"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
09/07/2018 at 10:36 • Filed to: Interesting cars at work
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"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
09/07/2018 at 10:36 • Filed to: Interesting cars at work | 2
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Today on my drive to work I found myself behind this van for a business that sells defibrillators, and does CPR training. The slogan: “Our Business is Shocking.” I nearly died laughing at that, but at least if I did, there would be a defibrillator nearby.
I also so my first Regal Sportback out in the wild. I’m sure if I still lived in Wisconsin, land of many Buicks, I would’ve seen one long ago. But here in DC, Buick still has a long way to go.
I’ve seen a lot more Kia Stingers running around here than Regal Sportbacks. Not a ton of Stingers mind you, but they’re out and about. This particular Sportback had Tennessee plates so it was either just passing through town, or a rental.
Technically this picture is from yesterday, but it’s a survivor E39 525i wagon in a nice shade of metallic green, with !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! deep dish mesh wheels.
It had a “Keep Portland Weird” sticker on the passenger side cargo area window, but this style of Maryland license plate was phased out in the year 2000 , which means they’ve had this or some other car registered in Maryland since some time in the 90s.
And last but not necessarily least, when I arrived at work, I saw this Chrysler 300 in a shade of blue very similar to my own car. It caught my eye thanks to the angry sporty front bumper with lower lip spoiler built in, and its lack of front plate, as the automotive deities intended.
Last on e: a Stone Cold Steve Austin !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in vanity plate form.
Wheelerguy
> Textured Soy Protein
09/07/2018 at 10:47 |
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Oh the shit I’d pull to get that wagon...
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Textured Soy Protein
09/07/2018 at 10:49 |
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Hot take: The 300 is a nice car.
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/07/2018 at 10:53 |
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I agree with you , and on one condition: Only if it has the 5.7 Hemi.
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/after-years-of-getting-meh-cars-best-rental-car-i-have-1828099869
facw
> Textured Soy Protein
09/07/2018 at 11:05 |
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Looks like that MD plate could have been issued as late as 2004.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Maryland
The shield design was used until 2010, but newer ones would have started with a number rather than a letter.
Regardless it is a lot better looking than the current bus y-looking crap MD is issuing.
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Textured Soy Protein
> facw
09/07/2018 at 11:10 |
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You know, somehow I thought the www.maryland.gov script was added to the bottom earlier than it actually was. Still, it ain’t new.
The War of 1812 plates weren’t terrible aesthetically, but it was kinda like, “why the hell are we commemorating the war of 1812 on our license plates?”
The current Maryland Flag plates are pretty dumb. I don’t mind how it looks on my car because I have a flush-mount tag frame and the colors go well with the color of my car.
But on most cars with boring colors and/or no tag frame or dealer tag frame, it looks like garbage. I’ve been meaning to take a bunch of pictures of Maryland flag plates for an upcoming rant about that.
Ash78, voting early and often
> Textured Soy Protein
09/07/2018 at 11:14 |
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Around here, people often use the painted first letter on the vanity plate as part of the message.
So I read that as “Turtlesnake”
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facw
> Textured Soy Protein
09/07/2018 at 11:14 |
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War of 1812 makes some degree of sense for MD, when you consider that one of high-points of the war was the successful defense of Fort McHenry.
My least favorite MD plate is this one:
(which I first saw on a y ellow Lamborghini on the MLK in Baltimore)
diplodicus
> Textured Soy Protein
09/07/2018 at 11:31 |
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Those look like Style 5s to me.
http://felgenkatalog.auto-treff.com/?felge=52