Guno צְבִי (05-24-2023)
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The legendary “muscle car” era began in 1964 with the Pontiac GTO and ended with emission-controlled but still carbureted 1970s models that couldn’t get out of their own way.
Even the earlier good ones were in essence dolled up versions of very ordinary mid-sized passenger cars from General Motors or Chrysler Corporation.
Ford wasn’t a major player in mid-sized muscle cars.
They had the Mustang on one side of them and the Thunderbird on the other.
If you watch the Mecum or Barrett-Jackson auctions on television, you’ll see how popular those vintage muscle cars still are among motor enthusiasts.
My own taste in domestic motorcars of the era was more upscale –
I only liked Cadillacs, Lincolns, and Corvettes that young people like I was at the time usually couldn’t afford.
I’ve got a vintage Corvette restomod now, as a geriatric, but I wish that I had a huge Lincoln Connie to go with it.
Too late, now.
Even if I could in good conscience spend six figures on building another toy, I probably wouldn’t still be driving by the time the project could be completed.
I’m waxing nostalgic about classic cars right now because the internal combustion engine-powered car is on the way out,
and with it,
basically the last vestiges of the world in which I lived the prime of my life.
It’s probably necessary, but it absolutely sucks.
Imagine a boy being born who will never hear the roar of a high compression, large displacement V8 engine.
I can’t imagine anybody wanting to bring such a son into the world.
Anyway, this is the new car enthusiast thread.
Any thoughts on classic or performance cars are welcome here.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
Guno צְבִי (05-24-2023)
Speaking of Corvettes, mine is about to take a trip to Dunkin Donuts.
I'm all out of yesterday's stale ones.
Fortunately, the top is already down, so with a great deal of effort,
I'll be able to get in and out of it.
With the top up, there's no point in even trying.
I mean, really.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
Saw a C8 this morning.
My Corvette is a cute little roadster.
The new ones are fire-breathing monsters.
Each is cool in its own way.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
I’m really not a car guy. My FIL is an engineer at Corvette in BG so I do pay attention to them. I’ll admit that I like the older Corvettes better than the new ones, though I have driven on their test track with the 2017 model. Corvettes still sound like a car of that type is supposed to sound.
Bronco is my vehicle of choice. I had an ‘86 model and should have never sold it. I refuse to pay the price for one since they brought them back but if I had a money tree I’d have to be driving a ‘72-‘79 model.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
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- -- Aristotle
NiftyNiblick (05-26-2023)
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
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