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Title: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Wayback on February 15, 2008, 10:54:50 AM
Dave has done at least one set of car songs. Is there a set list in the archives?
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: RGMike on February 15, 2008, 11:07:56 AM
Quote from: Wayback on February 15, 2008, 10:54:50 AM
Dave has done at least one set of car songs. Is there a set list in the archives?

yup: "Car-Tunes", from June 2003...

War                   Low Rider
Rolling Stones   Route 66
Gary Numan   Cars
Sammy Masters   Pink Cadillac
Madness                   Driving In My Car
Marc Cohn                   Silver Thunderbird
Kraftwerk                   Autobahn
Pearl Harbor/Explosions   Drivin'
Commander Cody   Hot Rod Lincoln
Queen                  I'm In Love With My Car


and from Jan '06:

David Lindley   Mercury Blues
Rolling Stones   Route 66
Johnny Todd   Pink Cadillac
Gary Numan   Cars
Madness                   Driving In My Car
Marc Cohn                   Silver Thunderbird
Kraftwerk                   Autobahn
Pearl Harbor/Explosions   Drivin'
Commander Cody   Hot Rod Lincoln
Queen                   I'm In Love With My Car

almost-but-not-quite identical sets.
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Gazoo on February 15, 2008, 12:52:05 PM
My first -- and to date, only -- car was a white 1992 VW Cabriolet convertible.  This isn't it, but it looks just like it:

(http://www.automotiveblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/cabriolet.JPG)
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Wayback on February 15, 2008, 12:59:00 PM
Quote from: Gazoo on February 15, 2008, 12:52:05 PM
My first -- and to date, only -- car was a white 1992 VW Cabriolet convertible.  This isn't it, but it looks just like it:

(http://www.automotiveblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/cabriolet.JPG)
That's funny because my current everyday commuter car is a white 97 VW Cabrio that I got from a girlfriend as a favor to sell it for her, but it grew on me and I kept it. My 60's cars are weekend only fun.
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on February 15, 2008, 01:45:33 PM
This looks a lot like my first car -- right color anyway.

(http://www.classicmusclenj.com/Cars/69judgelft.jpg)
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Gazoo on February 15, 2008, 01:51:04 PM
That GTO is HAWT.  Here come th' judge!
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on February 15, 2008, 04:08:35 PM
Quote from: Gazoo on February 15, 2008, 01:51:04 PM
That GTO is HAWT.  Here come th' judge!

Yeah, mine was somewhat less pristine...
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: princessofcairo on February 16, 2008, 11:20:26 AM
without the bra. and the chick:


(http://www.fiero.org/pix/plstgold.jpg)

i totalled it when a median suddenly appeared on old el camino. a couple of big bumps. then i opened the door, stepped into the street (into oncoming traffic), and realised i'd been sitting in just the frame. the tires were rolling down the street, and the carriage was a few meters behind the frame. i bought a nice, sturdy nissan sentra next.
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Gazoo on February 17, 2008, 11:22:23 AM
That car is great!  It looks like a half-unwrapped chocolate.  (Fitting, since the model is a half-unwrapped bonbon too.)
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: princessofcairo on February 17, 2008, 01:05:50 PM
Quote from: Gazoo on February 17, 2008, 11:22:23 AM
That car is great!  It looks like a half-unwrapped chocolate.  (Fitting, since the model is a half-unwrapped bonbon too.)

it does have a certain hershey's kiss appeal.
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: mshray on February 19, 2008, 09:32:10 AM
my first car, when I was a starving college junior, was a 1973 lime green Vega wagon, which needed a quart of oil with each tank of gas.  Got it for $400.  No pic could do it justice.
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Wayback on November 03, 2008, 02:05:55 PM
Article in today's Chron:
Neil Young on gas guzzlers: Long may you run
The rock legend has created a company to promote the conversion of existing gas-guzzling cars into vehicles that run on alternative energy:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/03/MNLC13S45F.DTL&type=business (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/03/MNLC13S45F.DTL&type=business)
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, old cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Wayback on May 14, 2010, 09:48:45 AM
Janis Joplin's famous psychedelic Porsche returns to the Bay Area this Sun, 5/16, at the Marin-Sonoma Concours d'Elegance classic car show at the Marin Civic Center, San Rafael:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/entertainment/ci_15079057?source=email
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, ol' cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Wayback on June 01, 2010, 04:15:01 PM
Only remaining Aston Martin DB5 James Bond movie car up for auction in Oct.; was driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball:
http://kilometermagazine.com/artman2/publish/cultural/Only_Remaining_James_Bond_DB5_Movie_Car_To_Go_On_Sale_in_October.html
Title: Neil Young's warehouse burns
Post by: Wayback on November 09, 2010, 10:11:14 AM
You probably heard that Neil Young's San Carlos warehouse was damaged today by fire; guitars, paintings, vintage cars. Article includes TV news video: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16563284
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Wayback on November 16, 2010, 10:59:36 AM
Quote from: Wayback on November 03, 2008, 02:05:55 PM
Article in today's Chron: Neil Young on gas guzzlers: Long may you run. The rock legend has created a company to promote the conversion of existing gas-guzzling cars into vehicles that run on alternative energy:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/03/MNLC13S45F.DTL&type=business (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/03/MNLC13S45F.DTL&type=business)
In today's news: Neil Young's warehouse fire started in his hybrid 'LincVolt' (the car profiled in above article):
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county/ci_16623057
Title: Re: Cars: First cars, car/driving songs
Post by: Gazoo on November 17, 2010, 12:40:48 AM
Quote from: Wayback on November 16, 2010, 10:59:36 AM
Quote from: Wayback on November 03, 2008, 02:05:55 PM
Article in today's Chron: Neil Young on gas guzzlers: Long may you run. The rock legend has created a company to promote the conversion of existing gas-guzzling cars into vehicles that run on alternative energy:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/03/MNLC13S45F.DTL&type=business (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/03/MNLC13S45F.DTL&type=business)
In today's news: Neil Young's warehouse fire started in his hybrid 'LincVolt' (the car profiled in above article):
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county/ci_16623057

I hate to pile on the victim, but one has to wonder: Why would you store your memorabilia in the same room as an active car?  He's got some fricking real estate, dunne?