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user-inactivated  ·  3347 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Porsche is throwing its hat into the electric car ring

Wonder what kind of stuff she wants moved? Or she wants you to care less about cars.





user-inactivated  ·  3347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Let me tell you man. She has the weirdest taste in niche cars. Don't get me wrong, she still enjoys good classics like Datsun 510s or 1st gen Celicas. Sometimes though, she'll see something like a used Mack U615 and says "Ooh, that looks nice" or "Come look at this Unimog! Let's buy that!" Thank the Lord she's not serious enough to follow through with something like that, but the fact that they appeal to her just strikes me as odd. I don't think either one of us could drive one to save our lives. No, if anything, when we win the lottery she's getting something niche, but still practical, like an International Harvester S100.

kleinbl00  ·  3347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Scout 800. best of both worlds. plus, you need only a monkey wrench and a claw hammer to work on them.

user-inactivated  ·  3346 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Man. If I came home with a Scout or a first gen Bronco, she'd probably shit herself from sheer excitement.

user-inactivated  ·  3347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That harvester is beautiful.

My Dad, and his brothers own a truck, van, and semi junkyard. I used to play there as a kid, wonder why I grew up to be a hippie.

My Dad has a 69 Firebird for drag racing. My step mom has an old Bonneville for cursing. The GTO Judge is the retirement project. I really hated all the noise of drag races as a kid, but I would have enjoyed the colored smoke tires, you posted.

If I won the lottery, I would get a backhoe. Surveying was my favorite math class. Hopefully I will get high enough in the parks system, I can tell someone to teach me.

kleinbl00  ·  3347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Both training and purchase on backhoes ain't unreasonable. the trick is having a place to keep it when it's resting and the rig to transport it when it isn't.

user-inactivated  ·  3347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The other thing I need is land, where I have permission to start building ponds, springs, and terraces.

user-inactivated  ·  3347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dude, if you win the lottery, you can get whatever you want. Who's going to stop you? I mean, besides the government.

user-inactivated  ·  3347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well I was hoping to work for the government, and tell people what to do with them. Possibly getting to operate one for kicks.