Ross Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, editor said: Easy solution: Make a $250 bounty available to inspection stations that catch people with vehicles modified to roll coal. The inspection station gets $250. The state pays for it by sending a ticket to the owner for $300. I'm not an expert, but it's my understanding that the process of removing and re-installing the equipment to roll coal isn't worth the effort each year. I like the way Australia does it. Get caught by the police with bad equipment, removed equipment, etc, and your car gets a sticker that says it can't be driven on the road. Get caught driving it before it's fixed, and the penalties go way up. Another thing they do is anyone caught going 20mph over the limit gets their car towed and impounded for 28 days, then and there. Getting home is up to the driver, but without the car. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Self driving car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 On 5/14/2022 at 12:03 PM, hindesky said: Self driving car. Self-driving cars are surprisingly common in Nevada. It even has special license plates for them: A couple of times when I would request a Lyft, the app would ask if I'm OK with a self-driving car. Unfortunately, answering "yes" doesn't guarantee that one will arrive, so I ended up with regular Lyfts all the time. But at my old office, my window looked out onto a busy intersection, and I'd see them lined up all the time. Again, you can tell by the license plates and the extra sensors all over them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 On 5/14/2022 at 12:03 PM, hindesky said: Self driving car. It’s a Hyundai Ioniq 5, already on sale. You may have caught the N performance version that will be released later on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Saw my first Rivian pickup, they had to turn around on McKee St. due to the train. https://rivian.com/r1t 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 I added "→ 2022" to this thread title so that we can start a fresh thread each year and not eventually end up with a 200-page thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) On 7/23/2022 at 1:37 PM, hindesky said: Saw my first Rivian pickup, they had to turn around on McKee St. due to the train. https://rivian.com/r1t I was behind one the other morning driving to work - it was still dark out, so the band of lights front and rear really stood out....they must have been lost though, they were driving about 40mph on the highway !! Edited July 25, 2022 by HoustonMidtown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 I've been by this building before due to the cool murals on the outside of it but it was always on a Sunday so it was closed. Big Dawg Customs, he invited me in to check them out. https://www.instagram.com/big_dawg_customs/ 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Guy was taking pics of the car he is going to sell, I think he said it was an '87 or '89 model, asking price is $60,000. It was in great shape. I offered to take a few and email them to him. He said he has a shop on Leeland St. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 In the early 80's someone in Montrose had a flashy red Mercedes roadster. At least they had a sense of humor; the licence plates read GAUCHE. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 12:37 PM, HoustonMidtown said: I was behind one the other morning driving to work - it was still dark out, so the band of lights front and rear really stood out....they must have been lost though, they were driving about 40mph on the highway !! I saw one of those, and I said "wtf is that". Then I saw one of the new "Mustangs", and I said I wanted off this clown earth. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said: Then I saw one of the new "Mustangs", and I said I wanted off this clown earth. You mean the Mach-E? I find the fact that someone decided it would be a good idea to make a Mustang SUV far more heinous than the fact that it's an EV. The real harbinger of the automotive apocalypse is the Ferrari Purosangue, which you will note they take great pains to refer to as a "four-door four-seater", as opposed to an SUV. They can call it what they like, but the pics say otherwise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 On 11/17/2022 at 6:55 PM, mkultra25 said: You mean the Mach-E? I find the fact that someone decided it would be a good idea to make a Mustang SUV far more heinous than the fact that it's an EV. The real harbinger of the automotive apocalypse is the Ferrari Purosangue, which you will note they take great pains to refer to as a "four-door four-seater", as opposed to an SUV. They can call it what they like, but the pics say otherwise. that made my soul hurt. The ONE THING a Ferrari is NOT supposed to be is practical. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 On 11/17/2022 at 4:55 PM, Tumbleweed_Tx said: I saw one of those, and I said "wtf is that". Then I saw one of the new "Mustangs", and I said I wanted off this clown earth. I decided long ago that if I am ever serious about getting a mustang, I'm going to take what I would have paid for a new one and buy as old a one as possible and put whatever is left into restoring it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 On 11/3/2022 at 4:27 PM, hindesky said: Guy was taking pics of the car he is going to sell, I think he said it was an '87 or '89 model, asking price is $60,000. It was in great shape. I offered to take a few and email them to him. He said he has a shop on Leeland St. Did you take these picture while on a bike ride? Cause if you're tooling around with a drone strapped on the back of your bike that's a whole higher level of awesome. 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, august948 said: Did you take these picture while on a bike ride? Cause if you're tooling around with a drone strapped on the back of your bike that's a whole higher level of awesome. 😃 No, I drove over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 20 hours ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said: that made my soul hurt. The ONE THING a Ferrari is NOT supposed to be is practical. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 17 hours ago, august948 said: I decided long ago that if I am ever serious about getting a mustang, I'm going to take what I would have paid for a new one and buy as old a one as possible and put whatever is left into restoring it. fortunately, every body panel for early mustangs are made by reproduction companies. You could almost build one from scratch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 5 hours ago, mkultra25 said: That should be their motto and on all their advertising... 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 17 hours ago, august948 said: That should be their motto and on all their advertising... 🤣 In Italian it sounds more like a weighty comment from an elder statesman. Given what they charge to add a prancing horse shield to a fender, I'm sure they'd find all sorts of ways to monetize such a motto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) On 11/3/2022 at 4:27 PM, hindesky said: Guy was taking pics of the car he is going to sell, I think he said it was an '87 or '89 model, asking price is $60,000. It was in great shape. I offered to take a few and email them to him. He said he has a shop on Leeland St. I'm pretty sure I've seen that car parked in his shop on Leeland, if it's the same place, he has a few nice classic Mercs. Edited December 27, 2022 by samagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 32 minutes ago, samagon said: I'm pretty sure I've seen that car parked in his shop on Leeland, if it's the same place, he has a few nice classic Mercs. Yeah, he mentioned he had a shop on Leeland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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