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I loved the way his mom was so accepting. The scene was bleak, but beautiful. And oh God, when he went into that closet... sigh. There's a whole world out there.

Crap DeVille my ass. If you're done with it, I'll take it. :AH-HA_wink:

The rear drivers are my most favorite, but that little black baby with the tinted windows and no evil spoiler looks cute.

Slovakia? Isn't that on the outskirts of Barnstable?

Good lord, look at the size of that glovebox!

Well like YAH! What are you even talking about? :AH-HA_wink:

Sixty8...WHAT? You're going to post pictures of things you see on the road? Isn't that illegal in some states?

Now I'm dating myself (a personal problem, yes), but Enzora's eyes remind me of a mood ring! All the purdy colors...

Ew Sixty, are you saying you dated a small, French, curly haired dog in a human suit?

Nice star, Northcar! Wait a sec... WTH? :AH-HA_wink:

Agreed, dreams about houses, real or imagined, are miraculous... wondrous, and sometimes scary. Always a journey, a maze.

Please don't say "trailor", Nosinger. K? :AH-HA_wink:

On the cover of a random "Popular Hot Rodding" magazine from the early 80's that I found today... was an '81 Phoenix coupe with a blower sticking out of the hood sideways, bolted to a 2.8L V6. Hot!

It looked to be at stock ride height. I have seen this wheel situation on other cars driven by youth. Is it supposed to be some sort of code for "drag racer"? I also saw a previous-gen Civic EX today with bare, black steel rims. I swear, I think it has something to do with a racing image of some sort.

On my trip to Maryland today, I got to listen to my favorite radio station, and I learned that they're now online, streaming audio. I love the music so much, I'd move back down there just to be able to listen all the time. It's WHFS, 105.7. Insane? Give it a listen: http://1057freefm.com/

Sadly, like a lot of families, mine kind of split in two after my grandparents died. My uncle and aunt got the family farm in the estate settlement. This has been a source of deep friction ever since between my uncle and his sisters (one of which is my mom.) I lived there from 1971 to 1997. When I finally moved out, I left a lot of things where they lay. I haven't been back since. Until today. I called my uncle and asked if I could go visit and take some of my things. He said "sure", so I jumped in the truck and headed south. How can you go home again? Time that has passed came rushing back to shore, to deposit the seashells of my childhood. I picked them up, one by one, and held them to my ear. Oh, I was a car geek. I kept every looseleaf sheet of paper I ever wrote on, describing the new car I wanted at the moment. Everything from an '80 Malibu coupe with every performance option, to a Dodge Mirada CMX, to an '80 Sunbird with a 3.8. I have magazines... Car&Driver and Motor Trend, mostly. I have sales brochures... mostly GM, a few Mopar. I completely forgot about the Plymouth Sapporo until today (proof that the mind protects us from traumatizing events.) The 1980 Oldsmobile small car brochure mentions the 4-4-2 package as an option on the Cutlass Salon, but never shows a picture of it. How sad. I have many drawings of cars and other "artwork". And a rocking chair that belonged to my beloved grandfather. These things are all a part of me. It was quite a day, all in all. Aunt and uncle are showing signs of age. Time passes. I will need to make several more trips to bring everything here, to sort through it. I may need to rent some space at Carlisle to sell some of these magazines and brochures. Sorry to treat the lounge as my own personal blog, but this place is like my home on the net, so I thought I'd share what I'm feeling on this day.

I went to Maryland today to visit my aunt and uncle. They live on the farm I grew up on. I noticed their daughter's old '91 (?) light metallic blue 240SX hatchback sitting down by the woods, surrounded by tall weeds. My aunt drove it after my cousin moved on to other vehicles. Last I knew, it had 200k miles on it.

Oh... despite VW's best efforts, kids are still trying to capture that old spirit... saw a new Jetta Value Edition with no wheel covers... just bare, black steel wheels, driven by a college age kid with a backwards baseball cap. Now, I ask you, how does that look mesh with that big chrome tongue sticking out in the front?

Well, I never said I was smarter, I'm just trying to help you reach your goal of owning a shiny new '92 Datsun 240 something or other.

Honestly... the trucks look like rebodied VW Kombis, and the coupe has vents below the rear bumper... a rebodied VW Type 1? In trying to decipher the text... does it say "air cooled 1.6L"? Sounds an awful lot like a VW to me.

In those days, "Ninety Eight" could have easily been the trunk capacity. Sweet!

I think it's "I can't do this anymore", but I could be wong (sp?). Perhaps another visit to the cinema will help me answer your question.

'61 Continental sedan, weathered aqua paint, a couple of minor dents, parked at an old garage in North East, MD, patiently awaiting restoration.

Kappa definitely needs to be expanded upon, at least for Pontiac and Chevrolet. Pontiac definitely needs to be a RWD car company, with AWD available for pussies. That's right, I said it. Aveo should be the only all-FWD car available. The ship has sailed, people. FWD has been slammed in our faces for 25 years... it is a failed experiment. The chassis cannot be made to feel as good to drive as a RWD chassis.... SORRY. You will never see a Citation, Cavalier, Celebrity, Corsica, Beretta, Lumina, FWD Monte Carlo, FWD Impala or Malibu at a classic car show because, bottom line... they are just not loved to anywhere near the same extent their RWD counterparts are. They are throwaway cars, plain and simple. Can you imagine the sensation a RWD Cobalt SS/SC would cause? A RWD G6 GTP with the very same engines available on the current car? Lesser models would be pulled ahead with the higher-profile "performance" versions to enhance the whole line. Enthusiasts can lead the way back to RWD, all others would be brought ahead with us. People don't know what they're missing. Any restriction on LX sales could be attributed to a lagging reputation for Chrysler quality (which, at this point is over, from long term test results in all the car mags), or styling, which is subjective. GM has a much better quality reputation, plus a much larger, dormant loyalty base. A GM RWD counterpart to Chrysler's LX, plus smaller RWD offerings, would work to bring GM out of her malaise and back into the spotlight in a hurry.

mute, is this a video game to which you are referring?