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The Thing About Chasing Cars - Part 2

So where were we – that’s right, on my way home from Pittsburgh to Birmingham, AL on a cold and rainy day. But no stinkin’ rain can dampen my spirits – I have a 79 Mercedes convertible to bring home. The rest of the trip is what one could call many things. Exciting? Strange? Frustrating? Twilight Zone? You pick the description, each and every one is true at some point along the way. 5:00 PM I return my rental car at a Hertz Local Edition where they normally will give you a ride back home, etc.

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The Thing About Chasing Cars - Part 1

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pe_0EQ8er0s/VF4_n0DeGUI/AAAAAAAAKqg/MNpI_TD4cZ4/s1600/Tale%2Bof%2BTwo%2BCities.jpgIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Mr. Dickens penned those words over a hundred years ago and for many of us this happens on a regular basis. My story for the next two months is just like that, the best and worst of times, rolled into one. Unfortunately, more the worst of times but with the rose colored glasses perspective of the best of times. Please enjoy my journey wi

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The Thing About Chasing Cars - Part 1

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Mr. Dickens penned those words over a hundred years ago and for many of us this happens on a regular basis. My story for the next two months is just like that, the best and worst of times, rolled into one. Unfortunately, more the worst of times but with the rose colored glasses perspective of the best of times. Please enjoy my journey with me. Wayne Carini of Chasing Classic Cars, Jeff Allen and Meg Bailey from The Car Chasers, the Gas Monkey

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The Thing About Chasing Cars - Part 1

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Mr. Dickens penned those words over a hundred years ago and for many of us this happens on a regular basis. My story for the next two months is just like that, the best and worst of times, rolled into one. Unfortunately, more the worst of times but with the rose colored glasses perspective of the best of times. Please enjoy my journey with me. Wayne Carini of Chasing Classic Cars, Jeff Allen and Meg Bailey from The Car Chasers, the Gas Monk

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The Thing about the Car Bug and Turning 50

By the time you read this I will have hit a very major milestone in my life. I will cross over the half-century mark. I know when I turned 40 just last year, or was that 10 years ago? I was shown the secret handshake for those that are four decades old. No one has told me what secret comes with turning 50, maybe just getting to 50 in one piece is the secret in itself. They say you are as old as you feel - who knew that 100 would feel so good! http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A5qUB6ZN1io/VAXatvtM8s

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The Thing About The Car Bug And Turning 50

http://thethingaboutcars.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-thing-about-car-bug-and-turning-50_53.html By the time you read this I will have hit a very major milestone in my life. I will cross over the half-century mark. I know when I turned 40 just last year, or was that 10 years ago? I was shown the secret handshake for those that are four decades old. No one has told me what secret comes with turning 50, maybe just getting to 50 in one piece is the secret in itself. They say you are as old as you feel

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The Thing about the Car Bug and Turning 50

By the time you read this I will have hit a very major milestone in my life. I will cross over the half-century mark. I know when I turned 40 just last year, or was that 10 years ago? I was shown the secret handshake for those that are four decades old. No one has told me what secret comes with turning 50, maybe just getting to 50 in one piece is the secret in itself. They say you are as old as you feel - who knew that 100 would feel so good! Enough about my age - 46 years ago I was bi

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The Thing About Rental Cars - Part 3

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kjnRNqJs6nw/U-Dbq4Hk0-I/AAAAAAAAIDE/fLe7VT7LkTQ/s1600/Jeremy+Clarkson+-+Smug.pngThe greatest rental car comment ever uttered has to have come from Jeremy Clarkson on BBC's Top Gear. As he and James May set off on some excellent adventure Clarkson shows up in a light blue Toyota something or other. He points to the car and says  James asks how in the world could a boring sedan be the fastest car in the world? Mr. Clarkson exclaims 'It's a rental!'. From that point fo

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The Thing About Rental Cars - Part 3

The greatest rental car comment ever uttered has to have come from Jeremy Clarkson on BBC's Top Gear. As he and James May set off on some excellent adventure Clarkson shows up in a light blue Toyota something or other. He points to the car and says James asks how in the world could a boring sedan be the fastest car in the world? Mr. Clarkson exclaims 'It's a rental!'. From that point forward the little car never had a chance. So it is true with all rentals, they seemingly live the life of a L

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The Thing About Rental Cars - Part 3

The greatest rental car comment ever uttered has to have come from Jeremy Clarkson on BBC's Top Gear. As he and James May set off on some excellent adventure Clarkson shows up in a light blue Toyota something or other. He points to the car and says  James asks how in the world could a boring sedan be the fastest car in the world? Mr. Clarkson exclaims 'It's a rental!'. From that point forward the little car never had a chance. So it is true with all rentals, they seemingly live the life of a

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The Thing About Rental Cars - Part 2

http://thethingaboutcars.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-thing-about-rental-cars-part-2.html A new car is exciting and there is something about the new car experience that only a new car provides. The smell of new leather (or leatherette?). The thunk sound of a solid shutting door. The smell of the engine, heater, air conditioner as they reach maximum operating temperatures for the first time produce a magical experience. The issue for most is that the experience comes once every 4 or 5 years. More f

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The Thing About Rental Cars - Part 2

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LlD-KXswii8/U7QTb-ESxEI/AAAAAAAAH20/uJChazJg_C0/s1600/Bank+Statement.jpgA new car is exciting and there is something about the new car experience that only a new car provides. The smell of new leather (or leatherette?). The thunk sound of a solid shutting door. The smell of the engine, heater, air conditioner as they reach maximum operating temperatures for the first time produce a magical experience. The issue for most is that the experience comes once every 4 or 5 yea

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The Thing About Rental Cars - Part 2

A new car is exciting and there is something about the new car experience that only a new car provides. The smell of new leather (or leatherette?). The thunk sound of a solid shutting door. The smell of the engine, heater, air conditioner as they reach maximum operating temperatures for the first time produce a magical experience. The issue for most is that the experience comes once every 4 or 5 years. More frequently for those with 6 or 7 digits in their savings account balance.Even then for mo

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The Thing about Rental Cars - Part 1

Summer is soon here and a lot of people will be traveling and that often means renting a car. I travel a lot, sometimes two or three cities in a single week. That means a lot of rental cars. Each city I go to becomes not only a new experience but an opportunity to drive a different car. I find there are two experiences that come with renting a car. First, what type of car to choose? With so many options this is not as simple as it sounds.  Second, the excitement of what car I will get my han

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The Thing about Rental Cars - Part 1

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MsEJ48klMnk/U5IIUT7wb7I/AAAAAAAAHVM/cymwHw7B4OM/s1600/Beach-Chairs4.jpgSummer is soon here and a lot of people will be traveling and that often means renting a car. I travel a lot, sometimes two or three cities in a single week. That means a lot of rental cars. Each city I go to becomes not only a new experience but an opportunity to drive a different car. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aJOlWMdKnjU/U5IITfaA2fI/AAAAAAAAHVA/1t4RxvI2VN8/s1600/Airport+car+rental+feature+photo.j

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The Thing about Rental Cars - Part 1

Summer is soon here and a lot of people will be traveling and that often means renting a car. I travel a lot, sometimes two or three cities in a single week. That means a lot of rental cars. Each city I go to becomes not only a new experience but an opportunity to drive a different car. I find there are two experiences that come with renting a car. First, what type of car to choose? With so many options this is not as simple as it sounds. Second, the excitement of what car I will get my han

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The Thing About Car Prep...

I have a love and hate relationship with deadlines. I hate deadlines because as the day approaches I typically leave 2 days for 30 days of work. I also love deadlines because, well, they make you get things done. For example, you are the one hosting the neighborhood Christmas party. Normally you hang that last Christmas ornament and the last string of lights by December 24th, 10 PM. The #%@& Christmas party throws those ideas out the window and makes you frantically work to get the house rea

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The Thing About Car Prep...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rd50rhqFD0k/U2jtFxbwS_I/AAAAAAAAHLo/mOAIblpBqJY/s1600/christmas-lights.jpgI have a love and hate relationship with deadlines. I hate deadlines because as the day approaches I typically leave 2 days for 30 days of work. I also love deadlines because, well, they make you get things done. For example, you are the one hosting the neighborhood Christmas party. Normally you hang that last Christmas ornament and the last string of lights by December 24th, 10 PM. The #%@& C

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The Thing About Car Prep...

I have a love and hate relationship with deadlines. I hate deadlines because as the day approaches I typically leave 2 days for 30 days of work. I also love deadlines because, well, they make you get things done. For example, you are the one hosting the neighborhood Christmas party. Normally you hang that last Christmas ornament and the last string of lights by December 24th, 10 PM. The #%@& Christmas party throws those ideas out the window and makes you frantically work to get the house rea

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The Thing about Cars on Back Roads...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YHp41XvSPGE/Uz1vfhj3wSI/AAAAAAAAGtg/Kz0NO3g9UP0/s1600/Alabama+Sign.jpgI live in Alabama. Not a place known for exotic classics or low production European cars. But even in a rural state like Alabama,  http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hyg5M2mgI9A/Uz1vhHYf7QI/AAAAAAAAGuI/hZPHPjU8Uzk/s1600/Lamborghini+Venemo.jpgsurprises happen and on a recent trip that is exactly what happened. I am not talking about seeing some 2011 Ferrari 358 Italia or a Bentley Turbo R screaming down the r

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The Thing about Cars on Back Roads...

I live in Alabama. Not a place known for exotic classics or low production European cars. But even in a rural state like Alabama, surprises happen and on a recent trip that is exactly what happened. I am not talking about seeing some 2011 Ferrari 358 Italia or a Bentley Turbo R screaming down the road (which does happen in Birmingham). I am talking about cars that once drove the highways and by-ways of our world. My journey began in Birmingham taking me to the rural northwest corner of the st

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The Thing about Cars on Back Roads...

I live in Alabama. Not a place known for exotic classics or low production European cars. But even in a rural state like Alabama,  surprises happen and on a recent trip that is exactly what happened. I am not talking about seeing some 2011 Ferrari 358 Italia or a Bentley Turbo R screaming down the road (which does happen in Birmingham). I am talking about cars that once drove the highways and by-ways of our world. My journey began in Birmingham taking me to the rural northwest corner of t

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The Thing About Spring Cleaning Cars...

I remember as a young kid there was always one weekend I truly despised. The dread would begin as the snow started to melt, the sun began to shine warmer and longer and patches of grass would begin to appear in the yard - that dreaded weekend? Spring cleaning! Literally, all of the carpets that weren't tacked down were brought outside and beaten to the point that even a mite couldn't find something to eat. Bed sheets, towels, sofa cushions and sometimes mattresses were hauled outdoors to absorb

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The Thing About Spring Cleaning Cars...

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The Thing About Spring Cleaning Cars...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZLnfcbi_j84/UxOPHeumsJI/AAAAAAAAGZE/WqucH80WwCw/s1600/rug4.jpgI remember as a young kid there was always one weekend I truly despised. The dread would begin as the snow started to melt, the sun began to shine warmer and longer and patches of grass would begin to appear in the yard - that dreaded weekend? Spring cleaning! Literally, all of the carpets that weren't tacked down were brought outside and beaten to the point that even a mite couldn't find something to eat. Be

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