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Saw my first Lincoln Zephyr on Friday afternoon; what a pile of garbage that thing is! Between that and the new Navigator, do you think Lincoln's gonna live to see the next decade?

A '71-'72 GS boattail with a center console and buckets has been near the top of my list of cars I'd like to own for a looooong time now. I'd only take a '73 if it were a GS Stage 1 as it was the only year they offered it in a Riviera. Sucks to hear that a '72 got parted out, but if it was really stuffed as bad as you say it is then it's probably for the best. I think it's cool that if it had to give its life for anything it ended up being a heart donor for your '59. Good to see you're keeping it all Buick!

That's fine; it's worth the wait! Just make sure you don't ditch the Delta when you get one of these fine machines for yourself; I recently realized the value of having a second car when the egg had to suddenly be put on ice for a month and I was forced to put my 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille on the road. The old barges really come in handy sometimes!

So anyways City Hall just called me back and the car's not for sale, apparently. I guess they just want it to continue sitting on the bottom floor of the city parking garage in the same spot since AT LEAST September of 2003 when I first came to know of it, and probably longer than that. The jumper cables on the back seat are a testament to how much the car gets used; that and the 2004 inspection sticker on it. There's also a four door Caprice sitting next to it that's around the same year that also belongs to the fire department, and has also not moved in years. Ah well, at least I tried.

The way a door closes all has to do with how it hangs. Even the heaviest of doors will close with the smallest tug if they are hung properly. From wide open you can close the big long heavy doors on my Riviera with your little finger because they hang perfectly. The ones on my '79 Coupe DeVille hang nice and straight for the car's age and close with almost as much ease, again because they are hanging correctly and the hardware is nice and tight. Conversely, the ones on my mother's old '85 Eldorado closed like $h! as the car got older because the pins and bushings in them wore out and were never replaced. I remember having to give them quite a yank for them to shut completely. The ones on her '79 Monte Carlo got a bit saggy in its waning days of ownership as well now that I think of it.

ELO's great outside of Fire on High too. They have a unique sound and a boatload of hits, and Jeff Lynne's work behind the scenes in things like producing are as good if not better than their music. $h!, he even got to be a Traveling Wilbury with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and George Harrison. Not too shabby if you ask me.

I like big long heavy doors that shut like a bank vault with their reassuring clunk. I like to know that steel is around me in the event that I get into an accident.

Nice ride, dude! I'm currently trying to buy a 1979 Delta 88 Royale two-door ex fire chief's car off of my city, but am not having much luck. Red on red with a white padded quarter roof, still has the faded fire department lettering on the door and everything! This one's got a 403, though. *sigh* Maybe some day. At least I still have my '77 Cutlass Supreme four door!

From "Disco Demolition Night" July 12th, 1979 at Old Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois 50,000 drunk baseball fans can't be wrong, can they?!

On the dash, with a push-button, just like my dad's '52 Chevy pickup

Wow, I thought getting pee pee tagged went out once you got to high school. Who knows, maybe it's making a comeback? Guess the guys you work with are ahead of the curve.

Agreed. I just wish they kept the camera rolling long enough to see the Jetta's owner beat the living $h! out of the retard in the MR2

How the f@#k does the guy crash this thing way up there on a deserted street?!?!?!? Stupidest wreck ever Turn in your driver's license and get yourself a bus pass. Seriously.

Ah yes, the mighty green machine. I drove this rattletrap back from Sean's house for this clown and she rides like a stagecoach! The next day when I went over Sixty8's house I also noticed he was minus one exhaust tip; here's to hoping it didn't fall off on the highway and kill somebody!

112 in the incredible egg and 108 in my old '89 Toronado.

Back in my day when someone found out their boy had a bad case of fairy they'd send 'em off to war; it straightened 'em right out! Seriously though dude, it's nothing to be ashamed of. I agree with everybody that you don't have to make it a point to just throw it out there one day, but if it comes up again in a roundabout sort of way, as it did with your mom asking about the movie, why not tell her? Seems to me like she already has it in the back of her mind that you're gay if she asked you if you saw any gays there and then immediately had to toss in "you're not." That almost seems like she said it in hopes that you'd say something otherwise, so it could finally confirm what she's had an inkling about for a while. Like someone said before, it'd be disrespectful and embarassing for a parent to come right out and ask that sort of thing, but it seems like she's trying to give you an opportunity to speak up if you in fact need to. The thing you gotta remember too is that the right thing to do isn't necessarily the easiest thing to do, but you're probably gonna feel a whole lot better when it's out there and the two of you no longer need to walk on eggshells around each other because you're constantly wondering what each other's thinking or will think if certain things come up. And for whatever it's worth, any guy who refers to his coming out as "falling off the tuna boat" is A-OK in my book

Saw an old lady driving a really nice '79 Grand Prix on the way to visit my father at the shop this morning. Y'know, the ones with the separated lights and extra skinny grille. Also a few houses down from the shop a guy's had a '76ish LJ in his side yard for damn near forever; what a neat looking car that is.

One of the funniest SNL skits in recent memory by far is the one where Will Ferrell did the Neil Diamond VH1 Storytellers. Search that on youtube and prepare to laugh your ass off! I will smack you in the MOUTH!! I'M NEIL DIAMOND!!

I'll take "Anal Bum Cover" for two hundred! ... that's "An Album Cover," mister Connery. So why does SNL have to suck so bad now, anyways?

It's an extra 12-volt outlet so you can charge your cell phone and still be able to light a cigarette if the mood should strike you (no clue if you smoke or not :P )

Dude, I dunno what personal circumstances surround this decision of yours, but I'd consider sleeping in the Firehawk as opposed to selling it; from what I've been told, yours is one that is irreplaceable.

I agree that the last generation Riviera is one of the very few American cars in recent memory that could have actually worked as a true hardtop, but least they gave the doors trimless glass and only put a very thin strip of black between the door and rear quarter windows; it's not like they made it big and body color to make it a point to remind you it isn't one. If I ever get crazy rich, though, I will make one of these cars a true hardtop and drive around with all four windows down every chance I get! I'd be so thrilled with how great the car looks that I'd be beeping the horn and waving at people I don't even like! :lol:

Not quite a reality show, but still fun!

Think it actually saved much money considering special rail cars had to be engineered specifically to ship Vegas, as opposed to just driving them on a conventional tri-level railroad car carrier?

Why on Earth should we rebuild a city that's twenty feet below sea level, so another hurricane can f@#k it up or just the worthless pieces of $h! that live there can? They piss and moan about there being a slow response time down there, but why should we be so ready to jump up and help the people when they act like animals? I'm sorry, but when we see news footage day after day of all the idiot junglebunnies (Yes, I know what I said) pelting ambulances and National Guard trucks with bricks and hear reports of construction workers trying to patch up levees being shot at, that says to me it's time to cut your losses and move on.