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Be still my beating heart. And they even installed the directional wheels correctly! 🤩

Post an airplane you wish had been better. #avgeek

Congrats to Boeing I guess for finally getting the MAX 10 certified, but damn if this shouldn't have been a clean-sheet aircraft. Sigh. #avgeek

Why do at least half the guys who cheaply respray their cars choose that exact same shade of electric blue? 🤔

Remember when this was a possible sight? #Concorde #avgeek

This Acty Street Racoon was the star of C&C for me this morning. Owner was super chill and unpretentious, and he used to own a Cappuccino. #weirdcarbs #microvan

767 followers! This probably the plane type I've flown on most, since American used it for its RDU-CDG and JFK-NCE routes during the '80s and '90s. #avgeek

TIL the Smit Oletha exists. 🤯 It's what the Z8 should have been. www.smitve.com/specifications bimmerlife.com/2021/09/18/t...

I think...the Brabham BT52 may just be my all-time favorite F1 car.

WHAT 👏IS👏WRONG 👏WITH 👏PEOPLE. bringatrailer.com/listing/1987...

2G MX-6 on FD wheels driving the Tail of the Dragon. Photo courtesy @thatspetescar on IG.

This made me irrationally happy and I have to share. 🤩

Driving Excitement™ at Harris Teeter. #weirdcarbs

@caranddriver.bsky.social you guys might want to give this archived comparo a more thorough proofread; just sayin'. @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comp...

Always a little sad when the hummingbird feeder is retired for the season. Also Olive photobombs.

So, there are clean builds, and then there's Darren Kaiser's turbo MX-6 build. 🤯

This guy almost ended up in my hair yesterday. Unique-looking thing. 🤩

As if on cue, my yearly dose of VISUAL DRAMA. #weirdcarbs

For anyone anti-AI, watch this documentary on Radio Paradise, a bastion of human curation in the music space and hands-down my all-time favorite internet radio station. 🤩 #radioparadise #antiai

Anybody looking to get into a 2G MX-6, here's a good'un. Some rusty bolts underneath, but nothing terminal. I've seen (and dealt with) far, far worse.

Yes, I said "hi." #weirdcarbs

I am irrationally tempted by this. The headlight out actually adds to the appeal. 🤘 #weirdcarbs www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

In one image: Why I am not watching F1 this year. From: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgUS...

Have I mentioned lately what an unbelievably good looking plane the F-86 Sabre is? Not a line out of place. 🤌 #avgeek

Wet day for a river cleanup! Got soaked to the skin, but we hauled in two big bags of trash. 🤘 Cruising down the creek was quite serene—until it started bucketing down. 😅

Watching the second of Rex's excellent two-part documentary on the Sea Vixen, and a feeling is stirring that I've not experienced in a long time: The desire to recreate an aircraft out of Lego. I'd "fix" the offset canopy in the process though. #avgeek

Hot take: If Oldsmobile had changed the name of their entire brand to Aurora when the below debuted, it would have helped them hold on longer.

757 followers! Which means it's time for POWER. 💪 Photo courtesy www.airliners.net/photo/Delta-... #avgeek

Had a very vivid dream last night I was behind the wheel of a black FB RX-7, just like the one I used to own. It sounded and felt EXACTLY like I remember it, and I've not driven an FB since 2014. Wild how the gestalt of a particular car can get so lodged in your subconscious.

Hiked by the Snowbird Mountain VORTAC station on the first day of my recent App Trail adventure. The facility looked well-tended and operational. I wonder how many of these are still around, and how much they're still used in the age of GPS? #avgeek

Am I the only one who considers the first-gen Altima to be Best Altima? (everyone loves the third, especially the SE-R). Trim size, J30-esque styling, crisp 5-spoke alloys, a JDM SR20DET swap away from really waking up...

About to enjoy a midday snack... This beauty's been hanging out on my back deck for the better part of a couple of months at this point. I just duck under its web.

My lovely girlfriend is returning from a trip to New England, and for the final leg, she'll be on a Boeing 717, one of my bucket-list planes to fly on. Last of the legendary Mad Dogs. #avgeek I'm not jealous at all. 😅

Turns out the Appalachian Trail is pretty awesome, even when you get stung by 6 yellow jackets halfway into the first day of a 3-day, 35-mile hike. 🐝 And have a suspected alien sighting at the end of Day 2. 👽 Day 3 was uneventful other than being mostly downhill and my knees are utterly shot. 😅

Postwar Armstrong Whitworth flying-wing airliner concept. Boy, I'm glad they included a pantry. I don't know if I could have taken this concept seriously otherwise. #avgeek Photo courtesy the Cancelled Aircraft FB group.

Why do Panthers have this trim strip on the top of the C-pillar? I've always wondered. It seems superfluous, but obviously the body is designed in a different way than other cars'.

747 followers! You all know what that means: Time for the Queen to take a bow. 🤩 #avgeek All photos courtesy airliners.net.

Got a postcard (!) in the mail yesterday from a good friend in Seattle. I mean, who sends snail mail anymore of any kind? Needless to say, it made my evening.

I needed that W. Son's '09 F150 developed a gnarly misfire yesterday; he nursed it to a safe spot for the night. I drove over after work with a toolbox, but expecting to have it towed. Turns out the #3 spark plug blew out. Threads were even OK. Snugged it back down and it runs great. 🔧

Lived there for about six months right out of college. Lovely place, and it'll always been associated with runs on the beach and drives up and down A1A in the Supra with the targa top removed. 🤘

More Hummer shots, but they will be gone soon. When the go-go juice hits cold—and your feathers file an immediate complaint. *Ruby-throated hummer #birds

I love my four cats dearly, but Luna is hands-down my favorite feline on the Internet: www.instagram.com/heyloonyluna

TIL Lego Minas Tirith exists. 🤯

Today.

Always hated this about French. I had all the other numbers down cold and it always takes me an extra beat to think of anything from 70-99. 🙄

When trying to make your land yacht "fit" in the parking space at Walmart, you do what you gotta do.

This would be worth a roadtrip. No A/C or cruise, find back roads and roll the windows down... 🤘