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tankinbeans wrote:Is the big beaver shaved?

When you cum to 69, get off on Big Beaver until you see Hooters.

Why are the roads out near Detroit rock city called 7 mile, 8 mile etc.?? It doesn't look to be the distance from the center of the city though it looks like it could correlate to that.

potownrob wrote:Why are the roads out near Detroit rock city called 7 mile, 8 mile etc.?? It doesn't look to be the distance from the center of the city though it looks like it could correlate to that.

Check out these two links:

http://detroitplanninghistory.weebly.com/1700-1900.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_and ... an_Detroit

The distance isn't to the city center but to "the direct east–west portion of Michigan Avenue, and M‑153 (Ford Road) west of Wyoming Avenue [which becomes] the "zero mile" baseline." <-- from the second link

Squint wrote:

potownrob wrote:Why are the roads out near Detroit rock city called 7 mile, 8 mile etc.?? It doesn't look to be the distance from the center of the city though it looks like it could correlate to that.

Check out these two links:

http://detroitplanninghistory.weebly.com/1700-1900.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_and ... an_Detroit

The distance isn't to the city center but to "the direct east–west portion of Michigan Avenue, and M‑153 (Ford Road) west of Wyoming Avenue [which becomes] the "zero mile" baseline." <-- from the second link

thanks for the info. that first link answered more about detroit in general but very good info.

Yeah, they are kind of linked because the history really does help give a better explanation as to the design.

But they were both interesting. So I linked them both.

Squint wrote:Yeah, they are kind of linked because the history really does help give a better explanation as to the design.

But they were both interesting. So I linked them both.

Kinda makes me wanna visit Detroit....kinda..........

I had an R35 GT-R get behind me yesterday. It was dark out but I could see the shape of the headlights in the rear view mirror. I was thinking, "Hey, those kind of look like GT-R headlights. It probably isn't one, though." Then I had to get in the right turn lane and I took a peek as it passed on my left and it totally was a GT-R. It's actually the 4th or 5th time I've seen a GT-R around here over the last year or so.

noob5,000,000 wrote:I had an R35 GT-R get behind me yesterday. It was dark out but I could see the shape of the headlights in the rear view mirror. I was thinking, "Hey, those kind of look like GT-R headlights. It probably isn't one, though." Then I had to get in the right turn lane and I took a peek as it passed on my left and it totally was a GT-R. It's actually the 4th or 5th time I've seen a GT-R around here over the last year or so.

Not sure if these are a few of the same ones, but I see one at least every 2 weeks around here. Probably would be more often if I actually paid attention to them.

I saw a new Corvette with a wing and front splitter with zebra camo on the front and rear ends. Must have been a ZR1 prototype.

Here's a bad photo of the Fisker Karma I saw in a Kroger parking lot:

noob5,000,000 wrote:Here's a great photo of a VW Karman Ghia I saw in a Kroger parking lot:

Fickset!

I did see one of those in the same Kroger parking lot once.

noob5,000,000 wrote:I did see one of those in the same Kroger parking lot once.

I see a lahm yeller one every time I drive behind the corner shopping center when I look for people who are avoiding the traffic signal.

I saw another Fisker Karma yesterday, about a quarter mile from where I saw the first one. A light blue color this time.

I saw yet another Fisker Karma two days ago . A red one this time.

I also found out that Fisker went bankrupt in 2013, a Chinese company bought "some of the assets of the company, the designs, rights to a plug-hybrid powertrain and a manufacturing facility in Delaware" in 2016 and re-commenced production (as the Karma Revero), and there is a dealer nearby that sells them.