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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 11:59 PM
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60s racing jargon.
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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 12:17 AM
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60's jargon or British jargon?
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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 12:23 AM
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Four Banger!
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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 05:02 AM
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Going Out to Lunch lol
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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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Unglue….. to blow an engine. This is what happens when the silver dollars come off the pistons.

For those that don’t remember.
https://www.miataturbo.net/showthrea...ession+pistons
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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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sewing machine - small foreign car
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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 02:48 PM
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my dad never spoke like that.
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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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I've been called a big wienie. I thought it meant something else.
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Originally Posted by Doppelgänger
sewing machine - small foreign car
These days I've heard "sewing machine" applied more specifically to Porsches. The reference is obvious when you hear one cruise by at low rpm.
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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 04:30 PM
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i always thought that hydro was something else.
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