I can see steam and smoke starting to arise from the good Captain’s ears. And I would too on hearing of such abuse.
Let me gaze into my cracked and cloudy crystal orb…..I see…..I see…..much fire, destruction, death, crying and weeping, loss of power, prestige, and pecuniary, from the major Inner Core planets, potentates, principalities, and corporations…..
I’m in lust. Such beautiful, smooth, sleek, sensuous, sexy lines.
What?! Get your mind out of the gutter. I’m looking at the car.
If it (she-the car) rides even half as well as it looks……
Fine cars, like fine women, are tuned to a fine pitch, and will “untune” in a heartbeat.
I’ll take what I’ve got, a 2000 4Runner, 242K+ miles. Yeah, I still have to spend money on “her” for maintenance, but what piece of machinery doesn’t?
Had a buddy in college who owned a Triumph Spitfire. Beautiful machine and fun to ride in with the top down but it was a whole lot better fit for his 5’6″ frame than my 6’4″. Also it seemed like every other weekend he was under the hood tinkering with something. He told me all Brit cars were.more’n a tad finicky. But it was a beauty. Right PW, too, if you get my drift. For a college boy that’s an important quality. Course I never had trouble getting riders in my little ’62 Dodge Lancer, either.
The big thing with them was the oil bath carburetor. Let it get down a little and it was shaky running. Most of the Brits at the time had them. Morris, Austin etc. Fun though.
Some carburetors, mostly British, had an oil-filled chamber that damped throttle movement so that it couldn’t open too quickly.
Other carburetors used an accelerator pump.
I want to see what that Morgan has under the hood.
I can see a straight four, dual carbs.
Hopefully NOT a negative 6 Volt electrical system (battery positive is hooked to chassis “ground”. what a mess!)
While I cannot say for sure, my money is on it having a quiet, compact, truly-zero-emissions grav motor so it never runs out of “gas” and doesn’t need a transmission. Best of all worlds; good looks, high reliability, zero emission of any kind and it never needs fuel or charging.
and going back to their statements in TGW-636, and her statement on taxes,.. less is more.. and more is less.. the “government” is getting more (work) on less (money), by going private.. vs the more (money, having to hire workers at a set amount, from government money. cuz wont work for less.) on less (work, as a city worker explained,, IF we do it right the first time , we lose money,. we don’t get over time, we don’t get bonuses, and we get yelled at for standing around.. but if we are to get yelled at , why not stand around,, and take our time do a sloppy job, so we have to come back an fix it on over time,. and if an emergency (road collapse), we get it fixed in a timely manor, we get a bonus,, so win win.!)
I can see steam and smoke starting to arise from the good Captain’s ears. And I would too on hearing of such abuse.
Let me gaze into my cracked and cloudy crystal orb…..I see…..I see…..much fire, destruction, death, crying and weeping, loss of power, prestige, and pecuniary, from the major Inner Core planets, potentates, principalities, and corporations…..
I’m in lust. Such beautiful, smooth, sleek, sensuous, sexy lines.
What?! Get your mind out of the gutter. I’m looking at the car.
If it (she-the car) rides even half as well as it looks……
fancy cars, like women’s clothes,. look good but are uncomfortable, always give you problems, an fail at any given time….
Fine cars, like fine women, are tuned to a fine pitch, and will “untune” in a heartbeat.
I’ll take what I’ve got, a 2000 4Runner, 242K+ miles. Yeah, I still have to spend money on “her” for maintenance, but what piece of machinery doesn’t?
Had a buddy in college who owned a Triumph Spitfire. Beautiful machine and fun to ride in with the top down but it was a whole lot better fit for his 5’6″ frame than my 6’4″. Also it seemed like every other weekend he was under the hood tinkering with something. He told me all Brit cars were.more’n a tad finicky. But it was a beauty. Right PW, too, if you get my drift. For a college boy that’s an important quality. Course I never had trouble getting riders in my little ’62 Dodge Lancer, either.
The big thing with them was the oil bath carburetor. Let it get down a little and it was shaky running. Most of the Brits at the time had them. Morris, Austin etc. Fun though.
I’ve never heard of an oil bath carburetor, and can’t imagine what an oil bath could be doing in a carburetor. Did you mean the air filter?
Some carburetors, mostly British, had an oil-filled chamber that damped throttle movement so that it couldn’t open too quickly.
Other carburetors used an accelerator pump.
I want to see what that Morgan has under the hood.
I can see a straight four, dual carbs.
Hopefully NOT a negative 6 Volt electrical system (battery positive is hooked to chassis “ground”. what a mess!)
While I cannot say for sure, my money is on it having a quiet, compact, truly-zero-emissions grav motor so it never runs out of “gas” and doesn’t need a transmission. Best of all worlds; good looks, high reliability, zero emission of any kind and it never needs fuel or charging.
Meant to write “fuel OR charging”.
Maybe a Buick 215 V8?
I knew a man in Massachusetts who had one in a lawn tractor.
Every race was a near-death experience.
Those Morgans were/are nice looking cars.
To me that salesman looks a wee bit like the Romanian prince. William, I think, was his name…
http://thegentlewolf.net/comic/tgw-268/
That’s it. I thought he looked familiar, but couldn’t remember who. Thank-you
He wouldn’t be selling cars in Jerico.
http://thegentlewolf.net/comic/tgw-636/
I didn’t realize I’d created a doppelganger.
and going back to their statements in TGW-636, and her statement on taxes,.. less is more.. and more is less.. the “government” is getting more (work) on less (money), by going private.. vs the more (money, having to hire workers at a set amount, from government money. cuz wont work for less.) on less (work, as a city worker explained,, IF we do it right the first time , we lose money,. we don’t get over time, we don’t get bonuses, and we get yelled at for standing around.. but if we are to get yelled at , why not stand around,, and take our time do a sloppy job, so we have to come back an fix it on over time,. and if an emergency (road collapse), we get it fixed in a timely manor, we get a bonus,, so win win.!)
He keeps looking back as they discuss the car…. as though he feels like he is being watched.