Smart alternative for kong limos. (Guy)
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Week 09, 2007 commencing on February 26th. First half. |
Smart alternative for kong limos. (Guy) |
 Valet parking in the P.C. Hooftstraat. (Guy) |
 F.C. Hummer humming along. (Guy) |
 "No, coffee after we brought this home!" (Guy) |
 "A Caddy, isn't she Bart, Lewis, Kenneth?" (Guy) Kenneth: I wonder how that stuff winds up over there! It's a 1972 Eldorado. It's front-wheel drive, weighs somewhere beyond 2130 kilos, an gulps gas using an 8.2L V8. Just the kind of monster the enviro people love to hate. Some colour! Looks like it was painted using the blue ink from a Bic! The windows behind the doors were called opera windows, and these were changed, as Lewis said, into shapes of lightning bolts, diamonds, etc. And you could get the roof covered in vinyl, and padded underneathlike a cushion. For a nightmare, imagine a new BMW 7 done up that way. Lewis: That's one gorgeous hunk of lavender! Back when they were new cars, those Caddies were all over the intersection of 42nd street and 8th Ave., in Manhattan. Their owners customized them with rear windows shaped like lightning bolts, diamonds, portholes, etc. and were hanging out chatting with the HOs. It was the high watermark of the Pimpmobile era, and the car to have was an Eldo [Eldorado], preferably in a color just like the one in de Phlog. |
 "Can't tell why it dropped down. Is this Frog unreliable or me?" (Guy) |
 New Jeep Compass is a front-wheel-drive. The four-cylinder Compass offers either front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive, and is easily compared with the likes of the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V, Saturn Vue, Kia Sportage, and Subaru Forester. Jeep is hoping that the Compass will give it a serious foothold in this fast-growing segment. |
 Mostly bicycles. (Guy) |
 "Address?" |
 Waiting for the Springtime sun. |
 "What brought you here?" |
  Killer amphibious vehicle, 39 mph on water and 55 mph on land. With waterfront property highly prized the world over, we see the amphibious market as one of the next great opportunities, the people with the greatest disposable income will have the greatest need for amphibians. At the same time, new techniques, technologies and materials are yielding a new breed of amphibious craft that are seemingly omnipotent. |
 In his first life as an art director Ed Flanagan built scale models, and in his second life he switched the scale up to 1:1, or rather greater than life. He did a beautiful job turning his Coast to Coast '36 Ford cabriolet into a unique ride. Ed extended the deck, lengthened and widened the hood, altered the fenders, added a custom grille, and extended the fadeaway headlight housings. He kept the handles at the rear of the suicide doors. The results are fantastic. |
 Tuesday afternoon, heading home. (Guy) |
 Dry spell. (Guy) |
 Rain. (Guy) |
 Farewell, goodbye! Ivor Bos is closing The Papeterie, to seek new challenges. (Guy) |
 The tram's on schedule. |
 "The rain won't stop today." |
 "It seems that the museum is a sinking ship." |
 Tuesday, it didn't stop raining. |
 Breakthrough at 18:00. |
 Sunday 15:45, Downtown Providence. Eighteen hours after this quiet, sunny afternoon we had four inches of snow on the ground. Lewis. |
 German manufacturer Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur is one of several new supercar makers to emerge in recent times. The first road car was shown at Geneva last year and a significantly revised version of the barely disguised racecar will emerge at this year's Geneva show in early March. More in GizMag. |
 "It's new, yes, cleaning windows with a fishing rod." (Guy) |
 "You keep an eye on the rear Louis!" (Guy) |
 "Yesterday it folded by itself." (Guy) |
 "Gotcha!" |
 "Nobody's waiting for flowers at home." |
 Monday. Blank start. |
