The Numbers Game
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moffspeed said:
A steroidal version of the Stelvio. The Transfagarasan Highway in Romania.
Jeremy Clarkson says it is the best driving road in the world - judging by the photos he might be right. The road climbs to a nose-bleeding peak altitude of 2042 metres.
One for the bucket list.
wow, looks like fun indeed. Jeremy Clarkson says it is the best driving road in the world - judging by the photos he might be right. The road climbs to a nose-bleeding peak altitude of 2042 metres.
One for the bucket list.
Tsukuba Circuit in Japan. Probably only familiar to the gamers out there - features on various editions of G.Turismo & Forza Motorsport.
I must admit I thought it was one of those fictional cyber circuits but no - it’s the real deal, opened in the mid 60’s and measures 2.045 Kms in length (slightly longer if you have to negotiate the m’cycle chicane).
I must admit I thought it was one of those fictional cyber circuits but no - it’s the real deal, opened in the mid 60’s and measures 2.045 Kms in length (slightly longer if you have to negotiate the m’cycle chicane).
Turbobanana said:
Not if you're a SAAB enthusiast, it isn't. They stopped in 1993 when the GM influence took over.
Doesn't mean this isn't a fab car, and Per Eklund is a proper legend. But a proper SAAB? No.
You’re quite right !Doesn't mean this isn't a fab car, and Per Eklund is a proper legend. But a proper SAAB? No.
This was the first of my 5 pre-GM Saabs. I was living in Notting Hill Gate and needed a sensible family car - so a straight private deal swap (in the forecourt of a petrol station on Queensway) took me from a Sunbeam Lotus into this. Culture shock - for the first week I thought “what have I done” but then grew to love it..
Edited by moffspeed on Wednesday 13th March 13:41
1965 Aston Martin DB5 Vantage Shooting Brake - chassis no. DB5/2047/R
https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/19283/lot/345/in-...
https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/19283/lot/345/in-...
moffspeed said:
Turbobanana said:
Not if you're a SAAB enthusiast, it isn't. They stopped in 1993 when the GM influence took over.
Doesn't mean this isn't a fab car, and Per Eklund is a proper legend. But a proper SAAB? No.
You’re quite right !Doesn't mean this isn't a fab car, and Per Eklund is a proper legend. But a proper SAAB? No.
This was the first of my 5 pre-GM Saabs. I was living in Notting Hill Gate and needed a sensible family car - so a straight private deal swap (in the forecourt of a petrol station on Queensway) took me from a Sunbeam Lotus into this. Culture shock - for the first week I thought “what have I done” but then grew to love it..
Edited by moffspeed on Wednesday 13th March 13:41
In 1996 I was about to buy a VW Santana for a motoring holiday to France, but the pre-MoT inspection was woeful so that was (almost literally) swept away. With barely a week to go before my departure, a colleague took in a 1987 900i 2 door in red, with a scarcely-believable 72,000 miles. It was more that I wanted to pay but drove faultlessly for 2000 miles through France and was sold - for a rare profit - to make way for a black 3 door T16S. That was followed by a Monte Carlo Convertible which I went on to own for 21 years. The only interloper along the way was a 9000 2.0 LPT, which felt like a barge by comparison and was not loved.
In 1998, to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the city of Tulsa decided to create a time capsule.
They assembled several contemporary artefacts: city documents, a 1990s cellphone, some CDs and... a Plymouth Prowler.
All were sealed into a steel container with half-inch thick walls welded together to make it water-tight. The whole was buried to be unearthed in... 2048.
It turns out that the exercise had been done previously, in 1957. A brand new, 4 miles on the clock Plymouth Belvedere was buried in a concrete tomb, wrapped in plastic sheets. When opened in 2007, it transpired that water had severely damaged the car - named "Miss Belvedere" - and, despite the efforts of customiser Boyd Coddington, it couldn't be started as hoped.
Apparently a bank account was opened when the car was buried, with $100 deposited. A prize, based on the value of the account including interest up to that point, was to be offered for the nearest guess at Tulsa's population in 2007. The $666.85 prize pot was ultimately awarded to the sisters and nephew of Raymond Humbertson, the winning guesser, who sadly had died in 1979.
If any of us are still around in 2048, please continue this story
They assembled several contemporary artefacts: city documents, a 1990s cellphone, some CDs and... a Plymouth Prowler.
All were sealed into a steel container with half-inch thick walls welded together to make it water-tight. The whole was buried to be unearthed in... 2048.
It turns out that the exercise had been done previously, in 1957. A brand new, 4 miles on the clock Plymouth Belvedere was buried in a concrete tomb, wrapped in plastic sheets. When opened in 2007, it transpired that water had severely damaged the car - named "Miss Belvedere" - and, despite the efforts of customiser Boyd Coddington, it couldn't be started as hoped.
Apparently a bank account was opened when the car was buried, with $100 deposited. A prize, based on the value of the account including interest up to that point, was to be offered for the nearest guess at Tulsa's population in 2007. The $666.85 prize pot was ultimately awarded to the sisters and nephew of Raymond Humbertson, the winning guesser, who sadly had died in 1979.
If any of us are still around in 2048, please continue this story
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