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When I was 6 years old I wanted a Lamborghini Countache. The black one with the big sail, which I still find breathtaking. (What 6 year old boy doesn't want one?) When I was 16 years old I wanted a DeLorean, modified only by adding a second pneumatic strut to each gullwing door. I still think those cars would be fun to rent for a day and a week, respectively.

Then when I was 21 I bought my first Japanese econobox, and I have been in love with those ever since. I think we already had the "if I won the lottery" discussion here, but I said then that people wouldn't know I'd won, and would probably think I'd gotten poorer, because that Tercel wagon would show up in my driveway and my '06 Toyota would be gone.
 
zannej said:
My brother was telling me about there was something in the Honda vehicles where US mechanics were having to pull the engine to access something and then a mechanic in Japan posted a video of him going underneath the vehicle, removing some bolts and then changing out the part. A bunch of mechanics were watching and saying "son-of-a....." because they'd been putting in way more effort than needed.
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It sometimes helps when working on newer cars if you're 4'5" tall and 75 lbs...
 
Spicoli43 said:
That Tercel wagon is proof that we all have different dreams.
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By the way Spicoli, my tastes are unconventional but I do have some conventional favorites. The 57 Bel Air, and the late 70s Corvette are two of the most beautiful cars imaginable in my opinion, and lots of people seem to agree. 59 Impala too. Gorgeous. Stunning. They don't make'em like that anymore. (Chevy, especially, is now the champion of ugliness. How far they've fallen!)

But I'd never want to own any of these! That just sounds like a job.
 
Flyover said:
By the way Spicoli, my tastes are unconventional but I do have some conventional favorites. The 57 Bel Air
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A look at 34:11 here will show why they sold as many '57 Chevy's as they could make... like 1.5 million:
 
The Tercel wagon excelled w/respect to rear visibility, which is important to me.
 
Flyover said:
When I was 6 years old I wanted a Lamborghini Countache. The black one with the big sail, which I still find breathtaking. (What 6 year old boy doesn't want one?) When I was 16 years old I wanted a DeLorean, modified only by adding a second pneumatic strut to each gullwing door. I still think those cars would be fun to rent for a day and a week, respectively.

Then when I was 21 I bought my first Japanese econobox, and I have been in love with those ever since. I think we already had the "if I won the lottery" discussion here, but I said then that people wouldn't know I'd won, and would probably think I'd gotten poorer, because that Tercel wagon would show up in my driveway and my '06 Toyota would be gone.
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If I won the lottery, I would have a new Dodge Charger Hellcat and an old school Charger complete with the Confederate Flag just to P people off, even though I would have been in the Union Army if I lived then.

I would live in a gated rich community though, and trips into town would be in a economy normal car so I didn't get any lookie loos following me home.
 
zannej said:
My brother was telling me about there was something in the Honda vehicles where US mechanics were having to pull the engine to access something and then a mechanic in Japan posted a video of him going underneath the vehicle, removing some bolts and then changing out the part. A bunch of mechanics were watching and saying "son-of-a....." because they'd been putting in way more effort than needed.
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If you buy a McLaren because they are so fast that swamps don't matter, you have to ship them back to McLaren just for an Oil change.
 
Flyover said:
By the way Spicoli, my tastes are unconventional but I do have some conventional favorites. The 57 Bel Air, and the late 70s Corvette are two of the most beautiful cars imaginable in my opinion, and lots of people seem to agree. 59 Impala too. Gorgeous. Stunning. They don't make'em like that anymore. (Chevy, especially, is now the champion of ugliness. How far they've fallen!)

But I'd never want to own any of these! That just sounds like a job.
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Yeah, I'm into Impalas, don't remember the exact years because they go from oh yeah to God no...
 
Amazingly the Hellcat can deliver about the same MPG as my 50 Mercury.
 
Those muscle cars like the Charger look like jobs to me too. Either a job to maintain, or a second job you have to work to pay for the gas.

A Confederate flag just to piss people off...Yeah, I figure that must be why anyone has them north of the Mason Dixon. Even south of it, since the south lost the friggin war... But trying your best to make enemies everywhere you go seems like a really unnecessary way to take years off your life, either through violence or stress. Plus you might make friends you don't want, too!
 
Ended up pulling out a stump today after dinner. Borrowed chains from a neighbor, then tried tugging with the riding mower but it just spun its wheels. So I switched to the SUV and it came out so easily I didn't feel it, I only knew because I saw my wife clapping.

Stump pulling is fun, I see why people make weekend jobs out of doing this.
 
My mom passed today. I am so very thankful that I was off work and present when she died. When I got there this morning, I realized that today or tomorrow was likely the day. I have prayed for a peaceful passing. I'm sad, but also thankful she no longer suffers.

I just realized that tomorrow will be the first full day since I was almost 17 (I am 50), that I won't wake up "feeling" responsible for another human being. Idk what that will look like.

I'm sure that I will need time alone, so maybe I will clean on the garage or put together my 2 person swing and think of how much she would have enjoyed swinging in it.
 
Oh shan, I'm so sorry. Sending hugs your way. I know you did your best to care for her. I hope that whatever action you take against the doctors and place that messed up will work out well for you, but I know it won't bring your mom back. I hope that you find some relief from the newfound freedom-- although I know it will feel very strange. As you said though, at least she's no longer suffering.

I did some cleaning, convinced my brother to haul out some trash bags I filled, cooked for Mom, and played Medieval Dynasty. At one point while I was sitting up in my bed, Yasuke got on top of my headboard and puked directly on top of my head. I had a hood on (hooded cardigan) so my hair & scalp were spared. I currently have Aminatu clinging to my arm as if her life depends on it.

I'm about to go get something to eat because my eating/sleeping schedule is all out of whack.
 
shan2themax said:
My mom passed today.

put together my 2 person swing and think of how much she would have enjoyed swinging in it.
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Sorry for your loss, Shan... it can be hard to accept that eventually happens...
Was 3 or 4 years before I no longer walked through a store and would see something and think I needed to pick it up for my Mom... and then remember she no longer had any use for it...
Have a 2 person swing laying up in my back attic for 30 years now for my front porch and still haven't gotten around to putting up... but did reinforce part of the new front porch roof's ceiling 10 years ago in anticipation of hanging the swing from it... LOL! ... Not being able to walk for extended periods over the past 25 years has me behind in a lot of my projects...
 
Flyover said:
Ended up pulling out a stump today after dinner. Borrowed chains from a neighbor, then tried tugging with the riding mower but it just spun its wheels. So I switched to the SUV and it came out so easily I didn't feel it, I only knew because I saw my wife clapping.

Stump pulling is fun, I see why people make weekend jobs out of doing this.
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I tried pulling a little shrub bush out with my truck... ended up bending the back heavy duty utility bumper instead... those little 2-3" diameter stumps/root systems are more strong than it seems possible... ended up just sawing it off level with the ground...
 
Flyover said:
Those muscle cars like the Charger look like jobs to me too. Either a job to maintain, or a second job you have to work to pay for the gas.
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Actually, they get better MPG than any early 1970's car! IF driven easily...
 
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