Yes, I recall Renault cars being offered at AMC dealers here in the early '80s.
The Codger Cabin
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Someone returns ...
Someone returns ...
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Back when most homes only had one TV ...
Back when most homes only had one TV ...
Ehh, she looks quite depressed (or angry, that facial expression isn't obvious). My former wife would have had quite the obvious facial expression as she burned with white hot rage... were I to have his attitude.
Sad that passenger rail is all but gone. Had the US Government not gotten involved in the free market with hefty airline subsidies I am not sure passenger rail would have been wiped out. There was a market for both forms of travel. Still is in my opinion.
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Not to be outdone by Imperial, Cadillac checks in. To bring out the best in a man ... and from his bank account.
Not to be outdone by Imperial, Cadillac checks in. To bring out the best in a man ... and from his bank account.
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
I too think it's sad that long-haul passenger rail has largely died... at least the Pullman experience. Amtrak has federal subsidies... but largely to make simple short-ride coach seat tickets dirt cheap. Amtrack does have sleeper cars, and you can do something resembling the old fashion cross country train experience. I just looked up a train from Raleigh NC to El Paso TX. That train would take over 3 days to get there and cost way more than an airline ticket that would take 3 hours and some change (assuming I get the sleeper car on the train, which is mandatory for me for said length of journey).I would literally have to plan almost 7 travel days in my vacation, which is a non-starter.
I get it... going by train is half the experience and I would love that. Especially out west with scenery. Here on the east coast, trains make sense only for a quick jump from hub to hub. The onlynscenary is trees and towns. And even then, the shorter the distance the less sense it makes. I can drive to Philly in about 6 hours. Sure it's a haul... but I don't have to rent a car when I get there!
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
I've fallen and I can't get up!
I've fallen and I can't get up!
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
"Air", as this Schlitz ad says ... or more particularly, oxygen.
Good for man, but not so much for his consumables.
"Air", as this Schlitz ad says ... or more particularly, oxygen.
Good for man, but not so much for his consumables.
One wonders how the stupid pipe smoker guards his tobacco against outside air? Then again, perhaps there are only smart pipe smokers.
Chrysler's import econobox was the Simca if memory serves. My HS girlfriend's father had one.
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You nailed it. All pipe smokers are smart.
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Placing this one out of turn, for an out of usual Friday post.
It's almost that time of year again ...
Happy Puffs!
Placing this one out of turn, for an out of usual Friday post.
It's almost that time of year again ...
Happy Puffs!
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Ah, that old price disclaimer: "Slightly higher in the west" or "higher west of the Mississippi."
I forgot about that, but it was ubiquitous.
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And later, for us old Sears shoppers, it was "slightly higher in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico".
