Sedate, but not any better driving. Saw a couple near misses today. Brother in law says he drives careful on the assumption that he thinks everyone is stoned.

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I think I'd have to see that to believe that. How very weird.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Its frustrating if you are trying to pass people.

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I've seen it. I-5 coming south from Seattle isn't that different from I-75 out of Atlanta or I-580 coming from Reno. The 5 is signed 60 and people do 60, follow at a 1-3 second interval and seldom change lanes. 580 is signed 65/70 and people do 80-85, follow at a 1-3 second interval, and change lanes to go around slow vehicles, or occasionally the slow ones get over for the fast ones. 75 is signed 55, and people do 75 with about six inches between the back bumper of one car and the front bumper of the next. If someone has a car 15 feet long and there's a space in a faster moving adjacent lane 16 feet long, they will squeeze it in there. They have a lot of wrecks in Atlanta, but when traffic's moving it's a fun place to drive.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

Dick's Hamburgers! (Wallingford)

You have my money-back guarantee!

Well we are back and only spent a few hundred bucks, mostly on food, so im happy.

Went to alkai point a few times to walk, walked around a few local lakes, saw squalamie (sp) falls, visited the fish market and walked in a couple cool parts of the city. Was a good trip since all that was free. Cheap entertainment was going pumpkin picking and through several corn mazes, then watched people skydive and hot air balloons launch from the same area. Spent most of the time outside since it was cloudless and beautiful the whole time we were there.
Also something interesting was seeing the ballard locks and salmon ladder. Not too many salmon running, but watching the ship and boat traffic go through the lock system is fascinating, its very busy and you can wander all over it. This attraction is also free.

Cars seen-

3 diesel chevy luvs
About 45 volvo 240 wagons
Twice as many 80s subarus
15 to 20 rot free chevy full size 70s and 80s trucks
15 or 20 rot free full size 70s to 80s fords.
7 or 8 really old toyota trucks
2 datsun trucks
Only one 123, but 5 or 6 124s
3 volvo amazons
10 or 15 air cooled vw busses, 5 or 6 beetles, and a square back.
A couple classic impalas and several mustangs
And 4 teslas.

We rented a bright red chevy sonic turbo. Acceptable car, though i had a real problem with steering wheel chrome blinding me. Was comfortable and zippy though. Shift points were a little weird at first, but didnt take long to figure it out. Almost rolled my 240 on the way back from the airport as i was on sonic driving autopilot. Turns out a 123 and a go kart dont turn the same

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I completely forgot to include Dixie's BBQ in Bellevue, where you can meet "the man."

Gene porter passed away a few years ago, as did his son.

I am fortunate enough that my dad took me there a few times when I was a kid. Now it's not run by the family.

I'd vote Chace's Pancake Corral.

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Sounds like you had a great time! I'd love to get back there sometime....Portland too.

Sort of a paradise for Liberals out there. ....very prosperous and offering all sorts of government support nets and very nice Architecture and urban planning. ....sort of puts the lie on the idea that to be successful business has to be stingy to the employees.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Construction there is very active. Saw at least 20 cranes in the downtown area. The other thing is i saw nearly no homes for sale.

The brother in law says the housing market is nuts, you can expect to get 100k or more over your listing price in certain areas due to the bidding war by competetive buyers.

He said they put asking price offers in on places only to have them sell for 100 to 200k over asking price in cash. They has a lot of trouble as if you are getting bank financing, you are immediately at a huge disadvantage.

Ultimately they got very lucky and were first offer in line asking price for a new build at a set price from the builder who wasnt having any bidding to sell quick.

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