Just a couple of cars I saw lately
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took a call for a 1957 alfa romeo giulietta today.
he just said it was a 57 alfa romeo, so when i went to confirm if it was a 1900, 1900c, or giulietta, he thought i was asking the year (?!) and repeated slowly "no its a 1957". i know. thanks. first alfa romeo tho! gonna tell the alfa person from this place (who doesn't come here afaik) when i get home. i have her on tumblr.
he just said it was a 57 alfa romeo, so when i went to confirm if it was a 1900, 1900c, or giulietta, he thought i was asking the year (?!) and repeated slowly "no its a 1957". i know. thanks. first alfa romeo tho! gonna tell the alfa person from this place (who doesn't come here afaik) when i get home. i have her on tumblr.
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i thought alfa was a boywannabe wrote:took a call for a 1957 alfa romeo giulietta today.
he just said it was a 57 alfa romeo, so when i went to confirm if it was a 1900, 1900c, or giulietta, he thought i was asking the year (?!) and repeated slowly "no its a 1957". i know. thanks. first alfa romeo tho! gonna tell the alfa person from this place (who doesn't come here afaik) when i get home. i have her on tumblr.
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
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was. past tensepotownrob wrote:i thought alfa was a boywannabe wrote:took a call for a 1957 alfa romeo giulietta today.
he just said it was a 57 alfa romeo, so when i went to confirm if it was a 1900, 1900c, or giulietta, he thought i was asking the year (?!) and repeated slowly "no its a 1957". i know. thanks. first alfa romeo tho! gonna tell the alfa person from this place (who doesn't come here afaik) when i get home. i have her on tumblr.
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weds had a 1960 MG MGA. he goes "i bet thats not in your system" I tell him it is.
we have the polaris slingshot and freightliners and a whole host of things i've never heard of in there. everything.
we have the polaris slingshot and freightliners and a whole host of things i've never heard of in there. everything.
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huh?!?wannabe wrote:was. past tensepotownrob wrote:i thought alfa was a boywannabe wrote:took a call for a 1957 alfa romeo giulietta today.
he just said it was a 57 alfa romeo, so when i went to confirm if it was a 1900, 1900c, or giulietta, he thought i was asking the year (?!) and repeated slowly "no its a 1957". i know. thanks. first alfa romeo tho! gonna tell the alfa person from this place (who doesn't come here afaik) when i get home. i have her on tumblr.
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
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I mean its not common, but its not exactly the most unusual car in the world.wannabe wrote:weds had a 1960 MG MGA. he goes "i bet thats not in your system" I tell him it is.
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i've got 60 mg magnette, mg mga, mg midget, a 54 arnolt-mg mg and a 53 arnolt-mg mg. idk what the last two are...watkins wrote:I mean its not common, but its not exactly the most unusual car in the world.wannabe wrote:weds had a 1960 MG MGA. he goes "i bet thats not in your system" I tell him it is.
we have MG's from the 1934 mg pb midget to a 2005 mg tf (which i looked up and it looks like a normal sporty sedan. we have peugeot's in the system. i think theres everything in there o.o
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Citroen 2CV? Just saw one today.
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IMBoring25 wrote:Citroen 2CV? Just saw one today.
You know the name means "Two Horsepower", right?
I've driven one...the head of engineering bought one to "open our eyes". He was French, from Renault and then American Motors, and he refered to it as the "Deux Chevaux" - with a tear in his eye. I would imagine he celebrated many "Firsts" in a 2CV.
Thank DOG that's "Taxable Horsepower" and not "SAE Brake Horsepower"
It had a shift pattern where you swiveled the shift lever clockwise and then pushed forward to shift from 3rd to 4th. When you see what they were doing in the transmixer, it made sense.
There was a "reinforced pass-through" hole through the radiator where the rod from the jack could be inserted and used to hand-crank the engine.
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so i looked this up on google cuz i didn't know the years it was made (1948-1990). then typed 1990 cit into my computer system and "no matching records found, please refine your search"IMBoring25 wrote:Citroen 2CV? Just saw one today.
I guess citroen is not in the system. i even googled for the Citroën. with the dots. and put it in there. nope.
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I saw a Ford Mondeo with a manufacturer license plate today. It appeared to be the hatchback version.
I had to watch some Top Gear when I got home.
I had to watch some Top Gear when I got home.
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Me likey. I don't understand why that style isn't more prevalent for the hatch averse. It's so much more useful than the sedan. I liked the Fusion that my friend had.
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yesterday i took a call for a 68 goat and a 30 ford model a. the model a they were taking it for a joy ride (in milwaukee) and it crapped out. at least they can take it out! was a nice day. the goat needed a jump...
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I saw a Lamborghini Huracan today. Damn, that's a good looking car, even when you only see it for a couple seconds as it goes by you on the other side of the road.
It was a metallic gray color, like this:
It was a metallic gray color, like this:
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