Joe Handley

A while back I got to thinking about something after seeing one of those on the way home from work, "What Would a Show Rod Builder Do". Might be interesting to see one of those reworked with some sort of longer than stock tube frame, big V-8 (maybe from a Titan pickup), reworked to look like a cross between a gasser and a 60's style show rod. Ok, I'll lock that twisted part of my imagination back up now.............

Isnit weird that the FX kinda looks a bit Buick like while the FJ looks more like a Chevy?

Difference is though, the GTI started out as a practical car and was made sporty, most purpose built sporty cars have no practicality what so ever.

I wasn't sure, but apparently I've watched some of the shows she was on.

Apparently a local actress that had an ok career. http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0535014/

Wow, nice save and the new HW rolling stock looks great on it too!

Movie prop would explain the lack of a roof.

Looks like an early Holden, but what's with the lack of a roof?

It's hard coming up with ways to refer to throttle and filling the car when running a flex fuel car too Tom. Since it's usually some variation of licquer, I've often wondered if using the term, "opening the taps" when you hit the throttle, or "being low on booze/hooch" when getting low on fuel, or "going to get the car licquered up" when going to top it off might ever become terms used for alcohol fueled cars. I tend to use the phrase "pull the trigger" when it comes to R/C cars and trucks since most of them use pistol grip style controlers, and come close to saying that about 1/1 cars and trucks too.

That's what makes this car such a monster, as long as the car is "powered up" the car is making it's full torque potential, even when not spinning, then adding the traction of 4 drive tires to that instantly available 600+ ft/lbs of torque and then you have that! Wonder if it has some sort of advanced traction control that controls any wheel spin in a way to make the tractive effort the same at all 4 corners too?

The Hellcats and Vettes are about the only thing close that isn't already a "supercar", then this car, both Hellcats, and the Vette combined would still likely be cheaper than one of those!

Yup, the P85D model should be ballistic too! My only point of reference for that kind if acceleration is the Rock N Roller Coaster at Disney, it's 0-57mph rate is right on with the P85D time wise......as well as initial violence at take off!

http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/meet-sir-vival-safety-car-future-wasnt

For some reason, the person who wrote this article seems to think it's an all new car, but just seems like a major update to the Model S. http://www.wired.com/2014/10/tesla-reveals-details-big-model-d-announcement/ The AWD option is supposed to put the 0-60 times in the 3.2 second range!?!

Haven't run across it yet, but then again, I'd just trash it since I don't drink any coffee, let alone Starbucks.

I saw that, it's a shame she's gone, I enjoyed her on SNL and Designing Women.

There wasn't a whole lot going on there, I had to stretch my time there to 4 hours, and that even includes the time spent sitting and eating with a coworker as well as going out to get him from the lobby and getting him signed up to get in the door once he got there. It was better than last years, which was barely with the fuel to get to Schaumburg and back from West Chicago. My boss missed last years, but after this year's, told a customer that for the price of the round trip, a ticket (as a consumer instead of a vendor), and food, you could pick up two 6-packs of a good beer and a nice cigar and get more out of that.

Just parked next to a white Chevette 5dr!

That's how my Sister's '14 Challenger is, and the R/T buckets make it worse.

Him not smoking might be just as bad if not worse at this moment. Knew an elderly man who lost his wife to cancer and was a bundle of nerves and when his Doctor asked him if there was anything he could think of that would calm him down, he said that when he had been a smoker, that would usually help calm him down. The doctor figured that if smoking was about the only thing that calmed him, he could try picking it back up. Granted he was old enough that it no longer really mattered (he still lived for quite a while after this), but if it helps keep the OP's nerves in check, I couldn't fault him for lighting up during these times.

But is it the Cabrio/Convertable? I'd be hard pressed to fit more than a few standard sized model boxes in one.

You should see the late T-Birds and New Beetle cabrios, they're less than worthless!

That right there, wouldn't he a shock........

That isn't one of Will I. Am's (musician, formerly of The Black Eyed Peas) creations by chance......is it? Apparently it is, and it started as an aircooled Beetle?! http://jalopnik.com/exclusive-will-i-ams-900-000-one-of-a-kind-car-is-ac-299528633

Nice, did you get a 4 cyl or V-6 car?