Andrea Petersen

That goth girl with the Lancia. Automotive therapist. Sometimes writes things. Autocrosser. Hillclimber. Idiot. Spicy in various ways.

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@Motor1com Sure, and I can do the splits as a 38 year old woman. Much like a Vinfast, it will be painful and possibly cause an injury, but I can do it.

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@Motor1com "It's lukewarm garbage and why the hell are there pickles on this?"
There, I reviewed it for ya.

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@Motor1com The man ain't wrong.

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@hokkori_buzz My highest has 169k on the chassis, unknown miles on the engine, an '88 MR2 with a 4AGE black top in it. I work in a shop where I regularly see Mercedes with over 250k miles on them. I had a Porsche Cayenne in today with almost 300k.

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

Well, I'm fucked.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

People born in October are significantly more likely to reach the age of 100 than those born in March.

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@waynejburgess @hiltonholloway @TheSimonEvansX @asiageoff It's weird to think I've seen 2.5* of the bands listed on the page, and this would have been from before I was born😅

*.5 for The Cult

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@andrewkrok I'm with you on that one. Maybe it means "start as friends," idk, but it seems like there still needs to be some spice in the beginning.

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@joncoupland Due to the last 24 hours, absolutely shagged.

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@CoreyLewis86 @adrianfclarke @FvdE @MotoNutJob @waynejburgess Huh, they definitely look bigger in person, but certainly a height factor involved there

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@CoreyLewis86 @adrianfclarke @FvdE @MotoNutJob @waynejburgess A little large for my taste, but I'm good with Talbot/Matra!

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@imprendIT The interior is fine. US body shops usually just replace entire parts and panels, actually beating the damaged panels back into shape is now a rarely used older technique, sadly.

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

Welp, that was fun while it lasted. Taken out by a 75 year old man in a CRV

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@KniksisG It's a bit more complicated since I'm in the US...

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@imprendIT I'll be needing at least two doors and a front fender, but we'll see what happens...

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@johnrlewis1959 Theoretically yes, insurance can be troublesome

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@eddiemonsoon5 Sure is

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@ScottyJoon That's been the joke going around, she looks authentic now!

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@DeclanMcGuinne3 Because I'm in a rear plate only state and I have the legal plate over the UK plate in the back. I got a personal plate with the UK reg, so it even matches!

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@Nir_Kahn @KanseiDoriftoD That's my thought as well, but insurance here is much more into just doing R&R for cheap instead of beating panels, which makes it tricky when the panels are very far away.

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@CoreyLewis86 It's a very difficult conversation, but it's one that most families will have at some point, so it really should be normalized. Part of normalizing it would be more frequent testing for licensing since it literally forces the conversation

[Andrea Petersen @Neondancer]

@beckyk21k I took it around the block and it still drives straight, going to try to rack it at work tomorrow and take a peek underneath. I'll be in Europe for the next 3 weeks though, so a bit of a pause there.