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So, my you-can't-have-too-many-Thanksgiving-get-togethers-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic sister-in-law? Yeah, she just sent out a Christmas invite for me to decline. 
12-09-20, 07:16 AM
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12-09-20, 07:22 AM
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12-09-20, 07:24 AM
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My Dad had a Citroen DS21 Pallas. He bought a new one in 1971 and drove it till it wouldn't pass PA's semiannual Inspection (rust), then replaced it with a 1972 that had spent its life in the South. He drove that one till it, too wouldn't pass inspection anymore. Parked it in the garage, where it sat for at least 20 years. When he died last year, my niece inherited it. She not only wanted it, she has the funds to restore it and had found someone who could do the work.
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12-09-20, 07:26 AM
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12-09-20, 07:29 AM
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12-09-20, 07:34 AM
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12-09-20, 07:34 AM
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12-09-20, 08:09 AM
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12-09-20, 08:39 AM
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Possibly. A relative was tagged in a photo on FB that was a long table of people, shoulder to shoulder, obviously waiting on serving at a restaurant somewhere. The poster made a point of mentioning that they weren’t wearing masks.
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12-09-20, 09:02 AM
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12-09-20, 09:12 AM
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Ugh. That'd be cute if not for the thousands of people dying every day.
12-09-20, 09:26 AM
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12-09-20, 09:28 AM
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12-09-20, 09:29 AM
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12-09-20, 09:33 AM
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All of the wagons Im considering are turbo 4s.
12-09-20, 09:46 AM
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I occasionally binge some of this guy's Nόrburgring videos and his Polestar lap was pretty interesting -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKaM_mMaAjk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKaM_mMaAjk
That's way better than the IRL best time, but well short of the Assetto Corsa best time.
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12-09-20, 09:58 AM
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My Dad had a Citroen DS21 Pallas. He bought a new one in 1971 and drove it till it wouldn't pass PA's semiannual Inspection (rust), then replaced it with a 1972 that had spent its life in the South. He drove that one till it, too wouldn't pass inspection anymore. Parked it in the garage, where it sat for at least 20 years. When he died last year, my niece inherited it. She not only wanted it, she has the funds to restore it and had found someone who could do the work.
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12-09-20, 09:59 AM
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I need to plug my steering wheel back in to the computer. I was doing daily laps on the Nordschleiffe and was really close to breaking 8:00 in the BMW M3 E30, gotta break that barrier.
That's way better than the IRL best time, but well short of the Assetto Corsa best time.
That's way better than the IRL best time, but well short of the Assetto Corsa best time.
12-09-20, 09:59 AM
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12-09-20, 10:02 AM
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Same here. My wife has a Macan with the twin turbo V6. When we get service loaners, it's always the turbo'd four banger. There is a big difference that is readily noticeable.
12-09-20, 10:08 AM
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I have an el cheepo Thrustmaster Ferrari Red. Good enough for me. I used to want a clutch and shifter, but I don't even care about those anymore. Some force feedback would be nice, but I'm not dying for a fancy wheel.
12-09-20, 10:13 AM
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The only thing is that it would end up being a bit of a novelty that loses my attention just like my stint as a fighter pilot and building/playing with RC cars and boats.
12-09-20, 10:15 AM
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My Dad had a Citroen DS21 Pallas. He bought a new one in 1971 and drove it till it wouldn't pass PA's semiannual Inspection (rust), then replaced it with a 1972 that had spent its life in the South. He drove that one till it, too wouldn't pass inspection anymore. Parked it in the garage, where it sat for at least 20 years. When he died last year, my niece inherited it. She not only wanted it, she has the funds to restore it and had found someone who could do the work.