Is anyone else interested in cars and motorsport?

[BackroadGirl57]

To be fair, even I don't always know where a noise is coming from in my own car, which I do most of the work on. (and had a large part in building)

Yeah, it takes a trained ear, so to speak, to figure out exactly where the noise is coming from. But general places such as front half or back half aren't much help.

 

[member 655102]

I actually can't drive auto...all the cars I normally drive are manual, and when I did drive my brothers auto it really gets on my nerves. lol : )

I totally get that feeling of instinctively reaching down to switch gears only to realise there’s nothing there lol. It takes a bit of adjusting back and forth to get used to it…

 

[member 655102]

In stock trim it's a bit low because it's a 2wd model, but it's be OK on hard packed gravel roads. You can add aftermarket suspension to lift it and put it on big tyres to go deeper into the wild. It's no Hilux, but it does have a big V8 so it'd be capable for a fair amount of work off track.

Big 4x4 Diesel versions of trucks like this one are the workhorses of farms, ranches, mines, oil rigs, etc here in the states.

I'm biased. I have a '65 FJ45 longbed pickup (it's a long term project), and I'll be buried in it.

Can we still do burnouts at the funeral?

 

[BackroadGirl57]

Can we still do burnouts at the funeral?

I'll join in

 

[BackroadGirl57]

Can we still do burnouts at the funeral?

I'll join in

Actually when Mom's nephew passed away in a car accident everyone did burnouts on the way out of the funeral home parking lot... Their way of honoring him.

 

[Ifitaintbroke]

To be fair, even I don't always know where a noise is coming from in my own car, which I do most of the work on. (and had a large part in building)

Heh. Same.

 

[Ifitaintbroke]

Actually when Mom's nephew passed away in a car accident everyone did burnouts on the way out of the funeral home parking lot... Their way of honoring him.

For some reason... I can't do stuff like that. I always feel out of place at any social gathering, be it wedding or funeral. I'm not sure which I hate more. Funerals are sad, and weddings sadder. I'm always just wondering "how long will this last?".

 

[member 655102]

For some reason... I can't do stuff like that. I always feel out of place at any social gathering, be it wedding or funeral. I'm not sure which I hate more. Funerals are sad, and weddings sadder. I'm always just wondering "how long will this last?".

It’s the cycle of life, man.

 

[Ifitaintbroke]

It’s the cycle of life, man.

The way I see it, life is linear, not circular. You live and die. You do not live again, at least not here. Humanity is a long trail of dust...a straight line to nowhere...

 

[Ifitaintbroke]

It’s the cycle of life, man.

I saw a picture, maybe a painting? one time that impacted me. An open door, standing by itself in the desert. A door to nowhere.