Nostalgic Wednesdays: All Cleared

If you live in Houston, you know about the 610 loop and i10 Katy interchange during rush hour; Yes, I was stuck. I was not going to work but I was heading Katy to pick up my son then drive home.  Sometimes driving in traffic can be really frustrating. To avoid the rage, I amuse my self by checking out cars around me. So yesterday I spotted a silver Mercedes-Benz C55, NICE pretty rare. As it passed me, beside it, on the other lane was a factory fresh 98 front, cyclone blue Honda Civic sedan. I mean it had hubcaps, no tint, paint was mint, body was straight and as it was rolling BAMM, ALL CLEAR TAIL LIGHTS. The tail lights caught me off guard; I was slapped with a sudden burst of nostalgia. I was brought back when my 56k was fast, when I thought my Moto mini Pager was the shit, when I was recording guest DJ’s from the radio to my cassette tape. Who would have thought that a set of “ricer” tail lights would bring so much memories, it made my ride home less stressful remembering the things I used to do. Who would have thought that some “all-clear” tails cleared my thoughts of road rage during a stressful rush hour drive.

-Mark

-Photo by: Khiem

Nostalgic Wednesday:92-97 Subaru SVX

Oh look a Lotus Esprit, no it’s a Delorean, wait, a s13? NSX? Oh a Subaru SVX. First thing that came to thought was, why the SVX?  Not a favorite and maybe an eyesore to some, I actually wanted to talk a little bit about the SVX because it’s a rare occasion if you spot one and it gives you that “HA!!LOL THAT WINDOW!!” reaction. 

Nostalgic Wed/OTWeb Vid: KenMeri <3 <3 <3

A few Nostalgic wednesdays ago, we reminisced about the Skyline 2000GT-R C110 “Ken&Mary”. While searching random stuff on youtube, I stumbled upon this video of the Kenmeri captured by our friends from GTChannel. I loved the simplicity of the video on how its just a raw walk around with out the Final Cut pro super editing. I loved the attention to detail they captured with simple zooms and pans that allowed us to appreciate the texture of the original paint. The “Kenmeri” would still be my favorite skyline GTR. This video would probably be the closest way to satisfy my dream of simply walking around the car and checking it out. If you put a Ferrari GTO and a Kenmeri GTR side by side; yup, Kenmeri wins my attention. Have a good Wednesday and enjoy the video.

 

Nostalgic Wednesday: Classic Toyota FJ40

One of my favorite search tags on craigslist is “FJ40” or “BJ40”. I have always been a fan of the land cruisers and have always been lurking the used market; not that I plan on buying one soon but just an idea on their value. An interesting fact about these FJ is that in Brazil, they were called the Toyota Bandeirantes; they were built till 2001 with very similar looks and feature from the original J40.  Even though these old classic trucks are called to be clones of the landrover or the Jeep, it has it’s own character compared to the others. If i were given the chance to choose to own a Mercedes Benz G wagon, or a fully restored FJ40, I’d take the the Toyota in a heart beat.

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