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01-02-2004, 09:08 PM
ok, i got this courtesy of tony(50 fraud) miller a while back...i think you will enjoy it,those of you remember a couple of years ago i posted this, but some may have forgot,& it's for all the influx of newbies. if you feel the need add more, lets hear your opinions.. let the young newbies learn..(hey for you young guys, eisenhower was a u.s. pres.)
in the late years of the twentieth century, it appeared that many of the old ways, set in the time of Eisenhower, were not well remembered. A beief review of these basic rules may help to restore our cultural traditions as we are now in the new millenium.
1. a girlfriend always rides in the middle of the front seat. a girl who is not the drivers girlfriend, but is even halfway cool, will ride in the middle anyway.
in a thunderbird, she can sit on the unless she is tall.
2. the driver may ride with his left elbow on the door sill or his right arm on the seatback, but not both.
3. if three people are in the car, they must all ride in the front seat. if 2 guys & 1 girl, the girl rides in the middle. if 1 guy & 2 girls, there is only one possible arrangement: girls don't drive guys around. (note: in certian seaports, 3 guys in the front seat are known as "sailor love" avoid this)
4. if 2 couples are in the car, the guys sit in diagonally oppisite positions.
5. weather permitting, all windows are rolled down completly.
rear windows wich only roll down part way must be left closed.
6. it is not acceptable to have rear windows down with front windows up.
7.in a convertable with the top down, all windows must be down.
having the rear quater windows up with the top down is inexcuseable.
8. if a car looses a hubcap, the other hubcap on the same side must be removed immediately (best to remove all 4).
9. blackwalls & whitewalls may be mixed on the same car only if the rear tires are larger than the front, but they must be the same side-to-side.
10. a car with fenderskirts may be level or lower in the rear, but never lower in the front(does not apply in california, where skirts became extinct ca. 1954).
11. if a car is driven without bumpers, the brackets must also be removed.
12. if pressed for time, it is more important to wash the car than to take a shower.
13. if really pressed, clean the windows & the whitewalls.
14. if pipes are uncorked,driving at idle & part throttle are ok. full throttle must be used very sparingly unless smoking the tires or actually racing. reving in neutral is discusting.
15. a lumpy idle is always correct. brakes or choke may enhance lumpiness.
16. it is sometimes nessasary to blow the horn, but it is never cool. (thanks tony)
in the late years of the twentieth century, it appeared that many of the old ways, set in the time of Eisenhower, were not well remembered. A beief review of these basic rules may help to restore our cultural traditions as we are now in the new millenium.
1. a girlfriend always rides in the middle of the front seat. a girl who is not the drivers girlfriend, but is even halfway cool, will ride in the middle anyway.
in a thunderbird, she can sit on the unless she is tall.
2. the driver may ride with his left elbow on the door sill or his right arm on the seatback, but not both.
3. if three people are in the car, they must all ride in the front seat. if 2 guys & 1 girl, the girl rides in the middle. if 1 guy & 2 girls, there is only one possible arrangement: girls don't drive guys around. (note: in certian seaports, 3 guys in the front seat are known as "sailor love" avoid this)
4. if 2 couples are in the car, the guys sit in diagonally oppisite positions.
5. weather permitting, all windows are rolled down completly.
rear windows wich only roll down part way must be left closed.
6. it is not acceptable to have rear windows down with front windows up.
7.in a convertable with the top down, all windows must be down.
having the rear quater windows up with the top down is inexcuseable.
8. if a car looses a hubcap, the other hubcap on the same side must be removed immediately (best to remove all 4).
9. blackwalls & whitewalls may be mixed on the same car only if the rear tires are larger than the front, but they must be the same side-to-side.
10. a car with fenderskirts may be level or lower in the rear, but never lower in the front(does not apply in california, where skirts became extinct ca. 1954).
11. if a car is driven without bumpers, the brackets must also be removed.
12. if pressed for time, it is more important to wash the car than to take a shower.
13. if really pressed, clean the windows & the whitewalls.
14. if pipes are uncorked,driving at idle & part throttle are ok. full throttle must be used very sparingly unless smoking the tires or actually racing. reving in neutral is discusting.
15. a lumpy idle is always correct. brakes or choke may enhance lumpiness.
16. it is sometimes nessasary to blow the horn, but it is never cool. (thanks tony)