I like that the evil are selling way better than the good!
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Okay this wasnât today, but itâs hard to get a photo of this guy:
This is âFerrari Guyâ who comes to the local Starbucks, in full-on Ferrari gear, and plants this sign that he carries around in the parking lot. Notice anything else in the photo?
Thatâs a Miata with a Ferrari logo slapped on it.
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Thatâs hysterical! 
I was thinking it didnât look like a Ferrari, but I thought it might have been some odd model that Iâve never seen.
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In the Air Tonight is weirdly enough one of those pop records that became a hip-hop/dj culture record. This is due in great part to the fact that it was recorded with a click-track that was taken out of the final recording, which means that the super-long acappella part at the beginning will synch with any track you mix it with, and then you can kill that track when Philâs booming drums take over, and the next track you want to mixâeven though Air Tonight has the human Phil drummingâwill mix right into that, too, since everything was initially recorded to a computerized, clockwork rhythm in the studio. This, coupled with the songâs general appeal, makes it a good weapon in a DJs arsenal (or, âmadeâ it a good weapon, but it does have eternal appeal in the hand of a skilled jockey [clears throat].)
for instance, the first time I saw the rapper Redman, his DJ was warming up the crowd with that song.
âSummer Breezeâ is originally Seals and Croft (?âor some group in a similar vein) but it was covered to great effect by the Isley Bros in their funky, 70s incarnation, so maybe that explains that one. I only knew the Isley version until I saw an infomercial for soft rock hits of the 70s on TV, I didnât even know about the original.
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when all I could see was the top part of your post, I was like âOK, she took a pic of a Miata⌠guess Iâll have to enlarge it to read the sign?â
theyâre weird, and theyâre out there.
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I always thought the MR2 was so flavor, just in-and-of-itself. Loved how angular it was. Had the RC version as a kid.
I read not too long ago, on a car-buff board, that they still have a following and people who make parts for them as hobbyist, poor-manâs hot-rods. But even if I were into cars: I, as a tall Westerner, I do not fit into the small, sporty Asian two-seaters. The buffs said trying to do so would be an exercise in frustration.
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The original? Iâve had a ride in one, and Iâd have bought one, but by the time I was old enough to be able to afford the insurance the car itself was so old that it wasnât a sensible buy (if it ever would have been). The later versions just didnât appeal.
Iâm short enough that theyâd work fine for me. If finances ever allow, I still want to build my own Caterham, though.
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I wanted to post a link to James Cagney and Cara Williams singing the hilarious âIâm Sorry, I want a Ferrari,â but Universal seems to have been thorough with takedown notices.
My mechanic has one not-quite-working in his garage. It has been there for 20 years.
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Thanks for the insight. The guys, Naturally Seven were really entertaining â they did a five song set opening for Diana RossâŚ
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That is what I had always assumed; that it was one of those older model roundy Ferraris that I just wasnât familiar with; not being a person who really notices cars. But it was when my daughterâs friend said âUh, Iâm pretty sure my brother has that exact Miata.â that we looked more closely.
One of my other friends suggested that the guy doesnât actually know itâs a Miata.
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When you see itâŚ
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Type O Negative does a great cover of this as well
They also did a cover of Neil Youngâs Cinnamon Girl (another Certified White People song)
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Iâll admit I was skeptical about the Summer Breeze cover, but damned if they didnât pull it off. Now, when Faith No More covered the Lionel Richie EZ listening chestnut Easy (Like A Sunday Morning,) their version was virtually indistinguishable.
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Technically, I was driving so I asked my daughter to take the photos for me. Hopefully thatâs still kosher!
Weâre driving along in stop-and-go traffic on an interstate and all of a sudden she says âis that a covered wagon up ahead?â
We knew even before we caught up with the driver that he would be grizzled and have a long natural beard. Yup! You could tell he could build anything he needed to from scrap. Total props to this dude:
Donât know if you can see it, but he had a Colorado license plate (we were in Indiana). Heading home, I guess!
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If ever I saw a stoner-mobile, thatâs it! I particularly like the sheet metal repair/modification on the back of the car end.
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A friend of my dad built a seven clone kit car years ago. She used a Triumph Dolly sprint as the donor car, and the damn thing would pull wheelies in second gear.
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