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Flashman

You are chortling in your glee! And spinning dead authors in their graves. I'm thinking you use a similar chemical inspiration as Mr. Baruth.

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"Rear engine mounts designed to aim the engine downward and away from the passenger compartment in a crash", followed by: "Rear engine mounts designed so the engine would be forced to slide down under the car in a frontal impact"

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I love to see Canadian firms at the forefront of automotive technology. And those who write about them.

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"...basely (in name only) ..." Basely? Le Manus?

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I love the shift lights on the Stradale's steering wheel rim.

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How long did it take you to write tha poetic last paragraph?

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Too bad McLaren's fortune is at the point where it's selling off its history.

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I doubt Tiger owned (or paid for) the Genesis he totalled. He's a celebrity.

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At the risk of repeating others' points, it doesn't matter whether you drive a 2CV or an F1. If it makes you happy, that's cool, regardless of what anybody else thinks.

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Common knowledge has it that Ferraris are quirky, fragile, and expensive. I'm interested in seeing whether your experience mirrors this or if common knowledge is wrong.

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"Driving can be more fun that working".

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"...differential s standard..."?

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"...to add a bit a of..."; "...for example, t recall...". Where's your proof reader?

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Yet another window into the word of automobiles. Thanks for the variety.

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"...it needed to out..."; "...because years ago I’d yanked it out of a 2002 years ago since...". Sloppy.

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Sometimes I wonder what chemical inspiration you employ. It sure is a trip to read these.

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"Three Volvo wagons will unattainable..." Missing "be".

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"...he droped back..."?

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"...world state..."? Perhaps you mean world stage.

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More cogent, insightful, iconoclastic, and incisive social commentary, peppered with wit and obscure-to-some references, tangentially-related to automobiles. I always have a great time with you (how many have ever told you that)?

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This is not a sentence: "Wheels come in three designs, two of which (the third is a combo black-and-silver affair, shown here on a Dark Verdant V-6 model)."

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I love your recognition of and insight into a certain kind of age-related parallax.

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"... in the works in the works ..."

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I don't have a military background, which is probably why I enjoy your insight (and how you apply it) so much.

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Fire your headline writer and hire a copy editor.

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"...33-cubic-inch..."?

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Maybe the clerk would have believed Jansen if he'd given the serial number as 1281.

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This whole piece seems like something carelessly slapped together on a Monday morning; too many errors to list. I wonder how closely-related Aston Martin's Cosworth engine is to Gordon Murray's?

Flashman · ‎26-06-2021

I love the phrase "...vomitous aftermarket wheels". Since you are a professional writer with higher standards than most, be careful when you use a foreign idiom. It's née, not neé. In fact, in these days of politically-correct non-gender-specific labels, I might even argue it could be né.

Flashman · ‎25-06-2021

Interesting car alright, in an ugly sort of way.

Flashman · ‎21-06-2021

That's Olivier Lombard.

Flashman · ‎19-06-2021

How interesting! Please continue to keep us apprised of this odyssey.

Flashman · ‎17-06-2021

Great story, but I would have enjoyed it more if you knew the difference between it's and its. Or maybe it's just your style guide; its advice could be misleading.

Flashman · ‎17-06-2021

I love the phrase "...Stellantis (Chrysler’s CURRENT corporate parent)". (Emphasis mine).

Flashman · ‎17-06-2021

Ford didn't shock Ferrari at leMans; more like steam-rollered them.

Flashman · ‎17-06-2021

While this level of detailed description may appeal to some, it almost appears Hagerty is shilling for Barrett-Jackson.

Flashman · ‎16-06-2021

Check the caption on the fourth picture.

Flashman · ‎14-06-2021

"...25,000. As in, twenty-grand."?

Flashman · ‎14-06-2021

I've never owned a car with an automatic transmission. Efficiency and superiority have been the reasons. However, the double-clutch-type are better in every way than either manual or automatic. My next car will have one. Engagement (not an intentional pun) is highly overrated (I came to this conclusion during my 35-minute-commute in city traffic). I won't miss manuals when they're gone, and I won't feel like I'm no longer in some secret society with an arcane handshake. Time marches on; things tend to improve.

Flashman · ‎12-06-2021

An excellent overall read, tangentially-connected to car culture, albeit with a tortuous sentence or two "(...including Phil Ochs, but only to the extent Ochs might not have been being totally ironical)". Sensitive artistic girls, unrequited/unreturned love are evergreen themes.

Flashman · ‎11-06-2021

As always, you express a thoughtful provocative opinion. I'm not sure I'd position it as class warfare, though. I've always felt you shouldn't take more of anything than you need, but "need" is very subjective. BTW, my favourite tourist trap is Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn, in Alaska. I did not buy the t-shirt.

Flashman · ‎10-06-2021

So, the 6-cylinder engine came out of nowhere?

Flashman · ‎08-06-2021

"...the new the Transcontinental Express..."

Flashman · ‎08-06-2021

How many rear fog lamps and aftermarket bumpers?

Flashman · ‎08-06-2021

It's always a pleasure to take a trip in your imagination.

Flashman · ‎08-06-2021

"...four-0door hardtop"?

Flashman · ‎05-06-2021

When you say "...the turn of the century...", should I assume you mean the 20th century?

Flashman · ‎03-06-2021

You're displaying an unhealthy obsession with Friends. To much time in quarantine?

Flashman · ‎03-06-2021

They've been running an excellent IndyCar race on the streets of Toronto for awhile now.

Flashman · ‎02-06-2021

Another interesting well-researched gem, but you might want to revist the word order in "...that in sometime 1959..."