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05-21-2018, 08:57 PM | #1 | ||
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May 22nd, 2018: Royal Wedding
Oh my, a Royal Wedding, just thinking about it makes me so giddy I could puke.
The saving grace was the getaway car, a 1968 type E Jaguar which is one of the most beautiful cars ever built. It’s LEFT hand drive as a civilized car should be, but probably powered by British coal, as the blue color isn’t the only thing electric. Quote:
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05-22-2018, 02:55 AM | #2 |
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Electric, bride and blue.
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05-22-2018, 02:00 PM | #3 |
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A British electrical system?
Pass.
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05-22-2018, 02:24 PM | #4 |
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The electrics are from an unnamed technical partner so not necessarily British.
My objection is it will go zoom zoom, but not varoom varoom. The auditory is a large part of the experience.
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05-23-2018, 02:27 PM | #5 |
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Agreed. But, as I get older, I find that's mostly only true when it's my foot on the loud pedal.
Although there's something to be said for going fast really quietly. The Parentsdigr once had a 97 Le Sabre, that thing went like stink and barely made a sound.
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05-23-2018, 04:09 PM | #6 | |
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That was my Avis rental car for the duration of my first visit to the US in 1999. I'd booked something rather more modest, but when I arrived in Denver I was offered a deal whereby I paid a one grade increase for a two grades up car. On reflection, I suppose that meant they didn't have a car in the size I'd booked so a carrot was dangled in the form of the big Buick. Heavens knows how much more unnecessary expense I 'volunteered' for! However, it was comfortable, roomy and so new that it still had a temporary plate in the form of a sheet of paper taped in the rear window. Memory has faded somewhat, but I think that photo was taken somewhere in SD. I could probably narrow it down a bit given time, but it's late here.
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05-23-2018, 04:25 PM | #7 |
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I sent my folks to Hawaii as a Christmas gift. They had been there several times so knew where they wanted to go and what to do. They reserved a compact rental car but on arrival were offered a Caddy convertible for the same price. Pop said hell yeah but after one day and a couple of close calls returned that monster for a compact.
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Having had time to delve, I'm pretty sure that location is the Meriden rest area on US 85 in Wyoming, about forty five miles north east of Cheyenne.
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05-24-2018, 06:33 AM | #9 |
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Despite the lack of vroom noises I love the idea of rescuing beautiful old car designs by marrying them to modern power plants.
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05-24-2018, 05:16 PM | #10 |
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I had a '99 Le Sabre I loved that car.
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Yes just like that.
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05-27-2018, 03:59 PM | #15 |
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I'm jus' sayin'...
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