The car thread ...

[Vrede too]

We get the specialists in accidents with big trucks, not the others yet.

Who doesn't look nearly as sleazy as "Attorney KING (Aminpour)"

[O Really]

You should get a branch of "Law Tigers"

[neoplacebo]

After reading that story I refer to above, I decided to find out how many Camaros Chevrolet produced in the three year period 67-69. It was just under a million in total. So only 27,000 of those million Camaros were Z28s. I never realized how rare they actually are. Also looked up total Corvette production for that same period and found that ten times more Corvettes were made in those years than Z28s.

Speaking of fast cars . . .

Local TV is flooded with ads that say, "If you've been hurt in an accident that wasn't your fault, call _______ attorneys."

Pffft, any lawyer can do that. I want the number for an attorney to call if it was my fault.

That reminds me of what Hunter Thompson had to say about his attorney in the Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas book.......at one point driving across the desert, Hunter says his attorney (Oscar Acosta, who really was an attorney) took off his shirt and began pouring beer across his chest, leaned his head back and said "man, this is the way to travel." His attorney would also say "as your attorney, I advise you to drive at top speed."

[Vrede too]

1970s German engineering:


Article

German restoration:

CNN visits the iconic Pacific Palisades Volkswagen bus (short video)

After a wildfire destroyed much of Pacific Palisades in January, one image among the devastation went global: a vintage VW bus that had somehow survived the most destructive fire in the history of Los Angeles. CNN’s Nick Watt has more.

I just watched:

In the Eye of the Storm
Escaping the LA Fires
Season 3, Episode 4
7:00 PM ON • TV-14 • Stereo • CC

When wind-driven fires explode across Los Angeles in January 2025, cameras capture chaos and heroism as residents attempt to rescue loved ones and flee burning neighborhoods.

Terrifying and very well made.