Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

Weird: I get a Costco coupon book which offers $70 off on Bridgestone tires and I go to their website and they only carry Michelins and BF Goodrich tires. :headscratch:

the website doesn't have everything they have at individual stores. even stores vary in the inventory sometimes... hot and spicy beef jerky for example, some will have a lot and others won't get it for months.

bmwracer wrote:
You'll manage. :hehe:

:hehe: :hehe:

Your sympathy is appreciated.

krim wrote:the website doesn't have everything they have at individual stores. even stores vary in the inventory sometimes... hot and spicy beef jerky for example, some will have a lot and others won't get it for months.

Yeah, I've noticed that... The Torrance store doesn't seem to carry the marinated salmon anymore... :puppydog:

EDIT: The online Costco Connection magazine says that they've partnered with Bridgestone again... Good timing, since I need new tires. :applaud:

i need to ditch the runflats... another 10k miles and i think i'll have worn them down enough.

Stirling Moss injured in fall down elevator shaft

LONDON (AP) — Former Formula One driver Stirling Moss has broken both ankles and hurt his back in a fall down an elevator shaft at his London home.
The 80-year-old Briton was taken to the Royal London Hospital on Saturday after falling three floors.

A statement on Moss' website says he stepped through the open elevator door without noticing the elevator had malfunctioned and stopped on the floor above.

Moss broke four bones in a foot and chipped four vertebrae but did not lose consciousness. The statement says his "body still has the same resilience to injury as it did in his racing days."

Moss won 16 Grand Prix races but never the world championship. He was runner-up four times.

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Mercedes-Benz F800 Style

It takes some real balls to put "Style" right in the name of your car, and despite its shark-that-ran-head-first-into-a-wall front end, the Mercedes-Benz F800 Style ($TBA) has it in spades. Still a concept at this point, the F800 boasts a ton of predictably high-end technology, including a plug-in hybrid drive system that pairs a 300 hp V6 gasoline engine with a 109 hp hybrid module for a total of 409 hp, a seven-speed transmission, a new multi-function display concept and touchpad-equipped interface, a new Distronic Plus Traffic Jam Assistant feature that basically drives the car for you in heavy traffic under 25 mph, rear pivot-and-slide doors, and plenty of LED lighting

^ Hideous. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:^ Hideous. :bleh:

An expected response. :) Gives the Porsche 918 a run for its money in the design department. :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:Gives the Porsche 918 a run for its money in the design department. :hehe:

Maybe tech-wise, but was good is it with packaging only your mother could love (barely)?

bmwracer wrote:
Maybe tech-wise, but was good is it with packaging only your mother could love (barely)?

Yeah, the front end is quite ghastly. I bet you the inside of the wheel well looks good though.

Tu_triky wrote:Yeah, the front end is quite ghastly. I bet you the inside of the wheel well looks good though.

Maybe.

I guess you have to close your eyes until you get inside the car. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Maybe.

I guess you have to close your eyes until you get inside the car. :hehe:

Not the best looking car out of Germany...or Earth.

Tu_triky wrote:Not the best looking car out of Germany...or Earth.

It'll give a Nash, Gremlin, Trabant, and Pacer a run for their money. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
It'll give a Nash, Gremlin, Trabant, and Pacer a run for their money. :mrgreen:

Seriously.

Hmm, suicide doors.

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I've finally decided to spoil myself and got a FX35 :woot:

^ Nice... Post some pics. :victory:

all i got is from my phone cam so image isnt really good....

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however, on the net, it looks similar to the one below except I dont have the aero kit...
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Very nice... Take good care of it. :victory: