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  • Volksrodden

    Sept. 27, 2011 10:12 a.m. Volksrodden Dork

    So here it is, I have decided to break people down as car's...this could sound harsh but when it come down to it, are some of the people in your life worth the maintenance, how much you have to put into them and is the pay off worth it. Last thing most of us want is some thing you spend more time repairing rather then enjoying.

  • ransom

    Sept. 27, 2011 10:16 a.m. ransom HalfDork

    Unfixed cars rust and get recycled, and they don't feel a damn thing on the way.

    You can't necessarily fix people, and sometimes the best course is to walk away, but I'm hesitant to judge whether someone's worth the effort based on whether I get enough enjoyment out of the exercise.

    Just another perspective.

  • oldtin

    Sept. 27, 2011 10:58 a.m. oldtin Dork

    My buddy's wife has been described as a porsche 911 with bad synchros and a weak clutch.

  • Basil Exposition

    Sept. 27, 2011 11:10 a.m. Basil Exposition Reader

    My buddy says his ex goes from zero to bitch in under three seconds.

  • 914Driver

    Sept. 27, 2011 11:48 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork

    Basil Exposition wrote:

    My buddy says his ex goes from zero to bitch in under three seconds.

    Be careful there, the rebuttal is "Who asked whom to get married?"

  • bravenrace

    Sept. 27, 2011 2:34 p.m. bravenrace SuperDork

    When I was a kid I used to think that Danno on Hawaii five oh looked like the front end of my dad's '59 implala.

  • ReverendDexter

    Sept. 27, 2011 2:51 p.m. ReverendDexter SuperDork

    “there are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades to realize this and most often when you do it's too late and there's nothing worse than too late” ― Charles Bukowski

  • bravenrace

    Sept. 27, 2011 3:15 p.m. bravenrace SuperDork

    In reply to bravenrace:

    Oh wait, no. It wasn't Danno at all, it was they guy who played Special Agent Jim Rhodes on the TV show FBI. Yeah, he looked a lot like a '59 Impala.

  • Twin_Cam

    Sept. 27, 2011 6:22 p.m. Twin_Cam SuperDork

    I always see salesman and think that they'd be cast as Lexuses (Lexi?) in a future Pixar 'Cars' movie.

  • Woody

    Sept. 27, 2011 6:40 p.m. Woody SuperDork

    I work with a bunch of these guys:

  • patgizz

    Sept. 27, 2011 6:57 p.m. patgizz SuperDork

    my buddy Pokey is kinda like my corvette. Not the fastest out there, not the most reliable, but always fun to hang out with when it's running right.

    Gimp is like my big chevy dually. i don't need to see it every day to know it's there for me when i need it, and sometimes i drive it just because. kinda like when i used to hop in the car for a ride to maryland to visit him just because i felt like it, or made an excuse like he needed a part so i hand delivered it 6 hours away instead of paying fedex 1/20 the cost of my gas to do so.

  • Basil Exposition

    Sept. 28, 2011 9:07 a.m. Basil Exposition Reader

    914Driver wrote:

    Basil Exposition wrote:

    My buddy says his ex goes from zero to bitch in under three seconds.

    Be careful there, the rebuttal is "Who asked whom to get married?"

    Oh, he knows he is an idiot for marrying her. Don't know how that is relevant to the topic...

  • N Sperlo

    Sept. 28, 2011 9:25 a.m. N Sperlo Dork

    In reply to Woody:

    E36 M3 suckers?

  • Volksrodden

    Sept. 28, 2011 12:56 p.m. Volksrodden Dork

    What it came down to is when your always there for them, but when you need them to slightly divert out of there way for you, they cant do it. "Corvette" friends are always nice, but p.o.s "Ferrari" that catch fire on a moments notice gets a little E36M3 for me.

  • ultraclyde

    Sept. 28, 2011 2:26 p.m. ultraclyde HalfDork

    I think the OP's first statement is pretty funny considering most of us have rusty old heap cars that we haven't got running yet sitting in garages gathering dust....

  • Sept. 28, 2011 7:39 p.m. 4g63t HalfDork

    My girl's like a 1 year old Galant VR-4, no issues, doesn't need repair, looks FANTASTIC in Belize Green, and is quiet and unassuming on the outside and a BLAST on the inside. Unfortunately I'M the twenty year old one in the driveway.

    Time to exercise the wrenches.

 
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