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Gotta be the Fiero. Highly recommend Aaron Severson's history of the car. It's fascinating (and frankly miraculous) how its proponents were able to shepherd it through all the layers of '80s GM upper management and into production: ateupwithmotor.com/model-histor...

Front right view of a red 1988 Pontiac Fiero GT.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am irrationally tempted by this. The headlight out actually adds to the appeal. 🤘 #weirdcarbs www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

A black 1989 Ford Escort GT, listed on FB Marketplace for $1,800.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Some nice photography in that listing.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In one image: Why I am not watching F1 this year. From: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgUS...

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Have I mentioned lately what an unbelievably good looking plane the F-86 Sabre is? Not a line out of place. 🤌 #avgeek

A North American F-86 Sabre in flight, fitted with a pair of drop tanks.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

100% Audi nailed the A5's design the first time and it's just been downhill since. I still want one.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wet day for a river cleanup! Got soaked to the skin, but we hauled in two big bags of trash. 🤘 Cruising down the creek was quite serene—until it started bucketing down. 😅

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

757 followers! Which means it's time for POWER. 💪 Photo courtesy www.airliners.net/photo/Delta-... #avgeek

A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 blasting off the runaway at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Had a very vivid dream last night I was behind the wheel of a black FB RX-7, just like the one I used to own. It sounded and felt EXACTLY like I remember it, and I've not driven an FB since 2014. Wild how the gestalt of a particular car can get so lodged in your subconscious.

Right rear view of a black 12A-powered Mazda FB RX-7.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hiked by the Snowbird Mountain VORTAC station on the first day of my recent App Trail adventure. The facility looked well-tended and operational. I wonder how many of these are still around, and how much they're still used in the age of GPS? #avgeek

A man with a large backpack standing with his hand on a fence surrounding a white building with an aircraft navigational beacon on top.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No doubt the J30 is the more interesting car dynamically. But the nostalgia factor for the A32 is very strong, and I absolutely LOVE the interior, especially the way the center console sweeps up into the dash (I'm a sucker for that design feature). And those sawblade wheels. 😍

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Am I the only one who considers the first-gen Altima to be Best Altima? (everyone loves the third, especially the SE-R). Trim size, J30-esque styling, crisp 5-spoke alloys, a JDM SR20DET swap away from really waking up...

Front right angle of a maroon-colored first-generation Nissan Altima.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Be a hero! Just go with UFO brakes! 🤪

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

About to enjoy a midday snack... This beauty's been hanging out on my back deck for the better part of a couple of months at this point. I just duck under its web.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fair. I still want an SVX though.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My lovely girlfriend is returning from a trip to New England, and for the final leg, she'll be on a Boeing 717, one of my bucket-list planes to fly on. Last of the legendary Mad Dogs. #avgeek I'm not jealous at all. 😅

Archival photo I took of a Boeing 717 parked at ATL's Gate A34.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Turns out the Appalachian Trail is pretty awesome, even when you get stung by 6 yellow jackets halfway into the first day of a 3-day, 35-mile hike. 🐝 And have a suspected alien sighting at the end of Day 2. 👽 Day 3 was uneventful other than being mostly downhill and my knees are utterly shot. 😅

Trail marker in Hot Springs, NC, the terminus of our 3-day hike.

My hiking companion taking a photo just on the other side of the Snowbird VORTAC station.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Reminds me of the early Cadillac Night Vision grilles... 😬

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Postwar Armstrong Whitworth flying-wing airliner concept. Boy, I'm glad they included a pantry. I don't know if I could have taken this concept seriously otherwise. #avgeek Photo courtesy the Cancelled Aircraft FB group.

Cutaway rendering of a large flying-wing airliner concept, painted red, and powered by 8 jet engines.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Spotting any 1G DSM makes for a pretty good day. Those have REALLY grown on me and now I would absolutely drive one. There were a couple of fantastic examples at C&C last year.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

As someone who's owned 8 cats (only ever 5 at once though), their personalities vary as widely as dogs' do. I've had some that wouldn't give me the time of day, then there's Odin who is *aggressively* affectionate and wants to sleep on me (lap, shoulders, chest, pillow, etc) all. the. time.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh yes; I owned one of those. The gears were ridiculously tightly spaced to give it some semblance of acceleration...

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Why do Panthers have this trim strip on the top of the C-pillar? I've always wondered. It seems superfluous, but obviously the body is designed in a different way than other cars'.

C-pillar detail of a Ford Crown Victoria, featuring an upside-side L-shaped piece of trim running along its top and back.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yeah the FD is horrible. So much of this would be replaced by electrical servos nowadays.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I found it really satisfying to go through the vacuum lines on the back of my old MX-6's intake manifold and replace them one by one with silicone equivalents. Of course, it's all relative. If I had a carbureted Honda I probably would have pulled my hair out.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Every time I think about the Town Car, Grosse Pointe Blank comes immediately to mind.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

747 followers! You all know what that means: Time for the Queen to take a bow. 🤩 #avgeek All photos courtesy airliners.net.

Upper angle of a Qantas Boeing 747-400 on the tarmac at LAX.

A Boeing 747-400 in KLM colors touching down on the displaced threshold at Princess Juliana International Airport in Sint Maarten.

A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 in flight with contrails from its engines.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yeah there's a lot of harrowing content in Tintin (see especially Tintin in Tibet)! My first was Flight 714.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Never should have sold it for the E24 (which purchase...did not work out so well). 😕

Front left angle of a white 2000 VW mk4 Jetta TDI.

Rear left angle of a white 2000 VW mk4 Jetta TDI.

Gray cloth interior of a 2000 VW mk4 Jetta TDI.

1.9l 4-cylinder turbodiesel engine of a 2000 VW mk4 Jetta TDI.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Got a postcard (!) in the mail yesterday from a good friend in Seattle. I mean, who sends snail mail anymore of any kind? Needless to say, it made my evening.

A portrait-orientation postcard lying on a brown patterned tablecloth. The face of the postcard is a reproduction of the cover of the Tintin comic book Objectif Lune (Destination: Moon in English).

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I love my four cats dearly, but Luna is hands-down my favorite feline on the Internet: www.instagram.com/heyloonyluna

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I remember how long it took to get used to a 6th gear in my old 540... It's hard to imagine 7! 😵‍💫

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hey that looks familiar! Good on the owner for swapping out the diving boards too. 👍

A 901 Silver 1972 Datsun 240Z parked in a residential driveway.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Pure class, plus given the way these were built, I'm fairly confident it would outlast the end of the world.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Given my predisposition for hard-luck cases, $5K would go a long way. A clean W202 would be fun: www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The rotors have a depression in the faces. If you change the volume of those depressions, you alter the C/R. Shallower depression = Higher C/R.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Love it. Looks like an M5 rear bumper. And the same spoiler I had on my 540:

Right rear angle of an Arctic Gray 1995 BMW E34 540i 6-speed in a parking lot.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Always hated this about French. I had all the other numbers down cold and it always takes me an extra beat to think of anything from 70-99. 🙄

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The E60? Nah. I just can't unsee the resemblance. Facelift E90 or E82 was Peak Bangle for me.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yep; I've owned 3. An '85 S was my first project car. Love that little choke knob in the dash! And Mazda built in a little servo that retracts it automatically when the engine warms up. 😍

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

When trying to make your land yacht "fit" in the parking space at Walmart, you do what you gotta do.

A metallic gold 1970 Cadillac Coupe DeVille parked poor at a local Walmart.

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ha! As a native North Carolinian, that makes so much sense. Also this is great:

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Well, my son got into his first fender-bender today. In his defense, maneuvering an extended cab F150 around downtown Chattanooga isn't the easiest assignment for a relatively new driver. Everybody's fine and both vehicles are drivable, but he's still shaken up because that's his temperament. 😕

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Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

737 followers! Featuring a photo of the variant after which Boeing should have just designed a clean-sheet aircraft and they wouldn't be in the position they are now. 🙄 #avgeek