Friday, January 14, 2022

Take Eleven Minutes and Twenty-Seven Seconds to Watch This

This won Bring a Trailer's Video of the Year Award.  It's worth your time.

Posted by zman at 6:09 AM
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20 comments:

rob said...

that's brilliant. how much did it get on bat? i couldn't own that car. i'd be too intimidated by george's legacy.

7:43 AM, January 14, 2022
zman said...

It sold for just under $138k.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-porsche-912-coupe-32/

And that's an interesting take. People who collect expensive antique stuff typically want an item from the original owner with as much documented provenance as possible. Like Mike's watch. In fact this video made me wish Christie's gave us the opportunity to do something similar.

8:04 AM, January 14, 2022
Dave said...

pablo escobar's cocaine hippos? news to me. interesting debate . . .

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072903214/the-debate-about-pablo-escobars-hippos

8:42 AM, January 14, 2022
Whitney said...

Gheorghe Muresan was in my dream last night! We were racing down a stairwell and he hurt himself and we were worried he couldn’t play hoops any more so I patted him on the back and said, “It’ll be okay, big guy.” And that was it.

Maybe I meant, it’ll be okay, you’re still honored by a blog in your name.

8:47 AM, January 14, 2022
Whitney said...

The video is remarkable. I could never own any car like that, as my knowledge of engines and how to keep a vehicle in pristine condition is paper thin. I’m content to ooh and ah at others’ cars until my Impala arrives someday.

9:01 AM, January 14, 2022
rob said...

that's the source of my intimidation - i don't possess even one scintilla of the skills and knowledge to keep that car in good condition, and most of the things i've ever owned have received poor to middling care. i wouldn't want to dishonor george's memory.

9:04 AM, January 14, 2022
Whitney said...

Also, I don't have $138,000.

It sounds weird but I would have thought that car and that story might have generated a bugger sum.

9:55 AM, January 14, 2022
rob said...

man, what else did you dream about?

10:04 AM, January 14, 2022
mr kq said...

I LOL'd

Sweet ride I'd trash it in months.

11:49 AM, January 14, 2022
Mark said...

Pablo Escobar's hippos have been a thing for a very long time. And they've reproduced in not insignificant numbers.

11:58 AM, January 14, 2022
Whitney said...

…which could bring revenues as a spectator sport

12:46 PM, January 14, 2022
rob said...

hippo fucking?

12:56 PM, January 14, 2022
zman said...

Yeah Pablo's hippos are old news.

$138k is a lot of money for a 912, normally it's a $40k to $60k car: https://bringatrailer.com/porsche/912/?q=porsche%20912

The 912 has a 4-cylinder engine while the 911 has a 6-cylinder. As a result the 911 is faster, more coveted, more collectible. This is probably the right 912 if you have a six-figure 912 itch you need to scratch, or if you're trying to build an impeccable Porsche collection like Jerry Seinfeld. I don't think this is the buyer's only classic car.

1:02 PM, January 14, 2022
Danimal said...

Hell of a video. This guy didn't screw around. I guarantee his shirts were hung by color, in the same direction and appropriately spaced. His garage envied by his neighbors.

I like the car but would have preferred the '65 Mustang that he sold on the front end.

Curious to know if squeaky has made any headway on the potential Taycan purchase?

2:33 PM, January 14, 2022
Squeaky said...

Danimal, unfortunately no headway on the Taycan.

The video was an amazing tribute to their dad and the car.

3:05 PM, January 14, 2022
OBX dave said...

Can the legal and informed minds in the gallery offer some perspective on SCOTUS rulings about vaxing and testing mandates? I saw Marls's comment in previous post about skepticism re: govt. overreach and caprice -- a more than reasonable concern.

But isn't a pandemic that's killed 850k and climbing, and hospitalized and affected millions more, at least as "significant (an) encroachment into the lives and health of vast numbers of employees" as a vax/test mandate? Why allow the mandate to stand for health care workers at Fed centers of Medicare and Medicaid suppliers, but rule against for large, private companies? Is it really just the difference between Fed and private dollars, and therefore, humans?

Is ruling eventually a slippery slope that will chip away at govt. ability to regulate anything? OSHA, EPA, FDA, banking industry?

4:58 PM, January 14, 2022
rob said...

hampton joining the caa, which is also pursuing stony brook and monmouth. the former is a good step up for the pirates, who have a strong athletic department. the latter two make the caa an even more awkward fit for w&m. i think we need to roll out. looking for america's greatest diners, drive-ins, and semi-similar institutions.

7:59 PM, January 14, 2022
Mark said...

As a complete outsider, something like the Patriot League seems like a better fit for W&M at this point. A move like that certainly increases the chances of a G:TB NCAA Summit.

In news related to this post, I’ve been eyeing an El Camino for some time now. Even sent Zman the listing. He approved. Didn’t pull the trigger because the holidays were approaching. Sadly, it looks like I missed my chance.

10:17 PM, January 14, 2022
rob said...

we will spill words impotently on this topic soon. patriot league is the best destination if things stay roughly the same as they are now. i think a big disruption is in the offing for the non-P5 world.

10:39 PM, January 14, 2022
zman said...

OBX Dave, I have not read the opinions or the briefing and it's been a long time since I read the relevant cases. And I respect Marls's view that government mandates should be suspect, although that's not my default--it's a conservative view from pre-2016, or BT, back when libertarians held influence. Government regulation of the workplace has saved lots of lives in coal mines, factories, slaughterhouses, chemical plants, slaughterhouses, etc., and gives us nice things like child labor laws and a minimum wage. All of this does, of course, make it "harder to do business" and drive up consumer costs, but I'm fine with that in exchange for a more civilized society.

I think all the Republican appointees have a BT worldview and are always looking to rein in regulations whenever they can. They want to see a really compelling rationale for any federal rules on private entities. I think covid pretty clearly presents a workplace hazard, but it isn't as much of a hazard as asbestos, or poorly build mine shafts, or exposed machinery, or poorly ventilated rooms full of organic solvents. I suspect we would have a different outcome if this was a smallpox outbreak or something similarly nasty, or if it killed children instead of the elderly.

When I was a kid it was common for gas stations to keep guard dogs on the lot to prevent car theft overnight. Let's say OSHA told all businesses that use guard dogs that the dogs must be vaccinated for rabies. Is that an overreach? These dogs largely live outside so they are exposed to vermin that harbor rabies, and no one wants to work with a rabid Rottweiler. Sounds reasonable to me.

Let's say you work in a laboratory with dogs, cats and monkeys. These animals are under a lot of stress and there is obvious risk that they will bite you. I can tell you from experience that working with monkeys is really dicey, they are strong and typically angry and can harbor fatal diseases like type B herpes. Is it overreach for OSHA to mandate the use of proper protective equipment when handling them, and to mandate that the animals are vaccinated for rabies? Sounds reasonable to me.

Let's say you work in an enclosed environment with other people and you tend to get close to them, like a classroom or an office or a barbershop or a nail salon or an eyeglasses shop or a physical therapy studio. Let's also say that there is a highly contagious, occasionally deadly, virus tearing across the planet. Is it overreach for OSHA to mandate masks and vaccinations for the people who work in these places? Sounds reasonable to me. Maybe not if you operate a tree farm and all your employees are outside, far apart from each other.

Marls's point about a crazed Executive branch mandating fish tank cleaner to treat covid is well taken. But in that situation, if there is no scientific proof to support the rule it's arbitrary and capricious and should be struck down by a court.

Ultimately, and as with all things SCOTUS, this is a political outcome. They aren't really bound by anything so they can do what they want. I don't think the regulatory sky is falling, but we shouldn't be surprised that a Supreme Court with six Republican appointees makes it harder for agencies to make rules.

8:38 AM, January 15, 2022

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