the door jam. I filled it with spray-foam, taped over with aluminum ducttape, and sprayed a near-stock color. It's about time to invest another $10 and re-do.
* brake line/valve. In Maine this is a one-time thing on anything except Volvo. We replace the 5-year galvanized tubing with an alloy that lasts forever. (The valve is odd to the Odyssey and we don't know if it failed or just had rust indigestion.)
I've had much younger cars we could throw cats through the floorboard, patched with barbecue grill scrap, still falling apart.
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Thanks, Cal, I watched it. Once upon a time I was 21 and had a motorcycle too. Hit a car with it; lucky for me the car was going in the same direction - and the bike was a mild 450cc. As I recall, I was driving it like an ***hole.
I anticipated his next move by his left turn signal; "I'll slip past on his right". He turned right and there I was. He later told me he owned both properties on opposite sides of the road, changed his mind as to which driveway to pull into at the last moment. Lucky I walked away after a brief sail over his el-camino's front hood.
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For those who don’t lust after an E-type, I’ve read that weight lifting can increase testosterone levels
Must be the long bonnet.
For those who don’t lust after an E-type, I’ve read that weight lifting can increase testosterone levels
I already lift weights, and I lust after something that will lay rubber.
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This was my new car after a druggie passed out and crossed over three lanes to hit me. Although I was able to get out right after the accident in case it caught fire I did spend some time recovering. Referred to these days as my year off.
As there was a gasoline tank truck behind me with a video camera. The police report after looking at it mentioned my reactions were surprisingly fast and had the other fellow survived he would have been charged.
So it is possible to wreck a new car through no fault of the driver.
Btw unsurprisingly a drug addict driver had no insurance.
As there was a gasoline tank truck behind me with a video camera. The police report after looking at it mentioned my reactions were surprisingly fast and had the other fellow survived he would have been charged.
So it is possible to wreck a new car through no fault of the driver.
Btw unsurprisingly a drug addict driver had no insurance.
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For those who don’t lust after an E-type, I’ve read that weight lifting can increase testosterone levels
From everything I've seen over my 50+ years it seems that those who drive E types, Ferraris and Lambos are the ones most in need of increasing their testosterone levels.
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