@Echtbrummbaer: The fence hasn't moved or the LaSalle hasn't moved. The difference is important!
@Sledgecrowbar: Hey, thanks for the vote of confidence guys! I really enjoyed that car a lot. Hated to sell it but the money was just too good when I put it on the German market.
I bought a new black 1990 Camaro RS while stationed in Germany. Came with a 305 and a 4 or 5 speed manual. Actually held it's own on the autobahn right up to the speed limiter of 117 mph. No trailer park in sight and all my German friends loved it. Methinks perhaps your brush is a bit too wide.
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If you should happen to see a HEMMT trolling around with a Pershing missile on it, I would suggest you run, as this weapon was banned by treaty in the mid-80's. If the Russians caught sight of one, there would be holy hell to pay!
I was fortunate enough to own one of the 1st S-10's in Germany. Plenty of room to haul my H/D FXR (diagonally). Great gas mileage. Fun to drive, easy to fix, and constant thumbs up from Germans on the autobahn, particularly when the HD was on board . Then Chevy made it bigger (and bigger) and ruined it.
Sad!
Sad!
In the last few seconds of the video clip you can see that the truck driver has his brakes on. He is also hauling petroleum which requires a whole other set of actions to take in the event of an accident. Just guessing, I would suspect he was hoping to slow down enough for the Clio to disengage and clear his highly explosive truck.
@jark: The bike would be still more impressive if it had a chain, controls, lighting etc. As it is, about the best he can do is use those giant feet to get around like a three year old on a scooter.
@jbh11126: Na und, sehr gut gesagt! Einfach Toell.
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You have all been grossly informed. After having been stationed and living in Germany for 18 years, I can assure you that not only do yet get used to the phremones, you begin to trust them as the next next step in a delicate situation. However else would I have found out about my friends wife's absolute belief in Fasching? Boy was that good for an intense 18 months!
@RamblinReck89: It snowed there in 1996. I was driving for Sitton Motor Lines. The residents didn't handle it very well, to say the least.
@Elhigh: In 1979 I was stationed at Fort Ord, CA as a surveyor. We received an assignment to create a firing range south of Fort Ord but were not told what would be firing on the range. As we were finishing up a small convoy of what was later to be Bradleys showed up and prepared to chew up the hillside targets with their "chain gun." I asked one of the civilian engineers what the thing was supposed to be. He told me it was to carry an entire squad in armored comfort complete with an over pressure anti-NBC system. I looked inside and then asked him "Where does this squad go? I see room for maybe 6 troops max." He grinned and said "good question!" Seems that someone in development got a bit carried away with the specs. End game? The "squad carrier" became a "fighting vehicle" with room for a driver, gunner, vehicle commander and a max of two extra troops
@Ash78 bent his Wookiee: The M151 "Jeep" was fully articulated and was the small vehicle workhorse of the military for nearly 40 years. Ditto for the M422 Mighty Mite [en.wikipedia.org] So the short answer is, no its not an issue.
@Mitch1001: Any dark metallic green. This is actually one of my favorites but you can't buy a green car these days for love nor money.
@Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .: There is a marvelous product for sale in Germany that is available in any small store called a Tempo. It is a small packet of disposable nose wipes. I have always thought that that was somehow very appropriate. 8D
First, the Packards are not gone. The auction ran out without anyone buying them.
On another note entirely, Back around 1961, my Grandpa took myself and my younger sister on a road trip from Kansas to LA in a 1948 Buick Sedanette with Dynaflo transmission. Somewhere west of Oklahoma City the muffler fell off while us kids were napping on a pallet in the back. God what a wonderful way for a boy to wake up! I crawled over into the front seat and looked at my Grandpa's craggy face. He grinned at me and said "Sounds pretty good, don't she?" I got to listen to that wonderful roar all the rest of the way. That Buick sounded especially tough when we woke her up in Albuquerque and Needles. Just after we got to LA the old Buick lost top gear so Grandpa entered into a demolition derby in San Berdoo and won. He had paid $75 for the Buick in Independence, KS and won $200 in the derby. The Buick didn't survive.
So my vote goes to the Buick with all my heart and soul.
@Echtbrummbaer: Rather than sit around guessing, I did a bit of research and found that the M-24 Chaffee did in fact have twin Cadillac V-8s mounted side by side and in a fore and aft configuration. Another earlier use of the Cadillac V-8 and Hydramatic transmission was in the M-5 series light tanks. Initial deployment of them was begun in 1942 . The M-24 was meant to be a replacement of the M-5, not a supplement to it. Just in case you cared.
@Blue387: I'm not sure but I believe my Dad told me it had twin V-8's.
At that depth there would be zero ambient light, thus making any kind of conventional photography impossible. So, definitely hoax.
I couldn't help but notice that there was one German car, one Swedish car, one British car, and the rest are all Italian, the majority of them painted some eyeball searing shade of red. Are we seeing a pattern here? Personally, the only one of the lot that upset me was the Porsche Carrera GT. On the other hand, I was particularly amused by the two OK City high school basketball players who managed to trash not but two Ferrari's. Great training for when they turn pro next season.
