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Subject: I Don't Like Bikes

  Posted by: Boldwin - [49030519] Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 06:45
 
1Boldwin
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2Boldwin
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 07:16

Future sound
 
3Tree
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 08:02 		US cycle tourist victim of road rage in New Zealand

A road rage attack on an American cyclist in Wellington has been condemned as an embarrassment to New Zealand.

Russ Roca, 33, was tackled to the ground and punched in the face by a motorist in Newtown on Tuesday.
 
4Boldwin
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 08:20 		Haunting and elegant piano version of Gary Numan's Cars.
 
5Boldwin
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6Boldwin
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 08:46 		Indispensable advice for ladies.
 
7Boldwin
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 08:56 		Arrive in Style
 
8Boldwin
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 09:03 		BMW 328 Hommage
 
9Boldwin
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 09:25 		Advance player to the song "Road Dance" for the official music to listen to while perusing this thread.

 
10Boldwin
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 09:34 		Peugeot's entry
 
11Boldwin
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 10:23 		Try this on a bike. Eleanor
 
12Boldwin
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 11:44 		Try this on a bike.
 
13Biliruben
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 12:01 		When you leave the world of closed tracks, movie sets, simulations and your imagination, all you are is stuck in traffic.

While that stunt man can push a mean gas pedal, I don't think you want to start a competion of what a bike can do that a car can't. You will lose.
 
14Boldwin
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 12:07

Bullet, [better when watched with the official thread music]
 
15Boldwin
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 12:12 		bili

Unless you are talking motorcycles, I doubt you catch a black Dodge Charger on a bike.
 
16Biliruben
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 12:43 		I am willing to bet I could a dodge charger, mini copper or Ferrari through the downtown core of just about any city in the world. I am an out of shape 44 year old with a beer belly, so it's not like it would be my particular skills either.
 
17sarge33rd
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 12:49 		When I lived and worked in Austin...it was 7.4 miles to the dealership from the apartment. It was also, a 30-45 minute drive.
 
18Biliruben
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 12:51 		I'm also wiling to bet a dodge charger couldn't catch me, if I wanted to allude them in any sort of urban environment, where the vast majority of driving (or idling as is more often the case) is done.
 
19sarge33rd
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 13:03 		true that Bili. With the bike able to lane split, no way a car keeps up in urban sprawl. At night, sure...during the day? Not happening.
 
20Mith
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 13:09 		There are plenty of bike messengers in my city. Never heard of any business using a car messenger to get a package across town in short order.
 
21Seattle Zen
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 15:45 		Wow, how fast you guys forget, according to Boldwin, only communists want cities, if the free market was unshackled, no one would live in them. Your love of bikes betrays you.
 
22sarge33rd
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 18:39 		Wow, how fast you guys forget, according to Boldwin, only communists want cities, if the free market was unshackled, ...

Well yeah. But only because we'd be living in caves, since the 1% would not own 40% of the wealth, but 98% of it.
 
23Biliruben
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      Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 18:54 		Not caves - 3 billion hovels, situated in central Illinois, with boldy as the realtor. And government subsidies for hummers and highways, and Boldy's sons own gas stations. And the closest jobs are at cat, a minimum of 100 miles away.
 
24Boldwin
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      Fri, Jan 13, 2012, 05:38 		Wow! I always knew liberals had built their intellectual house out of straw but I now realize I was unaware of just how many strawmen it takes to build a liberal.
 
25sarge33rd
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      Fri, Jan 13, 2012, 13:49 		where exactly do you see a strawman B? (Discounting of course, your own posts)
 
26Boldwin
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      Sat, Jan 14, 2012, 00:47

Maserati Birdcage
 
27Boldwin
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Peugeot 888
 
28Boldwin
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For parking.



Just pull out as much vehicle as you need.
 
29Boldwin
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30Boldwin
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31Boldwin
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32biliruben
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33biliruben
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      Sat, Jan 28, 2012, 00:52 		The 1% collecting toys.

The 53 corvette is sweet.

I'd take the town and country, but leave the horns.
 
34Frick
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      Sat, Jan 28, 2012, 12:12 		Red Bull X1

I would love for some multi-billionaire decide to fund the actual building of this. Adrian Newey's concept of what a future F1 car could look like.
 
35Boldwin
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      Sat, Jan 28, 2012, 19:29 		Going boldly where no bike has gone before



Disturbing the sensitive lunar environment

 
36Boldwin
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      Sat, Jan 28, 2012, 19:47 		Not cupholders



Built in 1995
800HP F1-chasis minivan
0-60 2.8 sec

'Oh no, we are not going to miss that soccer game'.
 
37Boldwin
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      Sat, Jan 28, 2012, 19:56 		Not yer momma's Ford





Ford IndiGo
 
38Boldwin
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The GreenGT LeMans prototype is a vehicle designed by Thomas Clavet
 
39Boldwin
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      Sat, Jan 28, 2012, 21:24

Honda Air
 
40biliruben
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41Boldwin
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      Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 10:56 		What does that picture say to you, bili?

"I feel like a brisk bike ride"?
 
42boikin
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      Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 11:15 		Where was that picture taken? I don't think that car is moving till the spring thaw.
 
43Biliruben
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      Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 11:51 		Fossil.
 
44Frick
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      Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 13:17 		Re: 42

I saw a similar picture last year and it was in Russia. They were able to get the car out with picks and high pressure water.

Freezing temps, gusting wind, and water spray make for a nasty mix.

This isn't as bad, but talk about a mess.

youtube
 
45Boldwin
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      Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 18:31 		I look at that picture and thank God for separate climate controls and comfort. If the future is riding bikes in that weather, you can call me a fossil all you want.
 
47nerveclinic
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      Wed, Feb 08, 2012, 02:37


Bought Gary Numan's Replicas in 79 as a freshman in college.

But since this a thread about bikes I will see you and raise you one Baldy...


Tour De France Kraftwerk

 
48Boldwin
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      Wed, Feb 08, 2012, 23:42 		I'll never forget the first time I saw this commercial.



I'm thinkin'...'Who dropped a Trabant on my dream girl?'

How does a country that brings you Ferrari and Lamborghini turn around and hand you this car?

And then I realized that the designer short bus has to stop somewhere.

Fiat is a bankrupt entity that only exists because of bailouts from Italy every other year. Now that Obama gave them Chrysler and Italy is bankrupt, I guess bailing out Fiat will be our job now.

Thanks O.
 
49sarge33rd
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      Wed, Feb 08, 2012, 23:49 		Just one question B...are you in fact, insane?
 
50Tree
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      Thu, Feb 09, 2012, 10:18 		definitely my favorite commercial of the Super Bowl.

i'll never forget where i was the day i saw Baldwin completely lose his $hit, turning a commercial about a car into some absolutely positively insane rant linking this commercial to the car manufacturer to italian bail...never mind....i don't even know what the hell Baldwin is trying to say.

#offthedeepend
 
51sarge33rd
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      Fri, Feb 10, 2012, 13:45 		TESLA's 7-Pass SUV with "falcon wing" doors

When later asked about inevitable comparisons to John Z. DeLorean's infamous car, Musk replied: "If I had a dollar for every time somebody compared me to DeLorean, I wouldn't have needed an IPO."

Really liked his response there. Priced comparable it seems to a BMW X3 (50-75k), it will out accelerate a Porsche 911 from 0 to 60.
 
52Biliruben
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      Fri, Feb 10, 2012, 14:26 		45 Boldwin
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      Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 18:31 I look at that picture and thank God for separate climate controls and comfort. If the future is riding bikes in that weather, you can call me a fossil all you want.


There are pussies and there are badasses. If you let Madison avenue and Hollywood define which is which, you will be poorer in all ways: pocketbook, heart disease and just about anything else you can think of.
 
53Tree
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      Fri, Feb 10, 2012, 14:52 		outstanding. lol
 
54Boldwin
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      Fri, Feb 10, 2012, 16:03 		I see, I should meekly welcome Algore's death of the internal combustion engine and face hypothermia like a man.

That's just stupid and I don't care what Algore or Hollywood think about it.
 
55Frick
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      Tue, Feb 14, 2012, 10:17 		Structural batteries…
February 14, 2012 by Joe Saward
BAE Systems says that they have developed structural batteries that can now form part of the body of the device that they are powering. This means that weight and space can be saved. BAE is testing the technology on the new Lola-Drayson B12/69EV sports prototype, which will be seen racing this year. BAE says that it began work on the project as part of an effort to lighten the burden of troops carrying electronic items. The energy that can be stored in the new units is still quiet low but progress is being made all the time.

The batteries are nickel based and intended to have a long working life. The company says it has already constructed a torch and a small drone using the material, which will eventually be bought in a standard carbon composite format and laid out into whatever shape a designer requires. This has been achieved by merging battery chemistries into composite materials.

This is likely to be interesting for Formula 1 teams as although they are restricted in the power sources they can use for their electric motors in 2014, there may be ways in which some systems can be run using structural batteries, which will save power be taken from the main systems.

It will probably be quite some time before this starts making its way to consumer cars, but this has potentially to be very useful. It would also make getting into a wreck much more expensive.
 
56biliruben
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      Sat, Mar 10, 2012, 11:54 		Ike lamenting one of the biggesty self-made disasters in US urban history.

[The President] went on to say that the matter of running Interstate routes through the congested parts of the cities was entirely against his original concept and wishes; that he never anticipated that the program would turn out this way… [He] was certainly not aware of any concept of using the program to build up an extensive intra-city route network as part of the program he sponsored.
 
57Boldwin
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      Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 12:03 		Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's original Mysterion

 
58Boldwin
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      Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 15:17 		Timeless. Classic. Loved the Mysterion as a kid.

 
59Boldwin
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60Boldwin
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      Sun, Apr 08, 2012, 00:29 		I was not aware of the Dodge Viper's success in European racing...

24 Hours Nürburgring - 1999, 2001, 2002
Rolex 24 at Daytona - 2000

Class

24 Hours of Le Mans - 1998, 1999, 2000
12 Hours of Sebring - 2000
Petit Le Mans - 1999
1000km Fuji - 2001
Mil Milhas Brasileiras - 2004

Series championships

FIA GT Championship - 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
American Le Mans Series - 1999, 2000
FFSA GT Championship - 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
Belgian GT - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009
Italian GT - 2003, 2004

Sept 2011, set the Nürburgring lap record.

For 2013, Pretty Fast



 
61Boldwin
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      Sat, May 12, 2012, 07:25


The last Shelby - GR-1 concept











January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012
 
62Boldwin
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Alienware by Baxley
 
63Boldwin
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Concept Aebulle by Baxley
 
64Boldwin
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      Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 10:06 		Try getting this reaction with your bike.

Let me know how that works out.
 
65biliruben
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      Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 10:18 		You don't think you can jiggle some silicone on a bicycle? I'm not sure of your point, but you should probably discuss your current fetish with your wife.

And if you want to stay looking like a supermodel, even into you 40s, you ride a bike.

 
66Boldwin
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      Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 10:28 		Now I ask you, is this really asking too much out of life? And that's all I need. I don't even need this dog.
 
67Boldwin
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      Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 10:30 		She really looks excited, bili. Impressive.
 
68biliruben
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      Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 10:51 		Better than looking like a trashy bimbo. I assumed she was a porn star until I read the caption. Something for our daughters to aspire to.
 
69Boldwin
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      Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 12:28 		Those liberals! So puritanical!
 
70biliruben
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      Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 12:58 		It's the benefit of developing my own moral code. I've learned to respect and value women.
 
71Boldwin
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      Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 13:06 		Doh! I coulda had a Lamborghini!



Some people are just so judgmental! Narrow minded moralists looking down their noses at those of us in the fast lane. Tsk tsk
 
72Boldwin
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      Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 15:21 		bili#65

Say, don't you think her burka is rather short and revealing? And where is her older brother?
 
73Tree
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      Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 16:10 		my friend Stephanie is drop dead gorgeous. she rides her bike everywhere. she works in a brewery, and drinks more beer than almost anyone i know.



the bike riding keeps her in great shape, and boy, what a great shape it is.

the implant princess in the previous video does nothing for me. she doesn't even look like a real woman.
 
74Boldwin
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      Thu, Nov 22, 2012, 12:30 		My objection isn't to green tech. It's to green tech that is premature and not ready for primetime and thus a waste of resources.

That said, they aren't all too green.

If there ever was the specific case where Obama was right on a specific point and Romney was wrong this should probably be your starting point to finding it.
 
75Boldwin
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      Thu, Nov 22, 2012, 12:30
 
76Boldwin
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      Wed, Nov 28, 2012, 11:58 		Chicago introduces new bike sharing program costing taxpayers $9,600 per bike. I will never understand liberals. How do keep a straight face making a proposal like that?
The Chicago Reader pointed out that the first-year cost of the program would come out to $28 million in combined subsidies from federal and local authorities. That's $9,600 per bike.
 
77Tree
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      Wed, Nov 28, 2012, 13:23 		The Chicago Reader pointed out that the first-year cost of the program would come out to $28 million in combined subsidies from federal and local authorities. That's $9,600 per bike.

of course, that would be accurate if the cost was strictly for bikes...

...but we all know it's not. there's plenty of infrastructure, equipment, and so-forth in making a city bike-friendly.

I will never understand liberals some conservatives. How do they keep a straight face making a proposal stretching the truth like that?

meanwhile, Illinois gets how much a year in federal highway funding? 1.1 BILLON DOLLARS, and the GOP wanted to increase that by another 200 million for 2012? (source)
 
78sarge33rd
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      Wed, Nov 28, 2012, 13:30 		sooo, how many cars carry an IL license plate, and what is the per car breakdown on that?
 
79Mith
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      Wed, Nov 28, 2012, 14:18 		At the very least there are fair questions raised by the article.
It should come as no surprise to those familiar with Chicago politics that the bidding process has been plagued by a lack of transparency and questions about insider dealing.

“Alta's bid for equipment, installation, and start-up costs came in at $21 million; Bike Chicago's was $13 million,” according to the Chicago Reader article.

Officials didn’t comment on why Alta’s bid was accepted but Bike Chicago’s wasn’t.
 
80Tree
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      Wed, Nov 28, 2012, 14:53 		“Alta's bid for equipment, installation, and start-up costs came in at $21 million; Bike Chicago's was $13 million,” according to the Chicago Reader article.

no question. however, that wasn't Baldwin's original thesis. instead of looking at a real issue, he preferred a perceived one, and saw it as an opportunity to again disrespect those he disagrees with politically.
 
81Mith
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      Wed, Nov 28, 2012, 15:14 		I don't know Tree the point seems pretty reasonable to me - How do keep a straight face making a proposal like that? - despite the accompanying jab at liberals.

In your defense it's very hard to take the time to read through enough of what he posts and links to find the occasional solid point but when they do come up it should be a reminder to not just reflexively oppose everything next to his name.
 
82Mith
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      Wed, Nov 28, 2012, 15:15 		--- Not that I'm not frequently guilty of the same, of course.
 
83Tree
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      Wed, Nov 28, 2012, 15:22 		I'm in agreement with you MITH on what the true issue is.

to me, it appeared Baldwin's issue is with liberals, not that the contract didn't go to the lowest bidder - that wasn't even mentioned in his post.
 
84Boldwin
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      Wed, Nov 28, 2012, 19:20 		They...are...bikes. Toys. Why not just spread around pogo sticks? Hobby horses?

For the love of God, just buy a buncha beater cars, pull out the ignition locks, paint them yellow and apologize to the taxi drivers.
 
85Boldwin
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      Wed, Nov 28, 2012, 19:22 		Here you go.



Nostalgia. Retro kool. I'll leave em laying all over Chicago for a low low $1 million.
 
86sarge33rd
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      Wed, Nov 28, 2012, 19:24 		Toys.

And there, we have identified the entire problem.
 
87Tree
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      Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 00:38 		They...are...bikes. Toys.

i've never heard a bike referred to as a toy.

i've heard cars referred to as toys countless times.
 
88Boldwin
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      Sat, Jan 05, 2013, 19:07

“The Phantom Corsair is a six-passenger coupé prototype automobile built in 1938. Designer Rust Heinz planned to put the car into limited production. However, Heinz’s death in a car accident in July 1939 ended those plans, leaving the prototype Corsair as the only one ever built.”

Looks pretty good up against the cars of it's day.
 
89biliruben
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      Fri, Feb 08, 2013, 06:35 		China decided it didn't like bikes either...





The Atlantic

Great smog/no-smog shots.
 
90biliruben
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      Tue, Oct 14, 2014, 18:02

That's what people think of you when you spend 2.5 million for a car.