Automobiles

[TonyP]

I can see why you might want different wheels on that if you were doing any sort of non-pavement driving. Hardly any rubber there at all.

It is interesting to compare your truck with the 1968 version and see that some elements of the body refer back to the earlier model. Wheel wells, line along the side. Even the fenestration kind of matches up.

Well, I learned a new word today.

Probably won't never use it, but I'll know what it means next time I read or hear it.

[AngryScientist]

I ran through a series of Grand Cherokees that I bought for about 3 grand each, well used but mechanically good. They have solid drive lines and can really perform in the right configuration.

The one robin just bought above is solidly outfitted as a "mall crawler", of course there is nothing wrong with that, but that wheel and tire combo is certainly not on there with off-road in mind.

Here's one of my old ones. They all died a death of massive rust out.

Deerfield, MA:

[j44ke]

Well, I learned a new word today.

Probably won't never use it, but I'll know what it means next time I read or hear it.

Hah - the related term is "defenestration". Throwing someone out of a window. "He died by defenestration." Very common event in European history, right up to the current era (see: recent oligarch deaths.)

[j44ke]

I ran through a series of Grand Cherokees that I bought for about 3 grand each, well used but mechanically good. They have solid drive lines and can really perform in the right configuration.

The one robin just bought above is solidly outfitted as a "mall crawler", of course there is nothing wrong with that, but that wheel and tire combo is certainly on there with off-road in mind.

Here's one of my old ones. They all died a death of massive rust out.

Deerfield, MA:

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Really? That's an off-road setup? I can't imagine those doing well off-road with almost no sidewall.

[rwsaunders]

Latin for window…fenestra. I remember that and maybe a few others like agricola (farmer) and sinister (left) from 9th and 10th grade Latin class.

[TonyP]

Hah - the related term is "defenestration". Throwing someone out of a window. "He died by defenestration." Very common event in European history, right up to the current era (see: recent oligarch deaths.)

I like this word better. Enough, in fact, to try and use it in conversation.

Probably not day to day conversation, but somehow, sometime, maybe.

[AngryScientist]

Really? That's an off-road setup? I can't imagine those doing well off-road with almost no sidewall.

yea, i edited my post, i meant not on there for offroad

Not only is the profile of the tire completely unsuitable for offroad (and really not great on road, especially in NJ!) but it's clearly a road tire that would struggle for traction off pavement and be pretty delicate also.

[j44ke]

yea, i edited my post, i meant not on there for offroad

Not only is the profile of the tire completely unsuitable for offroad (and really not great on road, especially in NJ!) but it's clearly a road tire that would struggle for traction off pavement and be pretty delicate also.

Got it.

I was thinking maybe something more like this:

[vertical_doug]

I know this is clickbait, but dam. I want one.
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/sup...-mistral-japan

[robin3mj]

I rode in a Kia EV6 Uber this week. Interior is pretty nice, and the trunk is gigantic. Always though our Golf wagon was a best in class as far as space behind the second row, but this is on another level.

We're not ready for an EV yet, but this one seems really well executed.

[ides1056]

Hah - the related term is "defenestration". Throwing someone out of a window. "He died by defenestration." Very common event in European history, right up to the current era (see: recent oligarch deaths.)

The Thirty Years War began with “the defenestration of Prague.” Considered equivalent to lynching except sometimes people survived, as happened in this case.

[Scott G.]

The Thirty Years War began with “the defenestration of Prague.” Considered equivalent to lynching except sometimes people survived, as happened in this case.

The Defenestration of Prague that started the 30YW, was the 3rd one, the first one started the Hussite Wars.
DoP II, resulted in a treaty.

[72gmc]

I learned this word from Calvin and Hobbes, so it must be a good word.

[robin3mj]

Got it.

I was thinking maybe something more like this:

The trucks in Iceland are terrific.

[ides1056]

The Defenestration of Prague that started the 30YW, was the 3rd one, the first one started the Hussite Wars.
DoP II, resulted in a treaty.

V C Wedgwood wrote a fantastic history of the period.

[j44ke]

The Defenestration of Prague that started the 30YW, was the 3rd one, the first one started the Hussite Wars.
DoP II, resulted in a treaty.

And not the last. The StB adopted it after the communists took power in 1948.

[echappist]

And not the last. The StB adopted it after the communists took power in 1948.

I know I'm just contributing to the thread derailment, but I didn't realize that Prague has its own history with defenestration, separate from those committed by the Soviets, until I read post 6291 upthread. Always had believed the Masaryk defenestration to be the most notorious case, but history, as always, has a few surprises in store.

[j44ke]

Behold the beautifully fenestrated Tatra 603, favorite of the Czech StB.

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Someone has even produced a scale model of one, complete with miniature StB agents.

[j44ke]

I know this is clickbait, but dam. I want one.
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/sup...-mistral-japan

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Can there be a new Bugatti without a new James Bond movie?

[72gmc]

Someone has even produced a scale model of one, complete with miniature StB agents.

I feel a bit guilty for liking this.