Why isn't there a Driving sub-forum or whatever?

[SamIam]

6-speed manual transmission? Wow! The most I've ever driven was a 5 speed. That thing must zip!

When I was 17, I inherited my Dad's 57 Chevy Biscayne, fins and all. I loved that car! Back then the Front Range of Colorado wasn't nearly so populated, and I could drive 90mph all the way to Denver on Interstate 25 and hardly see another car.

If you want to have fun with a Suburu - either 4 wheel or all wheel drive - there's nothing like Wolf Creek Pass in mid to late May just before all the tourists start coming. The curves on that pass are so sweet to drive in a little Suburu that will stick as tight as a tick to the road. One time years ago, I was driving over Wolf Creek and encountered first one other Suburu and then a second one. The three of us fell into a little convoy, over taking slower vehicles one at a time and then falling back into formation again and speeding over that Pass faster than most folks would ever dare to drive it. When we hit Pagosa Springs at the bottom of the Pass, we all smiled and waved to one another and went our seperate ways. That was a great day to be alive.

[xoxoxoBruce]

That's a '59, Sam.

[SamIam]

Heh! The only other person around here to know the difference between a 57 and 59 Chevy. But are you sure? I could swear the one my dad let me have was a 57. But it definately had fins like the one pictured. Either way, I'll always have fond memories of that thing. Gas was what? 25 cents a gallon? Who cared if you were driving a gas guzzler? My, how times have changed.

[ZenGum]

No MBA designed that thing.

[classicman]

snort

[xoxoxoBruce]

Yeah, I'm sure. This is my '57.

[plthijinx]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

....Years ago I heard most private pilot accidents came around the 100 hr mark..

more like 500. reasoning is this, when pilots are new, they're fresh. when they have around 500 they're complacent. i agree with the latter. seen it too much.

[Lamplighter]

Complacency is exactly the point.

My Grandson has been driving 100 miles round-trip to work
2 days/week and 60 miles round trip 3 days/week for college.
His first ticket (30 in a 20 mph school zone) was about 4 weeks
into the semester,
and he admitted to the cop he was just not paying attention.

His trips had become routine, but his driving habits were not yet set in stone.

The $300 fine did get his attention.

[jimhelm]

I took a leak in wolf creek..... pass.

Sounds like a country song.

I used to have a picture of that.

... there should be a T shirt


Sent using magic.

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yeah, I'm sure. This is my '57.

That looks like a Chevy Bel Air to me, not a Biscayne. Bel Air's were slightly less outrageous in the fins department. Look at the huge fins on my Biscayne pic compared with your Bel Air's more modest ones.

[kerosene]

The Biscayne was made from years 1958-1972 , according to Wikipedia. Also, the picture they show of a 1958 model looks more like Bruce's Belair pic. If you scroll down a little there is a picture of a 59, which looks like the one you pictured with the extravagant fins.

[Sundae]

Sam, Sam, Sam...
This is Bruce you're dealing with here.

I'd believe him if he said the woman I call Mum wasn't biologically connected to me.
(well, I've hoped it before!)

[Griff]

Cellar rule #7: Do not argue Chevy minutia with Bruce.

[SamIam]

OK, OK, OK - I'll concede that my Chevy Biscayne must have been a '59, but I won't back down on the Belair thing. Bruce's pic was of a Belair NOT a Biscayne.

[ZenGum]

Sam's car: horizontal tail fins = dolphin.
Bruce's car: vertical tail fins = shark.

Simple, really.