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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

After reading it, I am flashing back to Johnny Cab.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It is a really good combo. Mine:

2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E Rally in yellow with black racing stripes and white wheels.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not an XJ but my old base model WJ. It was the platonic ideal of an SUV for me. Rust finally got it (evidenced by the different hood) but the 4.0 went on to live in another Jeep. I loved that thing as you will love your XJ.

2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee (WJ) in blue with a silver hood.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I owned a 914 almost 50 years ago. It was built from two cars, with a motor I put together. It wasn't pretty (a good "20 foot" car) but it was fun. That restomod makes me sad as it has no soul.

My Porsche 914, circa 1979-1980. It was a white car, parked in a driveway with some snow, in front of a house's garage door.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Here's my entry, taken 9 years ago at the Q Center, St Charles, IL. The hallway was as narrow as depicted.

A liminal hallway at the Q Center, St Charles, IL.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

As I recall, and this is for a LHD car, the cable went over the engine, then down to the clutch linkage. There were so many bends it’s not surprising they broke. Here I am back in the 80s with the Fuego.

I’m leaning against the front fender of a red Renault Fuego Turbo that I owned back in the 80s.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I had a Toyota bz4X in Norway recently, and the nearest charger was a Tesla one. Even though the EU chargers have credit card access, for grins, I tried using the US Tesla app (which I do keep as a backup when I'm driving my EV.) It worked like a charm, as you can see . I was surprised by that!

Charging "slip" from EV charging at a Tesla station in Bodø, Norway.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Don’t look at the current Volvo colors; so boring. Ford even got rid of my car’s color.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Boo. It’s my extrovert car. (Ford removed the color from the 2026 configuration IIRC.)

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I saw this happy little survivor in the Bodø area. I haven’t seen one in a long time.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Not doing my bit to get pictures of survivor cars, but I did see a first gen Polo and a first gen Ka yesterday. I did see a new R5 in yellow. I liked it but we’ll never see it in the States.

A new yellow Renault R5 on the street in Oslo.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I’d love to own a Seven someday. Visibility reminds me; I bought a Honda CX500 Turbo when they first came out and one thing Honda touted was its visibility with the slightly reflectorized paint and the day-glo striping. I didn’t find it worked any better than my previous black moto.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

One more shot from SFMOMA last Friday. It is OOC, shot on an iPhone 17 Pro using the Leica Lux app. I'm working on getting my "eye" back after not shooting photos for a while. I'll be in Norway in a week or so and will be taking at least one of my cameras; I haven't decided which one yet.

Sixth floor of SFMOMA in black and white. MATTER MEMORY MATTER MEMORY inscribed on far left wall.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I was at SFMOMA last Friday, and these are a few pictures I shot. I have more, but didn't want to run afoul of copyrighted works. All are OOC, shot on an iPhone 17 Pro using the Leica Lux app.

SFMOMA stairs to the closed 7th floor. Black and white.

A tree grows on a roof. Seen from the terrace at SFMOMA.

Walls and textures of buildings in black and white, seen from SFMOMA terrace.

The side of the SFMOMA building in the sun, taken from the terrace. The photo is in black and white.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Probably dealer vinyl. My '78 Accord had dealer-installed striping. (Pufnstuf not available.) The photo was taken with my phone from a Polaroid, so it's not high quality.

My 1978 Honda Accord LX, bought new. It is maroon with a gold and white two-tone strip that goes down the body below the doors and over the roof in front of the hatch.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Was it very humid? Was the air conditioning on? Here’s my car from last week when it was about 16°C. I was driving mostly 70-75 mph on a very hilly interstate.

Trip log screen from a Mustang Mach E Rally.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I prefer a wagon and I owned an original Chevy Avalanche, so I don’t mind cladding 😂

2025 Subaru Outback Wilderness in silver

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Old hat. 😂 This is from 2014 from the town we lived in at the time. The Chief drove it as he was a very tall man, and supposedly didn’t fit well in the Chargers.

A Boscawen NH police car, a black RAM pickup truck.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I woke up to this. No touching grass today.

Snow falling in my backyard this morning.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I love my highlighter yellow Rally. I just ran the 2026 configuration: add $1500 for the stripes and the spoiler, $995 for the white wheels vs. grey, and $495 for the frunk! Plus you can’t get it in yellow or the molten magenta. 😑

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

A FoST sticker from 12 years ago.

A ford focus ST price sticker from 2014, showing a CD player as a feature.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Fergus is our standard poodle parti-colored, and Benji is our BMD mix. They’re good boys.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

After years of shoveling and snowthrowing machines out in the open, I went for overkill.

A Kubota RTV-X1100 with a v-plow sitting in a snowy driveway.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

You’re not missing that much. (Temps are in F.)

Part of the monthly weather forecast for Boston Massachusetts. It’s cold and meh.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

How about this one? I so enjoy it.

The Landlady, in her nightgown with curlers in her hair and a cigarette in her mouth, is really mad in “Kung Fu Hustle.”

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I have to attend NEC at least once in my life. However, bringing my poodle would be too much work, but he probably could drive a train and he doesn’t drink.

Our standard poodle Fergus, a white/brown parti-colored. He’s staring at me because he wants something.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Hopefully going for a unique one.

The Ozark Mountain Daredevil’s “Car Over the Lake” album cover, which shows an old car flying over a lake.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I think I'll take the Q. Here is an OOC jpg from testing everything out with just a little cropping. It's so much nicer than the phone.

Our BMD mix Benji is sitting in the grass (his favorite thing to do), contemplating the change of seasons.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Bringing the “Germans bombed Pearl Harbor” energy.

John Belushi as Bluto in the movie “Animal House” wearing a sweatshirt that says “College”.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

We were just outside playing his hide and seek game.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

That was easy. It is in the garage right now.

Ford Mustang Mach-E Rally in yellow with black striping and white rally wheels.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I have a standard poodle. He is a constant but sometimes unreliable source of heat.

Our parti colored standard poodle, white with brown, taking a nap on the rug.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

My dad had one of these, sans wood grain, which I took my driving test in. No camper mirrors either, dad did not camp. “All my camping was done in WWII,” he’d say. 1970 Dodge Coronet wagon, same color.