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Detroit, 7:15 PM
Fri Nov 20
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Ah, weekends with Murilee. The funny, the inspiring, the awesome, and the tragic. #oldsmobilecutlass
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This is a proper small car. The current Civic is larger than the first, and probably second, generation Accords. #1978
11/15/09
@that ain't the way to have fun, son:
no kidding. I recently parked my '85 CRX Si next to a newish Civic Si, and the difference in bulk is striking.
2 feet longer and almost 1000lb heavier to accomplish the same task of carrying 4 people (in the Gen 1 hatch version) and providing a smart, fun drive ? Honda, really?
I guess the Fit is left to carry Soichorio's torch
[en.wikipedia.org] #1978
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Um, this is incredibly advanced for some of us.
The above pic comes from a '95 Mercedes E320, a car which retailed for $45K-50K back in 1995.
I wish for a hyphenated label! The "alarm activated" light is the right-most item.
I wondered what it was when I bought it in January, 'cause while it looked OEM, the car is 15 years old...so you never know what stupidity is lurking.
Fortunately, it blinks every few seconds when armed, so the first night, I figured it out.
Please note the rocker switch which uses vacuum release to flop the rear headrests to the parcel shelf.
I have to admit, this is an advance over the '89 W126 I had which had -0- indication of an OEM alarm system. Imagine my further embarrassment when I found this out during trying to get it unstuck, moving sand/rock by hand in the Vegas desert landscape. #1980s
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You forgot to include your P.O. Box number in Abuja, Nigeria... #volkswagentype3
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We were fairly tolerant of the calls that came during normal waking hours, and would politely provide those callers with the correct phone number. The belligerent late night callers got a special treat, though.
The callers would of course assume my roommate and I were radio station employees. We would tell the caller that we had one pair of tickets left for whatever the next upcoming show happened to be, and that we had to give those tickets away before the end of the shift. If the caller could swing by the station in the next two hours, they could have the tickets. We would tell them that the station was pretty deserted after hours, so they would need to bang on the door loudly and make lots of noise to gain entry.
I suggest you inform the people who contact you trying to buy parts from these long-gone cars that these never belonged to you, but that more information may be available if they contact Dr. Altoye Obiwankenobe. Dr. Obiwankenobe is the director of foreign salvage export in Kumo, Nigeria, who is tasked with keeping quality marques from going to the landfill. Upon confirming the person's banking information, arrangements might be made to ship the whole car (at the Nigerian government's expense) to the person so requesting it, allow them remove any parts they need, and have them arrange for disposal of the remainder through a qualified salvage facility. As a token of appreciation, they will be allowed to keep a commission of 20% of the salvage value. Of course, these transactions must be kept strictly confidential. #volkswagentype3
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What I find interesting is that the mirror, dimmer, and general layout in that part of the dash hasn't really changed that much in a 2007 Infiniti M35. Same with Hondas (the sunroof switch was in the same spot until just recently), and Toyotas have used the same digital clock for at least 25 years (why do I know all this). #1980s