As my clients can attest, I most surely know what to do with a "gear shift" lol
Ok, ok does having louis vitton interior count? J/K
"Chick Cars"
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Ok, ok does having louis vitton interior count? J/K
Even though I've lived in Vancouver for many years I don't see that many PT Cruisers and usually they seem to be driven by yuppie couples (before they have kids). So I can't honestly say that I view it as a Chick Car.
The three most prominent ones that come to mind are:
Mazda Miata
VW Golf Cabriolet
the new VW Beetle
The three most prominent ones that come to mind are:
Mazda Miata
VW Golf Cabriolet
the new VW Beetle
Chick Car?
I think the only car that can be called a 'chick' car is one painted pink.
The real question is how is it that there are so many guys around with teeny tiny dicks? I mean really, for what other reason would there be so many freaking 4 x 4 trucks jacked up 4 feet off the ground driving around in the city??
I think the only car that can be called a 'chick' car is one painted pink.
The real question is how is it that there are so many guys around with teeny tiny dicks? I mean really, for what other reason would there be so many freaking 4 x 4 trucks jacked up 4 feet off the ground driving around in the city??
I'd rather drive my Miata than a jacked up cock compensating cowboy Cadillac!
Then again, I drive cars I enjoy driving, not to be an extension of an image I am tryin to convey.
I was searching the www superhighway looking for a site about tanks cuz I was having a heated debate with a buddy about the best tank killer tank in WW2 (officially called Tank Destroyers (TD), anyway I was sayin it was the US M18 "Hellcat" & he countered it was the Russian T34 (which is really a MBT not a TD).
So anyway, I went to this site & was looking for some confirmation on my premise when I noticed "The Greatest Ever Sports Cars" link.
This should give a few dudes on here heart palpitations & fits of hyperventilating ....
Yo - check it:
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So anyway, I went to this site & was looking for some confirmation on my premise when I noticed "The Greatest Ever Sports Cars" link.
This should give a few dudes on here heart palpitations & fits of hyperventilating ....
Yo - check it:
Imagine that the little Miata edged out all but the venerable Porshe 911!The Greatest Ever Sports Cars
Cars from the Exotic to the Erotic
No 10. Lamborghini Countach.
Countach in Italian means, literally, "holy smoke" or wow! The Countach broke new ground with it's design inheriting a lot from Formula 1 technology. Pirelli designed the tyres which were the largest tyres ever fitted to a production car. Because the tyres were so large the body had to be built around them helping to give the Countach it's outrageous shape. Only three cars were built each week giving a waiting list of a year. It also came with a price tag of $150,000 inspiring the phrase super-car. The Countach was not just an incredible sports car, but also a pin-up featuring on posters in many a teenage boy's bedroom. The ultimate childhood wet-dream.
No. 9. Nissan Skyline
A car so fast and so intimidating it wasn't allowed on the streets of North America. Described by many as a playstation on wheels, normal cars tell the driver about oil temperature and battery power. The Nissan Skyline has it's own computer system that tracks everything from g-force to turbo-boost, to the amount of torque to the front wheels. Hook the car's computer up to your laptop and you can override all settings to get the most phenomenal tune-up. The engine has amazing capacity and some driver's claim to get 1,000bhp after a bit of tweaking.
No. 8. Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
An exquisite package that came from nowhere and slapped the face of the European competition. It has Americana written all over it. It's the Stars and Stripes in automobile form. A thumping great V8 with good straight line speed and reasonable reliability at a fair price.
Critics implied that the chassis was not firm enough to prevent flexing in corners but supporters retort that it is muscle-bound, aggressive and showy.
No. 7. Aston Martin DB5
Forever associated with James Bond and it is the playboy's express. It is heart-stoppingly gorgeous, it has a fantastic 6-cylinder twin overhead cam engine, It would, in 1961/62 do 150mph which is pretty impressive. But, much more than this, it had a wonderfull, tweeedy, British elegance.
Aston Martin was one of a number of small, proud, English companies known for hand-built craftmanship. But craftsmanship didn't always translate into reliabilty and furthermore, is a grand tourer really a sports car?
No. 6. Mercedes 300SL Gullwing
Eddie Irvine, F1 Race Driver, likes the Mercedes he says: "It's such a work of art, it really is, it's stunning. It's better than any Picasso".
The 300SL has curves which make it hugely glamorous, but the curves are kept in check so it is obvious their main function is aerodynamic. It's tubular space-frame made the gullwing extra rigid, crucial for control at high speeds and at only 82Kgs the frame was light as a featheer. But, those same tubes took up room where the bottom of the doors would go, so instead they would hinge on the roof and lift up. It was a practical piece of design but wound up becoming the car's exotic signature.
No. 5. Ferrari Enzo
Named after Enzo Ferrari himself. Under the hood, a 6 litre V-12 capable of 660 horse-power, double that of the Stingray. A top-speed of 220mph is too scary for most drivers to contemplate. 0-60 in 3.6secs, shifting gears with a flick of the finger just like in F1, the Enzo needs only 150mS between gears to respond.
Ray Maranges, an Enzo race driver, say: "For a street-car it's about as close as you can come to an F1". Eddie Irvine adds: "When you buy a Ferrari, you're buying the badge, you know the Prancing Horse is a great symbol, You're buying the heritage, you're buying the Italian flavour, you know you're buying into a lifestyle in a way".
No. 4. E-Type Jaguar
At the start of the swinging 60's came a positively groovy sports car - The E-Type Jag. Quentin Wilson, journalist, considers this: "When we buy these cars now, when we wax lyrical over them, when we spend all the money we haven't got rebuilding them, it's because we're trying to recapture that seminal moment, in March 1961, when this car changed the way the world thought about sports cars".
Lord Charles Brocket, buff & ex-collector adds: "This was one of the most phallic of all cars ever produceed". The E-Type was one of the first production cars to do over 150mph, it was a direct descendant of a long line of racing Jaguars.
No. 3. McLaren F1
The fastest road-car in the world! A car that will, at the high end, outperform a formula one car. Compared to a normal car, the F1 is as light as a feather, that's because it is made with an all carbon composite body, combine that with a 627 horse-power engine and you can do 0-60 in just over 3.2secs. Just like the Enzo this is really a race car very thinly disguised for the street.
Quentin Wilson describes it as "A beautiful, technical, tour-de-force and it ocupies a very special place, it's Mount Olympus as far as cars go".
No. 2. Mazda Miata
The biggest selling 2-seat convertible of all-time. Perhaps the most influential sports car of it's time, which brought back the idea of having a personal sports car when there was nothing else available. Mercedes and BMW owe a great deal to the success of the Miata as their more recent models may never have come to pass.
Because it was so light and evenly balanced, front-to-back, the Miata handled superbly. It wasn't expensive, it was cheap to run and, being Japanese, it was reliable.
No. 1. Porsche 911
There is one car that always seems to silence the critics, it's been hailed as an engineering marvel, a legendary racer and at the same time a 24/7 super-car for the masses. This car has been around for 40 years in basically the same soulful package.
The first production of the 911 was in 1964 with a 2-litre short wheelbase coming out in 1969. 40 years ago, Steve McQueen made this car famous in the move Le Mans.
http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/greatest-ever/sportscars.html
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Tanks for the Memories
At the risk of hijacking this thread. (If you want to reply to this, start a new thread). WWII buffs and nerds are indeed passioante about arguing the merits of the period's hardware(s).
'TD' stands for "touchdown", and was never used as an acronym designation in WWII.
Further, both of you don't know your tanks.
No US tank in WWII was comparable to any German 'equivalent' on the battlefield. Ever.
The Germans invented the concept of 'tank destroyer' with "hunter-killers".
You are right, the Russian T-34 was a main battle tank, not a tank destroyer. That's comparing apples to nectarines. The primary incarnations of T-34's had a 76.2 mm gun, which quickly became obsolete. Even the later models with the 85mm main gun (response to the German 88) were only a match for the Tiger I and Panthers (their counterparts, heavy and medium MBT's) at medium or better range. (However, the primary German main battle tank, the Panzer IV, in all it's incarnations, had a hard time with the T-34 in all its forms).
If you want a good Russian specific-Tank-Destroyer, the SU-100 was one of their best.
Most experts agree that the best tank destroyer in WWII was a German model, specifically the Jagdpanther. Armour, speed, armament, reliability, performance, all superior.
(You almost have to be, or have been, a hard-core WWII miniature's gamer-nerd to understand the inventories and performances of the tanks on the battlefield. I used to be. I played a 1/285 scale micro armour game that included things like armour, muzzle velocity, and penetration tables of each gun at specific ranges. (I still remember specifications like: the Driver's Plate on a Tiger I is 100mm thick, the manlet, 210mm). I've gamed with ('commanded') just about every tank that ever was fielded between 1939 and 1946).
At the risk of hijacking this thread. (If you want to reply to this, start a new thread). WWII buffs and nerds are indeed passioante about arguing the merits of the period's hardware(s).
'TD' stands for "touchdown", and was never used as an acronym designation in WWII.
Further, both of you don't know your tanks.
No US tank in WWII was comparable to any German 'equivalent' on the battlefield. Ever.
The Germans invented the concept of 'tank destroyer' with "hunter-killers".
You are right, the Russian T-34 was a main battle tank, not a tank destroyer. That's comparing apples to nectarines. The primary incarnations of T-34's had a 76.2 mm gun, which quickly became obsolete. Even the later models with the 85mm main gun (response to the German 88) were only a match for the Tiger I and Panthers (their counterparts, heavy and medium MBT's) at medium or better range. (However, the primary German main battle tank, the Panzer IV, in all it's incarnations, had a hard time with the T-34 in all its forms).
If you want a good Russian specific-Tank-Destroyer, the SU-100 was one of their best.
Most experts agree that the best tank destroyer in WWII was a German model, specifically the Jagdpanther. Armour, speed, armament, reliability, performance, all superior.
(You almost have to be, or have been, a hard-core WWII miniature's gamer-nerd to understand the inventories and performances of the tanks on the battlefield. I used to be. I played a 1/285 scale micro armour game that included things like armour, muzzle velocity, and penetration tables of each gun at specific ranges. (I still remember specifications like: the Driver's Plate on a Tiger I is 100mm thick, the manlet, 210mm). I've gamed with ('commanded') just about every tank that ever was fielded between 1939 and 1946).
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LOL, gotta put this pic up again for where the thread has presently landed.
- So what form of a "Compensation Vehicle" would this be? ROFL!
I knew a guy who was a classic VW Bug nut.
I was working an auto parts counter at the time.
He modified his stick-shift to be a large video game joystick.
And he modified the trigger to be wired to two tubes in his grille.
To a spark plug mounted on each tube.
...Which fired bottle rockets!
LoL. I'm not sure if he's in jail now...
That would not be a "Chick Car" but I think "Bitch Bug" fits it pretty well!LOL, gotta put this pic up again for where the thread has presently landed.
- So what form of a "Compensation Vehicle" would this be? ROFL!
That's not a car it's an engine that was in various platforms including the SLK, C series etc.
Drooling...
Beautiful! Even better with tan interior.
Makes me think of the playboy or playgirl in the film industry.
The beautiful playgirl with hair tied by a scarf, big sunglasses, pouty red lips, and a great little black dress upon arriving at event!
Me, I just want a Kharmann Ghia...sigh dreamily
Beautiful! Even better with tan interior.
Makes me think of the playboy or playgirl in the film industry.
The beautiful playgirl with hair tied by a scarf, big sunglasses, pouty red lips, and a great little black dress upon arriving at event!
Me, I just want a Kharmann Ghia...sigh dreamily
Kharmann Ghia ?
One of my favorite songs is a funny flippant parody titled "Airhead"
by Thomas Dolby,
famous for "She Blinded me with Science",
Lyrics below, comment on the love of Kharmann Ghia - LMAO!
(Note the twist in the last lines).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll4N_pvoSXI
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Thomas Dolby "Airhead" lyrics
I buy her all the right clothes
and pretty jewels to wear
my friends say she's a dumb blonde
but they don't know she dyes her hair
...she thinks the fighting in Central America's easily solved
but what to wear to Bel-Air premieres
is a problem she could never resolve...
...she's an airhead
stungun and mace - Kharmann Ghia plates say "Lost in Space"
she's an airhead
thousands in trust - cusp Aquarius - get serious
she's an airhead
tinted contacts don't change the fact that black is black
she's an airhead
...and while I'm impressed with the length of those legs
she's not an intellectual giant....
she'd like to model or maybe act
or start a magazine
before she signs any contracts
I think she better learn to read
but in her dreams she's the queen of the fashion regime...
...you ask me do I love you...
does the pope live in the woods?
quod erat demonstrandum, baby.
( ooo you speak French)
(CHORUS)
...sweet and low and oh-so
little Ms. Dora Jarre
safe sex and fishnets
and could you walk me to my car
she's losing faith in a world that is out of control
so she's gonna nix politics,
she's taking up volleyball! volleyball! why?
...she's an airhead
stungun and mace - Kharmann Ghia plates say "Lost in Space" she's an airhead
thousands in trust - cusp Aquarius - get serious
she's an airhead
and now the time's come for the end of my song,
don't get me wrong
...if she's an airhead it has to be said
it was men made her that way
it was us made her that way
it was us made her that way!
One of my favorite songs is a funny flippant parody titled "Airhead"
by Thomas Dolby,
famous for "She Blinded me with Science",
Lyrics below, comment on the love of Kharmann Ghia - LMAO!
(Note the twist in the last lines).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll4N_pvoSXI
===
Thomas Dolby "Airhead" lyrics
I buy her all the right clothes
and pretty jewels to wear
my friends say she's a dumb blonde
but they don't know she dyes her hair
...she thinks the fighting in Central America's easily solved
but what to wear to Bel-Air premieres
is a problem she could never resolve...
...she's an airhead
stungun and mace - Kharmann Ghia plates say "Lost in Space"
she's an airhead
thousands in trust - cusp Aquarius - get serious
she's an airhead
tinted contacts don't change the fact that black is black
she's an airhead
...and while I'm impressed with the length of those legs
she's not an intellectual giant....
she'd like to model or maybe act
or start a magazine
before she signs any contracts
I think she better learn to read
but in her dreams she's the queen of the fashion regime...
...you ask me do I love you...
does the pope live in the woods?
quod erat demonstrandum, baby.
( ooo you speak French)
(CHORUS)
...sweet and low and oh-so
little Ms. Dora Jarre
safe sex and fishnets
and could you walk me to my car
she's losing faith in a world that is out of control
so she's gonna nix politics,
she's taking up volleyball! volleyball! why?
...she's an airhead
stungun and mace - Kharmann Ghia plates say "Lost in Space" she's an airhead
thousands in trust - cusp Aquarius - get serious
she's an airhead
and now the time's come for the end of my song,
don't get me wrong
...if she's an airhead it has to be said
it was men made her that way
it was us made her that way
it was us made her that way!
The Key to Her Ferrari
Another fave from that same album, "Aliens Ate My Buick", equally fun,
equally undiscovered,
The Key to Her Ferrari
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh0DyS7DO9I&feature=related
Another fave from that same album, "Aliens Ate My Buick", equally fun,
equally undiscovered,
The Key to Her Ferrari
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh0DyS7DO9I&feature=related
Should I be insulted?
haha
A rebuilt KG doesn't compute to some air-headed chic, in my head.
I HAVE a vintage car, already. And I've had to do a lot more thinking/planning than I would have with a car 40 years younger, and mainstream.
haha
A rebuilt KG doesn't compute to some air-headed chic, in my head.
I HAVE a vintage car, already. And I've had to do a lot more thinking/planning than I would have with a car 40 years younger, and mainstream.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooh NOTHING peeeersonal!
How ever woudl I dare?
Hahaha.
But it is a great! funny! song!
And you are brunette, no?
Ohhh, my bad!
=P
Brunette?
Not a day in my life!
Though, if I follow my mother's hair trend, I will be by age 50. We natural blondes darken over time.
But, I do color it lighter. I don't really like the ash-blonde color it is right now.
Not a day in my life!
Though, if I follow my mother's hair trend, I will be by age 50. We natural blondes darken over time.
But, I do color it lighter. I don't really like the ash-blonde color it is right now.
