Car Talk

[geosync]

A buddy picked up a 2014 Audi A5 a couple weeks ago. Drove around some local twisties. Automatic, which I don't prefer. Nice ride. No oh shit bar on the passenger side. Weird.

 

[HecticArt]

Hectic, did you let the Mrs. drive again? I thought Saudi Arabian rules were strictly followed in your household.

Dramatic footage shows cops in Ohio helping driver to stop runaway SUV

Dash cam footage saw a woman from Ohio being rescued after her car failed to slow down on a busy Interstate. 911 dispatchers communicated with Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers who followed her.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Nah, she drives a Buick.

 

[geosync]

A dodge. I thought it might be a 2007 era toyota. That would make sense.

 

[Wolf]

 

[scotchandcigar]

Pretty obvious choice

James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 From ‘Thunderball’ Rumbles to a Record $6.4 Million at Auction

Equipped with all of agent 007’s gadgets, the 1965 Aston Martin DB5 crossed the block for $6.4 million.

robbreport.com

 

[HecticArt]

Pretty obvious choice

James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 From ‘Thunderball’ Rumbles to a Record $6.4 Million at Auction

Equipped with all of agent 007’s gadgets, the 1965 Aston Martin DB5 crossed the block for $6.4 million.

robbreport.com

Yep. This one.

 

[geosync]

The 8 year old me wants the Michael Knight, but my 9 year self wants the ferrari, my 6 year old self wants the magnum but my 5 year old self sees the advantage of traveling back in time to alert Kobe not to get on that chopper.

 

[scotchandcigar]

The 8 year old me wants the Michael Knight, but my 9 year self wants the ferrari, my 6 year old self wants the magnum but my 5 year old self sees the advantage of traveling back in time to alert Kobe not to get on that chopper.

Is there a version of you that is older than 9?

 

[geosync]

No, my mentality never went past 9.

 

[HecticArt]

I managed to make it to about 15.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I managed to make it to about 15.

That's why you're the admin.

 

[HecticArt]

 

[geosync]

See the latest car and driver? The G.O.A.T.S of all time. The cadillac cimmaron is in there.

 

[scotchandcigar]

See the latest car and driver? The G.O.A.T.S of all time. The cadillac cimmaron is in there.

Is that greatest of all turds?

 

[HecticArt]

Really? What the hell is that about? Is it from an Onion article?

 

[geosync]

The good ol cimarron does get it's own section of awful but the one that checked all the boxes of horrible was the Yugo. The rest are their opinions on best cars in there particular era's.

 

[JHDK]

Do you guys throw the e brake when you park? I've noticed that most people (at least in my life) don't. I do. It's a thing my mom would do and I guess it's carried over.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Do you guys throw the e brake when you park? I've noticed that most people (at least in my life) don't. I do. It's a thing my mom would do and I guess it's carried over.

I do, but I have a stick. It's either that, or put it in gear, which I don't like doing- unless I'm parked on a steep hill.

We only use it on steep hills in the wife's car.

 

[HecticArt]

I have an automatic, so I only use in on hills and sloped pavement.
My model of car has some history of transmission issues, so I try to keep the stress off of it.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I do the brake all the time. Not sure why. Never owned a standard. Grew up in Saskatchewan which is not known for hills.