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kiffieI think I just realized why Harry Dresden has so much trouble with his car.
The Blue Beetle, from Storm Front. Note the awesome spray-on patina.
Note: Not my cap.
You'll note, peoples, that the Blue Beetle is what looks to be a Super Beetle.
Somehow, when I'm reading the books, I always picture Harry driving something older. An oval window or the like. Mainly because he's really anti-tech, and the Super Beetles are probably the most complex of the Bugs ever produced. Well, with the exception of the Mexican-made Beetles, which had much more modern features in them by the late 1990s. Granted, this could be a monetary choice -- parts for older Bugs can be hard to come by -- but I'm guessing that what he spent on the occasional part, he'd save on fewer repairs in the long run.
...why the hell am I seriously trying to figure out the logical lulz of a fictional wizard?
The Blue Beetle, from Storm Front. Note the awesome spray-on patina.
Note: Not my cap.
You'll note, peoples, that the Blue Beetle is what looks to be a Super Beetle.
Somehow, when I'm reading the books, I always picture Harry driving something older. An oval window or the like. Mainly because he's really anti-tech, and the Super Beetles are probably the most complex of the Bugs ever produced. Well, with the exception of the Mexican-made Beetles, which had much more modern features in them by the late 1990s. Granted, this could be a monetary choice -- parts for older Bugs can be hard to come by -- but I'm guessing that what he spent on the occasional part, he'd save on fewer repairs in the long run.
...why the hell am I seriously trying to figure out the logical lulz of a fictional wizard?
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Date: 2008-07-27 09:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-27 10:53 am (UTC)It's so hard to find good automotive rolemodels in detective stories.
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Date: 2008-07-27 11:19 pm (UTC)K.I.T.T.: I think I may be offended.
"The Tomato": Granted, I tend to handle the action aspect of the show...
"The Goat": ...and I had to wait until my predecessor blew up spectacularly and then one of my detectives had a touching reconciliation with his father, who had locked me in a garage for a decade, the bastard--
"Sweetheart": --and so what if I corner like I'm on rails? Before me, my detective totaled four vehicles in two and a half years. I have staying power, chief.
The Peugeot 403: I am beloved by my driver and my fanbase both. (I just need a wash 'n' wax.)
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Date: 2008-07-28 01:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-28 02:03 am (UTC)"Sweetheart" is what Det. (and sentinel)James Ellison calls his truck.
The Peugeot 403 is Columbo's car, omg how did you not know this? :O
P.S. The GTO belongs to a detective, ergo it's on the list.
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Date: 2008-07-28 02:24 am (UTC)The GTO... hmmm. It did, indeed, belong to a detective, but... Well, if VRUM counts, we also have to add in Jim Rockford's Pontiac Firebird.
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Date: 2008-07-28 02:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-28 02:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-28 03:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-28 04:08 am (UTC)*was simply imagining a few pretty, pretty cars driving over long, flat stretches of desert*
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Date: 2008-07-28 02:08 pm (UTC)I WAS TIRED, OKAY. XD
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Date: 2008-07-27 06:39 pm (UTC)/dork
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Date: 2008-07-27 07:00 pm (UTC)(Yeah, it took me a long time to not laugh when reading. The writer is a total geek, though, so it's very unlikely that this was simply random.)
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Date: 2008-07-27 07:07 pm (UTC)also you should hop online, I'm bored and procrastinating on my writing and doing zodiac/numerology for fictional people :D
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Date: 2008-07-28 05:31 am (UTC)