To many people, Saturday is special because it’s the first full day of the weekend. But for gearheads, Saturday is just another day that they drive, buy parts for, and/or think about cars. It’s also the day that new installments of Car Connections come out. Each time, I have the Random Word Generator spit out three words, then find a way to draw a line between them and autos. This week’s words are exit, lobby, and discriminate. How would you associate these words with cars? Tell us in the Comments section below. (And click here for more Car Games!)
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Exit: There’s such a thing as a dramatic entrance. There’s also a dramatic exit. One of the most dramatic exits I can think of was made by a goon in the 1964 James Bond movie “Goldfinger” after 007 hit the button for his Aston Martin DB5’s ejector seat (one of many gadgets, including a smoke screen, oil slick, and bulletproof glass). Watch it in action below:
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Lobby: Hotel. Lobby bar. Jameson Irish Whiskey. Ireland. The Shamrock convertible (which Diego profiled here) — only 10 of which were made in County Monaghan before production shut down. It had plenty of overhang, but not the luck of the Irish.
Photo courtesy of Ferrari
Discriminate: Choose. Choice. According to Ferris Bueller, his pal Cameron Frye’s dad’s Ferrari 250 California used for a day of hooky in Chicago was “So choice.” In June, Car and Driver reported that the “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” production team featured a real California in the garage close-ups but used three replica builds for other scenes, including the plunge into the woods and this famous jump:
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