Author: Chris Birt
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Engine notes (an X-mas CD)
www.motorbooks.co.uk It is well know that Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) is an avid automobile collector. He has a book that is available in England with a CD of the best engine note soundtracks called Into The Red (for redline, of course.) It is available at the link above (in British pound). Of note: Luv the…
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Political mobility
It is well known that certain types of cars are blue, green and red. The bluest of the blue is the Volvo station wagon. The sedans, however, are quite popular in Georgetown, where you find the ocassional conservative. Locally, however, Bush supporters and Volvos are rarer than Amy Klobuchar apologists at, say, Grace Church. The…
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Car Candy Kills
I have a pusher. He pushes a drug called speed. Guys that own hot rods, however, do not call this drug “speed” but “candy.” I guess that way it sweetens the blow that hits your wallet, the small side of your back, and the ever-present possibility of your forehead projecting through plate glass. Guys that…
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Road trip munchies
Owing to the tremendous response I received to my previous post “Granola,” it seems a further disucssion of mobile foodstuffs is merited. In my previous post, I decried the propensity of talk radio hosts to demean various foodstuffs and I signled out granola. I must admit that in the intervening years between colllege and the…
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granola
I have a confession to make. I incessantly channel surf while driving; often to the detriment of other drivers. I also have this sign in my window because the giant SUV that I inherited when my companies merged is always black and shinny and designed to make other drivers feel inadequate. Things did not used…
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In thrust you will trust
I was asked to contribute to this blog due to a fear that cars are losing their manliness. Before you go all Angela Dworkin on me here let me make it clear that women can be manly. In fact, I know many women who are far more manly than men, the late Ms. Dworkin included.…