Free Association Thread 5

[MagicaPractica]

Monticello or Maserati...take your pick.

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I'll go with Monticello. I've actually been there. Plus, I'm more a fan of muscle cars, trucks and luxury sedans than low slung sports cars.

 

[SamScribble]

I'll go with Monticello. I've actually been there. Plus, I'm more a fan of muscle cars, trucks and luxury sedans than low slung sports cars.

A friend of mine owned an early AC Cobra - aka Shelby Cobra. Would that work for you, Mags?

 

[MagicaPractica]

A friend of mine owned an early AC Cobra - aka Shelby Cobra. Would that work for you, Mags?

Absolutely. Still kinda little sports car - I'm more 59 Cadillac, 73 Nova, early Dodge Charger, etc

 

[Handley_Page]

Absolutely. Still kinda little sports car - I'm more 59 Cadillac, 73 Nova, early Dodge Charger, etc

Oh No - Mags, please don't do it.
If you want a real sports car, try this one.

You really should stay away from those wheeled aircraft carriers with squealing tyres
and a noted inability to go round corners.

Please ?

 

[MagicaPractica]

Oh No - Mags, please don't do it.
If you want a real sports car, try this one.

You really should stay away from those wheeled aircraft carriers with squealing tyres
and a noted inability to go round corners.

Please ?

Don't worry, I've got a very nice V6 aircraft carrier with 18 inch wheels that corners extremely well.

 

[JKendallDane]

Don't worry, I've got a very nice V6 aircraft carrier with 18 inch wheels that corners extremely well.

I drove this land yacht for nearly five years. Wonderful car but with that aircraft carrier hood, it was quite the bitch when it came to parallel parking.

http://www.auctionsamerica.com/images/lots/AF15/AF15_r0075_02.jpg

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[MagicaPractica]

I drove this land yacht for nearly five years. Wonderful car but with that aircraft carrier hood, it was quite the bitch when it came to parallel parking.

http://www.auctionsamerica.com/images/lots/AF15/AF15_r0075_02.jpg

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I can only imagine. I love parrallel parking now. My car beeps, the closer I get to the car behind me the faster it beeps. Makes for much more accurate parking.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I drove this land yacht for nearly five years. Wonderful car but with that aircraft carrier hood, it was quite the bitch when it came to parallel parking.

http://www.auctionsamerica.com/images/lots/AF15/AF15_r0075_02.jpg

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I can only imagine. I love parrallel parking now. My car beeps, the closer I get to the car behind me the faster it beeps. Makes for much more accurate parking.

We had this model Olds for a few years. The family called it the "Imperial Galactic Battle Cruiser;" to the kids on the Rez, it was just "The Monster."

https://www.google.ca/search?q=olds...=Fr_6WNi8DojTjwTqmqXAAw#imgrc=83sFRqgBsmftWM:

 

[MagicaPractica]

We had this model Olds for a few years. The family called it the "Imperial Galactic Battle Cruiser;" to the kids on the Rez, it was just "The Monster."

https://www.google.ca/search?q=olds...=Fr_6WNi8DojTjwTqmqXAAw#imgrc=83sFRqgBsmftWM:

Nice! Of course, I prefer the first name.

 

[Mister_Song]

Nice! Of course, I prefer the first name.

My first car was a 1977 Delta 88 Olds that I bought for $150.

Pros:
1] It looked like a cop car.
2] It had a monster V8.
3] Red velvet interior.
4] (and most importantly) It had a HUGE back seat. You could get lost back there and then had to find your way home via the stars.

Cons:
1] Got like... 6 MPG. On the highway. Going downhill.
2] It handled like an oil tanker.
3] The engine was so heavy (and it was rear wheel drive) that it couldn't move on a flat ice surface... ie, all of New England for 4 months out of every year.
4] I had to replace the transmission twice in the 4 years I owned it.

I had some great times in (and because) of that car. And I sold it for $100, so after 4 years, it only depreciated $50 in value.

 

[JKendallDane]

My first car was a 1977 Delta 88 Olds that I bought for $150.

Pros:
1] It looked like a cop car.
2] It had a monster V8.
3] Red velvet interior.
4] (and most importantly) It had a HUGE back seat. You could get lost back there and then had to find your way home via the stars.

Cons:
1] Got like... 6 MPG. On the highway. Going downhill.
2] It handled like an oil tanker.
3] The engine was so heavy (and it was rear wheel drive) that it couldn't move on a flat ice surface... ie, all of New England for 4 months out of every year.
4] I had to replace the transmission twice in the 4 years I owned it.

I had some great times in (and because) of that car. And I sold it for $100, so after 4 years, it only depreciated $50 in value.

You want to talk about handling like an oil tanker? I had this barge for four years and it was notorious for having the speedometer going one way while the gas gauge moved just as fast the other direction. It actually rode pretty well once you got used to the rock and roll swaying and remembered that it took a block to get it to stop once you were above sixty or so. Fun beach wagon though!

http://www.cadillacforums.com/cadillac-performance/prof/76hearse.jpg

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[Tio_Narratore]

You want to talk about handling like an oil tanker? I had this barge for four years and it was notorious for having the speedometer going one way while the gas gauge moved just as fast the other direction. It actually rode pretty well once you got used to the rock and roll swaying and remembered that it took a block to get it to stop once you were above sixty or so. Fun beach wagon though!

http://www.cadillacforums.com/cadillac-performance/prof/76hearse.jpg

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Taking up Ghostbusting, JK?

 

[SamScribble]

Taking up Ghostbusting, JK?

Is that the ghost!?

 

[MagicaPractica]

My first car was a 1977 Delta 88 Olds that I bought for $150.

Pros:
1] It looked like a cop car.
2] It had a monster V8.
3] Red velvet interior.
4] (and most importantly) It had a HUGE back seat. You could get lost back there and then had to find your way home via the stars.

Cons:
1] Got like... 6 MPG. On the highway. Going downhill.
2] It handled like an oil tanker.
3] The engine was so heavy (and it was rear wheel drive) that it couldn't move on a flat ice surface... ie, all of New England for 4 months out of every year.
4] I had to replace the transmission twice in the 4 years I owned it.

I had some great times in (and because) of that car. And I sold it for $100, so after 4 years, it only depreciated $50 in value.

Yes, yes, but what was the car's NAME?

Is that the ghost!?

Was it Casper?

 

[Mister_Song]

Yes, yes, but what was the car's NAME?

I called it "The Boat" initially but then switched to "The Yacht" because it more accurately described such a luxury pimp-craft.

 

[Handley_Page]

I called it "The Boat" initially but then switched to "The Yacht" because it more accurately described such a luxury pimp-craft.

Ye gods!
6 mpg ?
A military tank does better than that ! Chieftain, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chieftain_(tank), about 19mpg.

My earlier car was called "Penelope" (named by my late wife) and was a Ford Capri
(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Capri )

It did about 30 mpg (and more was considered 'beneficial' by enthusiasts; and less was considered after saying 'you what ?'). Curiously enough 30mpg has been the benchmark consumption figure for many decades. These days, it's nearer 40.

 

[SamScribble]

Ye gods!
6 mpg ?
A military tank does better than that ! Chieftain, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chieftain_(tank), about 19mpg.

My earlier car was called "Penelope" (named by my late wife) and was a Ford Capri
(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Capri )

It did about 30 mpg (and more was considered 'beneficial' by enthusiasts; and less was considered after saying 'you what ?'). Curiously enough 30mpg has been the benchmark consumption figure for many decades. These days, it's nearer 40.

If I drove my BMW M3 with an egg on the gas pedal I could occasionally get close to 35 mpg. But if I wanted to have fun, it was more like 25.

 

[JKendallDane]

Taking up Ghostbusting, JK?

Not quite, Tio. Believe it or not, she was the "shop truck" for my antique store. Had a sign on the back with the name, address, and my tag line of: "Where we bring the past back to life."

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[JKendallDane]

If I drove my BMW M3 with an egg on the gas pedal I could occasionally get close to 35 mpg. But if I wanted to have fun, it was more like 25.

The car that surprised me the most as far as gas mileage was the '76 450SL Benz roadster. On her best days, she might crawl up to 16 mpg which seemed low for such a small car. But I guess when you factored in the weight of that huge engine under the hood and that I liked to drive it like I was on the Autobahn most of the time, expecting much better was asking a lot.

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[Handley_Page]

The car that surprised me the most as far as gas mileage was the '76 450SL Benz roadster. On her best days, she might crawl up to 16 mpg which seemed low for such a small car. But I guess when you factored in the weight of that huge engine under the hood and that I liked to drive it like I was on the Autobahn most of the time, expecting much better was asking a lot.

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I had an old Volvo which was a bit like that.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I had an old Volvo which was a bit like that.

I can't hear Volvo without thinking of the show, Waiting for God.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I can't hear Volvo without thinking of the show, Waiting for God.

Waiting for Godot

 

[Handley_Page]

A Volvo was once a damned well-made car.

 

[MagicaPractica]

A Volvo was once a damned well-made car.

A lot of things were once damned well made. Now-a-days, not so much. It's all made to break and have to be replaced after a certain amount of time. I still have an attic full of stuff from my great-great grandparents that is broken but they just wouldn't throw away because it might at least be useable for bits someday. Problem is even glass slowly degrades, sliding down, so that windows get wavery and thicker at the bottom.

 

[loquere]

A Volvo was once a damned well-made car.

It's had different owners for a while, the quality has gone down since then.