In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
Volkswagen special tool required
Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) said:
This ought to go in the rants thread, but I'm too unmotivated to track it down and this meme reminded me of it so I'm just going to post it here...
Yesterday was a beautiful day. My son had baseball practice, so I decided to get out the convertible - which is also a 1964 Corvair - and take the kids to the park in that. It's been sitting all winter, so I check the fluids, fire it up, inflate the tires to their proper pressures (20 psi front, 35 psi rear, because thank you lazy berkeleying stoned 1960's GM engineers), clean off the whitewalls, and away we go. And the drive to the park is great.
On the way home, this black Nissan (Sentra? Altima? Minima? IDFK) gets behind me, filling my rearview mirror. And I get that nervous pit in my stomach, because Nissan driver stereotypes exist for a reason. I lose him in the traffic circle and get a few miles down the road when I have to make a left turn. There's oncoming traffic, so I have to stop in my lane and wait with my left indicator on for a gap to make my turn. And here comes Mr. Nissan roaring up behind me. I'm watching him get closer in the rearview mirror, hoping he pulls off to the right to go around me, like he's supposed to (there's a temporary lane there just for that purpose) but he doesn't. What he does do, is slam on the brakes, stop right behind me, while an 18 wheeler tanker truck flies around him on the right lane. At this point, the oncoming traffic clears and I make my left turn, and the Nissan continues on straight.
There were about a dozen ways that scenario could have gone very wrong. Thankfully, none of them happened. But seriously, berkeley you Mr. Nissan driver, for ruining my evening.
I checked when I got home. Both brake lights were working perfectly, as were my turn signals and running lights. I installed brand new reflectors, sockets, and LED bulbs last year, so they're pretty freaking bright, too. I've thought about adding a CHIMSL, but there's not really a good place. Perhaps I should just magnet big old berkeleying trailer lights to the top of the engine lid.
Meme for memeyness:
In reply to volvoclearinghouse :
Not to be a d*ck, but isn't that the clutch and brake? If it's anything like me try to take a screenshot, the first time I try I always press the wrong volume button and my phone just shuts off the screen.
A mid-Atlantic meme...
In reply to Old_Town :
A temple belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, with Walt Disney world superimposed in front of it...
Yeah, I don't get it.
Old_Town said:A mid-Atlantic meme...
On the Beltway there is an overpass with that building looming in the immediate background.
For years the bridge had SURRENDER DOROTHY spray painted on it.
Recon1342 said:In reply to Old_Town :
A temple belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, with Walt Disney world superimposed in front of it...
Yeah, I don't get it.
Nothing about the Magic Kingdom and an iconic amusement park fixture comes to mind?
This has probably already been posted here, maybe by me. I don't care, it's a good one.
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