*ding!*

[kiffie]

I 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?

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[not-god-dammit.livejournal.com]

"The Tomato" is Det. Kenneth Hutchinson's nickname for Det. David Starsky's Ford Gran Torino.
"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.

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I never paid much attention to Columbo's car. I was usually too distracted by headdesking at his "Uhn, one more thing!" XD

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.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

*dreamy smile* ...Yeah.

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

Aaaaannnd this has just devolved into car porn, hasn't it?

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Well, I was just fondly remembering my days of watching all these shows in reruns, but now I am instead having horrible, scarring flashbacks to that picture of K.I.T.T. and the Magic Schoolbus. DX

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

My and your ideas of "car porn" vary dramatically, don't they?

*was simply imagining a few pretty, pretty cars driving over long, flat stretches of desert*

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

...I suspect that your definition of "car porn" is actually, therefore, much closer in spirit to my definition of "hand porn".

I WAS TIRED, OKAY. XD