Just A Car Guy

Sunday, September 09, 2012

GQ magazine is printing nonsense

30. LEARN HOW TO DRIVE A STICK SHIFT. Every girlfriend I've ever had has the same two complaints about me: I'm not totally in touch with my feelings, and I can't drive a stick shift. I'm still working on the former, but I'm giving up on the latter. Because, seriously: Who cares? People tell you that a manual transmission makes you feel more in control of the car, more "at one" with the machine. I'm sure that's a neat sensation in a Bugatti. But I don't need to be more "at one" with a piece-of-shit Subaru. Not knowing how to drive a stick shift is one of those things that seem like a big deal when you're young but turn out to be pretty meaningless when you're older. Like trigonometry or Christmas.—Jason Gay

31. BLOG. Your audience at the company cafeteria is bigger than what you'll have on the Internet.

from the top 50 things in the GQ article "50 Things a Man Does NOT Need to Learn to Do" http://www.gq.com/entertainment/humor/200609/50-things-not-to-do-before-you-die-bucket-list

you have likely figured out I think this is nonsense

The 3rd annual Fiesta De Kustom Kulture car and low brow art show

this example of late 50's design is a good example of how the modern design copies the best of the old designs, and how the new side mirrors only seem to differ by being made of plastic, and are mounted on the door instead of the fender. I wonder if you had a better view with a mirror on the fender, or now have a better view with the mirror on the door

full gallery of this sweet shoebox at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/11/sllk-vic.html

this would feel strange to drive to me... and a cross wind would wreak havoc on driving

cool stop light

Here between the tires is a Bomonster sticker, and the booth they were stopping by is Bomonster's.

A full gallery of this tricked out Road Runner is at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/damn-nice-road-runner-with-better.html

Memo #64, or, did you know that the 1970 Plymouth Superbird was not legal to register in Maryland because of the lack of a front bumper?

https://www.facebook.com/hillcountrycarculture/posts/2177537018977296

Kong pinstriping a very small toy car, really nicely

rental car news

Hertz gets green lit to acquire Dollar and Thrifty car rental companies, which will build it to the 2nd largest car renting company with 720,000 cars, and 20% of the market

Enterprise is the worlds largest, with 1.2 million cars, 40% of the market

Enterprise also owns Alamo and National Car rental.

So if you are looking to research who has the best rates, it might follow that the Hertz companies are less expensive than the Enterprise companies.

The other big rental car company is the Avis group, with %18.5 of the market

Hertz has been in business since 1918, and Enterprise since 1957 has only been run by the original boss, and turned it over to his son.

info via http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/sep/09/hertz-deal-no-roadblock-to-enterprise-analysts/

rare license plate... Richard Petty had a sponsor around 1970 that gave out these Superbird plates

thanks Jay!

in 1981, a 16 year old talked his mom into cosigning for his first car... a Superbird that was in parts. Coolest mom ever award recipient if I had my way

Now restored and veteran of a cross country cruise, the 60,000 mile Superbird was in pieces when a 16 year old kid found it, talked his mom into co-singing a loan for it, and then he sorta had it running but mostly stored for the next 22 years. 1984-2006

He then got the ambition to get it right and get it on the road.. and relied on the help of his buddy that had been with him to pick it up on day one. Now that friend is a mechanic, and mostly responsible for getting everything in running condition, so reliable that the 2 weeks on the road were trouble free.

full story at http://brcook.com/id6.html and use the left hand side bar for the links to the other pages of this story, and the Superbird info Brennan has collected