http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/05/video-chevrolet-camaro-attracts-all-types-inclu...
I hope to be alive at that age, let alone buying a new camaro
Good for him though.
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Nov. 5, 2009 11:43 p.m. mtn SuperDork
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Nov. 5, 2009 11:47 p.m. neon4891 UltraDork
The Real Question... Auto or Stick?
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Nov. 5, 2009 11:49 p.m. mtn SuperDork
I wondered that too. Anybody know if the transformers edition is available in Auto? In the video of him drving, his hands were at 10 and 2 the whole time.
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Nov. 6, 2009 12:16 a.m. Kia_racer Reader
In the movie it was an auto.
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Nov. 6, 2009 5:45 a.m. Mazdax605 Reader
Did you see him close the door by pushing on the frameless window glass? That is a recipe for an @ss kickin around here.
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Nov. 6, 2009 5:58 a.m. 924guy Dork
that guy is my new hero...
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Nov. 6, 2009 6:41 a.m. Luke SuperDork
He looks in great shape for 101.
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Nov. 6, 2009 7:10 a.m. Gearheadotaku Reader
Thats cool
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Nov. 6, 2009 8:56 a.m. mad_machine PowerDork
Mazdax605 wrote:
Did you see him close the door by pushing on the frameless window glass? That is a recipe for an @ss kickin around here.
I think at 101 and that it is his car... he can do what he wants to it.
Who knows.. in a few years that car might be worth more because of who owned it?
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Nov. 6, 2009 9:17 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer Dork
"Granny shiftin, not double clutchin like you should"
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Nov. 6, 2009 11:34 a.m. pinchvalve UltraDork
Ten bucks says I get stuck behind him on a great stretch of 2-lane when he is going 25 and I can't pass!
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Nov. 6, 2009 11:47 a.m. Woody SuperDork
Car guy? 101 years old and he's only owned 40 cars?
I think not.
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Nov. 6, 2009 5:22 p.m. Appleseed Dork
The only thing better would have been a big, fat, smokey burnout in the parking lot.
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Nov. 6, 2009 6:14 p.m. confuZion3 SuperDork
DukeOfUndersteer wrote:
"Granny shiftin, not double clutchin like you should"
Not to sound like an idiot, but I never understood what the hell he was talking about in that movie.
This story gives me hope that in my future, I will also be a cool old man who drives fast sports cars. Way to go, Virgil.
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Nov. 6, 2009 6:20 p.m. cwh SuperDork
Well, he's got me by 36 years. Not very likely I'll make it to 100, but if I do, I want a 240Z, not some bloated Camaro. With a stick. And a 73yo chicky sitting next to me.
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Nov. 6, 2009 6:20 p.m. JetMech Reader
confuZion3 wrote:
Way to go, Virgil.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
I'd guess Mr. Coffman's Camaro probably has a slush-box. But hey, my grandfather only recently got rid of his truck, which had a real transmission.
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Nov. 6, 2009 7:08 p.m. confuZion3 SuperDork
JetMech wrote:
confuZion3 wrote:
Way to go, Virgil.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Eew. Want them back?
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Nov. 6, 2009 7:15 p.m. Appleseed Dork
cwh wrote:
...not some bloated Camaro.
Better that than a new Caddy with 18" whitewalls and a fake convertible top.
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Nov. 6, 2009 10:58 p.m. JetMech Reader
confuZion3 wrote:
JetMech wrote:
confuZion3 wrote:
Way to go, Virgil.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Eew. Want them back?
LOL!
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Nov. 7, 2009 7:40 a.m. mel_horn Dork
Woody wrote:
Car guy? 101 years old and he's only owned 40 cars?
I think not.
But all at once? That would sound more like us...
But think about it...that's an average of 1 car every couple years or so...
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Nov. 7, 2009 8:05 a.m. Toyman01 HalfDork
My aunt lost her drivers license for passing my uncle on a narrow country road. She was 98 at the time. He was running about 10 over and said she was running at least 90 in her 1971 Impalla
The family took it away from her before she killed someone. She always did drive like a bat out of hell. Used to sit on a boat cushion so she could see over the steering wheel.
I sure do miss her.
She was a character.
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Nov. 11, 2009 9:17 a.m. integraguy HalfDork
My father recently turned 88. He currently drives a Ranger with a "stick" as it was the only one he could find as a 4X4 with a regular cab. If it wasn't for my Mom....and the need to drive a 4 door sedan that she could feel "comfortable" driving, my father would be driving a Mustang.
He still does okay driving, at his age, but he sort of bothers me by not ever using cruise...at least for those trips I would, and he drives faster than I would, nearly all the time. (I guess I'm turning into an lod man.)
