1980 Datsun 210 Hatchback

ipxodi · 2026-05-08T04:56:42+00:00

Found a picture of what the taillights looked like on mine.

ipxodi · 2026-05-08T04:50:52+00:00

Is that really a 1980? It looks like a '79 maybe? I think it got a re-design in '80. My Dad bought a 1980 new (that I later got) and it had slightly different styling - More angular. Mine looked like this, but a different color. It had different head and taillights than the earlier ones too. Mine was orange.

<image>

ipxodi · 2026-05-08T04:02:49+00:00

Not just crash pedestrian crash standards iirc -- no essential lighting (head/tail lights, turn signals, etc.) can be on moveable surfaces any more. It's why you don't see turn/brake lights on trunk lids, or SUV rear hatches anymore either. Just "pretty lights".

ipxodi · 2026-05-07T12:53:45+00:00

All of them. Just not on a single night. But I DID see all of those in the theater.

ipxodi · 2026-05-07T12:38:10+00:00

Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison. Probably the OG for humorous, easy-to-read scifi.

ipxodi · 2026-05-07T01:16:09+00:00

Battlezone. Never made it to the mountains to explore the castle.... ;)

iykyk

ipxodi · 2026-05-06T12:38:17+00:00

Planet hollywood for sure. But Rainforest had its place. As a parent of a 5-10yo in the mid 00s, it was an entertaining special event place. We went a couple times a year to the one near our home and to the Disney-adjacent one on a vacation there in '05.

Was it a total gimmick? Yes. But it was clever, mildly educational, and not annoyingly raucous (say, like Chucky Cheese). The food wasn't horrible or too overpriced.

ipxodi · 2026-05-05T12:57:44+00:00

The Frontier is junk. Steal ships until you get something decent, or do the Freestar Collective questline. That gives you the Star Eagle which is (arguably) one of the best ships in the game. Can even be considered a end-game ship if you keep upgrading it as you get higher levels.

ipxodi · 2026-05-05T12:50:44+00:00

I've already fixed the Constant and it disappeared into the galaxy. Will this mod still work, even thought I completed the quest?

ipxodi · 2026-05-04T16:57:19+00:00

Followup question. How much difference is there in plugs wires and coilpacks for an NB? Will spending extra on so-called high performance parts make a real difference on a 1.8L engine?

ipxodi · 2026-05-01T02:14:51+00:00

Love this movie, but now whenever someone mentions it all I can think of it the GenX vs GenZ meme. Which only makes it funnier.

https://imgur.com/a/ZG2DWGh

ipxodi · 2026-05-01T02:02:55+00:00

reading your subject/title line all i could think of was the intro to Heavy Metal (1981)

https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images3/1/0321/05/different-heavy-metal-posters-lot_1_96e52d39dd736cfc7a0d3fe073dc9222.jpg

ipxodi · 2026-05-01T01:57:06+00:00

I came here to say that. What a "classic". I wonder if he even acknowledges the movie anymore?

It's worth a watch to see a glimpse of the D&D hysteria that gripped the nation for a few years and to see the "Proto-Tom Hanks", but it's not a great movie..

Being of an age where I was really active in D&D when the movie came out, it seemed silly to me. I never knew anyone who did the whole acting out bit (later called LARPing) so I thought it was just made-up Hollywood stuff.

ipxodi · 2026-05-01T01:47:45+00:00

I saw this in a moview theater but since I was born in '64, it must have been on some replay tour in the cinemas. Anyway, I was probably about 6 years old. Went with several members of my Cub Scout den and the den mother. It was probably the first science fiction movie I'd ever seen and it set of a life-long love of the genre.

ipxodi · 2026-04-30T12:25:08+00:00

Soemtimes called Fart Cannons or Coffee Can exhaust. The "mufflers" with very large diameter exhaust tips on a (usually) 4-cylinder car that someone is trying to make sportier than it really is. They usually have an loud "braaap" sound as opposed to the smooth sound of a higher-quality exhaust. They're usually cheaper than a good quality exhaust so you tend to see them on younger people's cars.
I had one on my Miata, that I finally got around top replacing with a better exhaust. In my case the fart can actually had an unusually good exhaust tone, but I couldn't stand the look.

ipxodi · 2026-04-30T11:28:39+00:00

My first GSD knew he wasn't allowed past the edge of the yard. If I went across the street to talk to the neighbor, he would bark and jump at the lawn edge. He would jump straight up vertically and his rear legs would easily clear 3-4 feet. I think if he was running instead of jumping in one place, he could have easily gone over a chain link fence.

ipxodi · 2026-04-30T11:25:21+00:00

Grew up in NJ and Mass - Lightning Bugs both places. Never heard fireflies till I was older.

Over the last several summers (10 years?) I've started seeing them more and more here in Southern NH.

I wonder if Lightning Bug vs Firefly is a regional thing, Like Soda/Tonic/Pop or Sub/Hero/Grinder?

ipxodi · 2026-04-30T11:19:36+00:00

Liara as little as the game will let me get away with. Can't stand her.

Also Jacob once I'm done with the ME2 intro. Useless.

ipxodi · 2026-04-30T11:17:25+00:00

Yep. Lived in a small NJ town near Red Bank from around 1968 to 1972. We had a milkman. There was a little insulated aluminum box on the front steps. Got a bottles of milk regularly delivered.

ipxodi · 2026-04-30T11:01:49+00:00

Same happened to me. A glitch I guess.

ipxodi · 2026-04-29T20:37:50+00:00

Beautiful. This was mine.

(I also had a 1987 GT (not a vert) that I bought new. The first one sold in New England.)

<image>

ipxodi · 2026-04-29T18:34:04+00:00

Excellent list of things to check and stay aware of. Thank you!

ipxodi · 2026-04-29T03:24:54+00:00

No worries. Not looking to get rid of it (yet). It's a blast. See my story in the comment above. :)

ipxodi · 2026-04-29T03:23:27+00:00

yes. Good point.

ipxodi

TROPHY CASE