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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
Sat Sep 29, 2012, 02:48 PM Sep 2012

Biker gangs are lame, I'm gonna start a Minivan Gang

Picture a bunch of frustrated middle aged men gathered in a parking lot with their minivans and suvs with those stupid stick figure family decals, drinking beers and talking about baby proofing....

I really need to get out

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LawnKorn

(1,137 posts)
5. Oh Yeah, don't mess with the Hybrid Highwaymen
Sat Sep 29, 2012, 06:51 PM
Sep 2012

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Baddest doods around.

0 to 50 miles per hour


At 28MPG

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
9. South side of WHAT? Come to think of it, both the south side and north side of HBG are problems.
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 12:40 PM
Sep 2012

Downtown is fine, but venture into the other territories and expect to get stabbed or shot.

Ptah

(33,023 posts)
10. Since I'm in midtown, I'm mostly safe.
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:48 PM
Sep 2012


Downtown is cool if we meet-up in the Library parking garage.

Far northside is good, it's mostly National Forest.

Bring sterno.


 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
12. Mine's the extended version. Seats eight with plenty of cargo room - still gets 26 MPG.
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 04:08 PM
Sep 2012

And that's with a full load and the AC on. It can also blow the crap out of little shitbox boom box rice-burners with no muffler off the line. I don't drag race much anymore, but it's sort of fun to shame those things with a minivan. I've got a 3.4 and a high-torque transmission. It's also stock. Those silly air foils are a dead giveaway that the go-cart has no HP.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
15. Yeah, I had a lot of close calls, but a 3.4 Pontiac engine is damn cool.
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 04:52 PM
Sep 2012

The owner's manual on my 390 68 Galaxie 500 fastback says not to do more than 70 in 1st gear. I nearly snapped my neck a few times shifting into second at 75. I never encountered anything that could take her off the line.

MineralMan

(146,282 posts)
8. That gang already exists and is nationwide.
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 12:39 PM
Sep 2012

All you have to do is try to turn left from a street approaching a school entrance in the morning or afternoon. Not a chance. The minivan gang will block any attempt.

ETA: Crap. I posted in a Lounge thread. I thought I was in GD. Never mind.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
14. i'm really not sure what your malfunction is with the lounge
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 04:47 PM
Sep 2012

you posted in a lounge thread, what is the bfd? you seem to go out of your way to complain any time you wander in here.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
17. Who the fuck knows or cares any more.
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 04:59 PM
Sep 2012

You would figure out that you were in the Lounge by the thread titles, pretty darn quick.

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