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Yeah, you got me. Foot on the throttle, handbrake on, in a parking lot that I'd just gotten to know VERY well by driving back and forth in it for about eight tenths of a mile.

Well at least it wasn't a Zim's parking lot.
OR WAS IT?
Anything good usually takes way more time than is apparent. (Except Mark's snaps. Those are "quick and dirty", but always perfect)
That odometer shot is unreal. Speaking of perfect. Comin' right up on 400,000 now….

Yes!
Impressive indeed!
Yes!
Aunt Mark
ps I do find my Mercedes wagon sorta practical, and quite fast. I average 11mpg. Total mileage under 8K (2015). And I once made it bark. I barked back. I did.
Best,
Aunt Bark

Yes -- you should always load your keyboard on TOP of your bicycle -- the bicycle whose pedal may have left a nice scratch in the bumper . . .
Who lets these guys out of the office ?

Yup, SDR.
If a scratch/dent/nick were to appear on any of my wagons, I'd have a full blown melt down. I like well maintained cars...probably clinically obsessive/compulsive. Wash 'em myself, I do, always have. Personal favorite is my 2005 MINI Cooper S (the red monster). Till death do we part. The new Countryman is well designed, but too refined for a MINI. The Benz is wicked fast. I bought it when I started taking golf lessons (perfect fit). I'm never late! My red/white 1970 Ford f150xlt pick up truck is rusted all to hell, but runs well. 390cid 4bbl, cruise-o-matic 4x4, lock out hubs, 2 speed trans axel. Only 55K on the clock...all whilst snow plowing the lane of a house I used to own. Tough miles, but the A/C still blows cold. It has burned through many power steering and water pumps. Many, yes. Also have an old 280sl. Used to be mom's. 1970? or 1971 model. It's clean, a garage queen. Beige/palomino. Pagoda. (rare factory a/c). In mothballs. That's all.
Hi.
Your Aunt Mark
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I want it. The 280 SL. Prettiest personal car of all time, pretty much. Big wheels, big glass, practically nothing else -- but what's there is so subtle. Mercedes is among a few (who are the others ?) who can use the same detailing employed on a sedan, to make a sports roadster. Why invent a whole new vocabulary, as they do now ?
MB has more models today that all their previous offerings, since the beginning, put together -- I bet. Whatever you fantasy, they have a sedan to fill it -- and then there are all the SUVs. Like a Jeep ? They've got one. Like a Lexus ? They've got one of those. Whew !
Now, how about the new Prius ? What the ____ ! What it tells me is that Americans (for whom the thing was doubtlessly styled, based on mucho polling and 'clinics') ) have ever worsening taste in vehicles. What a monstrosity.

Oh, Jeez -- they're selling it in the UK, too.
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/prius/93468/new-toyota-prius-2016-re...
I've been enjoying the Inspector George Gently series, I guess from the BBC. Set in 1969, I think; Gently drives a bright blue Rover 2000 TC, and his sergeant a used MGB and then a Cortina or some such.

Hi.
Slideshow time.
Hi.
Aunt M.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/10/04/style/tmagazine/20071007_RUD...

Gracious ! as my grandmother would have said. Or, Mercy !
This isn't the New York townhouse I've seen, is it -- unless that was remodeled by Rudolph at some point ?
That interior was much more orthogonal, and much less colorful ?
S

Good Morning SDR!
Paul Rudolph designed some sweet residential creations on the Gulf of Mexico side of Florida. Many still stand. Affordable, too. I am not feeling the love with/for that slideshow. Too much glam. Too much crap. Too much_______. I'd wear something a little bit special, if ever invited. Something simple.
Simply,
Your Aunt Mark

I'm not feeling that one either. What about this home? It's pretty much the diametric opposite, I think. I saw photos of it years ago somewhere and was fascinated at how someone could choose to live in a home like this. I love every single thing in it and I love it all together, but it's not me, either! Still. I'd love to visit it.
http://www.designrulz.com/design/2013/08/welcome-to-karens-color-explosi...
PS, Aunt Mark, you are a peach among men.

Hi.
Pink/orange today.
Fundraiser breakfast.
Hi,
Aunt Mark
ps I love my jacket...plus the linen pants are bespoke.
pss I blew the pope for the kicks..or the other way around. I forget.

Duuude . . .
I wanna see a smile on that mug, next time. In clothing like yours, a worried face just doesn't makes sense . . . don't you think ? Or don't you . . .
The shoes are perfection. So is everything else. Including you, dear one.
S

Hi!
I like my sensible suede shoes today.
Hi!
Aunt Mark
ps Hi!
pss. I do.

Nice.
Speaking of subtle and refined, what do you have that would go well with the interior of the Fisker station wagon -- or shooting brake, as they have it ? I found out my little Honda repair shop is the Northern California authorized repair facility for this not-yet-released model, and the other Fiskers. Maybe I'll trade up -- if my roof rack will fit on it.
http://www.automoblog.net/2011/09/13/surfs-up-fisker-debuts-surf-shootin...