By Robert Emslie
Sometimes the planets align.
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Speaking of Legend Of Zelda; I’m currently playing through Wind Waker via the Dolphin emulator on my desktop. I’m amazed how well that game has stood the test of time, especially with 4xAA/AF at 1080P to polish up the visuals.
Damn, I miss proper automotive nomenclature. At least Lincoln looks like they’re bringing back the Continental name. Now if we could just lose the rest of the alphanumeric bullshit…
So we can refer to them by their alpha-numeric internal code names. Ironically of course.
Found this today.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDUwWDgwMA==/z/uhgAAOSwgQ9VtVSE/$_27.JPG
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/edmonton/unique-1956-mercury-1-1-2-ton-4×4/1090283589?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
Just an old work truck, right?
Wrong.
This thing has a 4×4 conversion, and a Willock Swivel Frame, making it one bad-ass work truck.
If you’re like I was when I first saw this ad, you’re wondering what a Willock Swivel Frame does.
It does this:
http://assets.blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2013/07/1953Dodge_01_1500.jpg
Seriously badass.
Someone did some great thinking: 4WD is no good if you can’t keep all 4 wheels on the ground at all times!
Okay, as long as it doesn’t interfere with this guy’s application for OF ZENDA.
http://www.philipsage.webspace.virginmedia.com/minimoke/Images/prisoner_moke.jpg
Well played.
So, does the driver constantly have to remind everyone he’s actually named Link?
Hope the speakers are up to the obvious task.
Tuesday Thread Jacking in Progress. Any one else see the announcement for the Yamaha XSR700? https://rideapart.com/articles/yamaha-introduces-xsr700-awesome It’s a hipsterized FZ-07, so ~400#, 75Hp, $7000. Nice specs (not mind blowing, but nice) and it fixes the one problem that the FZ-07 has for me: I find modern styling sort of ugly, and the FZ-07 is no exception. Yama designers: It’s not you, it’s me. You did no worse than anyone else, really. The angular fairings just all look terrible to my eye. The XS650 is just more my style, and so taking the FZ-07 and giving it an homage make-over, makes it perfect. Ok, ok, it would be prettier if it was air cooled, but the Bonnevilles need 20% more displacement to make the same power. Oh, and they’re 100# heavier. And $1500-2500 more expensive. I can compromise on the cooling system with that justification.
The riding position looks awesome. The seat height is perfect for me (it’s almost exactly my inseam; I should still be able to get my feet flat on the ground). The riding position looks similar to my Tdub, which I love.
I hope they sell them here. I’m this close to promising to call a dealer and offering a down payment the moment they get a VIN if they announce them for the US. At the very worst, I will immediately run out and test ride an FZ-07 and then >99% likelihood telling them to call me immediately when they get VINs for the XSR.
I’m a huge fan of this new direction bike manufacturers are taking. I may even buy one. The XSR700 is on the top of that list for me.
And in News Just In. http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/volkswagen-topples-toyota-worlds-largest-car-maker
Volkswagen Group leads global car sales in the first six months of this year, overtaking Toyota as the world’s largest car maker. GM remains at number 3.
WARNING SAD NEWS:
So I’ve been at my current employer for a little over 18 months. I share a huge, corner office with another guy (an alum of the same school, guess the decor…) it was better than two broom closets with no windows. Regardless. We are a team of 9 inside of a 2500+ employee company.
On Monday, we got the news that a team member, my officemate’s boss, was in a bad accident. This morning we learned that she succumbed to her injuries.
It’s very surreal. I’ve dealt with plenty of loss in my life, but not really in my professional life yet. I guess I’m lucky that at 33 I can say that. Either way, she left behind a family, who was in the car with her, but thankfully are healing.
So random.
Hug your loved ones, live fully to your potential. That’s the lesson, I guess.
In a bad coincidence, I also learned yesterday that a friend of mine had also been in a car accident.
She’s okay, and so’s her family, thank god, but it really hits you when these things happen.
Life’s short, and the world’s unpredictable, so, yes, live to your full potential, and leave no regrets.
Classical musicians who owned Honda Preludes liked to get custom plates with things like “Et Fuga.” For those who don’t know, “prelude and fugue” is a very common form for music, especially keyboard music of the late 1600s and early 1700s.
No word on whether any upgraded to Hyundai Sonatas or Kia Rondos.