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Ludicrous misuse of the language. Bylines at Car and Driver, Road and Track, Hagerty, Autocar, Driving.ca, etc

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · Oct 19

For any new followers, this is the sort of thing I like to do:

www.autoweek.com/car-life/cla...

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 8h

Importer.

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 9h

B10. This is a Bob V car (RIP) and he knew what he was doing.

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 9h

Tom Bombadil would have owned a Dodge Hellcat Widebody and would have participated in takeovers.

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 9h

Well we're a little confused as Bill Kinsella, the author of Shoeless Joe which was adapted into Field of Dreams was a BC resident, and so we're supposed to root for the White Sox?

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 15h

James Joyce is nowhere near as good as Brian O'Nolan (Flann/Myles)

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 15h

This is a post about Fallout power armor fusion cores.

Scissors @rningscissors.bsky.social · 1d

Devour Your Nice Things
Burn the fancy candle.
Wear the special-occasion dress.
Pop the good bottle.
Scribble hurry slowly on the first page
of your leather-bound notebook.
Gorge on your pearls,
your cashmere, your silks.
Use the high-end eyeshadow
until the silver pan winks back.
Baptize your wrists in Baccarat Rouge,
a little extra for the collar.
Devour your nice things—
don't let the best go cold on your plate.
The anticipation of living is empty calories
and you were meant to be full.
Elise M Powers

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 18h

Flutes-thansa.

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 19h

Some fun picks from the show

Jeep Honcho graphics. Apparently an original barn find

Jeff’s Countach. He always brings it out. It’s a red 1980s downdraft

A collector plated Honda Insight. IIRC I spoke to the owner of this at another show and it’s the second or third one sold in Canada.

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 21h

First spot of the show

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 21h

StudioGhibli.Daihatsu.EpicHandshakeMeme.jpg

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 1d

*standing by the side of the road with a flat deck on the way*

Oh I get it. Wait for motion.

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian Thanksgiving here, eh? Got you guys a turkey.

A Bricklin SV-1 with three DeLoreans (all doors up, of course)

An orange Bricklin SV-1 framed by the door of a DeLorean DMC-12

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 2d

I'm also interested in the Dr. Moreau-ish Beef/Lamb.

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 2d

Glutinous Ball WITH Peanut? WOW.

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 2d

tired: travelling by hand basket
wired: travelling by Daihatsu basket

The Daihatsu basket. Basically a modern Mehari from 2009

With an open bed and seating for four, it's the ideal rig for the landscapers who take care of Hayao Miyazaki's garden

Inclement weather? Plagues of frogs and locusts falling from the sky? Simply put up the canvas top.

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 3d

"bricks were imported from England"

I'll have you know that most of the exterior masonry of the literal Thames-spanning London Bridge was cut up, transported to Arizona, and rebuilt in 1968.

Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 3d

So, in Missouri, you can buy a Gilded Age mansion for, checks notes, $550K?!! Comes with a carriage house. The bricks were imported from England, because rich people sometimes do weird things like that. #FridayNightZillow www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 3d

I know a product planner there, and of course he owns a vintage Mini Cooper. The company’s concepts were always the best thing about the Tokyo Motor Show.

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 3d

Busting out the Daihatsus to heal the TL.

A Midget II in front of a Ford F350 brodozer

A race-prepped Midget II. Grrrr... *bites a Porsche's ankle*

A bunch of Midget IIs racing in a Best Motoring video. They all have samurai-style banners.

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 3d

Algal Williams Renault, just incredible.

Antti Kautonen @julkinen.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly quite an incredible sight on a quiet residential street. It’s sat for quite a while, and I hope it won’t be there for the entire coming winter. Yet it’s still so cool. #weirdcarbs

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 5d

I did some freelance editing for print. It mostly looked like this:

Tucker and Dale vs Evil: two redneck-adjacent folks who are covered in boood. “I’ve had a doozy of a day.”

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 5d

You know how the new Model Y has a glass roof but no interior sunroof? The Initial D Trueno has no sunroof but the headliner of a sunroof-equipped model.

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 5d

we still need to know what your favourite monster truck is

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 5d

Re: Music and Dodge Demon connections

RATM's Tom Morello at the wheel of his 1971 Dodge Demon which he's owned since the mid-1990s.

One time my dad asked a kid in a Rage Against The Machine t-shirt if he, too, owned an old Land Rover.

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 6d

Me: Gary Oldman is a fine actor, and the esteem I hold him in could not be higher.

Gary Oldman: I bought a Runge RS because I thought it looked neat. It *is* neat.

Me:

volume i and volume ii knobs on a metallic surface

Alt: Spinal Tap goes to eleven Marshall amp

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 6d

Not only is Spam Musubi wonderful, it is best when purchased from a lowbrow institution. The best Spam Musubi in Hawaii is from the 7-11.