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Cars I Recently Drove
- Lucid Air Grand Touring: Beautiful but cheap interior
- Peugeot 206: Different and tiny
- BMW M550i xDrive: FAST
- Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrofoglio: Soulful monster
- Kia Sportage: Lousy seats, poor mileage.
- Jeep TJ: Primitive!
- Alfa Romeo Giulia: Meh
- Lotus Evora GT: Spacious!
- Honda Odyssey: Low riding, in a good way
- Toyota Sienna: Heavy
Great Movies/Shows I've Recently Watched
- TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
- Peewee Herman at the Roxy
- Barbie
- The Bear, S2
- You Hurt My Feelings
- Uncle Buck
- Planes, Trains & Automobiles
- Vertigo
- Rear Window
- North by Northwest
What I am reading
- Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge
What I just read
- Sinostan: Poorly edited.
- The Old Man and the Sea
- Border Crossings: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway: Fun and beautifully drawn.
- Havana: A Subtropical Delirium: Easy primer on Cuba.
- The Last Disco in Outer Mongolia: Good glimpse into post-Communism Mongolia.
- See You Again In Pyongyang: Highly recommend!
- Why the Dutch Are Different: Fun primer.
- Vagabonds: Henry Ford was a weirdo antisemite.
- The Amur River: Thubron's final hurrah.
- Complete Far Side, Vol. 3: Downhill.
My Last Great Meals
- Pagan (SF)
- Noyo Fish Company (Ft Bragg)
- Slack Tide Cafe (Ft Bragg)
- Sea Pal Cove (Ft Bragg)
- Sue's Angels Creek Cafe (Angel's Camp)
- Lo Coco's (Berkeley)
- Leo's Cafe (San Miguel)
- Mom Wong Kitchen (Camarillo)
- Taqueria Hidalgo (Chualar)
- Phil's Fish Market (Castroville)
Cool bars I recently visited
- Aloha Club (Oakland)
- La Rivière Impériale (Cayenne)
- Guadeloupe airport bar
- Lidia's (Kansas City)
- Oyster Society (Marco Island)
- Mersea's (Avila Beach)
- Brix (Flagstaff)
- Wingtip (SF)
- 7 Mile House (Brisbane)
- Gyppo Ale Mill (Shelter Cove)
5 comments:
nice! his grin at 35:43 makes him look like Mr Bean (and rightly so)
Now you've got me scanning the ads for XK8/XKRs. Thanks.
Crazy prices. I could go for a 6k Phaeton...
The buying tips given on these kind of shows confuse me when it's a familiar brand. He specifically mentioned the ticking oil pump on the 2.8 i6 in the BMW. I've never heard of that being an issue. The loosening oil pump nuts on the early V8's on the other hand are a common issue... Same goes for Wheeler Dealers, some pretty weird tips in that show too. Still, I shouldn't complain... I much rather watch car shows even with their shortcomings than most of the other crap on TV.
@rchen: Do IT!
@Edvin: How's your new-to-you BMW?
Maxichamp: It's a lot better than I expected it to be in this price range. Still, there's always stuff to be done... I just spent practically the entire weekend working on the car. I got a lot of stuff done, but didn't fix any of the faults I set out to. :) Repaired one fuel gauge sender, renewed water pump, thermostat, belt tensioner pulley and accessory belt. Installed engine block heater and new radio. Bled cooling system.
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