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Im trying to match Balthy's old time pics. But mine will always be within a Montreal realm. There was a short time when Montreal had little shytty Renaults as cop cars. I believe this to be a Renault 8. From the '60s I assume. Dont really know why on earth Montreal decided to have a fleet of these. I think it was a Youth Squad for rookies to learn how to do a "beat" And a row of these shytty Renaults.

'Bout time OR and WA finally did something about the Left lane Hogs! They love the citation revenue too. Haha you're such a hippy granola boy, you def. fit right in up in Seattle ? We have trees everywhere and beautiful mountain views and damn near year round ability to hike 1,000's of trails and mountain biking as well as some of the best sunsets, something I know the NW doesn't get many of. We also have the Saguaro cacti, many are hundreds of years old and the only place in the world that they grow is in our beautiful Sonoran Desert. They have to be at least 60 years old before they start an arm and the ones with multiple arms are 200+ years old. Pretty neat history here. Oh and home to one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World THE GRAND CANYON! https://www.canstar.com.au/travel-insurance/what-are-the-seven-natural-wonders-of-the-world/

Can't stand the boy racer "Subu" drivers either, but the cop-per was cruising in the left lane holding up traffic which is illegal in most states "Keep Right Except to Pass". You will get pulled over here in AZ for cruising in the left lane, it's there for overtaking slower traffic and you are supposed to get back over to the right once safe to do so. Drivers in the NW are very annoying that way, all the same speed in all lanes. Get going or get over to the right! We don't have entrapment setups here like OR and WA, no traffic cops pulling everyone over doing 5- 8 over the posted limit. Big open smooth freeways 4- 5 lanes wide here, not beat to crap narrow freeways with Prius drivers everywhere "saving the planet" like the NW has. I don't miss the freeways up there at all!

I suspect Robert Hall looks upon these like some folk believe the Moon landing was faked; 'How could it be real when I didn't experience it'? Durham NC 1940 :

This random, weird thought went through my head: I had lunch at Costco ... but I didn't have a Costco lunch.

Yes another kind of beauty. I love my rain, hike and camp year round. Only wimps do not go out in the rain. The ability to ski, the Hoh Rain Forest with 200 to 300 year old Douglas fir trees, all the water, mountains, see to mountain fun year round just like you, just more water and green.

Perfect! WTF why would the moron in the Civic NOT GET OVER?! They knew he was right on their bumper because they hit the right turn signal and starting getting over right when he hit the overhead lights and sirens! UGH...

Cop forcing a left lane hog to change lanes. And there are many other videos like this one.

yeah yeah yeah. Me too!!! Yeah! I forgot to mention that! I wanted to state that this way: He created the road rage driving of the Subaru driver. And its like you said, he was setting them up for it. I hear you on the merging on and off the ramps. We got that here in Quebec. Its a big problem. I dont think its because they are afraid, I think they are taught the wrong way when they take their driving lessons. But there are definetely some intimidated dipsh!t's around these parts too.

YES! 100% I was about to comment on that very same thing!!! In Quebec, the po-po dont give out tickets for left lane hogs. On top of that, our Provincial police used to behave like this shyte cop-per too . "Used to" I said as they dont do that shyte no more. Quebec has all kinds of speed traps in their arsenal. This was one of them. But in Quebec, we dont seem to have a real left lane hog problem either. It happens, but it aint a problem on our roads in general. We speed more often than not though... And to be fair to the SQ (Surete du Quebec ie Quebec Provincial Police), they do put up with a lot of speeding. Quebecois love to speed. A lot. And our speed limits are merely suggestions as the SQ tolerates us speeding. Its just that certain times of the year, like around holidays, or the start of summer, they button down and speed trap us to death... They reel us in back to reality... They left lane is NOT the fast lane. The left lane is NOT the lane to enforce speed limits in. What the left is, is allowing faster traffic to PASS SAFELY on the left, and then MERGE back in the center (or right lane if only two lanes) going the FLOW of traffic. If traffic is such that going in and out of lanes is more dangerous, then the left lane is meant to be at a speed that travels FASTER than the other twom (if possible) and ESPECIALLY MAINTAINING THE FLOW of traffic. If...IF...the LEFT lane is moving SLOWER than the RIGHT lane because of a LEFT LANE HOG then we gots a problem. And if the left lane hog seems to be a cop....SHAME ON THAT DIRTY COP. The cop had sooooo much time to accelerate BEFORE he clogged up the traffic. He realized and he accelerated and at that poiint in time, the 3rd lane became available and that is when the Subaru drove on the right to pass, but by that time when the cop accelerated to pass the Suburban, it was too late. THAT cop created a DANGEROUS situation... And Im not even talking about the road rage driving of that Subarau passing on the right...which is DEFINATELY a DANGEROUS situation...but FROM THE GET GO of the video, there are 5 cars, the cop car in front, one pick up truck on the left side in back of the cop car , one Suburban right beside the pick-up in the right lane, the Subaru in back...and the truck filming the whole thing and if 1 car in that group loses control...just one car losing control in that group...and a MULTIPLE car crash WILL occur...and there is NO REASON FOR THAT as there is LITERALLY NO OTHER CARS IN FRONT OF EITHER THE COP CAR IN THE LEFT LANE NOR THE Suburban. The Suburban cant pass because he is in the right lane so that leaves the cop car in the left lane... PASS and GET THE PHOQUE OUT OF THE WAY!!! CAUSING UNNECCESSARY traffic jams and potential accidents. And that is WITHOUT the mentioning of road raging driving of folks trying to pass in the right lane...

Sounds about right. Sweet Crude hit a hard negative value earlier this quarter for the first time ever. Crazy times we are living in for sure. The CCP will pay big time and already are.

Someone needs to keep you big kids on here in check that's for sure. Running amok!! ?

They didn't have color back then, only shades of gray in the ancient world... <j/k> Yeah... i do wonder how some of our past members are doing and where they are today..like Drew, our MIA leader...

Some might say a steering wheel is the #1 interface a driver has with a vehicle. Those 'some' would be, of course, correct. Used to just steering and honk, now more & more controls are moving to it. Sure; airbags and crash standards are forcing ever-increasing homogenization in steering wheel design, but there's got to be room for something FRESH. There was a HELLA lot more creativity in the past, maybe a look back would do designers good. Some interesting wheels :: 1966 Toronado Deluxe with tilt/telescopic ~ 1961 Imperial ~ 1956 DeSoto with optional self-winding hub clock ~ 1956 Lincoln ~ 1958 Lincoln ~ - - - - - I'm, umm, a bit biased towards this era, mid '50s thru mid '60s, it was by far the most expressive & unrestrained. That aside, there's tons of inspiration available. Here's hoping to see something remotely wild/interesting again soon... Feel free to post up some wheels you like.

Was searching something car related, and something C&G came up. Clicked on it.... Makes me realize how many members we have had over the years.....both good and bad. Dang, I’ve been here a long time.... ?

Famous 1959 Olds wheel, highly sought after for hot rods/customs ~ Hard to find a good shot of this one, but it has an interesting bit going on. Besides the deep dish, the spokes don't join the column at the center, but at the apex of the column's base circle. Creates a bit of a 'soaring bird' look to my eye. I also note/like the 'hooded' center emblem vs. the ubiquitous round one. 1958 Olds ~ I wish the below center section was softly illuminated at night, but alas, it was not. 1959 Pontiac ~

Mazda

So I really think we have room to improve the steering wheel and even some of the current concept cars show we can do better. Just wonder if the feds can let go of the stupid Steering wheel airbag or if it can be made to fit into some of these designes. 200c Aston Martin Hyundai GMC & Hummer Ford Peugeot VW Nissan Others

Didn't Citroen have a 1 spoke wheel?

1955 Thunderbird ~ 1955 Lincoln Futura, WHERE IS THIS IN PRODUCTION ALREADY? 1935 Cadillac V-16 ~