Lunch Break Jalopness?!

"ZHP Sparky, the 5th" (e30s2k)
02/20/2014 at 15:59 • Filed to: None

OK, there are some morning commute stories going - here's one from lunch. I don't usually drive off-site for lunch, but today was special -

- It's a beautiful sunny, warm day (ha! guess which state I live in.. Solar Vortex, y'all!) and I got to drive my E30 to work AND for an hour (30 mins each way) during lunch to go buy a couch. $270 for a brand new brand name couch - gotta love overstock sales!

- Old man driving 50 in the fast lane in an old barge from the 80s...I think it was an Oldsmobile, one of those with the swoopy rears with the fancy spare wheel mounted out back. He had a classy coat and a fedora on...he would've totally looked like a pimp (literally) if he didn't look like a 90 year old white man on his way to church

- 3 Fire engines and 2 cop cars by the freeway...why? Because somebody in a Mazda3 sedan decided to go off the freeway, clear the grassy area, through a fence and land on their roof in the field on the right. No other cars or really any reason I can think of that could've caused this in this completely straight, flat, and clear stretch of road.

- A new Rav4 with a chrome emblem that said "Cowboy" just below/almost attached to the Rav4 emblem. According to google this isn't an actual trim level on the Rav4, thank god...I'm hoping it's just some kind of dealership emblem....I got very worried when I saw it, mainly because it looked like a bottom trim level Rav4 - any pretense of ruggedness would've been really silly.

Any interesting lunchtime stories (or food experiences)?

DISCUSSION (15)

Party-vi > ZHP Sparky, the 5th
02/20/2014 at 16:02

I had General Tso's chicken for lunch. I feel like shit.

JustWaitingForAMate > ZHP Sparky, the 5th
02/20/2014 at 16:03

"No other cars or really any reason I can think of that could've caused this in this completely straight, flat, and clear stretch of road."

I'ts a Mazda3, I'm surprised more people don't want to kill themselves for driving one.

njp1589 > Party-vi
02/20/2014 at 16:04

I haven't had Chinese since I moved. I really want to get some, but I don't want to risk the potential sickness that could follow since I don't know where to get it nearby.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Party-vi
02/20/2014 at 16:07

Funny you say that - RIGHT NOW I'm eating a stir fry I made last night with chicken, eggplant, baby broccoli and mushrooms to which I added General Tso's sauce. What the hell is in there anyway?

Reminds me of this radio bit I heard a few weeks ago...American Chinese food in China! -

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/…

Party-vi > njp1589
02/20/2014 at 16:09

I mean, you might as well just get it over with.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > JustWaitingForAMate
02/20/2014 at 16:09

What?! As far as econoboxes go I think they're great. In fact I'm considering buying a 2014 at some point this year, hatchback of course.

JustWaitingForAMate > ZHP Sparky, the 5th
02/20/2014 at 16:12

They just bore me to tears. My friend has one, my brother a 2014 Mazda6.

The only thing going for the 2014 models (6 and 3) is the looks...on the outside.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > ZHP Sparky, the 5th
02/20/2014 at 16:14

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thebigbossyboss > ZHP Sparky, the 5th
02/20/2014 at 16:17

Mazda was probably cut off, then tried to avoid the car that cut him off too suddenly at speed and rolled. There are good examples on youtube, but I can't find any.

jkm7680 > ZHP Sparky, the 5th
02/20/2014 at 16:21

I left my phone in my car, so I went to get it at lunch, and somebody parked about 3 inches from my door, so I moved my car an inch away from the other side of their car.....Nothing happened, I ended up leaving first

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > jkm7680
02/20/2014 at 16:30

Justice has been served for once.