Nobody With A Good Car Needs To Be Justified

[vin_petrol]

Which isn't me any more :-( By now Trash will have handed over the Type-R to de Vries Honda in York. Our car is now some form of low-spec Astra thing. I am mildy sad about this. I had one last blast in the car last night, listening to the same CD I burnt five years ago when we first took delivery of it. I took some pictures of her this morning: stationary but looking like she was going 100 MPH even though she was standing still.

I'll be keeping the default userpic. It reminds me of something I once had...

It has been agreed that once evie_petrol has been dropped off at university/plumbing school I am allowed to go straight round to a Silly Japanese Car Dealer and buy something utterly impractical. Possibly something with "Type-R" in the name from Honda, or a "Z" in the name from Nissan, or "Evo" from Mitsubishi (you get the idea).

To distract me, a lyrics quiz! 10 songs, all driving themed. *Cough* aged metalheads may have a slight advantage :-)


1)
The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight but there's no place left to hide

Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen

2)
I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram
On a silver black phantom bike

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

3)
Always got the cops
Coming after me
Custom built bike doing 103

Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue

4)
Driving fast makes me feel good,
The speed of light trapped under my hood

502 - MegaDeth

5)
I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under

Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf

6)
Oooh its a killing machine
Its got everything
Like a driving power big fat tyres
And everything

Highway Star - Deep Purple

7)
Ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long!

Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry

8)
It's my baby callin', says I need you here
And it's half past four and I'm shifting gear

Radar Love - Golden Earring


9)
Wind in my hair
Shifting and drifting
Mechanical music
Adrenalin surge

Red Barchetta - Rush [nobody got this! :-)]

10)
The open road unwinds before me
An onyx ribbon spreading out
No idea where I'll be going
Sometimes the journey is what counts

Drive - Assemblage 23 [bleep!]


Scores so far:
rich_r 14 \m/
blondelass 8
childeric 8
gillywoo 8
puritypersimmon 6
sarah_mum 6
sarcaustick 6
cazzioc 5
veridianeyes 2

Comments

[veridianeyes.livejournal.com]

2) is bat out of hell - meat loaf...

I'm going to sad rocker hell aren't i?

[vin_petrol]

Sad rocker hell is reserved for those who get number 6! :-)

[veridianeyes.livejournal.com]

hurrah am safe then.

[robertom.livejournal.com]

i feel your pain. i will one day have a car with the number 660, the word enzo and the word ferrari in it.

[vin_petrol]

I'm not a huge fans of Ferraris. I have a thing about those clever Japanese... :-)

Maybe if I was driving around in (sunny) Italy I would feel differently though.

[robertom.livejournal.com]

that might be it. it could be that south europe thing coming through in me.

[childeric.livejournal.com]

5 steppenwolf - born to be wild
6 Purple - Highway Star
7 Ministry - Jesus built my hotrod
8 Golden Earring - Radar Love - or White Lion if you feel more 80s inclined

[vin_petrol]

All correct. 8 out of 20.

[rich-r.livejournal.com]

1. Springsteen - Born to Run.
2. Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell.
3. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (I think)
4. Think it's Megadeth, on 'So Far...', but no idea which song.
5. Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild.
6. Deep Purple - Highway Star
7. Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod.
8. Golden Earing - Radar Love.
9.
10.

And I'm glad you're going to be looking at something Japanese and turbocharged. Get an import though, rather than an overpriced, watered down UK model.

[vin_petrol]

14 out of 20.
Wrong title for (3), and you're right about the band and album for (4).

10 is actually bleepy shit, but 9 is a crusty ancient rock band...

[puritypersimmon.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I actually know some of these!

1. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen (or FGTH)

2. Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf

5. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf

( 6. Isn't I'm In Love With My Car by Queen, is it?)

[vin_petrol]

6 out of 20.
It was actually the cover of (1) I was listening to last night.
6 isn't what you think it is.

[puritypersimmon.livejournal.com]

In that case I'll hazard that 6. might be Silver Machine - Hawkwind. (But I don't really have a clue!).

[vin_petrol]

Oooh, good guess, but incorrect. It's still a bunch of 60s metalheads still vaguely going to this very day.

[cazzioc.livejournal.com]

I only know 1 & 2 - Born to run Bruce Springsteen & Meatloaf Bat out of Hell.
I've an inkling that no 6 is Deep Purple, but as for the song I can't remember it's name so I maybe saved from that hell!

[vin_petrol]

5 out of 20.
You're right about the band for (6), so it's a spell in heavy rocker purgatory for you!

[gillywoo.livejournal.com]

7 - jesus built my hotrod and 5 is born to be wild - steppenwolf, 2 is meatloaf - bat of hell.

Oh the shame!!

Is there a rule book that says you must trade in fast cars when you have kids? I hope not - my mate's got a 3 year old and a porsche!

[vin_petrol]

5 out of 20.

Is there a rule book that says you must trade in fast cars when you have kids? I hope not - my mate's got a 3 year old and a porsche!

It's more that once your wife has crashed the car several times, and can't park it, and hates a cars lack of turning circle (oil tanker captains have been known to declare "my tanker has the turning circle of a Honda Civic Type-R") she declares it has to go. As (technically) she actually owns it (I own the motorbikes) then go it does...

[gillywoo.livejournal.com]

ah ha! number 10 is drive by A23 and number 7 is by ministry (of course).

Shame about the Type R but needs must, however in a few years time - mayeb you'll be able to afford the insurance on an Evo *vrrrrooooom*

[vin_petrol]

Ooh, you're the only person to get (10) so far.
Score up to 8.

[fritx.livejournal.com]

OMG No. 6 is the only one I knew :(
Don't be sad about your car there's prob some 17 year old thrashing it right now ;)

[vin_petrol]

Don't be sad about your car there's prob some 17 year old thrashing it right now ;)

17 year olds don't thrash hot hatches these days (unless they've stolen them) as the insurance is prohibitive (i.e £3000 pa). They put open pipes and spoilers on Renault Clios, but it doesn't up the BHP very much. Type-R's are driven by people who were 17 in the 80s.

[fritx.livejournal.com]

Oh well hmm... yes I know!... now you can get a car with a proper gear-stick, rejoice! ;)

[vin_petrol]

Trash reckons she spent the first half hour driving the Astra waving her hand around in mid-air looking for the gearstick.

[cazzioc.livejournal.com]

Do you know that every 'new' Honda civic I have seen recently was driven by someone who was 17 in the 50's!!
And that includes at least one type R and a whole batch of 'sporty' ones. There must be a good salesman at the local Honda dealers!
I know the Jazz is normally the vechicle of choice for the more mature driver (the M-i-L's got one), but it's put me off them big time I'll tell you.

[vin_petrol]

It's not like that "oop North". It's clearly 30something people in Type-Rs around here.

[inbetween-girl.livejournal.com]

2. Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell
5. Born to be wild - is it by Steppenwolf?
7. Ministry - Jesus Built my Hotrod

I am not an aging metalhead, obviously.

[vin_petrol]

All correct.

Marillion didn't write any songs about driving ;-)

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

Um, David Essex?

[vin_petrol]

"Bows and arrows against the lightning."

[blondelass.livejournal.com]

2. Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
5. Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
7. Ministry - Jesus Built My Hot Rod
8. Golden Earring - Radar Love

[vin_petrol]

All correct.

Just the classics

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

1 - Springsteen: Born to Run
5 - Steppenwold: born to be wild
8 - Golden Earing: Radar Love (aaarg! I hate that song!!!)



.. more to life than cars & girls

Re: Just the classics

[vin_petrol]

All correct.

more to life than cars & girls

True. There's food, beer and computer games! :-)