The Argue Thread

[Ag&Au]

Originally Posted by vswingfield

Judging by your avatar, not much has changed. Is that the same car?

No, that's my wife's Smart Car. She doesn't need a cool car either.

Ken

[SilverRanger]

Originally Posted by w7ts

When you're cool, your car doesn't have to be.

Ken

Cool car!

[SilverRanger]

This is a picture of my first car. 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie, black w/red interior, chrome fender skirts. Maybe not the coolest, but it was fast, and had a spacious back seat that was there when I needed it.

[purman]

Originally Posted by AirHeadsRus

Very nice Rambler you had there Jason.

What !!! how dare you insult my Javelin by calling it a Rambler. Those are fighting words.

[AirHeadsRus]

Originally Posted by purman

What !!! how dare you insult my Javelin by calling it a Rambler. Those are fighting words.

Well skuse me, I thought I wuz paying you a compliment Jason.
I sure thought Javelins were top of the line Ramblers.

[Ag&Au]

Jason,

Is this the same as your car? Think they called it a Super Javelin.

Ken

[purman]

Originally Posted by w7ts

Jason,

Is this the same as your car? Think they called it a Super Javelin.

Ken

Hey that is cool. I remember being in the back of my Aunts when she hit ice by our house and went in the ditch. Surprised it did blow up

[purman]

You lot just were not cool in High School were you.

[Ag&Au]

Originally Posted by purman

You lot just were not cool in High School were you.

My coolness peaked at about 50.
Ken

[vswingfield]

Originally Posted by w7ts

Jason,

Is this the same as your car? Think they called it a Super Javelin.

Ken

Cool, the George Jetson mobile.

Actually, I always thought one of those would be a lot of fun with a 401 stuffed in.

Last Christmas in western Arkansas, I saw a dark green Pacer that looked brand new. Must have been in somebody's grandmother's garage.

My high school car was a two door '56 Chevy 210, power pac, Hurst shifter for the 3-speed. Dad bought it in 1958 (prior to my brother's addition of the Hurst)

[purman]

Originally Posted by w7ts

My coolness peaked at about 50.
Ken

That is just to easy of a set up, I will reframe from comment for the sake of your coolness being so low..

[Gene]

A car in high school? You couldn't get a driver's license in NYC until you were 18, and the first year in college we weren't allowed cars. I extended my dorky car streak through college and the next year bought a '62 or '63 (looked the same) Volvo 544. It was even dorkier looking, but I could do 4 wheel drifts in it. If I'd done that with the Mercury, the wheels would have fallen off.

I had learned on an automatic and when I picked up the Volvo it was snowing and I learned how to drive a stick very, very fast—snow will cause that.

I think it is well know the dorks in high school and college go on to success and become super cool and the cool kids in high school and college become dorks. The athletes keep eating a lot and get soft.

A guy I knew in college, surely classified as a super dork, bought a Rambler because the seats went down and that worked a lot better than either the front or back seat for recreational purposes.

In 1966, I ended my dork streak with a new red Triumph TR4A with independent rear suspension (that was an option then).

Gene

[AirHeadsRus]

Originally Posted by CrawfordGene

A car in high school? You couldn't get a driver's license in NYC until you were 18, and the first year in college we weren't allowed cars.

Gene

Gene, are you sure cars had been invented when you were in high school?

[purman]

Wasn't a dork and still not a dork, Maybe a bum, But I married a Doctor so it makes me a smart Bum..