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Brendan

@brendanmcaleer.bsky.social

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Ludicrous misuse of the language. Bylines at Car and Driver, Road and Track, Hagerty, Autocar, Driving.ca, etc

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · Oct 19

For any new followers, this is the sort of thing I like to do:

www.autoweek.com/car-life/cla...

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 5h

*standing by the side of the road with a flat deck on the way*

Oh I get it. Wait for motion.

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 5h

Canadian Thanksgiving here, eh? Got you guys a turkey.

A Bricklin SV-1 with three DeLoreans (all doors up, of course)

An orange Bricklin SV-1 framed by the door of a DeLorean DMC-12

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 20h

I'm also interested in the Dr. Moreau-ish Beef/Lamb.

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 20h

Glutinous Ball WITH Peanut? WOW.

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 1d

tired: travelling by hand basket
wired: travelling by Daihatsu basket

The Daihatsu basket. Basically a modern Mehari from 2009

With an open bed and seating for four, it's the ideal rig for the landscapers who take care of Hayao Miyazaki's garden

Inclement weather? Plagues of frogs and locusts falling from the sky? Simply put up the canvas top.

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 1d

"bricks were imported from England"

I'll have you know that most of the exterior masonry of the literal Thames-spanning London Bridge was cut up, transported to Arizona, and rebuilt in 1968.

Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 1d

So, in Missouri, you can buy a Gilded Age mansion for, checks notes, $550K?!! Comes with a carriage house. The bricks were imported from England, because rich people sometimes do weird things like that. #FridayNightZillow www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 1d

I know a product planner there, and of course he owns a vintage Mini Cooper. The company’s concepts were always the best thing about the Tokyo Motor Show.

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 2d

Busting out the Daihatsus to heal the TL.

A Midget II in front of a Ford F350 brodozer

A race-prepped Midget II. Grrrr... *bites a Porsche's ankle*

A bunch of Midget IIs racing in a Best Motoring video. They all have samurai-style banners.

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 2d

Algal Williams Renault, just incredible.

Antti Kautonen @julkinen.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly quite an incredible sight on a quiet residential street. It’s sat for quite a while, and I hope it won’t be there for the entire coming winter. Yet it’s still so cool. #weirdcarbs

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 3d

I did some freelance editing for print. It mostly looked like this:

Tucker and Dale vs Evil: two redneck-adjacent folks who are covered in boood. “I’ve had a doozy of a day.”

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 3d

You know how the new Model Y has a glass roof but no interior sunroof? The Initial D Trueno has no sunroof but the headliner of a sunroof-equipped model.

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 4d

we still need to know what your favourite monster truck is

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 4d

Re: Music and Dodge Demon connections

RATM's Tom Morello at the wheel of his 1971 Dodge Demon which he's owned since the mid-1990s.

One time my dad asked a kid in a Rage Against The Machine t-shirt if he, too, owned an old Land Rover.

Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 4d

Me: Gary Oldman is a fine actor, and the esteem I hold him in could not be higher.

Gary Oldman: I bought a Runge RS because I thought it looked neat. It *is* neat.

Me: