the real dark side

I managed to actually get in it without too much suffering, writing the
check was OK, as it was a good price, but...
driving it home was downright weird:
http://colevalley.net/940

Look at this way, at least one of these sledges has a motorcycle aware
driver at the wheel.
At least until the cast comes off....
Jim Stinnett
VTR1000 (wounded in action)
YZF R1
R1100RS
NX250
Volvo 940 SW eeeeek

 

Aren't you kinda old to be a yuppie? ;-)

The van parked behind it looks like my 1989 Dodge Caravan.

Bruce

 

Depends, since it was my generation that was yuppers. Of course I was a
dumpie...(downwardly mobile young profesional)

The calico Caravan is my neighbo'rs.

 

Kewl. Circumstances forced me to buy a new car, so I got a Honda Civic
Hybrid. Has about as much BHP (brochure horsepower) as the Ducati.

 

Oh yeah, way to piss off the locals!
Remember to check your blind spots for biker scum!


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Andrew
00 Daytona
00 Speed Triple
71 Kawi H1
05 Infant

 

been there, done that.......isn't the smell of spilt milk in a car
'special'.....especially when it's been down and come back up!

 

I once drove a friend's Volvo from his house to a Buddhist retreat in
the Santa Cruz Mountains. The drive was ... interesting. The Volvo
didn't have effective antisway bars and the dampers were knackered, so
in corners it had an interesting characteristic which explains why
Oldvos are driven slowly. As I made a turn, the car would lean, change
its steering geometry, and steer more tightly. It did not encourage
spirited driving.

But I remain steadfast in my vow: If someone smashes my little Civic and
I get very unBuddhist about my desires for cars, I will get an Oldvo. I
will fit it out with the stoutest antisway bars I can find, as well as
new shocks and whatever squishy suspension bits the aftermarket can
supply. That and alloy wheels and medium-sporty tires should make it
handle more linearly. Then I'll add bug bumpers from a pickup truck and
maybe customize the fenders with a baseball bat, and people will stay
out of my way or else.

Heh. Some Big Ol truck mirrors and huegass mud flaps would make the
thing a terror ... and enable me to spot and be civilized to
motorcycles.

Hmmm. Maybe I'll put an Animatronic Rottwiler in the back. I'll rig him
up with sonar or radar and make him snarl at tailgaters. Jesse James'
Monster garage has nothing on me!

 

My friend had a VW station wagon back in the day, in which a large
gopher snake vomited up a partially digested rodent of some sort, which
went undetected for days! (the snake was being transported elsewhere in
a pillowcase and it got out. We found it and released it.)

No matter what she did after that, the VW smelled like snake puke for
ever after. It's pretty nasty once it hits the air!

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Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC



"Comparing Scientology to a motorcycle gang is a gross, unpardonable
insult to bikers everywhere. Even at our worst, we are never as bad as
Scientology."
-ex-member, Thunderclouds motorcycle "club"

 

Why stop at a Rottie? Why not an animatronic cougar, or grizzly bear?

--
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Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC



"Comparing Scientology to a motorcycle gang is a gross, unpardonable
insult to bikers everywhere. Even at our worst, we are never as bad as
Scientology."
-ex-member, Thunderclouds motorcycle "club"

 

So that's why they're always off in a daze... driving while
meditating!