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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    I was in London a couple weeks ago and saw a lot of cool cars there (especially the awesome little Fiat 500), but I had to take a picture of this one: Left hand drive Mustang:



    check out the funky custom license plate for it:

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    04/15/09

    @dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: You went to London to take a photo of a Mustang? I'm sure we've (London, that is) got more interesting rides than that!
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    Image of Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978 Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
    04/15/09

    @Mobius_1: Nice, and note the Stanford sticker in the back window.


    I sort-of-recognize that area. Had to look up Goodge Street, but know the general area (Soho/Bloomsbury). Not far from the British Museum.

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    04/15/09

    @dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: Despite those lights beneath the rear bumper being a travesty, is there any reason for them?


    Travesty number 2: V6 Mustang

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    Image of Tier 5 Jalop, the King Tier 5 Jalop, the King
    04/15/09

    @Miscellanea, 1-800-CASH-4-JALOPNIK-GOLD: EU/UK law says that car has to have rear fog-light IIRC. I don't know does US spec cars have those? This is the small red one I suppose. Additional white light is mystery, could be that original reversing lights have been modified to be turn signals, blinkers as in some EU countries these must be amber and can't be red color.
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    04/15/09

    @Miscellanea: I'm pretty sure they're there just to piss you off.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    04/15/09

    @Ash78: Nice catch! I live about five minutes from Stanford, and I didn't even see that. Did you go there, or something?
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/15/09

    @dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: Psh, that's nothing. Look what I found in Germany:
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    Image of Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978 Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
    04/15/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Nope, just that unmistakable "S" with the tree in it. Around here, 2000 miles away in AL, people frown on bragging about your college unless it's an affordable regional school of some kind. Otherwise it's sort of like bragging about how rich you are--it may be true, but it's still rude.


    But that idea never stops the Ivy Leaguers and Stanford people, so the logo remains easily recognizable to me.

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    04/15/09

    @Manic King of Corinthia: *Most* American cars don't have rear fog lights. My Volvo does, since they had six elements per taillamp already and decided "fuck it, we'll leave 'em in".


    Most Euro cars have one red rear fog and one white backup light under the bumper.

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    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    How about a Jalopnik London meet? :)


    Wow, can't believe I haven't seen one of those yet, haven't seen enough of this city, I guess. Too many tasteless stretched H2, Chrysler 300, Lincoln limos though.

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    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    Just wow. So this is what happens after the fall of Red Ken.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,

    A tale of a fateful trip

    That started while drinking port

    While in a coffee shop.


    The mate was a mighty driving man,

    The skipper brave and sure.

    Five passerbys were seen that day

    At a three hour lunch, a three hour lunch.


    The engine rumbled really rough,

    The tiny car was fast,

    If not for the courage of the fearless friend

    The moment would be lost, the moment would be lost.


    The car drove off around down the street of this enchanted British Isle

    With Peter

    The Skipper too,

    The businessman and his wife,

    The movie goer

    The professor and Mary Ann,

    Here on the British Isle.

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    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    and I have a vague notion that his Hungarian will not need translating.


    What is GT40? It is supposed to be American. Some say its developers were British. Nobody believed it was real. Nobody ever saw it or knew anybody that ever drove it, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have driven the GT40. You never knew. That was its power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof. It's gone.

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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    04/15/09

    @Ash78: I'm watching the ShamWow commercial right now.


    "Its made by Germans! The Germans always make good stuff"


    Fuck Vince. He's in jail for beating up a hooker.


    ...I dunno if there's any joke to make about that.

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    Image of Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978 Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
    04/15/09

    @wrx-TyrannosaurusWrx: I don't even understand informercial anymore. A few years ago, they'd sell something exclusively for about a year, then you'd see it at the store ("As seen on TV!"). But now, Bed Bath & Beyond carries everything the moment it comes out.


    Bottom line is this--if Vince hadn't become a campy internet celebrity, he might not have been in that kind of situation with his big ego and millions of dollars.


    I'm fully prepared for the Snuggie Massacres of 2009. They'll have to send ShamWow to soak up all the blood.

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    Image of AES: 3 ROTOR X 2 TURBOS = 6X AWESOME AES: 3 ROTOR X 2 TURBOS = 6X AWESOME
    04/15/09

    @wrx-TyrannosaurusWrx: I not a drop of blood left at the scene....you'll be saying SHAMWOW!
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    04/15/09

    @AES: Mazdaspeeding Canuck: hahahahahaha, I laughed at that...alot. Hearty click for you!
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    04/15/09

    @Ash78: The Snuggies look like the required uniform for the cult that meets in my neighbor's basement.
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    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    ...Are they real? ARE THE LEGENDS TRUE?!


    I thought there were mythical creatures, unicorns, cool hot chicks. I can't believe its real.


    Is there a chance for Wrx to find love now too?

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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    04/15/09

    @wrx-TyrannosaurusWrx: I'm so glad my girlfriend doesn't read Jalopnik.
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    Image of DonLuc DonLuc
    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    So you call yourself a car guy and you didn't get the window table overlooking the street? Blah...


    For some strange reason, I'm always drawn to the table with an unobstructed view of the traffic outside. I like to see cars drive by and that would have been a remarkable catch had you actually seen it.

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/15/09

    @DonLuc: When I'm on a date with the Missus, I have to set myself up so I don't see the street.


    Otherwise I completely tune out and just watch the cars the whole time. An otherwise great activity, but it can get you in trouble of you're supposed to be having a conversation.

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    Image of .357 .357
    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    Wow. That just looks so great in an everyday situation. I couldn't imagine a F430 looking so beatiful, so natural.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    I think Jalopnik should offer a service. Whenever there's a prospective job interview, any Jalop can hire a guy to roar past the boss's office in a GT40, Cobra, vintage Challenger or other massive-engined baffle-less supercar. If the boss's eyes light up, then it's a deal. Because let's face it, it's the only real way to gauge a person's worth.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    Sticky wicket. Get the scoop or butter your bread with the boss? What would Nick do? What would Nick later wish his employee had done? and would you have been able to whip out your camera and get stunning shots as the GT-40 burbled by? So much to ponder.
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    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    You know, we never see classics, other than Ferraris, on the road in Connecticut.


    That is so cool.

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    Image of SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R) SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R)
    04/15/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Oh no my friend, you just have to look in some unlikely places. Get over to Automotive Restorations in Stratford (just NE of Bridgeport) and bring a change of pants.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    04/15/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: I sympathize, but not entirely so. I played tag recently with a Series I E-type on Merritt Parkway.


    I also saw a brown TR7 at the I-91/I-84 interchange but I'm not sure that counts.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/15/09

    @SlowMo: I forgot about that place. And we have Dragone in Bridgeport as well. I drive by them everyday. We don't see them on the road though.


    @brandegee: I always see new exotics.

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    Image of Telecustom Telecustom
    04/15/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Just have to get out and take a look, especially now that the weather's nice. MG's and Triumphs were so abundant last weekend in Milford I thought there was a meet going on somewhere near. Strangely, they were all running and rust-free to the naked eye.


    Don't know if I'm going to top seeing a Bricklin and a Jag XK120 in the parking lot of SBC at the same time, though.

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    04/15/09

    @Telecustom: Yeah right, at SBC? In Milford or Southport?
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    04/15/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Are you kidding???? There's a dealership named Dragone? You gotta go get some pictures for Jalopnik!
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/15/09

    @brandegee: There's a Series I E-type with a flat tire that's been in a parking lot on Frenchmen Street for at least a year now.


    It's the saddest thing I've ever seen.

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    04/15/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: [www.dragone.com]


    really isn't as impressive as you might think :/

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/15/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Oh yeah. They got beat for a few million in some vintage Ferrari scheme a few years ago. Great classic car dealership.


    You know what, in a few weeks, when I'm done with school, I'll go take some pics.

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    04/15/09

    @Telecustom: Wrong one. They own that dealership too though. Their classic car dealership is on Main Street in Bridgeport. They also do restorations.
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    Image of cq is experimental cq is experimental
    04/15/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: It has a twin, too. I saw two of them there one night, the other was green....


    Oh and my new neighbor has a 69 911. Parked outside on the street!

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/15/09

    @cq is experimental: I think I've seen its twin, too, but it seems to move, thankfully. Two nonfunctioning E-types in the same place could lead a man to terrible things.


    '69 is more than old enough for a 911 to be awesome. Now I'm gonna have to circle every street within two blocks of my workplace looking for it, geez.

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    04/15/09

    @cq is experimental: Oh, and I think that green Impala lives on Carrollton somewhere, I've seen it parked a few times. From the looks of it you found it on Magazine?
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    04/16/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: It was near felicity - I keep seeing it by that giant white caddy.


    It might work on carrolton, or there is a second one?

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    04/16/09

    @cq is experimental: Maybe so, but that's pretty uncanny.
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    Image of RegalRegalia RegalRegalia
    04/15/09

    In reply to Jalopnik Guide to Meeting Your Boss's Boss in Petrolhead Style
    the real question is what everyone in the background is looking at.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/15/09

    @RegalRegalia: True. What can possibly be more interesting than the GT40?


    He's not in France, so it is not as if there is a mime performing on the corner.

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    Image of Pew Pew BOOM Pew Pew BOOM
    04/15/09

    @RegalRegalia: Some football star, perhaps. By football, I mean soccer.
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    04/15/09

    @RegalRegalia: answer
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    04/15/09

    @I have a cat that can beat me up: I think football is the most worthless sport. And by football, I mean soccer.


    I could kick Beckham's ass. He can't even use his hands.

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    04/15/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: TWO GT40s.
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    04/15/09

    @Mobius_1: Survey says: Good Answer!
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    04/15/09

    @RegalRegalia: They're not looking AT something, they're conveniently "looking the other way" so as not to witness the inevitable burnout and burglar alarm rattle sensor check.
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    04/15/09

    @RegalRegalia: Sorry. I'll try to keep it in my pants.
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    Image of RoninianHoon RoninianHoon
    11/14/08

    In reply to ForbesAutos.com Staff Laid Off, I Start Saying Nicer Things To Ray Wert, Nick Denton
    Who farted man, that shit stinks!
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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    11/14/08

    In reply to ForbesAutos.com Staff Laid Off, I Start Saying Nicer Things To Ray Wert, Nick Denton
    OK, the conference room appears to be empty. Go in and sit down. I just have a quick video for you to watch and then we'll continue your training session.
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    11/14/08

    In reply to ForbesAutos.com Staff Laid Off, I Start Saying Nicer Things To Ray Wert, Nick Denton
    Why did Forbes have an auto section anyway? Does anyone really think Teve Torbes drives himself around?


    On second thought, watch him be one of those millionaires who commutes in a ten-year-old Tercel.

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    Image of pres pres
    11/14/08

    @Jeb_Hoge:


    Or an '84 Volvo 240 Wagon.


    In maroon.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/14/08

    @pres: Yes, but those are actually cool.


    Well, anticool.

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