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bluegargantua ([personal profile] bluegargantua) wrote2006-06-14 10:46 am
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Old TV shows and hot new cars

Hi,

Two things today.

First, did you ever see this show on Saturday mornings? If you did...you're probably very, very old...like me. *sigh* I totally had a thing for Glamor Gal. Sadly the picture quality on this clip is pretty bad, but it probably comes from a VCR tape that's over 20 years old. I seriously doubt anyone will ever release a DVD of this show which is too bad because...y'know...Glamor Gal.

Second, on a casual stroll last night with the lovely and talented (and quite tall) [livejournal.com profile] methanopyrus we came across a pair of odd, but neat looking little cars. They looked like Super-Deformed anime cars.

They were a pair of Smart fourtwo cars. Very slick looking automobiles. If I could fit behind the wheel (and I might be able to), this would be my ultimate city driving machine. They're only "sorta" available in the US, but there appears to be a NH dealer who works with Zap motors (the unoffical US importer). Supposedly they'll be more available in late 2006-2007.

ah well, back to work
Tom
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[identity profile] solipsistnation.livejournal.com 2006-06-14 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)

You should get one just so you can unfold up out of it and scare people.

I dont think I ever saw it...

[identity profile] invader-haywire.livejournal.com 2006-06-14 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
You mean Glorius Gal...

I think I would like Dirty Trixie better, because I prefer brunettes wih glasses.

[identity profile] mazianni.livejournal.com 2006-06-14 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I've seen one of those Smart FourTwo cars a couple of times in Concord. I kept meaning to go look it up and kept forgetting.

Cute little thing.

"This is the largest car I can afford..."

[identity profile] robotnik.livejournal.com 2006-06-14 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not quite your size, but I've sat in the passenger seat of a Smartcar (I'm seeing more and more of them in Canada) and found it entirely comfortable.

[identity profile] brainiac69.livejournal.com 2006-06-14 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Those cars were all over Italy when Dawn and I went a few years ago. Very neato. Instead of parallel parking you just back into the spots, as the car is as wide as it is long.
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[identity profile] desiringsubject.livejournal.com 2006-06-14 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
You must have been headed towards Alewife on the bike path. There's also a bug in that parking lot that I like a lot--it's a color I've never seen in a car before. Plus, it's license plate is "JADZIA" just like Dax on DS9.

Um. Hi. I'm a dork.

[identity profile] zonereyrie.livejournal.com 2006-06-14 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
The Smart cars are pretty nifty - Zap Motors has had a display at CES for their electric conversion jobs and the Smart. It is actually fairly roomy, you might fit OK. I sat in it a couple of years ago and it wasn't like I had a huge amount of room, but I got in and out OK.

And yeah, I remember that show, only vaguely.
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