How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
04-14-2014, 01:45 PM
I think I've only really seen 2-3 actually on the road in my life. Kinda cool.
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04-14-2014, 01:54 PM
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04-14-2014, 02:34 PM
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Here you go, and fairly close to you. 1957 BMW Isetta 300, SUNROOF OPTION ORIGINAL
You know, $8k isn't all that bad. And it would be about the most practical thing imagineable in terms of parking around here.
This has the potential to be one of those things that starts out as a joke and winds up as a project. I wonder how the engine would respond to boost...
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04-14-2014, 04:30 PM
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Hmm.
You know, $8k isn't all that bad. And it would be about the most practical thing imagineable in terms of parking around here.
This has the potential to be one of those things that starts out as a joke and winds up as a project. I wonder how the engine would respond to boost...
You know, $8k isn't all that bad. And it would be about the most practical thing imagineable in terms of parking around here.
This has the potential to be one of those things that starts out as a joke and winds up as a project. I wonder how the engine would respond to boost...
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04-14-2014, 10:09 PM
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Hahaha. I appreciate the suggestions. Honestly, nose-in parking is the only thing that appeals to me about a Smart / Isetta. None of the more conventional Kei / CityCars offer that feature, so there's really nothing that would make me pick any of them over a Miata or a Boxster.
Right now this is just a lark- I don't yet need anything other than the bikes.
Right now this is just a lark- I don't yet need anything other than the bikes.
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04-15-2014, 07:32 AM
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Joe you are a full grown man with a good job. Live life a little, go beyond you meagre needs, step into the land of full filling wants. We want to see you parking your tiny car sideways in New York parking spaces.
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04-15-2014, 08:56 AM
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The fact is that I don't actually need a car. And, to be honest, the inconvenience of having to move it twice a week (for street cleaning) is a bigger factor than the money.
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04-15-2014, 09:16 AM
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I'd love to have one of those micro cars (always like the Messerschmitt one from the 1950's), but the prices have gone crazy on them.
Dad almost bought an Issetta back in the day, but got hooked on Studebakers instead. Anyone want to buy a 1964 Avanti project car?
Dad almost bought an Issetta back in the day, but got hooked on Studebakers instead. Anyone want to buy a 1964 Avanti project car?
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04-15-2014, 02:42 PM
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1964 Studebaker Avanti
Oh wow, what color is it?
Also: Sorry to hear about the FiL, but glad that you got to have a positive relationship. Community support is also great to hear, we seem to be losing a lot of that these days.
Oh wow, what color is it?
Also: Sorry to hear about the FiL, but glad that you got to have a positive relationship. Community support is also great to hear, we seem to be losing a lot of that these days.
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04-15-2014, 03:12 PM
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MY GOD are you kidding me?!?!! It might not be so bad if not for that sort of racing stripe madness. I was considering selling mine but DAMN I'd be too scared for that to happen. I must still have too much attachment to mine. So sad to see that done to one of the nicest miata I've seen.
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04-15-2014, 05:19 PM
2 Props,3 Dildos,& 1 Cat
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MY GOD are you kidding me?!?!! It might not be so bad if not for that sort of racing stripe madness. I was considering selling mine but DAMN I'd be too scared for that to happen. I must still have too much attachment to mine. So sad to see that done to one of the nicest miata I've seen.
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04-16-2014, 03:50 PM
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God, I love North Carolina.
NC Administrative Code, Title 17, Chapter 4, Subchapter B, section 312:
NC Administrative Code, Title 17, Chapter 4, Subchapter B, section 312:
A rattlesnake milking exhibition for which an admission fee is charged is subject to the gross receipts tax imposed under G.S. 105-37.1.
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2000.
I wonder what happened between 1976 and 2000 which caused this regulation to need to be revised.
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2000.
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