Nope

I told him. You know what you need? Leave it ALONE!:buttkick:

Car is for my wife - she even picked it out - I am just the courier.

Hopefully i'll get to use it occasionally. :peepwall:

first real hiccup

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17.5 mpg on first tank.

18.5 on second tank.

19.8 on third.

:cheers:

To catch everyone up. Wed nite Southwest lost Dave's bag so we stuck around in Birmingham at Carrigans Public House Gastropub and hung out until 10 when the next possible flight with his bag might show up. It did and we hit the road to Jackson MS.

We got in around 2 am and found a room to catch some shuteye.

We got a late start today but made it to Deep South Pops for some local pops & nitro cold brew.

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Of course along the way we stopped and picture opportunities always arose.

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Of course we had to stop at the AL Capitol building and take the glamour shot.

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Right now we still have a few mile ahead of us this evening. :RunninDog:

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Hurry up, I need a beer

Nice score, Dave! Great fuel mileage too given the age.

I'm digging it!:flag2:

We are not sunday cruising.

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Yeah...I used this line also. She is still mad at me!

You're calling in sick tomorrow.

Reverse psychology, I love it.

You're a good man Dave, priorities on point. Have fun in Austin, sounds like a good kind of trouble will be had.
:wacko:

At least someone in your family will have a running driving hot rod. :underchair:

It hasn't made it home yet.....

LEO's are amused when you lay this line on them...

'Officer, did I happen to mention to you that I have over 400K page views on my quasi build thread?'


:P

Hahaha Greg!!

This car is practically cheating compared to the ramp truck.

They serve beer & pizza in Austin. Who knew:EmoteClueless:

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We left Jackson 15 hours ago and now the day ends with some Maple Bacon & Rum doughnuts from a doughnut truck on Rainey street in Austin.

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It got ugly from there.


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What's the over and under on the number of tickets before this is over with? :peepwall:

Let's take it up a notch.

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a little more on the wagon

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I saw the santa beard, but an LS? You must be getting old and wiser.

Cool grocery getter, buddy!

What't the old saying about you can have two out of three but you can't get all three..... in his case -- only one of the above applies.

As a yout', I went with the folks to the Shivy dealership in '63 as they looked at one of these. 6 cyl, three-on-a tree and 3rd row seat.

For some reason they chose it over the split-window Vette that our family of 4 boys really needed.

:confused59:

Couple questions..
4 link in the back with bags?
Is it normal to drink beer in a wine glass?

:thumbsup:

Funny glass = awesome beer.

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I went car shopping with my Mom once. She was looking at a '72 Mercury Capri - I wanted her to buy the Pantera!

Haha...young gearheads know things. ;)

When roadtripping the USA you should try to check out the capitol buildings of our great states.

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We were being respectful but it seems we just can't get along with the law outside of CA.

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What the hell, you boys gotta get out of here!

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On the run from the law we headed a little outside of town to check out the Pennybacker bridge.

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Who knows maybe the Capitol police officer sensed we were all hopped up on caffeine from our morning excursion.

Vintage Heart on 7th street serves some good cold brew and the local version of a Bullet Coffee

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Where is Waldo?

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Oh yea, up the hill by the Texas national cemetery.

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Dave will post up the lost time from noon at the bridge until we left Austin around 3:15.

Next stop Marfa TX

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We did get the FM transmitter from Radio Shack dialed in so we have some roadtrip music via a circa 2006 NANO.

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Has anyone been to Marfa?

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I'm not sure how to explain it.

Currently

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Hopefully the driver has better vision than your camera. :sieg:

Deluxe accomadations.

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We enjoyed our time in Austin and had good coffee, grub and beer (not that in that order necessarily).

One of the best brisket concoctions I have ever tasted. Seriously. The brisket Frito Pie.

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We nearly lost Rob.

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We met up with the a Lat-G'er and an aspiring Lat-G'er for this winning lunch

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And yeah... Marfa.... I saw this story on it 60 minutes a couple years ago and was glad Gerno reminded me about it. It has not disappointed so far.. although we really don't know what we are dealing with here yet. Maybe some clarity will present itself tomorrow when we head back into town.

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Based on a few looks I got I don't think my artistic shirt was thought too highly of in these parts.

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I had numerous flashbacks of the movie Natural Born Killers driving on some of these desolate back roads and thru the small towns. This hotel seemed to fit.

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And probably my favorite shot of the car so far. :thumbsup: :flag2:

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She's a sweet ride...