The Benz is No More...

[edro]

I bet the new ride will be a hit down at the Retiree Bingo and Shuffleboard Hall.....

 

[VictorB]

I bet the new ride will be a hit down at the Retiree Bingo and Shuffleboard Hall.....

It has early bird special written all over it.

 

[SteveC]

Just wait until we get a Handicapped (can you say that any longer?) license plate for it.

 

[VictorB]

 

[lancpudn]

Its supposed to be dreary, its up't north!!

Now't but pigeons, whippets & rain.

*Checks outside window to be greeted by a dreary, dark, cloudy, (but surprisingly mild) London*

LOL All those signs painted on the motorway bridges coming up the M1 motorway must be reet saying 'It's grim up north'

 

[edro]

Just wait until we get a Handicapped (can you say that any longer?) license plate for it.

Make sure you get the tag, the rear view hangie down, AND the window stickers....

 

[edro]

It has early bird special written all over it.

There'll be thirty of em just alike in the Shoney's parking lot....

 

[mdubya]

I have a Sure Start I carry with me so I will never need it.

It has an air function, which I use regularly.

BTW - regular air is 78% nitrogen. So unless you are racing in a professional series, regular air will do just fine.

I thought tire pressure monitors would be just another thing that could go wrong with my car. But they have been great. And my tires cost a small fortune to replace, so I keep them inflated to the correct pressures so they will wear evenly and last as long as they can.

 

[Olds442]

That is precisely one of the main reasons why I didn't like many of the others, including the EV's.

I do not want to drive a fucking iPad on wheels.

those things are so confusing, huh?

 

[CB91710]

There'll be thirty of em just alike in the Shoney's parking lot....

Yep... better get an antenna ball so you can find it.

Grandma used a white plastic rose since it seemed like everyone had a "76" antenna ball.

 

[CB91710]

BTW - regular air is 78% nitrogen. So unless you are racing in a professional series, regular air will do just fine.

Yep.
But they argue "The oxygen molecules are smaller and will leak out!"
Yep... that is exactly how membrane type O2/N2 separators work. So you're telling me that after the air has been in my tires for a time, the oxygen will leak out and I'll be left with nitrogen without having to pay for it.
Win-Win

The only benefit "joe average" has in going pure N2 is it tends to be properly dry, which does reduce corrosion of the wheel. Gas station air is notoriously wet, particularly the self-serve stations that don't have service bays. At least those with service bays drain their tanks every night.

 

[Roxy13]

My parents had an orange '68 Camaro and it had the orange 76 antenna ball on it.

 

[SteveC]

those things are so confusing, huh?

As fuck - yes.

Three swipes, 4 menu layers, and 28 screen touches to turn on the fucking heated seats.

Pass. My youngest had a Model S, being the Z that she is, she loved it more than she loved me (I don't have a screen). Great driving car... fucking silly to do anything other than push the gas pedal, brake pedal, or steer it.

And, the glow from the 120" iPad in the center of the dash gave me a tan.

My parents had an orange '68 Camaro and it had the orange 76 antenna ball on it.

When we were kids we had the Atlantic Red Balls stacked up on our atnenna. We had the Gulf horse shoes stuck in the trunk back, and we had the inflatable Sinclair dinosaur on the read window deck.

Good times.

 

[mdubya]

Oh to have a '68 Camaro now!

Got any photos Roxy?

 

[Roxy13]

Oh to have a '68 Camaro now!

Got any photos Roxy?

I don't. My parents might, I don't know. It was a convertible with black interior. I was born in 68 so I was quite young when they had it but yet, I remember it. One thing I remember most was my mother's fear that my sister or I would jump out while it was moving. We were little, but not dumb

Although I bet my sister doesn't remember the car or my mom's worrying.

 

[Scooter2112]

I bet the new ride will be a hit down at the Retiree Bingo and Shuffleboard Hall.....

That “new car smell” is similar to piss and fish sticks.

 

[mdubya]

My car is notorious for having an absurd amount of buttons.

I wasn't sure if I would ever figure out what they all do.

I use about 75% of them. I love it.

Even the overhead console has them.

 

[Chester Drawers]

LOL All those signs painted on the motorway bridges coming up the M1 motorway must be reet saying 'It's grim up north'

M1!!!

Us Southerners pay to use the M6 toll to avoid those unsavoury Midlanders.

 

[SteveC]

My car is notorious for having an absurd amount of buttons.

I wasn't sure if I would ever figure out what they all do.

I use about 75% of them. I love it.



Even the overhead console has them.

I'd trade touch pad/screen bullshit for hard buttons all day long. I want an Apollo 13 control panel.

 

[mdubya]

I'd trade touch pad/screen bullshit for hard buttons all day long. I want an Apollo 13 control panel.

I am pathetic.

I sit there at night before shutting the motor off and think, "this is sooooo foo king cool!"