Top Gun Maverick-not a mooney but I’ll let that slide.

[N201MKTurbo]

27 minutes ago, MooneyMitch said:

How romantic this photo is…..In reality , he’s telling her to not lean on the car cause she could scratch the paint ! 

Not really, he is telling her to slouch down so he looks taller than her.

She is wearing flat shoes and he is wearing heals.

[jaylw314]

2 hours ago, bluehighwayflyer said:

I noticed that, too.  The funny thing is that I bet I watched this movie 10 times before I noticed there is a Mooney in the background.  Me.  A hardcore Mooniac.  Shameful.  

That's funny, my wife pointed it out to me when we watched it, I was too busy watching Jennifer Connelly  

[MikeOH]

9 minutes ago, jaylw314 said:

That's funny, my wife pointed it out to me when we watched it, I was too busy watching Jennifer Connelly  

Did ya miss seeing the Porsche, too?

[jaylw314]

19 minutes ago, MikeOH said:

Did ya miss seeing the Porsche, too?

There was a Porsche??

[Fly Boomer]

On 4/14/2023 at 10:15 AM, MooneyMitch said:

How romantic this photo is…..In reality , he’s telling her to not lean on the car cause she could scratch the paint ! 

Or dent it.  That metal is like tissue paper.

[MooneyMitch]

1 hour ago, Fly Boomer said:

Or dent it.  That metal is like tissue paper.

Relative, and also disagree 

On further thought, maybe it’s thinner than metal on a ‘38 Packard 

[MikeOH]

2 hours ago, MooneyMitch said:

Relative, and also disagree 

On further thought, maybe it’s thinner than metal on a ‘38 Packard 

LOL!  There are battleships with thinner metal than a '38 Packard

[Fly Boomer]

22 hours ago, MooneyMitch said:

On further thought, maybe it’s thinner than metal on a ‘38 Packard

Thin enough to dent with your hand.  Ask me how I know.

[Echo]

On 4/16/2023 at 8:25 PM, Fly Boomer said:

Thin enough to dent with your hand.  Ask me how I know.

O.K., I am in.  How do you know?

[N201MKTurbo]

When I bought my '06 Tacoma I went camping and was looking at the boat in the lake, I put my foot on the edge of the bed and my knee on the roof. I wasn't putting much force on the roof, but it was enough to put a sizable dent in the edge of the roof.

I can still vividly remember the sickening feeling as my shin sunk into the metal.

[Fly Boomer]

11 hours ago, Echo said:

O.K., I am in.  How do you know?

BTDT

[Echo]

On 5/17/2023 at 9:26 AM, N201MKTurbo said:

When I bought my '06 Tacoma I went camping and was looking at the boat in the lake, I put my foot on the edge of the bed and my knee on the roof. I wasn't putting much force on the roof, but it was enough to put a sizable dent in the edge of the roof.

I can still vividly remember the sickening feeling as my shin sunk into the metal.

I bought my father in-laws 2013 Tacoma. I have no plans to climb on the hood or roof. 

[N201MKTurbo]

1 minute ago, Echo said:

I bought my father in-laws 2013 Tacoma. I have no plans to climb on the hood or roof. 

Good plan, they are designed to be strong enough to hold up the paint.

[Echo]

Anyone with a brain would be wise to follow that "plan" with any passenger/light duty vehicle manufactured after 1980.  Unnecessary weight is the enemy of fuel economy.  Ya, Toyota is known as an unreliable piece of crap.  Riiiiight.

[Echo]

Being tall is over rated in my experience.

[Pinecone]

3 hours ago, Echo said:

Ya, Toyota is known as an unreliable piece of crap.  Riiiiight.

My one Toyota was the worst car I ever owned.  Even worse that 2 Dodges and 2 Fiats.

[Fly Boomer]

4 hours ago, Pinecone said:

My one Toyota was the worst car I ever owned.  Even worse that 2 Dodges and 2 Fiats.

I guess we all have different experiences.  Many years ago I drove a Fiat 850 Spider.  Now I drive a Toyota.  Worst to first.  Even the Volvo I bought from a salvage yard wasn’t as bad as the Fiat.  I said I drove a Fiat, but it would be more accurate to say I owned it — not much driving.

[Hank]

I find the ergonomics in Toyota pickups uncomfortable. If my legs were 4" shorter with the same arms, then I could be comfortable in the seat, but still hit my head on the doorframe getting in and out.

I traded in a 2-year-old Tacoma for a new Honda Ridgeline, I fit the cabin much better! It's all-wheel drive and gets 3-4 mpg better, too, with a much larger payload (1680 lb vs. 1100).

[Echo]

7 hours ago, Pinecone said:

My one Toyota was the worst car I ever owned.  Even worse that 2 Dodges and 2 Fiats.

Sucks to be you I guess.  Toyotas consistently rank above Dodge and Fiat.  I would not have bought a Tacoma, but price was way right and with only 23k miles to good to pass on.  Sorry you had a poor experience.  My X1/9 was early fuel injection.  It would just stop running randomly.  Come back an hour later and it was fine.  No thanks.

[mike_elliott]

On 6/9/2022 at 11:23 AM, N201MKTurbo said:

I've worked on Tomahawk missiles and maybe know too much about them. They could have easily flown those profiles except they wouldn't need to do the high G climb out. Why would you send piloted airplanes on that mission when a nice cruise missile would do? You could send a bunch of MALDs in to confuse the anti aircraft batteries. I'm pretty sure you could have told the Tomahawk which louver on the vent to hit. besides when does a steady state climb pull any Gs? Sure the pullout at the bottom of the bombing run, but they didn't start grunting until they were stable in the climb.

Also, having the lead plane paint the target with a laser designator, makes no sense. For a laser designator to work it has to paint the target until the bomb hits the target. That plane was long gone when the bomber got there.

just one AGM86 with dial a yield set to 4 would do it.

[N201MKTurbo]

3 hours ago, mike_elliott said:

just one AGM86 with dial a yield set to 4 would do it.

The conventional or special AGM86?

[mike_elliott]

Im not sure there are many "conventional" tipped 86's left in the bunker...

[N201MKTurbo]

3 minutes ago, mike_elliott said:

Im not sure there are many "conventional" tipped 86's left in the bunker...

I know nothing, nothing,

Sometimes I was allowed in the building and sometimes I wasn’t…..

[Pinecone]

19 hours ago, Fly Boomer said:

I guess we all have different experiences.  Many years ago I drove a Fiat 850 Spider.  Now I drive a Toyota.  Worst to first.  Even the Volvo I bought from a salvage yard wasn’t as bad as the Fiat.  I said I drove a Fiat, but it would be more accurate to say I owned it — not much driving.

Awesome.  I had a Fiat 850 Spider also.  It had its issues, but not as many as my 76 Corolla SR-5.

My current Fiat 500 Abarth is the most reliable car I have ever owned, including compared to several BMWs.

[Fly Boomer]

10 hours ago, Pinecone said:

My current Fiat 500 Abarth is the most reliable car I have ever owned, including compared to several BMWs.

I forgot about my one and only BMW.  I could afford to buy the car, but I couldn't afford everything that came after that -- kind of like buying a twin. Cheap to buy; expensive to own.