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    I will be living the Rush song, "Red Barchetta".
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    Always liked that storyline, myself!

    For the guys that don't know.....





    From Wikipedia:
    The song describes a future in which many classes of vehicles have been prohibited by "the Motor Law". The narrator's uncle has kept one of these illegal vehicles (the titular red barchetta sportscar) in pristine condition for some "fifty-odd years" and keeps it hidden at his secret country home (previously a farm before the enactment of the aforementioned Motor Law). During one of his weekly drives, the narrator encounters an "alloy air car" that begins to chase him along the roads. A second such vehicle soon joins the pursuit, which continues until the narrator drives his Barchetta across a one-lane bridge that is too narrow for the air cars. The song ends with the narrator returning safely to his uncle's farm.

    The song was inspired by the futuristic short story "A Nice Morning Drive", by Richard Foster and published in the November 1973 issue of Road and Track magazine. The story describes a similar future in which increasingly stringent safety regulations have forced cars to evolve into massive Modern Safety Vehicles (MSVs), capable of withstanding a 50-mile-per-hour impact without injury to the driver. Consequently, drivers of MSVs have become less safety-conscious and more aggressive, and "bouncing" (intentionally ramming) the older, smaller cars is a common sport among some.

    Rush lyricist Neil Peart made several attempts to contact Foster while working on the album, but Road and Track did not have an up-to-date address, and Rush were forced to settle for a brief "Inspired by" note in the lyric sheet mentioning the story. In July 2007, Foster and Peart finally made contact with one another; Foster later posted an online account of their journey by motorcycle through the backwoods of West Virginia between stops on Rush's Snakes and Arrows tour. Neil Peart also described the Barchetta like the guitar in the song "2112"

    Lyrics:
    My uncle has a country place
    That no one knows about.
    He says it used to be a farm
    Before the Motor Law.
    And on Sundays I elude the Eyes,
    And hop the Turbine Freight
    To far outside the Wire
    Where my white-haired uncle waits.

    Jump to the ground
    As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline.
    Run like the wind
    As excitement shivers up and down my spine.
    Down in his barn
    My uncle preserved for me an old machine
    For fifty-odd years.
    To keep it as new has been his dearest dream.

    I strip away the old debris
    That hides a shining car:
    A brilliant red Barchetta
    From a better vanished time.
    We fire up the willing engine
    Responding with a roar.
    Tires spitting gravel,
    I commit my weekly crime.

    Wind
    In my hair
    Shifting and drifting
    Mechanical music
    Adrenaline surge...

    Well-weathered leather,
    Hot metal and oil,
    The scented country air.
    Sunlight on chrome,
    The blur of the landscape,
    Every nerve aware.

    Suddenly ahead of me
    Across the mountainside
    A gleaming alloy air-car
    Shoots towards me, two lanes wide.
    I spin around with shrieking tires
    To run the deadly race
    Go screaming through the valley
    As another joins the chase.

    Drive like the wind
    Straining the limits of machine and man.
    Laughing out loud with fear and hope
    I've got a desperate plan.
    At the one-lane bridge
    I leave the giants stranded at the riverside.
    Race back to the farm
    To dream with my uncle at the fireside.

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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! Jeremiah's Avatar
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    Interesting story ^ Thanks for the explanation.

    Eventually cars will drive themselves and we will just be along for the ride.

    Mindless motoring.
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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift JamieH's Avatar
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    Pretty sure mindless motoring is already a bad habit of a lot of drivers currently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JamieH View Post
    Pretty sure mindless motoring is already a bad habit of a lot of drivers currently.
    Aint that the truth.

    Defensive driver here at all times. I pretend I am a motorcycle rider/invisible...its done a lot for collision prevention.
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