Van Halen and the Shelby GT500

[gbranton]

I remember riding in a VW bus in Bolivia that caught fire. If you don't replace the fuel lines when they start to get old they will break and send fuel into the ignition system and then you are on fire. Of course they had no fire extinguisher on board so we stood on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere and watched our transportation burn. You gotta love Latin America. Nothing like going along a mountain road on an overloaded bus with old tires with no tread left. You either shit your pants or get religious in a hurry traveling in the Andes.

All good reasons to stay home and ride in vehicles I build or maintain.

What a shame, some hipster here in America would spend $30K to restore that old VW bus.

[Nitro Express]

There was a time in my life I did a lot of traveling. We always want to see what's over the next hill and in that process we learn something about ourselves and the world. I have pretty much learned everyone wants to get laid and have something good to eat. People everywhere like cars and it's everyone's dream to own one. Just look at China now, they copied all our car problems. We really at the end of the day are the same. Then you have these assholes called politicians that try to divide us fighting about our differences so they can manipulate the situation for their own gain. Then you have the small percentage of assholes that just go crazy for no reason at all. It's all the same. Everywhere. There just seems to be that elusive sweet spot between where people are in abject poverty being used and abused and the spot where people have been spoiled silly and have no gusto left. There is a sweet spot in the the middle where the action is and it's so damn rare.

It's not that I so much want to travel anymore. It's gotten to be more of a pain actually. I want to find that sweet spot. That's what I'm looking for and seeking.

[chefcraig]

What a shame, some hipster here in America would spend $30K to restore that old VW bus.

Or worse yet, re-invent the damned thing with all sorts of age-inappropriate doodads (including an earthquake sound system), lower it so the bumpers drag the street, then install rims and tires that look like something only a child could appreciate. Just like on that ghastly and unwatchable Pimp My Ride show from a few years ago.

[Coyote]

Just like on that ghastly and unwatchable Pimp My Ride show from a few years ago.

Please, don't remind me. I still haven't gotten over that episode with the '81 Turbo Trans Am...
How dare they put the wrong bird on the hood?! First they tried to slap on a '79 10th Anniversary hoodbird, and finally they settled on a smaller one. (I think it was a '73)