Thursday, March 05, 2020

I was behind this truck in commuter traffic this evening... wow, does that exhaust smell GOOD...


it's odd to realize, new cars are super quiet, and don't make smelly exhaust anymore. When I was a kid in the 70s, nothing was quiet, noting was odorless... everything on the road was noisy with burnt oil and gas exhaust smells

6 comments:

  1. I love those trucks... And the oil smell. Now those things with batteries are coming... Computers on wheels. Soon without drivers... Geez...

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  2. Just like my 1973 MGB. Oh the garage smells good when the B is in its bed.

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  3. I know, got passed by a Chevelle when I was in my work truck, and instinctively said 'he's running rich.' Can't remember the last time I noticed a car or truck running rich.

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  4. I was going up the Pacific Coast Highway a while back on my Triumph and what should I pass going the other way but a Norton Manxman!
    The intoxicating smell of Castrol R...sigh...

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  5. our 65 falcon Station Wagon is lowered and has a high compression 302 with a lumpy cam.
    makes your eyes water if you stand next to it.
    we drove it 500 miles each way to the Turkey Rod Run in Daytona for Thanksgiving and to Jackson Mississippi for Christmas

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