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    You could buy it, but you don’t.

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    I would be so happy if I could get a 73-77 El Camino or a 4 door Edsel. Either 58 or 59, I love them both. These aren't expensive cars...

     

    Alas, it's not in the cards. I can't see well enough to drive and my back is so badly damaged I need help to tie my own shoes. So I stay connected by collecting diecast, building plastic models, and taking as many pictures as humanly possible. 

     

    It's not the same as having a car of my own to love, but at least it's something. 

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    Automotive Bucket List

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    Having had a Cordoba as a family car, be very careful, lol. 

     

    Back from my trip to Mount Rushmore. It was great but I'm exhausted. I saw 48 US license plates missing only Hawaii and Mississippi. Saw Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario for Canada and even one Mexican and one European of unknown origin on the trip. 

     

    Minnesota has a lot of old pickups around...

     

    In total, I visited 11 states, 7 of which was the first time I ever visited them, went to 5 museums, three national parks, set my person record for furthest west and furthest north I've ever been and set my record for most photos in a single day and a single week. 

     

    I will have a thread about the trip once I get all the photos processed and uploaded to my website, but it will be a bit.

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    Automotive Bucket List

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    13 hours ago, wayne sheldon said:

    South Dakota?

     

    Wherever, enjoy the trip!

    Right on! Mt. Rushmore has been something I've wanted to see forever. It was even better than I imagined, way more impressive and majestic in person. Also did the museum at the Crazy Horse monument yesterday as well. 

     

    There have been car sightings but the connectivity here isn't great...I bought a lousy laptop to take with me...so the pictures will unfortunately have to wait.

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    Automotive Bucket List

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    I'm currently on a trip with my brother to knock out one of the things that we had on both our lists. I'm farthest west that I've ever been but will be farther later today...already found and toured a really great vehicle museum, and added I believe 15 "automotive" brands to my project of photo documenting as many brands as possible. 

     

    I will have pictures to share at some point hopefully soon but another day on the open road is ahead of us. 

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    Hershey Hotel Rates

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    When I get there (not if, but when!) I am seriously considering just driving in that morning. Google says it's a 4 hour ride. I would be coming for the show, not the vendors, so only one day for me. It'll depend on if I can talk my brother into making that drive...

     

    Edit to add: if you think that price is bad, look up what hotels do for NASCAR races. Yeah, ticket prices are cheap for the race itself, but with the hotels jacking their prices, requiring a 3-night stay, not allowing you to bring food, etc, you're looking at spending at least $1200 for a four hour race or less, and that's not even counting the fuel costs or rental cars if you need one. And they wonder why the races rarely sell out. 

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    Automotive Bucket List

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    Thank you everyone for posting. The goals we as a collective unit share is a fun topic. The one theme I see repeating is spending more time with their loved ones, that's something I think we can all agree on.

     

    Terry, thank you especially. Powerful story(post)! 

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    Automotive Bucket List

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    What's on your automotive bucket list? 

     

    For me I had three main things on my life bucket list and all were car related:

     

    See Route 66 (accomplished in Joliet IL in October 2019)

     

    Get a ride in an antique car (accomplished May 2019 in a 1913 Ford Model T)

     

    Own and show a classic car of my own (not Classic, although I wouldn't mind that at all!) I don't know if this will ever happen due to my health problems but I will continue to dream. It is not totally out of reach but I am unable to drive due to said health problems, and I'm a bit "gun shy" after getting left walking home so often with the family Jeep. 

     

    Other minor bucket list items, that I wouldn't call major but are still things I wish to accomplish:

     

    I want to see the major man made creations in the US: Statue of Liberty, Mt. Rushmore, Hollywood sign, Gateway arch in St. Louis. 

     

    Visit all 48 contiguous states, 13 visited so far.

     

    Attend all the major car shows at least once, and that is both real cars and model cars. The idea for this thread came from the Pebble Beach thread. 

     

    Visit all counties in New York State. 

     

    See a 1958 Edsel Wagon in person. I'm an Edsel fanatic, and I've seen almost every model in person, but the 58 wagon...either version...has never been anywhere where I've been. My new profile picture is me with what I believe is the first Edsel I ever saw in person when I was around 10 or 11 years old. 

     

    The only one not car related: I want to create a museum and hall of Fame for trading cards. 

     

     

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    Happy Mother’s day

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    I owe my love of cars to my mom. She's the one who got me interested in cars, who took me to car shows, and supported my diecast hobby, later introducing me to plastic models. 

    She had a fall on the stairs last year and is still recovering, or else she'd be going with me to Rhinebeck today. 

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    License plate reader

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    2 hours ago, Bhigdog said:

    Is alexa and/or siri quiety listening for key words that prompts an algorithm that monitors your conversation for content that is interpreted by an AI program that decides if it needs to be forworded to the NSA/FBI?.... Hey, not sayin that,s the way it is. Just sayin it would,nt  be hard to do.......bob

     

    Sadly just paranoia. If it was true there would be a whole lot less murders, terrorist attacks, etc. 

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    Your Worst Car?

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    My family has had nothing but problems with Mopars. 

     

    My dad was a lifelong mechanic, did it professionally for the USPS, the only cars he ever gave up on was a 78 Chrysler Cordoba and an 86 Plymouth Reliant (K-Car). 

    Our 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee also caused all kinds of problems. It got to the point we would only take it as far as we could walk home from, because we had to do that several times. It would just stop running whenever it felt like it. 

     

    We don't plan to get any more Mopars...have two Fords currently. 

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