Automotive idiot stories...

[DesmoRob]

my fiance's family had one of those for years and years. The thing was bagged to hell but it just wouldn't quit.

[LeonOfTheDead]

There is only one thing worse than a red minivan, a red Audi. I think BMWs are not even available in that color, fortunately. Unfortunately previous gen A6's owners seemed to love it in red.

[Matra et Alpine]

It was a grey rental 'nuff said.
They were/are HORRIBLE.
You have to remember, over here we had the Renault Espace which had the same space AND it handled like a car. The Voyager was a 1940s van with windows
Bad, really bad, VERY VERY BAD !!!!
( PS; possible bias, The Espace was designed/built by Matra )

[Kitdy]

my fiance's family had one of those for years and years. The thing was bagged to hell but it just wouldn't quit.

They are legends.

There is only one thing worse than a red minivan, a red Audi. I think BMWs are not even available in that color, fortunately. Unfortunately previous gen A6's owners seemed to love it in red.

Really?

Our van as I have mentioned was red and looked very similar to the one shown.

Booyeah.

It was a grey rental 'nuff said.
They were/are HORRIBLE.
You have to remember, over here we had the Renault Espace which had the same space AND it handled like a car. The Voyager was a 1940s van with windows
Bad, really bad, VERY VERY BAD !!!!
( PS; possible bias, The Espace was designed/built by Matra )

Silence - this is blasphemy! Chrysler's minivans were excellent!

[NSXType-R]

It was a grey rental 'nuff said.
They were/are HORRIBLE.
You have to remember, over here we had the Renault Espace which had the same space AND it handled like a car. The Voyager was a 1940s van with windows
Bad, really bad, VERY VERY BAD !!!!
( PS; possible bias, The Espace was designed/built by Matra )

Wasn't that also one of the last project Matra did?

And is there any relationship to airplane technology? I think there's a missile called the Matra.

[LTSmash]

Booyeah.

Have you been watching Mad Money?

[Kitdy]

Have you been watching Mad Money?

Nah I don't get CNNC and I wouldn't watch it if I did.

Just gotta bust out the booyeah when it comes to Plymouth Voyagers/Dodge Caravans.

[cargirl1990]

I once got into a car with a dude called sam goodson.

was the last thing I remember before I woke up in a bathtub missing a kidney.

My mom has/had a fellow employee name Harry Dick.

[Matra et Alpine]

Silence - this is blasphemy! Chrysler's minivans were excellent!

Wasn't that also one of the last project Matra did?

And is there any relationship to airplane technology? I think there's a missile called the Matra.

They were all part of the Matra group built up under the leadership of Legardere.
Matra Communications were leaders in GSM, mobile and battlefield coms.
Matra Aerospace rockets, satellites
Matra Aerospatiale military aircraft electronics and missiles
Matra Automobiles, took Rene Bonnet's ideas and designs forward in to mass production and restored French pride in winning F1 and Le Mans 3 years running. ( along with F2, F3 etc )
There were others and various partnerships and spin offs.
Matra produced France's first "PC" - a TRS-80 clone

from www.matrasport.dk ....
Matra-Sports was founded in October 1964, where they took over the remains of the racing company of Rene Bonnet, to whom Matra had been delivering glassfibre bodywork (for the beautiful D'Jet)
Jean Luc Legardere pronounced that Matra would "use the coming decade to master motorracing - and win the World Championship for constructors" - so was the plan.
In December 1974, Matra withdrew from motorsport, as their objective was to win, - not to stay on top; (quoting Jean Luc Legardère). and besides, it was now excactly 10 years since they entered motorsports, where they declared that they would invest 10 years to win the World Championship - which they did; - in fact they obtained some 125 victories - one Formula One championship, World Championship in the endurance races, and 3 consecutive wins at "Le Mans" - the race over all races in France.

Friend was "well chuffed" when he found an ad from the 60s for a Matra M530 missile system. At the time Matra also sold the M530 car, which he owns 4 of

Designed in 1957, the Matra R530 was an all-weather missile with interchangeable semi-active radar and infra-red homing heads, and could be fired in any direction relative to the target. The Matra R530 had a flight speed of Mach 2.7 and a range of 18 km.

That's Aussie Air Force squad calling themselves the "Matra MissFits" ( Missile Fitters

[NSXType-R]

Cool stuff.

[Matra et Alpine]

Cool stuff.

would have been except BEING FRENCH they decided to call the Matra "PC" by the name ...

ALICE

[pimento]

There was an Apple called Lisa.. why not a Matra PC named Alice?

[cmcpokey]

There was an Apple called Lisa.. why not a Matra PC named Alice?

also tanked.

[pimento]

also tanked.

I never said it was a good idea..

[csl177]

wow, csl, if it was a kid I would suggest the guy was maybe showing off ? NOT in control

So much for the local "witness" that told me adults were involved. It was kids from the high school, here's the story link with a vid of the back seat occupant. The 16 year old girl that called shotgun died, driver escaped with minor injuries.
Survivor: Car hit 110 mph before crash that killed Forest Hill High sophomore
(The pole has already been replace in time for the accident shown below)

More photos of the location, plus yet another accident from yesterday, shot while heading to my warehouse. I must've gotten there just minutes after it happened. This one's an anomoly for that street, involving two cars; not sure how they hit each other. Probably one tried to pass and was denied... Like I said: Darwinism at work.

Last photos are of the curve... time to replace the armco again!