When it rains...

Started by Pilgrim, February 18, 2015, 08:13:58 PM

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dadagoboi

#15
February 21, 2015, 05:57:32 AM
Congrats, Al.  Enjoy it!

In a parallel universe I'm driving one of these:

Lightyear

#16
February 21, 2015, 09:30:03 AM
Quote from: Pilgrim on February 20, 2015, 09:20:37 PM
Got it home - through a night with snow spitting, rain falling, stop and go 5:00 traffic...it was a long 70 miles.  Here it is just before I tackled the paperwork - that setting sunlight really washed out my face...but there's a smile in there.

It drives beautifully!  What a nicely poised, driver's car BMW makes.  And it got 27 MPG on the way home even though the first 15 miles was stop-and-go, and the rest was at speeds from 60 to 80.  That BMW straight six is one sweet engine.



Sweet ride!  But, damn, is that thing purple!? :o :P

Pilgrim

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February 21, 2015, 11:02:26 AM Last Edit: February 21, 2015, 11:27:55 AM by Pilgrim
And for my and Mark's benefit, it's dark red with a grey interior.  Cougar colors as a bonus!

Quote from: dadagoboi on February 21, 2015, 05:57:32 AM
Congrats, Al.  Enjoy it!

In a parallel universe I'm driving one of these:



That is FANTASTIC!!!!!   I'm a big Alfa fan, and that has to be one of the most unusual cars in the country!

I have much lust in my heart for the new Alfa 4C:

"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

dadagoboi

#18
February 21, 2015, 12:23:21 PM
Quote from: Pilgrim on February 21, 2015, 11:02:26 AM
That is FANTASTIC!!!!!   I'm a big Alfa fan, and that has to be one of the most unusual cars in the country!

They're actually selling the 4C in the US...unfortunately NOT the 159, which went out of production a few years ago.  But in some alternate reality I'm driving one. ;D

Pilgrim

#19
February 21, 2015, 12:57:26 PM
Yup, I like those alternate realities too  8)
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

Highlander

#20
February 21, 2015, 03:35:10 PM
Quote from: Lightyear on February 21, 2015, 09:30:03 AM... But, damn, is that thing purple!? :o :P

Buzz...! How could you...!  :mrgreen:
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Pilgrim

#21
February 21, 2015, 04:21:45 PM
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

Lightyear

#22
February 21, 2015, 07:35:30 PM
Quote from: Pilgrim on February 21, 2015, 04:21:45 PM


Mea culpa!  On closer inspection it is most most certainly MAROON!!!!  Pilgrim has switched his loyalties! :o ;D

HOWDY DAMN IT!!!!
:) Now crawling back under my rock.........  Still a purty car though!

Pilgrim

#23
February 21, 2015, 07:50:42 PM
As it happens, my PhD was earned at Texas A&M, so maroon would be within the acceptable color range. Whether this is maroon or red depends on the light. BMW calls it Barbera red, so I'll go with that.

I'm heartily tired of the white, black and silver cars which predominate today, so I'm very pleased this is a different color!
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

nofi

#24
February 22, 2015, 09:49:39 AM
"whadda' maroon", larry fine. wonder where he got his phd from. :o
"life is a blur of republicans and meat"- zippy the pinhead

Lightyear

#25
February 22, 2015, 10:22:39 AM
Quote from: Pilgrim on February 21, 2015, 07:50:42 PM
As it happens, my PhD was earned at Texas A&M, so maroon would be within the acceptable color range. Whether this is maroon or red depends on the light. BMW calls it Barbera red, so I'll go with that.

I'm heartily tired of the white, black and silver cars which predominate today, so I'm very pleased this is a different color!

Me too.  When we bought my wife's new Forester a while back it was a new model and they had very few coming in to the dealership - 6 out of ten were sliver and of the balance three of the remaining four were white. We had to order up one of the green ones that my better half wanted.  Understandably this is south Texas and light colored cars make sense but I do tire of light colors.

drbassman

#26
February 26, 2015, 11:55:58 AM
That is so cool Al!!!!  A race wagon, how unique.  You, too Carlo!  What slick rides you guys have.  I'm gonna have to drive the GT tomorrow to get over my envy! 8)
I'm fixin' a hole where the rain gets in..........cuz I'm built for a kilt!

Highlander

#27
February 26, 2015, 01:17:02 PM
Which of you lot has got the vintage Porsche they were doing up...?
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Pilgrim

#28
February 26, 2015, 01:31:44 PM
Quote from: Highlander on February 26, 2015, 01:17:02 PM
Which of you lot has got the vintage Porsche they were doing up...?

Not me. The honor goes to Herr Doktor William.
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

Highlander

#29
February 27, 2015, 01:03:05 AM
Thought it woz... envy is a fickle beast, Bill... ;)
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...
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