How My Citroën Got From France To L.A. Via Connecticut

"Jonee" (Jonee) 09/20/2018 at 13:13 • Filed to: Citroën, Import

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Hey look, my Citroën has finally made it to Hollywood! A year after I bought it in France. And, eleven months after it was delivered to my parents’ place in Connecticut, it finally made it across another continent to sunny Southern California. Some of this story was posted here as part of a post I did for Live and Let Diecast, but this is the full tale of how it got here.

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The reason it spent so long in Connecticut is because that’s where I registered it since it’s not old enough to be smog exempt in California. Connecticut has no such concerns apparently. But, that doesn’t mean they’re not strict about other things. Like working brake lights and windshield washers.

Last December I went back to New England to take care of the registration. I knew that was going to involve a VIN inspection, so I had to get a temporary registration in order to drive it an hour away to the DMV that does the VIN thing. After an eternity in the DMV, they decided they didn’t like my paperwork and I had to go back to customs to get a goddam stamp proving that it had actually gone through customs. Which didn’t make sense to me since I couldn’t be in possession of it if it hadn’t cleared customs. This wasn’t going to be the first such snafu.

DMV 1 was then satisfied with the new stamp on customs form 1501 and gave me a temporary registration. At this point I figured I was in the clear, but never count your government bureaucracy chickens. A few days later, my father and I made the trek to New Haven to get the VIN inspection done. It was 25 degrees and the tiny air-cooled 36 horsepower Citroën flat twin took most of the morning to get up to running temp. Despite this, it trundled up the Merritt Parkway like a champ. We even passed a few cars much to the amazement of my dad.

When we got to the inspection station, they told us it was going to have to have a “courtesy” inspection which is a safety check. I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me that they would want to make sure the car was “safe,” but it didn’t. I mean, it’s a teeny little French tin can, it’s already unsafe. But, sure enough, they checked all the lights, the horn, the wipers, etc. And that’s when I found out my washer pump didn’t work. And my brake lights didn’t always come on. Uh oh!

Then they went and checked my paperwork again, the bastards. They really earn their pay at the Connecticut DMV. My nice, newly stamped customs form 1501 didn’t actually have the car’s VIN on it. And now they wanted letters from the Department of Transportation, and the EPA stating the car was legal to import. Which, again, it wouldn’t have passed through customs and got into my possession if it wasn’t legal to import, I thought. But, I guess illegal cars get through somehow all the time or they wouldn’t be confiscating all those GT-R’s and Defenders. Except those cars are literally worth 50 times what a Citroën LNA is. Arrggh. I understood about the VIN and failing the courtesy inspection, but the DOT and EPA things weren’t mentioned on the DMV website, so I was in a pretty sour mood on the drive home. My father was more concerned about finding a Starbucks. “Just forget about registering it,” he told me. He doesn’t usually give up so easy, and I wasn’t about to.

So, the car went back in the barn, and I got to calling the customs broker I used when it it first got to America. The DOT and EPA don’t write “letters” about specific cars, but they do have forms you can get off their website with many legal sounding words on them. I’m not sure quite how the system is supposed to work, but the customs broker downloaded them, filled them out for me, and had them stamped by someone at Customs. I don’t think the original agencies were involved in this at all except for the one time I called the EPA and the guy told me about the form. He seemed surprised I was even asking like no one ever really needs that form. He didn’t tell me what I was really supposed to do with it. Anyway, the customs broker also put the VIN number on the other paper and mailed me everything. But, there was no way to fix the brake lights and windshield washer without ordering parts from France, so I had to return to L.A.

Since the LNA shared a lot of parts with other Citroëns and the Peugeot 104 on which it’s based, I didn’t think it would be too hard to find parts overseas. The washer pump, however, is the one thing they seemingly made out of unicorn tears. The button there is a combination wiper switch and manual washer pump. It twists to activate the wipers, and you push it to pump a tiny spritz of water onto the windshield. 37 years of water going through it has locked up the pump part, but the switch still worked. That whole button isn’t made any more and neither is just the pump part. I guess it was such a shitty design they abandoned it. So, I could install an electric pump and a switch, but that sounded like a pain in the ass. I was ready to just go the spray bottle route when I found that the Mehari used a solo pump button just like mine, but without the wiper part. And they make those.

Cool. And a brake light switch was easy to find. So, I was ready. I had to wait until May to go back to Connecticut once again, but this time would be the last. At least when it came to the LNA. I’ll still go visit my parents.

The weather was warm, I had a folder of stamped paperwork, a windshield washer pump, and a brake light switch. Let’s do this thing.

The parts were easy to install and fit perfectly in my “if it takes more than 10 minutes to fix, it ain’t worth fixin’” rule. When I went to pull it out of the barn, I realized I may have to put that rule to the test. The brakes were frozen. Ugh. Nothing is worse for an old car than sitting and 5 months in a barn weren’t kind to the poor LNA. The front calipers were pretty filthy and not being used for that long made them give up the ghost. Or, not give up on clamping the rotors. I was only going to be back east for a week. Where the hell was I going to find new calipers in that time for a 37 year old French car that was never sold here? “You’re fucked,” my dad said. Again with the encouragement.

Fortunately, the car world is smaller than the real world, and I remembered a guy who owned a Visa that I had met at a car show in Massachusetts once.

Maybe the only Citroën Visa in the U.S.

He had since moved to Tuscon, but he had a friend in New Jersey that was a Citroën expert who had worked on the Visa. Specifically, the brakes, and there was a spare pair of calipers at his place. The same ones the LNA used. An hour and a half away from my parents’ place. Incredible.

Citroën man lived way out in the sticks. My father told me practically his whole life story on the way including a hilarious tale about how his Hebrew teacher at the yeshiva once put a lit cigarette in his pocket to hide it from the school’s principal. A lot of people don’t realize how much of New Jersey is rural. And, as you can see, this guy’s filled his country yard with Citroëns of all kinds (that green S-Cargo belonged to a friend). He had a nice workshop full of parts including a newly rebuilt pair of brake calipers for Citroëns LNA and Visa. I presented them triumphantly to Dad. I traded my old ones for the new ones, and now just had to figure out how to get them installed.

Once more, my father was dubious. I don’t do brakes myself, but I had seen some old cars at a shop around the corner, so I figured I’d ask them. Replacing calipers on a car as basic as this should be easy for anyone who knows what they’re doing, and Frankie up there barely batted an eye when I asked him if he would work on a Citroën. So, in like two days, I went from being fucked to having working brakes.

We set out on one more trip to New Haven with the old man squeezed into the passenger seat, this time equipped with working brakes, brake lights, windshield washer pump, and a fistful of properly filled out and stamped forms from various government agencies, our stomachs filled with butterflies. It felt like our last shot at this. This time the guy in the inspection station was less a suspicious stickler and more an amused happy go lucky sort. He asked about the car and laughed at how hard it was for my dad to get out. He watched the brake lights light, watched the pump spritz, and gave a thumbs up. He barely glanced at the paperwork. It seemed like he was more counting how many there were rather than examining what they were. It was a big enough pile, so we got approved.

We then went into the main DMV building and were handed a pair of Classic Vehicle plates. Success! Now all I had to do was get it to California.

Cross country shipping can be a real pain in the ass. I went through like four brokers. All said they could do it for a certain price and then disappeared. Which is par for the course since they’re just bidding with other brokers to a limited pool of actual truckers. Shipping would be cheaper than doing it myself, though. Renting the truck and trailer and then gas, food, and lodging are twice what a carrier can do it for. And, driving it would have taken 10 days and probably lots of spare parts.

As it turned out, the calipers that came off my car originally were slightly different than the ones I got. The new ones have a dust shield that wasn’t on the old ones. So, the guy with the Visa didn’t want my old ones, and instead of buying him a dust shield equipped pair, I bought myself a new pair and swapped them with the ones I got from him. Only my mother burned the car’s clutch out driving back to the shop. Hahahahahaha!

So, then I had to order a clutch from France and mom, god bless her, paid to have it replaced. I don’t know if the clutch was on its last legs anyway, or my mother forgot how to drive stick, but whatever. Now it has a nice new clutch. And a third pair of calipers. But, now it’s all good, right? Except for the noisy wheel bearings, but I’ll worry about those when it gets here.

I ended up going with a broker who had some of the worst reviews online. After dealing with so many other lousy shipping companies, how bad could these guys be. He promised it would be picked up in a week. He hired a trucking company that also had the worst online reviews. Somehow, that combo worked because they picked it up right when they said they would and the trucker who got it called ahead of time and everything. Someone on Instagram happened to spot it on its way to the depot where it got on the big truck.

Four days later, it arrived here in L.A. Amazing. Either I was lucky, or you really can’t trust online reviews because people only post the bad ones.

It was no worse for wear and I couldn’t wait to start driving it. So I didn’t. And, that’s when I noticed the brakes were still acting funny. After driving around, they would start to drag. Huh. That would suck if these new calipers were bad. I was kind of stumped because everything was new. Hoses, calipers, even the master cylinder. Fortunately, with the help of a friend, we figured out that the new brake light switch was a little longer than the old one and didn’t let the pedal come all the way back. Pressure would build up in the master cylinder and the brakes would grab. So, a little adjusting and now they’re perfect. Finally. And I finally am cruisin’ Cali in a sweet Citroën.

At its first cars and coffee.

For Sweden > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 13:18

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Are you going to put California plates on it?  Would California even give you plates for it?

Babz > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 13:38

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Hey a LNA ! Nice ! Still has some pretty recent northern french plates on.

Jonee > For Sweden 09/20/2018 at 13:38

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Well, it would have to pass an emissions test which it never would, so it’ll keep the CT plates for the fore seeable future. Everything newer than model year 1976 has to be smog tested out here.

Jonee > Babz 09/20/2018 at 13:46

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It came from Lille, so it’s reppin’ Nord here in southern Cal.

someassemblyrequired > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 13:48

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How is it on the freeways? :D

Jonee > someassemblyrequired 09/20/2018 at 13:51

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It’s hilarious on the freeway.

someassemblyrequired > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 13:53

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Can you lanesplit with it in CA?

Jonee > someassemblyrequired 09/20/2018 at 14:07

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Haha. It’s not quite that small.

Jonathan Harper > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 14:13

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Sweet! Let me know if you’d be interested in doing a photo shoot with it! I’m in weho and love shooting weird old cars. 

functionoverfashion > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 14:17

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I love the picture of it next to the lifted Ford.

So, you can renew the CT plates, and don’t have to inspect it there? Because antique? Or because... you don’t care, you’re 3,000 miles away?

We had a similar time with paperwork, importing a car into Canada from Germany.

“What do I need to get my car from the port of entry? OK, got it.”

[drive all over Halifax getting paperwork in order]

“Here are the forms you said I needed, where’s my car?”

“Oh, no, you need THIS form.”

[take papers back, rearrange so requested form is on top ]

“OH! No, you need it stamped by THAT agency before you can do this step.”

“But I just talked to you half an hour ago...”

“...need that stamp...”

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 14:53

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Amazing! I love the styling on that little thing....looking forward to more posts about it! :D

Jonee > functionoverfashion 09/20/2018 at 14:55

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Haha. Yeah, that sounds like what I went through. What I noticed is that no one really knows exactly what the rules are, so everyone you see wants something different.

It’s old enough that Connecticut doesn’t need to inspect it again. So, yeah, I can just renew it without having to show up. But, Connecticut also doesn’t issue stickers or anything to prove it’s been renewed, so if I really want to be a scofflaw I could do nothing. They also aren’t doing titles right now. All I got was a registration paper.

Jonee > Jonathan Harper 09/20/2018 at 14:58

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Sure! It loves getting its picture taken.

Jonathan Harper > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 15:16

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What’s your email?

functionoverfashion > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 15:16

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haha well that’s about right.

This spring I hadn’t gotten around to getting my truck inspected, and it’s almost old enough not to need it, so I just scraped the sticker off until I could get it done.

Will you be able to get a title soon? Or are they just not concerned because of the age?

Jonee > functionoverfashion 09/20/2018 at 15:29

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I think they’re trying to save money by not printing titles. No one gets a title right now. I’m hoping I can request one at a later date. They told me if I ever sell it to just use a bill of sale, but that would make me dubious as a buyer. It’s not something I’ll need to worry about at least in the near future.

Jonee > Jonathan Harper 09/20/2018 at 15:29

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fuldamobil at gmail.

functionoverfashion > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 15:32

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That’s... bizarre. Like, if I bought a brand new whatever, I wouldn’t get a title? You have to request one? It seems... rather important. Like, how would a buyer know it’s free of liens?

Jonee > functionoverfashion 09/20/2018 at 15:38

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I have no idea. All they said was, “we’re not doing titles this year.” Maybe it’s only for used cars? Seemed weird to me, too. I think there’s another state that doesn’t issue titles as well. New Ham pshire, maybe?

TwoAngryCarbs > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 16:42

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I learned that with cars of this vintage, you’ll always be able to find parts of mechanical (fuel pumps, wheel bearings etc.) and safety nature (lights and so on) . Everything else will be unobtanium. I also recommend researching where the parts you order come from because you might burn yourself by buying a new part that will last shorter than the original one. Forums should provide good enough info.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 18:25

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Haha this is sweet! Hope to see it some day out here in LA then. What C&C do you usually go to?

Jonathan Harper > Jonee 09/20/2018 at 18:48

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Just sentya

Jonee > TwoAngryCarbs 09/20/2018 at 19:08

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Yeah, there’s a pretty good French forum for them that’s been a big help. The nice thing about cheap old cars is that there aren’t a lot of unique parts.

Jonee > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/20/2018 at 19:09

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If you do, say hi. I go to La Canada on Saturday mornings. I’m in Glendale, so it’s convenient and it’s actually one of the most eclectic C&C’s in town.

Jobjoris > Jonee 09/26/2018 at 05:19

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I so love this story. But...

Except for the noisy wheel bearings, but I’ll worry about those when it gets here.

Koko already fixed this when you published this right? ;-)

Jonee > Jobjoris 09/27/2018 at 02:11

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He had, yes. I was sort of telling the story as it was happening. I think I’m going to take it up Angeles Crest this weekend. 

Jobjoris > Jonee 09/27/2018 at 03:19

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Oooooh we’re gonna need FOOTAGE of this! THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW!!!!!

I’m starting to like the fact it wasn’t there when I was. Now I need to return soon.

Jonee > Jobjoris 09/27/2018 at 23:54

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This guy wants to do a photoshoot with it up there. But, I’ll take some video of the trip.

You do. I’ve been driving it to work almost every day. Speaking of which, I’ll be in Euroland the week of Nov. 11th.

Jobjoris > Jonee 09/28/2018 at 04:24

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“This Guy”?????

Great, what dates do you need to sleep over? And bring some brushes and paint for the walls!

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/01/2018 at 00:58

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Well. Some guy. He’s in the comments here somewheres. But, we didn’t go this week.

I’m thinking of coming over the 16th, but we’ll know more once Lenny announces the itinerary. I’ll at least leave the bag downstairs this time. Or, maybe more marks will make it look intentional. 

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/01/2018 at 07:09

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Do I need to inform our local network about the history and reasons your coming over to France? Or doesn’t Lenny want his face on tv?

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/02/2018 at 00:02

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It’s an undercover mission. We don’t want the press leaking word out. I’ll film it with a spy camera and we can release the footage after. So, maybe tell your people you know of “something big” coming up and leave it at that.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/02/2018 at 08:14

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As long as you promise the world gets to know this incredible story... Document it properly. You have a decent video camera? And won’t exposing Lenny bring other people in trouble?

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/03/2018 at 00:00

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I’ll use my little Olympus so as not to be conspicuous.

Lenny’s untouchable. That goes for his associates, too.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/03/2018 at 03:49

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Too bad, I would like to see Lenny’s face being pixelated!

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/03/2018 at 23:44

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Haha. If he’s wearing his vest, everyone’ll  know who it is anyway. For the footage released to the public, he will be blurred out. Only the relevant government agencies will know who it is.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/04/2018 at 03:00

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Awesome. How’s the Connecticut property displayed on Google Maps by the way. Blurred out?

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/05/2018 at 01:28

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It doesn’t need to be. They’ve got plenty of cover.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/05/2018 at 03:14

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So which road do I take, or should I get through the gate?

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/07/2018 at 21:45

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The gate is the neighbor’s place. You take the road on the left to a different gate, but Google isn’t allowed down there.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/08/2018 at 04:34

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Lenny’s powers are amazing. He can even stop Google.

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/09/2018 at 01:44

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His name carries a lot of weight. Look at what a mirror with his name on it goes for on Ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-antique-vtg-Leonard-Eisen-Old-Keepsakes-Mirror-by-Pulaski-under-glass-/202006901649

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/09/2018 at 06:09

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Wow! What is that “ Keepsakes” about? And who is Pulaski? Confusing mirror!

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/09/2018 at 21:42

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“ Keepsakes” was this furniture collection he designed in the 70's. Pulaski was the company he worked for. It was a huge seller.

Lenny being savvy, he made sure his name was on every piece of furniture. So, I guess that mirror was an advertising thing for furniture stores. I think I remember him having one of those somewhere. I’ll have to see if he knows where it is.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/10/2018 at 09:47

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Yes! And then sell it. You can get another LNa for that kind of money.

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/11/2018 at 00:29

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This is very true. Although, I’ll need two mirrors, so I can ship it. Then again, it might be convenient to have a Europe LNA that I keep at your house.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/11/2018 at 05:33

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Or something else. I say Samba.

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/11/2018 at 23:48

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You just want a Samba at your house, don’t you?

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/12/2018 at 03:13

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Everybody needs some Samb a in their life.

And the world needs more short skirts like those.

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/13/2018 at 00:58

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Maybe less fake knockers like those, though. I prefer mine genuine. Or, at least a little more tasteful.

I love a good samba.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/14/2018 at 04:00

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You can tell they’re fake from such a small gif? Could be a pushup. She’s classy enough. 

Best Samba, well, ain’t a Samba...

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/16/2018 at 00:33

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Classy enough for an expensive boob job, sure.

That is a nice tune. I’ve been listening to a bit of Santana recently. I love me some Hot Tamales.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/17/2018 at 07:22

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Santana’s instrumental stuff is da bomb! Such an intriguing personality, at the age of what, 10 playing musing in a whore house. Hero.

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/19/2018 at 00:28

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Yeah, what an incredible life. Someone should do a movie.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/19/2018 at 03:38

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Yeah, we have all these biopics of musicians: Walk the line, Ray, Walk hard, the list is endless. And Carlos’ life is so much more interesting.

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/21/2018 at 19:23

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Have you seen the trailer for the new Freddy Mercury one? That could be good. The guy playing him is a terrific actor and he kind of looks like him. I want to do a ‘Weird’ Al one.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/22/2018 at 07:01

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Hadn’t seen it, just did: Awesome! That guy was in “The Pacific” right? Don’t really know him but they definitely gave him the Freddy teeth! Was impressed by Brian May and Roger Tailor as well!

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/22/2018 at 23:39

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Yeah, he was in The Pacific. He’s also on this show called “ Mr. Robot” that’s pretty good. Fair warning though: it is not about a robot. Everyone looks like a member of Queen. Even when he’s Freddy with short hair. Did you see the trailer where it shows them coming up with We Will Rock You? It’s a good bit.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/26/2018 at 06:59

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Ye ah, it really is taking off now: it’s trailers everywhere. Haven’t seen Mr. Robot , but knowing there’s no Robot in it isn’t really inviting...

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/28/2018 at 00:47

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I was actually just now reading a review for the Queen movie and it sounds a bit disappointing. Apparently, they had to let May and Taylor be involved so they could use all the music and so the movie has a lot of them acting like parents to Freddie. And there’s a scene where Freddie has to beg them to let him back in the band after he went solo even though in real life, Roger Taylor had made two solo records before Freddie. But, the guy is apparently really good as Freddie. You’d actually like his robotless Robot show. Very psychological. Kind of like Fight Club with computer hacking.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/29/2018 at 04:46

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And what happened to John Deacon? Too little rights on the music in the first place (wasn’t just Another one Bites the D ust from him?)? And, well, it’s a movie about Freddy, not on Roger so... They can leave that piece on Roger going solo out. And maybe Roger and Brian actually were running the show? No idea here...

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/29/2018 at 23:43

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Yeah, I guess John doesn’t have enough influence with the band, or something. The thing with going solo is that they present it as if Freddy had gotten a big head and betrayed the band. But, Roger had already done the same thing. I just get the feeling that since Freddie isn’t around to tell his version of the story, we’re getting a somewhat biased take.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/30/2018 at 10:22

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He might not even be able to speak. I never heard him say a word. Just saw him nodding while playing that bass.

You could be on to something here. Isn’t there any heir trying to have the real story told?

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/31/2018 at 01:15

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They probably dubbed a different voice for his during the Bohemian Rhapsody opera p arts and he would just lip synch.

There probably are Freddie Mercury heirs, but I guess they don’t have any control over the Queen music which they wanted for this movie. You can’t do a big budget biop ic of him without the music. Maybe someone’ll do an indie version that does him justice where they can concentrate on something non band related.

Jobjoris > Jonee 11/02/2018 at 06:46

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That would not surprise me one bit. He always looks a bit sad to me. While he probably was the most happy of all of the band members.

True. There has to rights on Freddy’s moustache though. Speaking of Moustaches: It’s movember!

Jonee > Jobjoris 11/05/2018 at 01:09

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Maybe he stayed away from all the band bullshit. That would keep one happy.

I can’t wait to see your Fu Manchu. I don’t celebrate Movember. It’s against my religion.

Jobjoris > Jonee 11/05/2018 at 15:12

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No politics. Hard. But that works. Most of the time.

Haha, not sure if I got the guts to let it grow. It’s so... Analog Speed!!!

Jonee > Jobjoris 11/06/2018 at 00:13

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Ha. Totally. I’d look like my brother, so I can’t do it. Analog is pornstache. You could pull off a Fu Manchu. Like Lemmy but without the mutton chop sideburns.

Or maybe with the mutton chops. Hmm.

Jobjoris > Jonee 11/06/2018 at 03:19

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I’m almost halfway there for that hair. I better start smoking.

Jonee > Jobjoris 11/07/2018 at 01:36

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At least get a hat like that. I don’t think you can do the hair.

Jobjoris > Jonee 11/07/2018 at 14:38

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The hat is a bit out of place here. You know I want a beret. The hair is a no-go. I’ve got curls. Think more Michael Bolton.

Jonee > Jobjoris 11/22/2018 at 21:52

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You were getting a little bushy last week. A ber et would be sitting on top of a cloud like a little frisbee. 

Jobjoris > Jonee 11/23/2018 at 03:12

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I better watch out for dogs then. They love frisbees.

Jonee > Jobjoris 11/25/2018 at 22:25

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And hippies. They love frisbees, too.

Jobjoris > Jonee 11/26/2018 at 10:25

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Hippies love VW Things as well. Better get that one from my w ishlist then.

Jonee > Jobjoris 11/28/2018 at 22:15

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They can’t afford a Thing anymore. It’s a Transporter, or nothing. If they’re rocking a 181, they’re poseurs.

Jobjoris > Jonee 11/29/2018 at 13:40

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Even the guy in the Subarat?

Jonee > Jobjoris 11/29/2018 at 22:25

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Is that the one that was at cars and coffee? Was he a hippie?

Jobjoris > Jonee 11/30/2018 at 05:58

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Yeah, the one that featured Seinfeld’s CICGC. He wasn’t a hippy. I’d say. Hippies don’t care for maintenance, let alone mounting more horses from Japan.

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/03/2018 at 22:45

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Yeah, for sure. Hippies can change a tire and that’s about it. Back in the 60's they could fix their microbus, but today’s hippies learn no such skills.

Look what popp ed up for sale around here:

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/d/1984-renault/6762487547.html

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/04/2018 at 04:44

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Mooohahaha: “In F rance these do over 20k” “I’ve seen only one for sale in France” and “automatic”????

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1500220990.htm/

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1525813558.htm/

Good to know you can get it registered though. We should ex/import these with 18k prices!!!!

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/04/2018 at 21:44

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Totally. We could double our money, or more . Those look as good or better than that one. And, I like the yellow one. I wonder if that’s the original color. So, he apparently saw one for sale for over 20K, but presumably bought his for less since he’s selling it for 18. Hm. I would like to know how he got it regi stered. That shouldn’t be possible.

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/05/2018 at 05:25

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That’s what you always tell me: Impossible. Clearly it is not! You need more guys at the DMV like Guus. If there’s a guy there driving a VanClee you know it’s gonna work!!!!

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/06/2018 at 02:33

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I really should just go to all the DMV’s and find the one with the most obscure car in the employee parking lot. Or, a Skyline at least. I’m sure there’s some DMV employee who knows how to look the other way .

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/10/2018 at 04:59

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Of course there is. Your POTUS has given a perfect example how to handle business himself: should be no problem!

Your awfully quiet when it comes to the Donald. Growing on you?

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/11/2018 at 00:38

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I was talking to guy yesterday who couldn’t get his Ami8 registered here. It’s a ‘72, so no smog, but I guess it needed other stuff. He tried to tell them it had been in the country since new which would have made it exempt, but he forgot to remove the French insurance document on the windshield that showed it insured over there until 2017 . Haha.

We’re so used to his b.s. it barely registers any more. He was just to have committed a crime during the election that doesn’t have to do with Russia and it seems like nobody cares any more. It’s going to have be proven that he gave Putin a blow job in return for a bunch of new hotels, or something, for anything to really get people’s attention.

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/11/2018 at 06:41

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Hahaha, that’s a great story! Guus, the bloke that tested the Crown, really was happy to see something unique like the Crown. Or so I thought. Because when I told Gerard he down-played it immediately: he’s a very happy dude. ALWAYS!!!

The overkill of stupidity makes it accepted, I get it. Now he’ll get away with everything. Except when he gets a divorce. Or something simple and stupid.

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/13/2018 at 01:45

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That’s funny. I’m sure he was extra happy. Gerard really does know everything and everybody.

I t’ll definitely be something stupid. Stupidity is the defining characteristic of the Trump Era. He seems to be in hot water over how he paid off the porn star and Playboy Playmate, but I’m sure it’ll pass.

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/14/2018 at 05:03

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I know, it’s insane. People that matter anyway.

Miss Daniels? Hasn’t she reached the status of congresman yet????

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/15/2018 at 23:06

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Not yet, although her lawyer was toying with the idea of running for president. Stormy is the porn star. The Pl aymate is named Karen McDougal.

She was paid to tell her story to the tabloid The National Enquirer and then they never published it. This was coordinated with the Trump campaign which was a no-no because it was more money than you’re allowed to donate. I don’t think I’d pay her to not tell people I slept with her. 

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/17/2018 at 05:04

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I’d like to see her run for it! S he’d know how to handle Putin. He’d be clueless.

Ah, another shady story with a feminine species of intellect. He really is worse than Berlusconi. Righ t?

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/18/2018 at 00:37

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Yeah, Stormy’s definitely got plenty of experience with that type of man. Although, most don’t have as many assassins at their disposal.

I mean, he’s at least as bad as Berlusconi. I don’t know how many times he’s gathered a bunch of them at once, but I’m sure it’s happened. And the same attitude where he just picks one he wants and goes and gets her.

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/18/2018 at 09:39

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Those assass ins won’t know what happens when she pulls out all kinds of hidden weaponry from all kinds of corners in her dress/outfit. Lara Croft eat your heart out. Stormy is c u o m ming.

Hahaha, every man’s dream. But mine. I need focus.

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/18/2018 at 23:50

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She may not even need the outfit, if you know what I mean. I can’t think of a good name for the porn version of Lara Croft, but I’m sure it’s out there already.

The one you have is handful enough, I imagine. Plus, Lizzy. I don’t know how you do it.

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/19/2018 at 05:49

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No idea, what about “Tomb Rai d Her”? It’s not as epic as “In Diana Jones” but still.

Hahaha. Sometimes I don’t even know myself. Must be love. Somehow.

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/20/2018 at 00:45

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That’s not bad. In Diana Jones is brilliant. I know there was one called “Star Whores,” but that’s kind of an easy one.

Nice to know you have enough to go around.

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/20/2018 at 08:52

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Always loved Cliffbanger as well, especially with that tag-line: BANG ON! There’s so many great ones. So I’ve heard.

No worries on me mate!

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/24/2018 at 18:31

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In that movie we made with Moby, we have a joke about how it’s like there’s an alternate universe where everything is pornographic. There’s Bizzarro World like in Superman, Porno World, etc.

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/26/2018 at 11:23

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Damned, I really need to find that universe. Could be exhausting though.

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/28/2018 at 00:03

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God yes. Their porn would be lonely people sitting on couches watching tv.