I saw things...

"Patrick Nichols" (pnichols) 07/27/2015 at 10:33 • Filed to: None

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... have no pics.

Well, because driving.

Anyways, I went to the cape this weekend and got back late last night. I sluggishly made my way to work this morning. Here are the things I saw in chronological order:

What I think was a Huracan stopped at a rest stop on Rt. 6 (the worst road in the world, more on that later). It was a nice shade of gun metal grey and had an older gentleman (in typical short sleeve button-up and khaki shorts) who was presumably the driver, that was clutching his back and bent over a bit. These are the dangers of being old, driving an exotic, and being in MA. Because potholes.

Nothing too interesting throughout the weekend. I’ve seen enough 911’s and Range Rovers/Cayennes for a life time.

A rather nice looking Aston Martin Vantage Convertible (no idea if it was the V12 or V8). I followed them all the way from rt. 6 in chatham/brewster to the I-93 split off rt. 3. They seemed to have perfected the art of tailgating the left lane hogs until they moved over to an appropriate lane. Nothing I like doing too much, but I did reap the benefits of.

Chevy Traverse ... I know but this one was completely debadged, including the center caps on the wheels. In the terrible shade of blue that Chevy makes available to the color blind customer. It looked like one of the cars they would use in commercials or TV shows where they have generic cars that any one of us could pick out but they don’t want to show their brand. Like this:

Ewwwwwwwwww.

What did you see this weekend?

Also I found this Saab while looking for the last image... mmmmmm (minus the hood scoops).

Edit: I forgot to say why Rt. 6 is the worst road in the country. It is because for like 13 miles it is only one lane and it is the only road that everyone uses to get to the cape... When it is two lanes it is filled with left lane hogs... Filled with potholes... The speed limit is only 50 (for the most part)... /endrant

thebigbossyboss > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 10:40

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Clearly you’ve never been on ON 17. Two lanes. Over 1200 miles long.

Patrick Nichols > thebigbossyboss 07/27/2015 at 10:41

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woof

KnowsAboutCars > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 10:41

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Not on weekend but I wish I had taken a photo of the mint 70’s GMC motorhome I saw last week.

fhrblig > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 10:44

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I *hate* that rear design on the Traverse. It’s as if they were about to turn in the final design and realized they completely forgot to do the back, and sketched this shit on a napkin at the last minute.

Patrick Nichols > fhrblig 07/27/2015 at 10:47

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It looks like it has angry eyes and a really small mouth. Like its mad at the designers for putting its face on its ass.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 10:47

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is’t it also know as death road or something? I was just down the Cape last weekend. I have a side job drawing an addition for a house down there. I left their house which was maybe 6 miles from the bridge. It took me about an hour to get to the bridge. In the picture below the entrance to the Canal is to the left just past the clump of trees. The area I was, and that clump of trees were two islands. When they built the canal the used some of the excavated material to create a causeway so you could drive to the two islands. Getting over that bridge is definitely a nightmare. this photo is taken from their BBQ/outdoor kitchen area

Patrick Nichols > OPPOsaurus WRX 07/27/2015 at 10:53

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I’ve heard people call the single lane stretch suicide something (alley, road, lane, etc.)

OPPOsaurus WRX > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 10:54

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yea that sounds closer. They really could use another bridge there.

Funktheduck > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 10:55

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Not this weekend but last week I saw a beige train accident (other working title beige runs a train on a juke).

A juke was rear ended. It was at a spot on a 2 lane road that people turn left onto a neighborhood often. Not sure how it started. Here’s the progression of the cars involved (arrows indicate direction of travel):

Juke<—new Corolla<— new Corolla <— newer Altima

thebigbossyboss > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 10:55

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Ha. Overtaking on that road is fun, I’ve had to over take huge things on that road. lol.

Patrick Nichols > Funktheduck 07/27/2015 at 10:56

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That poor Juke

carcrasher88 > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 10:57

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Wow...this looks very unsettling for some reason...

John_Harbinson > KnowsAboutCars 07/27/2015 at 11:19

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You wouldn’t happen to have seen that at a KOA campground, would you? I saw one a week or so ago in hot springs, Arkansas. Same exact color and everything.

KnowsAboutCars > John_Harbinson 07/27/2015 at 11:21

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Quite far away from that, in Finland. It had German plates so I’m assuming they were German tourists.

John_Harbinson > KnowsAboutCars 07/27/2015 at 11:40

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Oh. My. God. The movie Stripes is actually happening for real... Look for reports of an RV smashing through a guard post very soon.

AM > fhrblig 07/27/2015 at 13:03

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At least they attempted to fix it with the refresh:

fhrblig > AM 07/27/2015 at 13:12

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Yeah, the refresh helps. I’ll allow it.

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 17:02

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Not just saw, but rode in a ‘69 Chevy truck with a crate engine

Also, I revved a ‘71 Z28 with a loped cam idle. Could sit in it forever and indulge in the vibrations of the engine.