Happy Birthday GM!

"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti) 09/16/2020 at 11:55 • Filed to: None

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Post GM things.

facw > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 12:10

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Only for old-GM. Current GM was born July 10th, 2009.

Just Jeepin' > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 12:17

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I’d be hard-pressed to come up with a GM product I want other than this.

KnowsAboutCars > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 12:25

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BaconSandwich is tasty. > KnowsAboutCars 09/16/2020 at 12:30

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I knew someone that had a Pontiac Parisi e nn e. By the end, it only had one working door handle. Our family had a Buick Roadmaster wagon, with working door handles. It wasn’t that bad of a car, other than it was a total 1980s boat. But it could fit an entire 4' x8' sheet of goods in the back with the seats down , no issue.

KnowsAboutCars > BaconSandwich is tasty. 09/16/2020 at 12:39

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I like Parisiennes. I have an Electra wagon of same vintage. It has its charm. I can’t flip down the tailgate like in that picture though because my rear window won’t roll all the way in.

benn454 > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 12:40

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 Corvette GTP. Before racing Vettes was cool (again).

boredalways > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 12:46

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https://www.vox.com/2014/10/3/18073458/gm-car-recall

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 12:48

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It’s hard to get across how stunning these things are in person. And that interior, oh my! So much green everything! And the gas pedal feels like some sort of foot control for a musical instrument. More of an on/off switch.

404 - User No Longer Available > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 13:03

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Mark Tucker > 404 - User No Longer Available 09/16/2020 at 13:10

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Ouch. Fair, but ouch.

We had a pale yellow Cimarron when I was in high school. My brother and I both stuck it in ditches, mangled up the same fender twice...

DipodomysDeserti > KnowsAboutCars 09/16/2020 at 13:11

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I’ll take all three.

DipodomysDeserti > BaconSandwich is tasty. 09/16/2020 at 13:11

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Oddly, the only thing that has really broken on my Tundra in twenty years and 215k miles is the door handle.

Fuckkinja > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 13:12

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DipodomysDeserti > boredalways 09/16/2020 at 13:13

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The good old days, when people were worried about cars killing them!

Mark Tucker > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 13:14

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Here’s a GM thing... acres of hard cracked plastic and a sea of tiny buttons.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 13:43

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KnowsAboutCars > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 13:50

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I see I’m not the only malaise GM guy around

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/16/2020 at 14:24

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Wait... have you driven one?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/16/2020 at 14:33

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No, no, no, but I sure wish. I sat in one at an auto show some years back and my goodness was that an experience of a lifetime. Here’s a video screenshot from the day that shows the pedal box.

If I recall, the big black thing on the left is the brake pedal and I think it was made of wood. Pretty sure it said S T O P on it like a golf cart. Both pedals were similar although the brake pedal was really wide . Both were basically an on/off switch. They had very little travel. All my photos are really terrible though and I didn’t find a suitable internet photo.

I would highly recommend it if possible. Now that’s command seating.

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So you can see the gas pedal but I don’t think that chrome piece is the brake pedal in this one. I recall it being a large flat thing with S T O P printed on it. They both felt like something from an electric golf cart.

Jim Spanfeller > KnowsAboutCars 09/16/2020 at 15:29

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I need that green van...

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/16/2020 at 15:36

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That’s awesome!!!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/16/2020 at 15:57

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Probably the most interesting vehicle I have ever sat in. And the most historically significant as that specific one was on the national registry of historic vehicles. 

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/16/2020 at 16:17

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That’s really cool. I can’t think of any historically significant cars or trucks I’ve been in.

I got to sit in my dad’s friend’s Oakland when I was a little kid. That’s probabl y the oldest. A s far as interesting vehicles, I’ ve driven a Ferrari 458, and one of the DUKWs up in Boston (in boat mode).

If we expand vehicles to include non-cars, I got to fly in a B-29, and I spent a few years “driving ” a Los Angeles class fast attack submarine.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/16/2020 at 16:25

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Let me see, sat in a Futurliner, sat in a custom 2CV featured o n Chasing Classic Cars (seats are surprisingly comfortable) , and, well, ummm, idk not much else. Sat in a RHD Jaaaaaaaaaag though, that was cool. Coolest car I’ve ridden in was a 70s convertible Mustang so the bar is fairly low. Oh, I did ride shotgun in a private plane once but I was so little I could barely see out the window except when the plane was banked slightly. I was too young to remember much. 

Oooh, Oakland. That’s an old one. What sort was it? I don’t know that brand very well but they are fairly obscure.

Most interesting vehicle I’ve driven (and oldest) is my dad’s 2002 Toyota Tundra TRD. Not a very high bar there either. My actual real automotive experience is extremely limited.

The attack submarine is very interesting. I could never spent much time below water in a confined space like that.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/16/2020 at 16:41

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The 2CV sounds awesome! Very cool that it was featured on CCC.

Your 2CV and Jag comment reminded me that I’ ve ridden in my friend’s Audi Quattro rally car, and driven his Lancia Delta Integrale, which was shown on Motor Week.

I took a couple flying lessons, so I’ve flown a Cessna 172 and a Tampico TB9.

The submarine thing isn’t as awful as most people think. And by driving one I meant that I was the throttleman. It takes a team of about 25 or so folks to drive a nuclear submarine safely and efficiently. 

Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 17:02

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First glance at the thumbnail, I thought you’d posted a Tempo/Topaz coupe. It would have been expert-level trolling on the FP.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/16/2020 at 17:29

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I saw a regular 2CV once but this was not that.

Can confirm: the eggs in the custom break body were not broken. Though I suspect the French farmers of yore weren’t transporting them in cardboard cartons. That was a real experience. I very much would like to own a 2CV one day. It’s pretty much at the top of my affordable classic list.

Haha wait you just leave out a little something like driving two legendary rally cars? I would kill to drive either of those. Got any photographic evidence?

Were the flying le ss ons related at all to your military career or just independent dabbling? That sounds like a ton of fun. From the murky depths of my memory my ride high in the sky was exhilarating . I’ve actually only been in an airplane three times total.

Nauraushaun > DipodomysDeserti 09/16/2020 at 18:15

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DipodomysDeserti > KnowsAboutCars 09/16/2020 at 21:15

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That square body is worth buku bucks now and the van is getting there. 

pip bip - choose Corrour > DipodomysDeserti 09/17/2020 at 08:41

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hoping they go bust in a big ball of flames myself.